Rs 600 crore set aside for Prasar Bharati revamp

The scheme aims to boost public sector broadcasting in the country and focuses on infrastructure development of Prasar Bharati, including All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD).

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No separate allocation has been made for Prasar Bharati, which got Rs 315 crore last financial year.

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Of the Rs 1,100 crore estimated for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Rs 600 crore has been set aside for the recently announced Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND) Scheme, which has a total outlay of over Rs 2,500 crore.

Under the scheme, which was approved by the Union Cabinet last month, the government will expand the coverage of All India Radio’s FM channels to more than 80 per cent of the country’s population, while also distributing eight lakh DD Free Dish Set Top Boxes to people living in remote, tribal, Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) and border areas.

The scheme aims to boost public sector broadcasting in the country and focuses on infrastructure development of Prasar Bharati, including All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD).

No separate allocation has been made for Prasar Bharati, which got Rs 315 crore last financial year. “The BIND scheme is the vehicle for providing financial support to the public broadcaster for expenses related to expansion and upgrade of its broadcasting infrastructure, content development and civil work related to the organisation,” Union I&B Minister Anurag Thakur had said while announcing the BIND scheme in January this year.

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Divya A reports on travel, tourism, culture and social issues - not necessarily in that order - for The Indian Express. She's been a journalist for over a decade now, working with Khaleej Times and The Times of India, before settling down at Express. Besides writing/ editing news reports, she indulges her pen to write short stories. As Sanskriti Prabha Dutt Fellow for Excellence in Journalism, she is researching on the lives of the children of sex workers in India. ... Read More

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