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Akshaya Mukul,TNN | Jun 6, 2014, 01.42AM IST
NEW DELHI: At a time when 50 educational channels are being planned, four existing ones — Gyan Darshan I & II, GD-3 and GD-4 - reaching out to lakhs of children in the country, went blank on the evening of June 4 after an uninterrupted run for nearly 14 years.
A meeting to deal with the crisis was held in the HRD ministry. Sources said Doordarshan officials suggested that the four channels be made part of the proposed 50 education channels of HRD ministry. Already, there is an MoU between HRD ministry and Prasar Bharati which says all clearances for these channels will be taken by Doordarshan. On the HRD side, officials raised apprehension that if these channels get out of Doordarshan bouquet, as it has been till they went blank, will it still reach lakhs of children free.
Problem on this front has been brewing for a year now. On June 2, department of space sent a final notice to HRD ministry that transponder on INSAT-3C which serviced the four channels will be switched off immediately because of the mandatory requirements of strategic user. The strategic user in this case is Indian Navy that wanted eastern beam of GSAT-7 since one of its major war vessels will be going to Central Pacific Ocean for a multilateral exercise.
Department of space's ultimatum did not come in a vaccum. In June last year, ISRO informed Indira Gandhi National Open University that it has shifted Gyan Darshan channels from INSAT-3C to GSAT-10 satellite. However, IGNOU was expected to take clearance from National Operations Control Centre (NOCC). Since then, department of space has been repeatedly writing to IGNOU quickly avail the transfer. When IGNOU approached NOCC, it was told that under the new licensing regime institutions and ministries cannot be given permission to run channels.
A meeting to deal with the crisis was held in the HRD ministry. Sources said Doordarshan officials suggested that the four channels be made part of the proposed 50 education channels of HRD ministry. Already, there is an MoU between HRD ministry and Prasar Bharati which says all clearances for these channels will be taken by Doordarshan. On the HRD side, officials raised apprehension that if these channels get out of Doordarshan bouquet, as it has been till they went blank, will it still reach lakhs of children free.
Problem on this front has been brewing for a year now. On June 2, department of space sent a final notice to HRD ministry that transponder on INSAT-3C which serviced the four channels will be switched off immediately because of the mandatory requirements of strategic user. The strategic user in this case is Indian Navy that wanted eastern beam of GSAT-7 since one of its major war vessels will be going to Central Pacific Ocean for a multilateral exercise.
Department of space's ultimatum did not come in a vaccum. In June last year, ISRO informed Indira Gandhi National Open University that it has shifted Gyan Darshan channels from INSAT-3C to GSAT-10 satellite. However, IGNOU was expected to take clearance from National Operations Control Centre (NOCC). Since then, department of space has been repeatedly writing to IGNOU quickly avail the transfer. When IGNOU approached NOCC, it was told that under the new licensing regime institutions and ministries cannot be given permission to run channels.
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