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Friday, July 11, 2014

I&B ministry grants permission for 795 news and non-news channels

Courtesy: www.livemint.com

FIRST PUBLISHED: WED, JUL 09 2014. 08 34 PM IST


Doordarshan has proposed to start a channel devoted to agriculture called Krishi, says Prakash Javadekar 



New Delhi: A total of 795 television channels have been granted permission by information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry to uplink from the country in the news and non-news categories while 235 applications were still pending for inter-ministerial clearances, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. I&B minister Prakash Javadekar, in reply to a written question in the Lok Sabha, also said during the last three years and current year 200 applications were received for new channels in various languages, out of which 105 were for Malayalam and Kannada language channels. 


In reply to another question on whether Doordarshan proposes to launch a "Krishi" channel devoted exclusively to agriculture and farmers, Javadekar responded in the affirmative and said the details were being worked out in consultation with the stakeholders. 

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