NATIONAL NEWS

Cabinet approves rolling out Private FM Radio to 234 uncovered new cities / town

TIN NETWORK
TIN NETWORK
FacebookWhatsAppTelegramLinkedInXPrintCopy LinkGoogle TranslateGmailThreadsShare

Cabinet approves rolling out Private FM Radio to 234 uncovered new cities / towns


Move likely to boost local content in mother tongue and create new employment opportunities

New areas covered include many Aspirational, LWE affected and border areas

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal for conduct of 3rd batch of ascending e-auctions for 730 channels in 234 new cities with estimated reserve price of Rs.784.87 crore under Private FM Radio Phase Ill Policy.

State-wise list of the cities / towns and the number of Private FM channels approved for fresh auctions is enclosed as Annexure.

The Cabinet also approved the proposal to charge Annual License Fee (ALF) of FM channel as 4% of Gross Revenue excluding Goods and Services Tax (GST). This will be applicable for 234 new cities / towns.

The Private FM Radio rollout in 234 new cities / towns will fulfil the unmet demand for FM radio in these cities / towns, which still remain uncovered by Private FM radio broadcasting and bring new / local content in mother tongue.

It will lead to creation of new employment opportunities, boost to local dialect and culture and ‘vocal for local’ initiatives.

Many of the approved cities / towns are in Aspirational districts and LWE affected areas.  Setting up of Private FM Radio in these areas will further strengthen Government outreach in these areas.

Annexure

List of 234 New Cities/ Towns having 730 Channels
S. No.Name of City / TownChannels Available
Andaman & Nicobar
1Port Blair3
Andhra Pradesh
1Adoni3
2Anantapuram3
3Bheemavaram3
4Chilakaluripet3
5Chirala3
6Chittoor3
7Cuddapah3
8Dharmavaram3
9Eluru3
10Guntakal3
11Hindupur3
12Kakinada4
13Kurnool4
14Machilipatnam3
15Madanapalle3
16Nandyal3
17Narasaraopet3
18Ongole3
19Proddatur3
20Srikakulam3
21Tadpatri3
22Vizianagaram3
Assam
1Dibrugarh3
2Jorhat3
3Nagaon (Nowgang)3
4Silchar3
5Tezpur3
6Tinsukia3
Bihar
1Arrah3
2Aurangabad3
3Bagaha3
4Begusarai3
5Bettiah3
6Bhagalpur4
7Bihar Sharif3
8Chhapra3
9Darbhanga3
10Gaya4
11Kishanganj3
12Motihari3
13Munger3
14Purnia4
15Saharsa3
16Sasaram3
17Sitamarhi3
18Siwan3
Chhattisgarh
1Ambikapur3
2Jagdalpur3
3Korba3
Daman & Diu
1Daman3
Gujarat
1Amreli3
2Bhuj3
3Botad3
4Dahod3
5Gandhidham3
6Jetpur Navagadh3
7Patan3
8Surendranagar  Dudhrej3
Haryana
1Ambala3
2Bhiwani3
3Jind3
4Kaithal3
5Panipat3
6Rewari3
7Rohtak3
8Sirsa3
9Thanesar3
J&K
1Anantnag3
Jharkhand
1Bokaro Steel City3
2Deoghar3
3Dhanbad4
4Giridih3
5Hazaribag3
6Medninagar (Daltonganj)3
Karnataka
1Bagalkot3
2Belgaum4
3Bellary4
4Bidar3
5Bijapur4
6Chikmagalur3
7Chitradurga3
8Davangere4
9Gadag Betigeri3
10Hassan3
11Hospet3
12Kolar3
13Raichur3
14Shimoga4
15Tumkur3
16Udupi3
Kerala
1Kanhangad (Kasaragod)3
2Palakkad3
Lakshadweep
1Kavaratti3
Madhya Pradesh
1Betul3
2Burhanpur3
3Chhatarpur3
4Chhindwara3
5Damoh3
6Guna3
7Itarsi3
8Khandwa3
9Khargone3
10Mandsaur3
11Murwara (Katni)3
12Neemuch3
13Ratlam3
14Rewa3
15Sagar4
16Satna3
17Seoni3
18Shivpuri3
19Singrauli3
20Vidisha3
Maharashtra
1Achalpur3
2Barshi3
3Chandrapur4
4Gondiya3
5Latur4
6Malegaon4
7Nandurbar3
8Osmanabad3
9Udgir3
10Wardha3
11Yavatmal3
Manipur
1Imphal4
Meghalaya
1Jowai3
Mizoram
1Lunglei3
Nagaland
1Dimapur3
2Kohima3
3Mokukchung3
Odisha
1Baleshwar3
2Baripada3
3Berhampur4
4Bhadrak3
5Puri3
6Sambalpur3
Punjab
1Abohar3
2Barnala3
3Bathinda3
4Firozpur3
5Hoshiarpur3
6Ludhiana4
7Moga3
8Muktsar3
9Pathankot3
Rajasthan
1Alwar4
2Banswara3
3Beawar3
4Bharatpur3
5Bhilwara4
6Chittaurgarh3
7Churu3
8Dhaulpur3
9Ganganagar3
10Hanumangarh3
11Hindaun3
12Jhunjhunu3
13Makrana3
14Nagaur3
15Pali3
16Sawai Madhopur3
17Sikar3
18Sujangarh3
19Tonk3
Tamil Nadu
1Coonoor3
2Dindigul3
3Karaikudi3
4Karur3
5Nagarcoil / Kanyakumari3
6Neyveli3
7Pudukkottai3
8Rajapalayam3
9Thanjavur3
10Tiruvannamalai3
11Vaniyambadi3
Telangana
1Adilabad3
2Karimnagar3
3Khammam3
4Kothagudem3
5Mahbubnagar3
6Mancherial3
7Nalgonda3
8Nizamabad4
9Ramagundam3
10Suryapet3
Tripura
1Belonia3
Uttar Pradesh
1Akbarpur3
2Azamgarh3
3Badaun3
4Bahraich3
5Ballia3
6Banda3
7Basti3
8Deoria3
9Etah3
10Etawah3
11Faizabad / Ayodhya3
12Farrukhabad cum  Fatehgarh3
13Fatehpur3
14Ghazipur3
15Gonda3
16Hardoi3
17Jaunpur3
18Lakhimpur3
19Lalitpur3
20Mainpuri3
21Mathura3
22Maunath Bhanjan (Distt. Mau)3
23Mirzapur cum Vindhyachal3
24Moradabad4
25Muzaffarnagar4
26Orai3
27Raebareli3
28Saharanpur4
29Shahjahanpur4
30Shikohabad3
31Sitapur3
32Sultanpur3
Uttarakhand
1Haldwani cum Kathgodam3
2Haridwar3
West Bengal
1Alipurduar3
2Baharampur4
3Balurghat3
4Bangaon3
5Bankura3
6Barddhaman4
7Darjiling3
8Dhulian3
9English Bazar  (Maldah)4
10Kharagpur3
11Krishnanagar3
12Puruliya3
13Raiganj3
234Total730

*****

FacebookWhatsAppTelegramLinkedInXPrintCopy LinkGoogle TranslateGmailThreadsShare

About the author

THE INTERNAL NEWS

Add Comment

Click here to post a comment

error: Content is protected !!