The programme focuses on building out Prasar Bharati’s infrastructure. It includes All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan, in order to increase public sector broadcasting across the nation (DD).
For the recently announced Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND) Scheme. It has a total outlay of over Rs 2,500 crore, Rs 600 crore have been set. A side out of the expected Rs 1,100 crore for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
The government will make All India Radio’s FM channels available to more than 80%. The nation’s residents under the scheme, which the Union Cabinet approved last month. Additionally, eight lakh DD Free Dish Set Top Boxes will be given out. To the residents of remote, tribal, Left-Wing Extremism (LWE), and border regions.
The programme focuses on building out Prasar Bharati’s infrastructure, which includes All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan, in order to increase public sector broadcasting across the nation (DD).
Despite receiving Rs 315 crore the previous fiscal year, Prasar Bharati has not received a separate allocation. In January of this year, Union I&B Minister Anurag Thakur announced the BIND programme. He described it as a “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.”