Setting up of FM Radio Stations (26-Jul-2005)

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[26 July, 2005] RAJYA SABHA 


(c) The guidelines for regularization of unauthorized colonies were 
initially finalized by the Government in February, 2001 and fiied in Delhi 
High Court in connection with CWP No. 4771/1993. The guidelines 
were subsequently revised in February, 2004. The guidelines provide 
the policy framework for regularization including the cut-off date, eligibility 
criteria for regularization, the applicability of development control norms, 
etc. 


Setting up of FM Radio Stations 


“6. SHRI 8.3. PANDA: 
SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD: 


Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased 
to state: 


(a) whether Government propose to allow around 330 private radio stations 
in the near future; 


(b) if so, the details thereof; and 


(6) how far this would help in generating additional employment 
opportunities? 


THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING 
(511२1 5. JAIPAL REDDY): (a) and (b) A total of 336 Channels in 
90 cities will be made available for bidding in Phase ll of FM radio 
broadcasting through private agencies. The details are given in the 
Statement (See Below). 


(c) The expansion of FM radio service through private agencies is 
expected to generate both direct and indirect employment. The employment 
would be in the form of manpower engaged for programme production; in 
setting up of broadcasting infrastructure; for maintenance of equipment 
and other ancillary services. Indirectly, additional employment will be 
generated in equipment manufacture, advertising services and outsourced 
content production. 


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Statement 
FM Channels to be put on bid for Phase ॥ of private FM Radio Broad- 
casting 
5. City State/UT No. of 
No. Channels 
available for 
bidding 
1 2 3 4 
Category —A+ 
1. Chennai T.N. 6 
Z. Delhi Delhi 6 
3. Kolkata W.B. 5 
4. Mumbai Maharashtra 5 
Category —A 
5 Bangalore Karnataka 7 
6 Hyderabad A.P. 7 
7. Jaipur Rajasthan 5 
8 Pune Maharashtra 3 
9 Surat Gujarat 4 
10. Ahmedabad Gujarat 5 
11. Lucknow U.P. 2 
42. Nagpur Maharashtra 6 
13. Kanpur U.P. 3 
ह Category-B 

14. Agra U.P. 3 
15. Allahabad U.P. 4 
16. Amritsar Punjab 4 
17. Asansol W.B. 2 
18. _Bhopal M.P. 4 


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1 


2 

Cochin 
Coimbatore 
Indore 
Jabalpur 
Jamshedpur 
Patna 

Rajkot 
Vadodra 
Varanasi 
Vijayawada 
Vishakapatnam 
Madurai 
Category-C 
Ahmednagar 
Ajmer 

Akola 
Aligarh 
Aurangabad 
Bareily 
Bhubneshwar/Cuttak 
Bilaspur 
Dhule 
Gorakhpur 
Gulbarga 
Guwahati 
Gwalior 
Jalandhar 


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3 

Kerala 
Tamil nadu 
M.P. 

M.P. 
Jharkhad 
Bihar 
Gujarat 
Gujarat 
U.P. 

A.P. 

A.P. 

Tamil Nadu 


Maharashtra 


Rajasthan 


Maharashtra 


U.P. 


Maharashtra 


U.P. 
Orissa 


Chhattisgarh 
Maharashtra 


U.P. 
Karnataka 
Assam 
M.P. 
Punjab 


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2 


Jalgaon 
Jammu 
Jhansi 
Jodhpur 
Kannur 
Kolhapur 
Mangalore 
Muzzafarpur 
Mysore 
Nanded 
Nasik 
Patiala 
Pondicherry | 
Raipur 
Rajamundri 
Ranchi 
Sagar 
Sholapur 
Siliguri 
Srinagar 
Tiruchy 
Tirunelveli 
Tirupati 
Thiruvananthapuram 
Warangal 
Bikaner 
Kota 


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3 


Maharashtra 
J&K 

U.P. 
Rajasthan 
Kerela 
Maharashtra 
Karnataka 
Bihar 
Karnataka 
Maharashtra 
Maharashtra 
Punjab 
Pondicherry 
Chhattisgarh 
AP. 
Jharkhand 
M.P. 
Maharashtra 
W.B. 

J&K 

Tamil Nadu 
Tamil Nadu 
A-P. 

Kerala 

A.P. 
Rajasthan 
Rajasthan 


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1 2 3 


4 
72. Kozikod Keraia 2 
73. Rourkela Orissa 4 
74. Sangaili Maharashtra 2 
75. Trissur Kerala 4 
76. Tuticorin Tamil Nadu 4 
77. Udaipur Rajasthan 4 
Category-D 

78. Agartala Tripura 4 
79. Aizwal Mizoram 4 
80. Gangtok Sikkim 4 
81. Hissar Haryana 4 
82. Imphal Manipur 4 
83. Itanagar Arunachal 4 
84. Kohima Nagaland 4 
85. Panaji Goa 3 
86. Shillong Meghalaya 4 
87. Shimla H.P. 4 
88. Daman Daman & Diu 2 
89. Karnal Haryana 2 
90. Port Blair A & Nicobar 4 

336 


GRAND TOTAL 
Development of National Capital Region 


*7. SHRI VIJAY J. DARDA: Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
be pleased to state: 


(a) whether Government are aware that in the last meeting of the Nationa! 
Capital Regional Planning Board, development of another new township- 


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