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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:1636
ANSWERED ON:07.08.2006
FM CHANNELS
Siddeswara Shri Gowdar Mallikarjunappa
Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:
(a) the number of FM channels functioning in the country, at present;
(b) the revenue earned by the Government through these FM channels, State-wise;
(c) the number of proposals pending with the Government for starting new FM channels; and
(d) the time by which a final decision is likely to be taken by the Government in this regard?
Answer
THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRIP. २. DASMUNSI)
(a) & (b) : Two FM channels of AIR called FM Rainbow and FM Gold are functioning. There are 16 Stations, which are originating
programmes as FM Rainbow channel, and four Stations originating FM Gold type programmes. In addition, there are 70 Local Radio
Stations, 16 Non-Local Radio Stations, 25 Vividh Bharati and 30 relay centres transmitting programmes over FM transmitters. Thus a
total of 161 transmitters are functioning in FM mode. On the Private side, 27 nos. of Private FM Channels are functioning in the
country. The revenue earned by Government and Private FM Stations are given at Annexure - | and Il respectively.
(c) & (d) : Proposals for 16 nos. of AIR FM transmitters are pending while Letters of Intent for 239 Private FM Channels have been
issued. Out of this, 237 nos. of FM Channels are scheduled for commissioning by the end of next financial year.
ANNEXURE-|
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1636 TO BE
ANSWERED ON 7.8.2006
STATE WISE REVENUE FROM FM STATIONS OF AIR DURING 2005-06
Amount (Rs. In Crores)
Andhra Pradesh 1.3388
Assam 0.2525
Bihar 1.3212
Chhatisgarh 0.1689
Delhi 1.2243
Goa 0.112
Gujarat 0.9888
Haryana 0.1509
Himachal Pradesh 0.0254
Jammu & Kashmir 0.2371
Jharkhand 1.8637
Karnataka 2.3399
Kerala 2.3695
adhya Pradesh 1.8913
aharashtra 2.0473
leghalaya 0.07
izoram 0.0411
anipur O..1213
19. Nagaland 0
20. Orissa 0.2966
21. Punjab 0.6563
22. Rajasthan 1.1012
23. Tamilnadu 9.2017
24. Tripura 0.1938
25. UT- Daman 0.0106
26. UT- Karaikal 0.4801
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7. UT- Chandigarh 1.5357
8. UT- Port Blair 0.2954
9.. Uttar Pradesh 2.0515
0. Uttaranchal 0
1. West Bengal
TOTAL 33.2538
Revenue Earnings as on 2nd August, 2006
No. State Phase I Channels Phase II Channels
“License Migra- ‘License OTEF for 6 Total
Fee under tion Fee Under Functional Revenue
Phase I° Fee Phase II* Channels for
Running
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Andhra Pradesh 17,362,500 40,046,663 3,554,851 256,000,300 316,964,314
Assam 0 0 0 0 0O
Bihar 0 0 0 0 0O
Chandigarh UT 0 0 0 0 0
Chattisgarh 0 0 0 0 O
Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0
Delhi 458,392,303 666,756,657 11,782,500 0 1,136, 931,460
Goa 0 0 0 0 0
Gujarat 100,550,843 87,813,875 0 0 188,364,718
Haryana 0 0 0 00
Himachal PradeshO 0 0 0 0
J&K 0 0 0 0 0
Jharkhand 0 0 0 0 0
Karnataka 317,078,460 141,970,016 19,539,701 216,000,000 694,588,177
Kerala 0 0 0 0 0
Madhya Pradesh 107,585,064 47,506,962 0 0 155,092,026
Maharashtra 1,752,317,451 1,063,366,492 13,200,037 0 2,828, 883, 980
Manipur 0 0 0 0 0
Meghalaya 0 0 0 090
Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0
Orissa 10,474,000 0 0 0 10,474,000
Pondicherry 0 0 0 0 0
Punjab 0 0 0 0 0
Rajasthan 0 0 1,221,512 117,000,000 118,221,512
Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil Nadu 481,120,786 236,568,347 697,542 80,000,800 798,387,475
Tripura 0 0 0 00
Uttar Pradesh 220,245,319 120,527,500 5,252,063 0 346,024,882
West Bengal 62,505,765 94,244,518 0 0 156,750,283
TOTAL 3,527,632,491 2,498,801,030 55,248,206 669,001,100 6,750, 682,827