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I&B Minister @ianuragthakur: #HambotingLa site is one of the most difficult locations considering the hostile weather conditions and geographical terrain
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@ianuragthakur @MIB_India @PIB_India @airnewsalerts @Mayank23Agrawal I&B Minister @ianuragthakur: The number may look small compared to other parts of the country, but it demonstrates the commitment of Government of India to reach each and every citizen in the border areas

@ianuragthakur @MIB_India @PIB_India @airnewsalerts @Mayank23Agrawal I&B Minister @ianuragthakur: Border coverage by strong signals of Radio & Television is an important aspect of broadcasting policies of the Government

@ianuragthakur @MIB_India @PIB_India @airnewsalerts @Mayank23Agrawal I&B Minister @ianuragthakur: It is not only required for providing correct information to the people in the sensitive border areas of J&K and #Ladakh but also to counter the propaganda from the hostile neighbours

@ianuragthakur @MIB_India @PIB_India @airnewsalerts @Mayank23Agrawal I&B Minister @ianuragthakur: The strengthening of terrestrial coverage in border areas also allows the viewers/ listeners to be adequately informed about the Country’s policies, news and current affairs and simultaneously be entertained by the variety of programmes

@ianuragthakur @MIB_India @PIB_India @airnewsalerts @Mayank23Agrawal I&B Minister @ianuragthakur: @prasarbharati is making available over 160 TV channels across different genres including news, entertainment and education and 48 Radio Channels free of cost to the subscribers of DD Free Dish

@ianuragthakur @MIB_India @PIB_India @airnewsalerts @Mayank23Agrawal @prasarbharati I&B Minister @ianuragthakur: Subscribers of DD Free Dish which requires a small one-time installation cost of about Rs. 2,000/ only

@ianuragthakur @MIB_India @PIB_India @airnewsalerts @Mayank23Agrawal @prasarbharati Union Minister @ianuragthakur also announced that the Ladakhi contribution to DD Kashir will be doubled from 30 minutes to one hour daily from 1st Oct 2021

@ianuragthakur @MIB_India @PIB_India @airnewsalerts @Mayank23Agrawal @prasarbharati Union Minister @ianuragthakur: Strengthening of terrestrial coverage in border areas will also make educational content available for the students in this region through DD and AIR.

@ianuragthakur @MIB_India @PIB_India @airnewsalerts @Mayank23Agrawal @prasarbharati Union Minister @ianuragthakur: Through its TV, Radio and digital platforms, Prasar Bharati has been offering various educational contents for school & college students in collaboration with various state education departments and institutions.

@ianuragthakur @MIB_India @PIB_India @airnewsalerts @Mayank23Agrawal @prasarbharati Speaking on the occasion Sh. JT Namgyal, Member of Parliament from Ladakh said that the new transmitters show the centre’s commitment towards the development of the region.

@ianuragthakur @MIB_India @PIB_India @airnewsalerts @Mayank23Agrawal @prasarbharati I&B Minister @ianuragthakur: The unique free to air model has made DD Free Dish the largest DTH platform with reach to more than 4 Crore households.