Union Govt to distribute 1.5 lakh Freedish in border & far-flung areas of Jammu & Kashmir

The Indian government will provide free Doordarshan Dish TV facilities to residents of far-flung areas of Jammu and Kashmir. This was said by Apurva Chandra, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) during a visit to Kangan sub-division of Jammu & Kashmir to assess outreach of DD Free Dish in the area.

As per a release by the I&B Ministry, to achieve the goal of reaching out to people living in far-flung and border areas through the platform of DD Free Dish, Chandra said that the Government has proposed to distribute 1.5 lakh free Dish in such areas where cable service is not available for which tendering is under process and will be completed soon.

During the visit, the Union Secretary was accompanied by Principal Director General News, All India Radio (AIR); NV Reddy, Director General, Doordarshan; Mayank Agrawal, Additional Director General, Press Information Bureau, Srinagar; Rajinder Chaudhry, Deputy Director News DDK Srinagar, and the officers of the district administration.

Chandra underlined the importance of the free of cost service to the masses. He said that the service is being distributed in far flung areas of Kashmir and its ambit will be increased in the times to come.

The Union Secretary complimented Doordarshan Kendra Srinagar for performing its duties efficiently despite many challenges in the past. He said that the Kendra is aptly representing the local culture and traditions through its programmes reaching the people with authentic information.

The Union I&B Secretary also interacted with the people using DD Free Dish at Margund Kangan who shared their feedback about the programmes available on various channels especially DD Kashmir.

They thanked the government for providing free Dish Service which has become vital in developing and promoting regional languages and providing news and entertainment via a wide range of channels.

DD Free Dish is a Free-to-Air Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provided by Doordarshan.

The service is owned and operated by Public Service Broadcaster Prasar Bharati.

It was launched in December, 2004. The service has no monthly subscription fee from the viewers and is very affordable as it requires only a small one-time investment of about Rs 2000/- for purchasing of STB and small sized Dish Antenna with accessories.

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