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Union Cabinet approves third batch of e-auctions for 730 Private FM radio channels in 234 new cities

The Cabinet also gave a green light for the proposal to charge the annual license fee (ALF) of FM channels as four percent of gross revenue excluding goods and services tax (GST), applicable for 234 new cities or towns

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28 Aug 2024 17:27 IST

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New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal for conducting the third batch of ascending e-auctions for 730 channels in 234 new cities with an estimated reserve price of Rs 784.87 crore, under the Private FM Radio Phase III policy.

Moreover, the Cabinet gave a green light for the proposal to charge the annual license fee (ALF) of FM channels as four percent of gross revenue excluding goods and services tax (GST), applicable for 234 new cities or towns.

The private FM radio rollout intends to fulfil the unmet demand for FM radio in the cities, which have not been covered by private radio broadcasting. Additionally, the initiative intends to bring new local content in these areas.

Many of the approved cities and towns are in aspirational districts and LWE-affected areas. Setting up of Private FM Radio in these areas will further strengthen Government outreach in these areas.

Furthermore, it will create employment opportunities, provide a boost to local dialect and culture and ‘vocal for local’ initiatives.

Andaman & Nicobar
1	Port Blair	3
Andhra Pradesh
1	Adoni	3
2	Anantapuram	3
3	Bheemavaram	3
4	Chilakaluripet	3
5	Chirala	3
6	Chittoor	3
7	Cuddapah	3
8	Dharmavaram	3
9	Eluru	3
10	Guntakal	3
11	Hindupur	3
12	Kakinada	4
13	Kurnool	4
14	Machilipatnam	3
15	Madanapalle	3
16	Nandyal	3
17	Narasaraopet	3
18	Ongole	3
19	Proddatur	3
20	Srikakulam	3
21	Tadpatri	3
22	Vizianagaram	3
Assam
1	Dibrugarh	3
2	Jorhat	3
3	Nagaon (Nowgang)	3
4	Silchar	3
5	Tezpur	3
6	Tinsukia	3
Bihar
1	Arrah	3
2	Aurangabad	3
3	Bagaha	3
4	Begusarai	3
5	Bettiah	3
6	Bhagalpur	4
7	Bihar Sharif	3
8	Chhapra	3
9	Darbhanga	3
10	Gaya	4
11	Kishanganj	3
12	Motihari	3
13	Munger	3
14	Purnia	4
15	Saharsa	3
16	Sasaram	3
17	Sitamarhi	3
18	Siwan	3
Chhattisgarh
1	Ambikapur	3
2	Jagdalpur	3
3	Korba	3
Daman & Diu
1	Daman	3
Gujarat
1	Amreli	3
2	Bhuj	3
3	Botad	3
4	Dahod	3
5	Gandhidham	3
6	Jetpur Navagadh	3
7	Patan	3
8	Surendranagar Dudhrej	3
Haryana
1	Ambala	3
2	Bhiwani	3
3	Jind	3
4	Kaithal	3
5	Panipat	3
6	Rewari	3
7	Rohtak	3
8	Sirsa	3
9	Thanesar	3
J&K
1	Anantnag	3
Jharkhand
1	Bokaro Steel City	3
2	Deoghar	3
3	Dhanbad	4
4	Giridih	3
5	Hazaribag	3
6	Medninagar (Daltonganj)	3
Karnataka
1	Bagalkot	3
2	Belgaum	4
3	Bellary	4
4	Bidar	3
5	Bijapur	4
6	Chikmagalur	3
7	Chitradurga	3
8	Davangere	4
9	Gadag Betigeri	3
10	Hassan	3
11	Hospet	3
12	Kolar	3
13	Raichur	3
14	Shimoga	4
15	Tumkur	3
16	Udupi	3
Kerala
1	Kanhangad (Kasaragod)	3
2	Palakkad	3
Lakshadweep
1	Kavaratti	3
Madhya Pradesh
1	Betul	3
2	Burhanpur	3
3	Chhatarpur	3
4	Chhindwara	3
5	Damoh	3
6	Guna	3
7	Itarsi	3
8	Khandwa	3
9	Khargone	3
10	Mandsaur	3
11	Murwara (Katni)	3
12	Neemuch	3
13	Ratlam	3
14	Rewa	3
15	Sagar	4
16	Satna	3
17	Seoni	3
18	Shivpuri	3
19	Singrauli	3
20	Vidisha	3
Maharashtra
1	Achalpur	3
2	Barshi	3
3	Chandrapur	4
4	Gondiya	3
5	Latur	4
6	Malegaon	4
7	Nandurbar	3
8	Osmanabad	3
9	Udgir	3
10	Wardha	3
11	Yavatmal	3
Manipur
1	Imphal	4
Meghalaya
1	Jowai	3
Mizoram
1	Lunglei	3
Nagaland
1	Dimapur	3
2	Kohima	3
3	Mokukchung	3
Odisha
1	Baleshwar	3
2	Baripada	3
3	Berhampur	4
4	Bhadrak	3
5	Puri	3
6	Sambalpur	3
Punjab
1	Abohar	3
2	Barnala	3
3	Bathinda	3
4	Firozpur	3
5	Hoshiarpur	3
6	Ludhiana	4
7	Moga	3
8	Muktsar	3
9	Pathankot	3
Rajasthan
1	Alwar	4
2	Banswara	3
3	Beawar	3
4	Bharatpur	3
5	Bhilwara	4
6	Chittaurgarh	3
7	Churu	3
8	Dhaulpur	3
9	Ganganagar	3
10	Hanumangarh	3
11	Hindaun	3
12	Jhunjhunu	3
13	Makrana	3
14	Nagaur	3
15	Pali	3
16	Sawai Madhopur	3
17	Sikar	3
18	Sujangarh	3
19	Tonk	3
Tamil Nadu
1	Coonoor	3
2	Dindigul	3
3	Karaikudi	3
4	Karur	3
5	Nagarcoil / Kanyakumari	3
6	Neyveli	3
7	Pudukkottai	3
8	Rajapalayam	3
9	Thanjavur	3
10	Tiruvannamalai	3
11	Vaniyambadi	3
Telangana
1	Adilabad	3
2	Karimnagar	3
3	Khammam	3
4	Kothagudem	3
5	Mahbubnagar	3
6	Mancherial	3
7	Nalgonda	3
8	Nizamabad	4
9	Ramagundam	3
10	Suryapet	3
Tripura
1	Belonia	3
Uttar Pradesh
1	Akbarpur	3
2	Azamgarh	3
3	Badaun	3
4	Bahraich	3
5	Ballia	3
6	Banda	3
7	Basti	3
8	Deoria	3
9	Etah	3
10	Etawah	3
11	Faizabad / Ayodhya	3
12	Farrukhabad cum Fatehgarh	3
13	Fatehpur	3
14	Ghazipur	3
15	Gonda	3
16	Hardoi	3
17	Jaunpur	3
18	Lakhimpur	3
19	Lalitpur	3
20	Mainpuri	3
21	Mathura	3
22	Maunath Bhanjan (Distt. Mau)	3
23	Mirzapur cum Vindhyachal	3
24	Moradabad	4
25	Muzaffarnagar	4
26	Orai	3
27	Raebareli	3
28	Saharanpur	4
29	Shahjahanpur	4
30	Shikohabad	3
31	Sitapur	3
32	Sultanpur	3
Uttarakhand
1	Haldwani cum Kathgodam	3
2	Haridwar	3
West Bengal
1	Alipurduar	3
2	Baharampur	4
3	Balurghat	3
4	Bangaon	3
5	Bankura	3
6	Barddhaman	4
7	Darjiling	3
8	Dhulian	3
9	English Bazar (Maldah)	4
10	Kharagpur	3
11	Krishnanagar	3
12	Puruliya	3
13	Raiganj	3
234	Total	730

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