India’s Information and Broadcasting Ministry has approved over 550 million US dollars for Indian national public broadcaster Doordarshan’s development, as part of the country’s tenth five-year plan outlay. Additionally, over US$88 million US has been set aside for the expansion of All India Radio’s (AIR) services.
As part of the expansion plans for AIR, a special package will be provided for Jammu and Kashmir, and the north-eastern states including Andaman and Nicobar Islands. This was announced by the Minister for Information and Broadcasting and parliamentary affairs Priyaranjan Dasmunsi in parliament.
(Source: Commonwealth Broadcasting Association/R. Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
GVH: No mention if All India Radio's expansion will be for their shortwave services or shift to an FM service as speculated for sometime next year.
