I&B issues 14bn for digitisation of DD & AIR

According to the reports, the I&B ministry has prepared a proposal for Rs 8 billion to All India Radio and Rs 6 billion to Doordarshan for completing digitisation which will be shortly placed before the Cabinet.

Earlier, Doordarshan had set aside an amount of Rs 12.09 billion out of a total approved outlay of Rs 13.69 billion just for digitisation in the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012).

Reports suggest that the government is confident that it will meet the deadline of digitisation of complete electronic media by 2017.