Incentives For FM Radio Operators

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF  INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2695

ANSWERED ON-30.04.2012

(a) whether Government provides incentives for FM radio operations across the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) whether Government is satisfied with the result achieved, so far?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING (SHRI C.M. JATUA)

(a) & (b): Cabinet, in its meeting held on 7.7.2011, has approved the ‘Policy Guidelines on Expansion of FM radio broadcasting services through private agencies (Phase-III)’. For promotion of private FM radio, policy proposes to enhance FDI + FII from 20% to 26%, news bulletins of All India Radio (AIR) in an unaltered form has been permitted, networking of channels within a broadcaster’s channel has been allowed and multiples channels in a city has also been permitted. Policy also proposes special incentives for North East Region and Jammu and Kashmir and Island territories.

Salient features of the approved policy for Phase-III as against Phase-II are enclosed at Annexure.

(c ): As per the Policy Guidelines for expansion of FM Radio broadcasting services through private agencies (Phase-III) approved by the Cabinet e-auction would be held in batches over a period of 3 years with the approval of Hon’ble Minister in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. 

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Coverage Of FM Radio Services

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF  INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2690

ANSWERED ON-30.04.2012

(a) the present policy to cover the FM radio services both private and public sectors to the cities across the country; and

(b) the details of targets fixed and achievements made?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING (SHRI C.M. JATUA)


(a): Private Sector:

Presently, 245 FM channels are operational under existing Phase-II Policy guidelines on expansion of FM radio broadcasting services through private agencies. Further, as per approved policy guidelines on expansion of FM radio broadcasting services through private agencies in Phase-III, Government proposes to extend FM radio service to about 227 new cities, in addition to the present 86 cities, with a total of 839 new private FM radio channels in 294 cities. Phase-III policy will result in coverage of all cities with a population of one lakh and above except private FM radio channels in North East (NE) Region and Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Island territories, which are having a population of less than 1 lakh.



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Public Sector :

Presently, All India Radio (AIR) FM service is provided from 217 places across the country and the coverage in FM Mode is by 41.43% of population of the country. For covering the entire country by FM channels, huge funds are required. Therefore, FM expansion in the country is being taken up in the phased manner depending upon availability of funds, and inter-se priority.

(b): Private Sector:

As per time schedule for implementation of Policy Guidelines on expansion of FM radio broadcasting through private agencies, (Phase-III), ascending e-auction process is to be initiated for issuing permissions for FM radio channels in batches over a period of 3 years with the approval of Hon’ble Minister in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Public Sector:

As regards, AIR, the scheme for installation of 311 new FM Transmitters of various capacities in the country was approved during 11th Plan, 173 nos. of Transmitters under the Continuing Scheme and 138 nos. of Transmitters under the new scheme and their current status is as below:



S.No.. 11th Plan Scheme No. of New FM Tr. approved Transmitters installed till March’2012 Transmitters in Progress Pending due to non-allotment of Site from State Govts.
1 Continuing Scheme 173 126 41 6


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Revenue Generated Under Tatkal Scheme

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF  RAILWAYS

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2628

ANSWERED ON-27.04.2012

(a) the details of revenue generated by Railways under Tatkal Scheme during last three years;

(b) whether Government contemplates to increase the seat quota under Tatkal Scheme;

(c) whether Government has received any complaints against the Tatkal Scheme; and

(d) if so, the status thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS


(SHRI BHARATSINH SOLANKI)


(a): Details of revenue generated by Railways under Tatkal Scheme during the last three years are as under:-

Financial Year Tatkal Charges
(In ` Crores)
2009-10 672
2010-11 729
2011-12 847


(b): No, Sir.

(c): The issue regarding non-availability of access to Tatkal tickets through internet during opening hours was reported in one News Paper.

(d): Various measures like restricting agents from booking Tatkal tickets between 0800 hours and 1000 hours, capturing details of proof of identity and carrying the same proof during the journey, increasing the bandwidth & installation of high capacity database servers etc. have been taken by Indian Railways and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to improve availability of e-tickets including Tatkal tickets particularly during opening hours of reservation.


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Accidents At Railway Crossings

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF  RAILWAYS

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2612

ANSWERED ON-27.04.2012

(a) the details of persons killed during last three years at railway crossings, manned/unmanned, across the country;

(b) the details of compensation paid by Railways, during last three years;

(c) whether Government has taken any steps/measures to construct ROBs/RUBs at these railway crossings, during the last three years; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI BHARATSINH SOLANKI)


(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

ANNEXURE

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2612 BY SHRI Y.S. CHOWDARY TO BE ANSWERED IN RAJYA SABHA ON 27.04.2012 REGARDING ACCIDENTS AT RAILWAY CROSSINGS.


(a):    Number of persons who lost their lives in consequential train accidents/incidents at manned and unmanned level crossings during the last three years i.e. 2009-10, 2010-11 and     2011-12 is given below:

Year	Loss of lives in incidents at Manned Level Crossings	Loss of lives in incidents at Unmanned Level Crossings
2009-10	7	170
2010-11	7	130
2011-12*	5	202

* figures are provisional.

(b):    The amount of compensation paid by the Railways to the victims of accidents/incidents at manned and unmanned level crossings during the last three years, i.e., 2009-10, 2010-11 and  2011-12, is as under:

Year	Amount of  compensation paid in incidents at Manned Level Crossings (` in lakhs) (` in lakhs)		Amount of  compensation paid in incidents at Unmanned Level Crossings (` in lakhs)
	Death	Injury	Death	Injury
2009-10	17.81	3.97	31.51	0.04
2010-11	25.81	0.39	17.41	2.48
2011-12*	50.08	0.42	2.22	0

* figures are provisional

Note: The compensation paid in a year does not necessarily relate to the accident/incident happened in that year.

(c) & (d):    Yes, Sir. Railways have decided to eliminate unmanned/manned level crossings by   (i) construction of Road Under Bridges (RUB)/subway in lieu of level crossing, (ii) by construction of diversion road for merger of unmanned level crossing to nearby manned or unmanned level crossings or subway or RUB or Road Over Bridges (ROB), (iii) by closing unmanned level crossings having NIL Train Vehicle Unit (TVU) where roads are non-existent on either side and (iv) construction of ROB in lieu of level crossing.  

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Grant In Aid Provided For Welfare Of STs

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF  TRIBAL AFFAIRS

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2453

ANSWERED ON-26.04.2012

(a) the details of grant-in-aid provided to voluntary organizations working for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes across the country, State-wise;

(b) the details of projects received/ sanctioned by Government till date;

(c) whether the NGOs have achieved targets/ objectives;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS
(SHRI MAHADEO SINGH KHANDELA)

(a) & (b): During 2011-12, a total of 239 proposals for ongoing projects were received against which 154 projects for an amount of Rs. 77.09 crore were sanctioned. This included arrear grants in certain cases. Details of the NGOs and brief nomenclature of the projects are enclosed as Annex.

(c) to (e): The objective of partnership with Voluntary Organizations is to supplement Government efforts and to have a wider reach in implementing tribal welfare and development programmes. By implementing projects, Voluntary Organizations have been able to reach beneficiaries also in the remote tribal areas while adding to the coverage by the Government. 

ANNEXURE

 

 

 
 




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