Govt to bring in 24-hour TV channel for farmers

[Deepu]

Farmers will soon have a 24-hour TV channel dedicated to agriculture and related issues, providing the farming community with information related to aspects like weather forecast and seeds.
To be named 'DD Kisan', the government and the Prasar Bharati are working on finalising the plans for launching the channel at the earliest.
"DD Kisan will come up very soon," Information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar told PTI when asked about the plans to launch agriculture based channels.

Govt to bring in 24-hour TV channel for farmers - The Times of India

 

[THAKUR]

NEW DELHI: Farmers will soon have a 24-
hour TV channel dedicated to agriculture and
related issues, providing the farming
community with information related to
aspects like weather forecast and seeds.
To be named 'DD Kisan', the government and
the Prasar Bharati are working on finalising
the plans for launching the channel at the
earliest.
"DD Kisan will come up very soon,"
Information and broadcasting minister
Prakash Javadekar told PTI when asked about
the plans to launch agriculture based
channels.



Govt to bring in 24-hour TV channel for farmers - TOI Mobile | The Times of India Mobile Site

 

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Good step for farmers.

 

[Akash Modi]

NEW DELHI: The Kisan channel is expected to be launched early next year, as soon as the procedures under the existing rules and norms are completed.


Information and Broadcasting Ministry sources said the channel would be in Hindi to begin with and will have inputs from regional Kendras. These programmes will be shared with the Kendras.


The channel would be an education-cum-entertainment one, encompassing all facets of life of a farmer. Besides the core agricultural issues, the content of the channel will deal with various social and economic issues concerning rural India.


Ministry sources said Prasar Bharati inputs would be taken from different agricultural universities and institutes to develop rich content for the channel and the same would be disseminated among the farmers.

Link:-
Channel for farmers to be launched early next year | Indian Television Dot Com