TV Channels  must broadcast on  'National Interest'

11-11-2022

30 minutes of national interest content must be broadcast on a TV channel.

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The Ministry of Information Broadcasting. TV channel guidelines were issued in 2005 and revised in 2011.

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The category under the National Interest topics are

1.Education  2. Agriculture  3. Rural Development

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5. Science and Technology  6.The welfare of Women 7.The welfare of Weaker Section

4. Health and Family Welfare 

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8. Protection of Environment  9. Culture Heritage and 10.National Integration.

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The tv channels create their content on  'national interest' Telecast 30 minutes must

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After 11 years, the central government has approved guidelines for uplinking and downlinking TV channels.

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There are total 897 Channels in India. Only 30 channels are being uplinked. (broadcast in other countries).

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