The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the information and broadcasting ministry’s proposal to spend over Rs 2,500 crore on “infrastructure development” at Prasar Bharati – specifically All India Radio and Doordarshan. A press release, which called it a “major boost for public broadcasting”, detailed an outlay of Rs 2,539.61 up to 2025-26.
The development will take place under a scheme called Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development, or BIND. The project will include a “major upgradation” in facilities, development of “high-quality content”, purchase of OB vans, and “digital upgradation” of DD and All India Radio studios “to make them HD ready”.
