Union Budget 2014: Govt announces to launch 'DD Kisan' channel for farmers

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PTI | New Delhi | Published: Jul 10 2014, 13:36 IST

SUMMARY

The government today announced a new 24-hour TV channel dedicated to agriculture sector with an outlay of Rs 100 crore for providing real-time information to farmers.

The government today announced a new 24-hour TV channel dedicated to agriculture sector with an outlay of Rs 100 crore for providing real-time information to farmers.

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget speech for 2014-15 said that a sum of Rs 100 crore has been set aside for Kisan (Farmers) Television to provide real time information on various farming and agriculture issues.

Earlier this month, Information and Broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar had told PTI a channel will be named 'DD Kisan' will come very soon and Prasar Bharati is already working on finalising the plans for launching the channel at the earliest.

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