{"id":4481,"date":"2025-07-10T11:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T06:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=4481"},"modified":"2025-07-10T13:57:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T08:27:43","slug":"broadcasting-infrastructure-and-network-development-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/broadcasting-infrastructure-and-network-development-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND) Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND) Scheme Latest News<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>The Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND) scheme <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aims to provide financial support to Prasar Bharati (All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD) for expenses related to <\/span><b>expansion and upgradation of its broadcasting infrastructure.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND) Scheme<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The central government will establish Akashvani kendra in Ujjain under the Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND) scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND) Scheme<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>Central Sector Scheme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It aims to provide financial support to Prasar Bharati (All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD) for expenses related to <\/span><b>expansion and upgradation of its broadcasting infrastructure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, content development and civil work related to the organization.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It enable the public broadcaster to undertake a major upgradation of its facilities with better infrastructure which will widen <\/span><b>its reach, including in the LWE, border and strategic areas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and provide high-quality content to the viewers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also focuses on <\/span><b>development of high-quality content<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for both domestic and international audiences.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It ensures the <\/span><b>availability of diverse content<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the viewers by upgradation of the capacity of the DTH platform to accommodate more channels.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Significance of the Scheme<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <\/span><b>potential to generate indirect employment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by way of manufacturing and services related to the supply and installation of broadcast equipment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Scheme will increase coverage of AIR FM transmitters in the country to 66% by geographical area and 80% by population up from 59% and 68% respectively.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2143200#:~:text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PIB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BIND scheme supports Prasar Bharati (AIR &#038; DD) by funding the expansion and upgradation of broadcasting infrastructure across India. 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