Kisan Channel equipment yet to be acquired: Jaitley

NEW DELHI: The equipment required for a full fledged studio production for Kisan Channel under ccomponent is yet to be procured and is at various stages of procurement, , Information and Broadcasting minister Arun Jaitley said today.

Although the question of roll out of Kisan Channel was mainly dependent on selection of suitable content and not technical equipment, interim technical facilities were set up at Central Production Centre (CPC), Delhi to meet the minimum functional requirement for launching the new channel as it was to be launched in a short time.

The interim technical setup, broadly meeting the requirement of studio production, electronic news gathering (ENG) production, post-production and play-out was arranged from the existing technical facilities available at CPC Kendra as well as through diversion from other Kendras in the network. 

DD Kisan Channel was launched on 25 May last year by prime minister Narendra Modi as the first programme taking place on the commencement of the second year of the National Democratic Alliance Government.