Notification
dated 07/05/2003 under Cable TV Act
{TO
BE PUBLISHED IN PART II – SECTION 3 – SUB-SECTION
(ii) OF THE GAZETTE OF INDIA (EXTRAORDINARY)]
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GOVERNMENT
OF INDIA
MINISTRY
OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
NOTIFICATION
New
Delhi, the
7th
May, 2003.
S.O503(E).—In
exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (2)
and (3) of section 4A of the Cable Television
Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 {7 of 1995] (hereinafter
referred to as the “Act”), and in pursuance of the
notification of the Government of India in the Ministry
of Information and Broadcasting number S.O.39(E) dated
14th January,2003, the Central Government
hereby specifies the
minimum number of free-to-air channels to be
included in the package of channels forming the basic
service tier as thirty, in the areas specified below,
namely:-
1. Chennai
Metropolitan area;
2. Municipal
Council of Greater Mumbai area;
3. Kolkata
Metropolitan area;
4. National
Capital Territory of Delhi.
2. The package of channels forming the
basic service tier must include the compulsory transmission
of three Doordarshan channels notified under Section
8 of the said Act and the genres of entertainment,
news, sports, children’s programmes
and music
and must be in English, Hindi
and the regional language, depending
on the availability
of such channels in the areas afore-mentioned.
3.
Further, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section
(4) of Section 4A of the said Act, the Central Government,
having been satisfied that it is necessary so to do,
in public interest, hereby specifies the maximum amount
which a cable operator in the afore-mentioned areas
may demand from a subscriber for receiving the programmes
transmitted in the basic service tier provided by
such cable operator to be Rs.72/- (Rupees seventy-two)
only.
Free-to-air channels, over and above the basic
service tier, would also be made available to the
subscribers within the maximum amount mentioned above.
{Footnote:-The
Notification S.O.39(E) dated the 14th January,
2003 was published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary)
dated 14th January, 2003 in Part II-Section
3-Sub-section (ii)]
(SUDHIR
SHARMA)
JOINT
SECRETARY TO THE
GOVERNMENT
OF INDIA.(TEL.2338 3857)
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The Manager,
Government of India Press,
Mayapuri,
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