GOVERNMENT USES DTH ROUTE TO LAUNCH 32 EDUCATIONAL CHANNELS

The Union HRD ministry has approved a scheme allowing 32 DTH educational  channels to telecast content prepared by experts for school and university students from August.Called Swayam Prabha, the scheme was approved by HRD minister Smriti Irani and is likely to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The ministry hopes that the telecast will help students in the countryside.These 32 channels have been introduced by the ministry so that students in the villages and outskirts of a state could connect with information effectively.The ministry is planning to broadcast live classroom lectures from IIT Mumbai, Delhi, Kharagpur, and Kanpur. The Department of Space has agreed to allot two transponders on a GSAT series satellite for this project.