DD Free Dish TV Yojana 2024 - Check Channel List, Set Top Box Price at prasarbharati.gov.in

DD Free Dish TV Yojana Website made operational by central government at prasarbharati.gov.in. DD Free Dish TV is India's first and one and only Free-to-Air (FTA) Direct-To-Home (DTH) Service from Prasar Bharati. Read this article till the end to check DD Free Dish channel list 2024 and know DD FreeDish Set Top Box price.

The new DD Free Dish TV Yojana is also known by the following names:-

• DD Free Dish Set Top Box Scheme
• Prasar Bharati Yojana
• Free Dish TV Yojana
• DD Free Dish DTH Service
• BIND Scheme / Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development Scheme

CCEA has approved Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development Scheme to be implemented as central sector scheme with an outlay of Rs. 2,539.61 crore up to 2025-26.

DD Free Dish TV Yojana Website (prasarbharati.gov.in)

If you want to know set top box price, channel list for TV as well as radio along with channel number, then you can check the link - https://prasarbharati.gov.in/free-dish/

The official DD Free Dish TV Yojana website is https://prasarbharati.gov.in/ 

BIND Scheme Cabinet Approval 

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the proposal of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting regarding Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development Scheme. This new BIND Scheme is a central sector scheme which would be implemented with an outlay of Rs. 2,539.61 crore up to 2025-26.

About Prasar Bharati Bind Scheme

• DD Free Dish TV Yojana is a scheme to provide financial support to Prasar Bharati. It includes expenses related to expansion and upgradation of its broadcasting infrastructure, content development and civil work related to organization.
• Prasar Bharati as the public broadcaster of the country, is the most important vehicle of information, education, entertainment and engagement for the people especially in the remote areas of the country through Doordarshan (DD) and All India Radio (AIR).
• Prasar Bharati played a stellar role in communicating public health messages and awareness to the public during the covid pandemic.

Scope of DD Free Dish Set Top Box Yojana (Bind Scheme)

• DD Free Dish TV Yojana will widen Prasar Bharati's reach, including in the LWE (Left Wing Extremism), border and strategic areas and provide high quality content to the viewers.
• Free Dish Set Top Box scheme will increase coverage of AIR FM (frequency modulation) transmitters in the country to 66% by geographical area and 80% by population, up from 59% and 68% respectively. 
• The Bind scheme also envisages free distribution of over 8 lakh DD Free Dish STBs (Set Top Box) to people living in remote, tribal, LWE and border areas.

Significance of DD Free Dish DTH Service

• DD Free Dish TV Yojana will enhance the scope of public broadcasting. It also has the potential to generate indirect employment by way of manufacturing and services related to supply and installation of broadcast equipment.
• Content generation and content innovation for AIR & DD has the potential of indirect employment of persons with varied experience of different media fields in the content production sector including TV/Radio production, transmission and associated media related services.

DD Free Dish Channel List 2024

You can now check the new channel line-up on DD Free Dish, effective from 1 April 2022.

Channel Name (TV)	Channel Number (LCN)
DD News	1
DD National	2
DD Retro	3
DD Kisan	4
DD India	5
Sun Marathi	6
Showbox	7
DD Girnar	8
Ishara TV	9
ABZY Movies	10
Vedic	11
B4U Movies	12
Good News Today	13
B4U Bhojpuri	14
Dhinchaak	15
Big Ganga	16
Goldmines Bhojpuri	17
Manoranjan Prime	18
Manoranjan Grand	19
Shemaroo Marathibana	20
DD Podhigai	21
DD Punjabi	22
DD Sahyadri	23
Fakt Marathi	24
MyCam	25
Sansad TV	26
Sansad TV	27
Shemaroo TV	28
Dangal	29
Bhojpuri Cinema	30
Zee Biskope	31
ABZY Cool	32
Dhinchaak 2	33
The Q	34
Colors Cineplex Bollywood	35
Goldmines Hindi	36
Enterr 10	37
Rishtey Cineplex	38
Movie Plus	39
Manoranjan Movie	40
Big Magic	41
B4U Kadak	42
Manoranjan TV	43
TV9 Bharatvarsh	44
Aastha	45
Filamchi Bhojpuri	46
Zing	47
Zee Anmol Cinema	48
NDTV India	49
Azaad	50
Enterr- 10 Movies	51
Goldmines Movies	52
Popcorn Movies	53
Sanskar TV	54
Star Utsav Movies	55
News 18 India	56
9XM	57
Sony Wah	58
Zee Hindustan	59
India News	60
MTV Beats	61
Mastii	62
B4U Music	63
India TV	64
News Nation	65
Times Now Navbharat	66
Republic Bharat	67
Aaj Tak	68
ABP News	69
Zee News	70
Zee Chitramandir	71
Zee Punjabi	72
News 24 Think First	73
Food Food	74
DD Yadagiri	75
DD UP	76
DD Bharati	77
DD Rajasthan	78
DD Sports	79
DD Bihar	80
DD Jharkhand	81
DD MP	82
DD Tripura	83
DD Chhattisgarh	84
DD Kashir	85
DD Chandana	86
DD Uttarakhand	87
DD Saptagiri	88
DD Malayalam	89
DD Assam	90
DD Oriya	91
DD Arun Prabha	92
DD Bangla	93
Home Channel	94
Astha Bhajan	95
Chardikala Time TV	96
DD Goa	97
DD Haryana	98
DD Himachal Pradesh	99
Samay	100
India News UP/UK	101
Sudarshan News	102
News 18 UP/UK	103
DD Meghalaya	104
DD Manipur	105
DD Nagaland	106
DD Mizoram	107
News State UP/UK	108
News India 24X7	109
Bflix Movies	110
BTV World	111
KBS World	112
DD National HD	113
DD Urdu	114
Swadesh News	115
Raftaar Media	116
DD SWAYAM Prabha 1	117
DD SWAYAM Prabha 2	118
DD SWAYAM Prabha 3	119
DD SWAYAM Prabha 4	120
DD SWAYAM Prabha 5	121
DD SWAYAM Prabha 6	122
DD SWAYAM Prabha 7	123
DD SWAYAM Prabha 8	124
DD SWAYAM Prabha 9	125
DD SWAYAM Prabha 10	126
DD SWAYAM Prabha 11	127
DD SWAYAM Prabha 12	128
DD SWAYAM Prabha 13	129
DD SWAYAM Prabha 14	130
DD SWAYAM Prabha 15	131
DD SWAYAM Prabha 16	132
DD SWAYAM Prabha 17	133
DD SWAYAM Prabha 18	134
DD SWAYAM Prabha 19	135
DD SWAYAM Prabha 20	136
DD SWAYAM Prabha 21	137
DD SWAYAM Prabha 22	138
DD eVidya 1	139
DD eVidya 2	140
DD eVidya 3	141
DD eVidya 4	142
DD eVidya 5	143
DD eVidya 6	144
DD eVidya 7	145
DD eVidya 8	146
DD eVidya 9	147
DD eVidya 10	148
DD eVidya 11	149
DD eVidya 12	150
DD Vande Gujarat 1	151
DD Vande Gujarat 2	152
DD Vande Gujarat 3	153
DD Vande Gujarat 4	154
DD Vande Gujarat 5	155
DD Vande Gujarat 6	156
DD Vande Gujarat 7	157
DD Vande Gujarat 8	158
DD Vande Gujarat 9	159
DD Vande Gujarat10	160
DD Vande Gujarat11	161
DD Vande Gujarat12	162
DD Vande Gujarat13	163
DD Vande Gujarat14	164
DD Vande Gujarat15	165
DD Vande Gujarat16	166
DD DigiShala	167

Channel Name (Radio)	Channel Number (LCN)
AIR News	1
AIR Telugu	2
AIR Marathi	3
AIR Tamil	4
AIR VBS	5
AIR Rohtak	6
AIR Vijayawada	7
AIR Imphal	8
AIR Gujarati	9
AIR Panjim	10
AIR Punjabi	11
AIR Puducherry	12
AIR Srinagar	13
AIR Lucknow	14
AIR Patna	15
AIR Bhopal	16
AIR Kannada	17
AIR Bangla	18
AIR Hindi	19
AIR North East	20
AIR Dehradun	21
AIR Port Blair	22
AIR Jaipur	23
AIR Gangtok	24
AIR Raagam	25
AIR Ranchi	26
AIR Urdu	27
AIR Oriya	28
AIR Malayalam	29
AIR Assamese	30
AIR Raipur	31
AIR Shillong	32
AIR Kohima	33
AIR Aizawl	34
AIR Itanagar	35
AIR Agartala	36
AIR Leh	37
AIR Shimla	38
AIR Jammu	39
Gyanwani	40
FM Rainbow Delhi	41
FM Gold Delhi	42
AIR Darbhanga	43
AIR Nazibabad	44
AIR World Service 1	45
AIR World Service 2	46
AIR Neighbourhood Service 1	47
AIR Neighbourhood Service 2	48

Free Dish Set Top Box Price

DD Free Dish DTH service is owned and operated by Public Service Broadcaster Prasar Bharati. It was launched in December 2004. DD Free Dish is the only Free-to-Air (FTA) Direct-To-Home (DTH) Service where there is no monthly subscription fee from the viewers. It is very affordable for all as it requires only a small one time investment of less than Rs. 2000 for purchasing of Set-to-Box (STB) and small sized Dish Antenna with accessories. The unique free to air model has made DD Free Dish the largest DTH platform.

The indicative price of a Receive System (consisting of Set Top Box, Dish Antenna, LNB , cable and other associated accessories) may be less than Rs. 2000. It may however vary with the make of equipment and will also depend upon the local taxes/prevailing custom duty, etc.

DD Free Dish Helpline Numbers

Toll Free - 1800114554 

Contact No. - 011-25806200

Data is a taken from https://prasarbharati.gov.in/free-dish/