DD Kisan

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DD Kisan
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Type Television Channel
Country India
Broadcast area India
Network Doordarshan
Headquarters Noida, India
Programming
Language(s) Hindi, English
Picture format(576i, SDTV) 4:3
Ownership
Owner Prasar Bharati, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Sister channels DD National
DD News
DD India
DD Sports
DD Bharati
DD Retro
History
LaunchedMay 26, 2015;8 years ago (2015-05-26)
Links
Website DD Kisan
Availability
Terrestrial
DVB-T2 (India)Check local frequencies
Streaming media
YouTube Official Channel

DD Kisan is an Indian state-owned agriculture television channel, founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It is the flagship channel of Doordarshan was launched on 26 May 2015. The channel is dedicated to agriculture and related sectors, which disseminates real-time inputs to farmers on new farming techniques, water conservation and organic farming among other information. [1] [2]

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History

Ahead of 2014 Indian general election, the BJP had declared that if they come in power they would try setting up a dedicated channel for Indian Farmers. The public broadcaster Prasar Bharti which currently runs the Krishi Darshan program on Doordarshan is one of the longest running programmes on DD National. It was launched on 26 January 1967.

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References

  1. "DD Kisan set for launch on May 26". The Times of India . 18 May 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  2. "Government considers launching 'DD Kisan' on Modi government's 1st anniversary". Daily News and Analysis . 20 May 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.