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Number of Registered Publications in India and Growth

Number of Registered Publications in India and Growth from 2010-11 to 2025-26

Sr.No.	Year (Ending)	Daily	Bi/Tri-Weekly	Weekly	Others	Total
1	2010-2011	10205	394	27321	44202	82222
2	2011-2012	10908	396	28819	46631	86754
3	2012-2013	12109	402	31280	50276	94067
4	2013-2014	13350	411	33170	52729	99660
5	2014-2015	14573	411	34991	55468	105443
6	2015-2016	15723	413	36635	58080	110851
7	2016-2017	16580	413	37829	59998	114820
8	2017-2018	17160	413	38933	61733	118239
9	2018-2019	17504	413	39436	62642	119995
10	2019-2020	19782	539	44519	78583	143423
11	2020-2021	19971	541	44899	79109	144520
12	2021-2022	20278	543	45395	79829	146045
13	2022-2023	20881	547	46071	80864	148363
14	2023-2024	21642	548	47052	82180	151422
15	2024-2025	22759	558	47736	83470	154523

* Others includes Fortnightly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half-yearly, Yearly etc.
Source: PRG

Coverage of DD in India

Coverage of DD in India by 31.03.2026

Coverage of DD	Percentage (%)
Geographical coverage of Doordarshan's DTH service	100%
Population coverage of Doordarshan's DTH service	100%

Source: Prasar Bharati

Coverage of Radio in India

Coverage of Radio in India as on 31-03-2026

AIR Broadcast Coverage (as per installed capacity)
	By Area (%)	By Population (%)
By Primary Grade Signal (MW+FM)	90.00%	98.00%
By FM Signal only	60.70%	75.00%
By MW Signal only	88.00%	95.00%

Source: Prasar Bharati

Growth of All India Radio Stations

Growth of All India Radio Stations from 2010 to 2025

Year	No. of AIR Stations
2010	234
2011	242
2012	278
2013	377
2014	413
2015	416
2016	420
2017	422
2018	471
2019	479
2020	485
2021	501
2022	501
2023	580
2024	591
2025	591
2026 (Upto March)	593

Source: Prasar Bharati

Growth of Community Radio Stations in India

Growth of Community Radio Stations in India from 2010-11 to 2025-26

Sr. No.	Year	Nos of CRS
1	2010-2011	85
2	2011-2012	112
3	2012-2013	130
4	2013-2014	148
5	2014-2015	160
6	2015-2016	171
7	2016-2017	190
8	2017-2018	212
9	2018-2019	248
10	2019-2020	278
11	2020-2021	299
12	2021-2022	344
13	2022-2023	433
14	2023-2024	503
15	2024-2025	531
16	2025-2026	564

Source: CRS Cell, M/o I&B

Growth of Private FM Radio Stations in India

Growth of Private FM Radio Stations in India from 2010 to 2025

Sr. No.	Year	No. of FM Radio Stations
1	2010	246
2	2011	246
3	2012	246
4	2013	243
5	2014	243
6	2015	243
7	2016	276
8	2017	324
9	2018	369
10	2019	383
11	2020	385
12	2021	386
13	2022	388
14	2023	388
15	2024	388
16	2025	390

Growth of Doordarshan Channels in India

Growth of Doordarshan Channels in India from 2010 to 2026

Year	No. of Doordarshan Channels
2010	17
2011	17
2012	17
2013	21
2014	22
2015	23
2016	23
2017	23
2018	23
2019	24
2020	36
2021	36
2022	36
2023	35
2024	35
2025	35
2026 (Upto March)	35

DD India has International presence.
Source: Prasar Bharati

Growth of Doordarshan Free Dish Channels

Growth of Doordarshan Free Dish Channels from 2010 to 2026

Year	No. of DD Free Dish Channels
2010	59
2011	59
2012	59
2013	59
2014	59
2015	80
2016	80
2017	104
2018	104
2019	104
2020	110
2021	167#
2022	167#
2023	167#
2024	381**
2025	381**
2026	482*

# Including 51 Educational Channels being uplinked by BISAG (N) with Doordarshan Co-branding.
** Including 265 Educational Channels being uplinked by BISAG (N) with Doordarshan Co-branding.

Growth of Private Satellite TV Channels in India

Growth of Private Satellite TV Channels in India from 2010 to 2025-26

Sr. No.	Year	No. of Satellite TV Channels
1	2010-11	603
2	2011-12	822
3	2012-13	852
4	2013-14	859
5	2014-15	821
6	2015-16	847
7	2016-17	899
8	2017-18	877
9	2018-19	866
10	2019-20	918
11	2020-21	914
12	2021-22	898
13	2022-23	905
14	2023-24	912
15	2024-25	908
16	2025-26	919

Source: TV-I Section, Ministry of I&B

Growth Trends in Media and Entertainment Sector

Growth Trends in Media and Entertainment Sector from 2017 to 2024

Sr. No.	Sectors	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	Television	740	788	685	720	726	711	679	617
2	Digital media	169	308	326	439	571	686	851	1110
3	Print	305	296	190	227	250	259	257	259
4	Online gaming	46	64	79	101	222	236	236	195
5	Filmed entertainment	175	191	72	93	172	197	187	205
6	Animation and VFX	79	95	53	83	107	114	103	105
7	Live events	75	83	27	32	73	88	101	145
8	Out of Home media	37	51	16	20	48	54	59	67
9	Music	14	15	15	19	46	54	53	59
10	Radio	34	31	14	16	21	23	25	23
	Total	1674	1922	1477	1750	2237	2422	2553	2785
	Growth Total (%)	13.65	14.10	-22.67	18.48	23.3	8.3	5.4	9.1

All figures are gross of taxes( ₹ in billion) for calendar years

Source: FICCI Report 2018-25

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Number of Registered Publications in India and Growth

Number of Registered Publications in India and Growth from 2010-11 to 2025-26

Coverage of DD in India

Coverage of DD in India by 31.03.2026

Coverage of Radio in India

Coverage of Radio in India as on 31-03-2026

Growth of All India Radio Stations

Growth of All India Radio Stations from 2010 to 2025

Growth of Community Radio Stations in India

Growth of Community Radio Stations in India from 2010-11 to 2025-26

Growth of Private FM Radio Stations in India

Growth of Private FM Radio Stations in India from 2010 to 2025

Growth of Doordarshan Channels in India

Growth of Doordarshan Channels in India from 2010 to 2026

Growth of Doordarshan Free Dish Channels

Growth of Doordarshan Free Dish Channels from 2010 to 2026

Growth of Private Satellite TV Channels in India

Growth of Private Satellite TV Channels in India from 2010 to 2025-26

Growth Trends in Media and Entertainment Sector

Growth Trends in Media and Entertainment Sector from 2017 to 2024

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