NEW DELHI: The Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP), a unit of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, tops the list with arrears of Rs 66.71 million among 45 agencies owing over Rs 100,000 to All India Radio.
A total of Rs 997.37 million was owed to Doordarshan by 23 defaulting agencies as on 31 March this year.
Doordarshan collectively earned a revenue of Rs 1.43 billion for the first quarter of FY’11 while All India Radio earned Rs 447.83 million in the same period.
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Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting CM Jatua said Doordarshan had posted a revenue of Rs 10 billion while AIR’s income stood at Rs 2.49 billion for the fiscal ended March 2010 which included Rs 385.9 million which was not commercial revenue.
The revenue for Doordarshan has stayed flat at Rs 8.18 billion from 2006-07 to 2008-09. The earnings of AIR stood at Rs 2.33 billion during this period.
