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05/04/22 13:37 PM IST

Broadcast Seva Portal for broadcasters

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  • Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, and Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur today launched the Broadcast Seva Portal in New Delhi.
About Portal 
  • Broadcast Seva Portal is an online portal solution for speedy filing and processing of applications of broadcasters for various kinds of licenses, permissions, registrations, etc.
  • The Broadcast Seva Portal will reduce the turnaround time of applications and at the same time will help applicants track the progress.
  • This portal will reduce the human interface that was required earlier and thus add to capacity building of the Ministry and will be a major step towards Ease of Doing Business.
  • The 360 degree digital solution will facilitate the stakeholders in seeking permissions, applying for registration, tracking applications, calculating fees and executing payments. 
  • This portal will provide its services under the wider umbrella efforts of Digital India to all stakeholders to private satellite TV channels, teleport operators, MSOs, community and private radio channels etc.
  • The simple and user-friendly web portal provides a broadcaster an end-to-end solution with just a click of a mouse.
  • It will boost the business environment and empower the entire broadcast sector by directly benefiting more than 900 Satellite TV Channels, 70 Teleport operators, 1700 Multi-service operators, 350 Community Radio Stations (CRS), 380 Private FM Channels and others.
  • The portal would bring Transparency, Accountability & Responsiveness in the ecosystem and all information will be available on a single dashboard.
Features 

  • End-to-end processing
  • Integration with payment system (Bharat Kosh)
  • Integration with E-Office and stakeholder ministries
  • Analytics, Reporting and Management Information System (MIS)
  • Integrated Helpdesk
  • Application forms and status tracking
  • Downloading letters/orders from the portal itself
  • Alerts to stakeholders (SMS/E-Mails)
Source-PIB 

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