Delhi: In the latest announcement made by The ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) the authority stated that it has decided to waive off the processing fee for temporary uplinking of devotional TV channels with immediate effect.
It has also stated that the processing fee for temporary uplink of a live devotional/ spiritual/ yoga events will also be waived off.
Earlier, the devotional TV channels were paying Rs 50,000 per channel per day which was the amount stipulated for regional channels.
In 2017, the ministry had levied a processing fee on TV channels in case there is a change of satellite, channel name/logo, language of channel, category of channel, mode of transmission, teleport, teleport location and category of channel from general entertainment to news for temporary uplink of a live event.
