Govt of India grants permission to 12 satellite channels of Gujarat govt


Ahmedabad, 12 December 2011

Central government’s Space and Technology department has allotted a transponder of 36 MH KU band to Gujarat government for launching of long distance education system in 12 sectors at one go through satellite communication technology.

Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi had written a letter to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to allot 36 bandwidth of entire transponder to Gujarat. Modi in his letter had specially mentioned that Gujarat has already built a capacity of long distance education through satellite space technology, as the state has presence of information technology network in all villages.