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  • May 11, 2023
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All India Radio : Known As Akashvani

News: The Centre, ordered that public broadcaster, previously known as All India Radio (AIR), be exclusively referred to as Akashvani in all broadcasts and programmes.

All India Radio (AIR) is the radio vertical of Prasar Bharati.

It’s motto is ‘Bahujan Hitaya : Bahujan Sukhaya’.

It is one of the largest broadcasting organisations in the world in terms of the number of languages of broadcast and the spectrum of socioeconomic and cultural diversity.

AIR’s home service comprises 470 Broadcasting centres located across the country, covering nearly 92% of the country’s area and 99.19 % of the total population.

AIR originates programming in 23 languages and 179 dialects.