Sansad TV
Sansad TV is an Indian government television channel, which broadcasts the proceedings of the two Houses of Indian Parliament (Bharatiya Sansad) and other public affairs programming. It was formed in March 2021 by amalgamating the existing house channels, Lok Sabha TV and the Rajya Sabha TV, although separate satellite channels are broadcast for each House.
| Country | India |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Headquarters | 23, Mahadev Road, New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Hindi, English |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Government of India |
| Key people | Rajit Punhani, IAS (CEO) |
| History | |
| Founded | March 2021 |
| Launched | 15 September 2021 |
| Replaced | Lok Sabha TV Rajya Sabha TV |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Sansad TV |
| Website | sansadtv |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Airtel digital TV SANSAD TV HD | LCN 441 |
| Sansad TV SD | LCN 443 |
Provisionally, the channel will have about 35 themes on which programmes will be aired, and the programmes will be similar, but in two languages: Hindi and English. The channel was launched by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu and Speaker of Lok Sabha Om Birla on 15 September 2021. The TV Channel has experts from diverse fields as guest anchors for some flagship programmes and include Bibek Debroy, Karan Singh, Amitabh Kant, Shashi Tharoor, Vikas Swarup, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Hemant Batra, Maroof Raza and Sanjeev Sanyal.