DD Kisan

DD Kisan डी डी किसान
Launched	26 May 2015
Owned by	Doordarshan
Slogan	बदलते भारत की शान (Changing Indian Farmer)
Country	India
Headquarters	Noida,India
Sister channel(s)	DD India DD News DD Sports DD National
Website	Official website
Availability
Satellite
DD Free Dish	Channel 16
Reliance Digital TV	Channel 190
Dish TV	Channel 198
TATA Sky	Channel 500
Sun Direct	Channel 800
Videocon d2h	Channel 746
Cable
Asianet Digital	Channel 530

DD Kisan is an Indian agriculture 24-hour television channel, which is owned by Doordarshan and was launched on 26 May 2015. The channel has been dedicated to agriculture and related sectors, which disseminates real-time inputs to farmers on new farming techniques, water conservation and organic farming among other information.

History

Ahead of Indian general election, 2014, the BJP had declared that if they come in power they would try setting up a dedicated channel for Indian Farmers thus giving them an opportunity to watch program related to agriculture and farming 24X7. The public broadcaster Prasar Bharti which currently runs the Krishi Darshan program on Doordarshan is one of the longest running programmes on DD National. It was launched on 26 January 1967.

External links

• Official website
• DD INDIA Programme Schedule