New Delhi sources have stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio address 'Mann Ki Baat' has generated revenue of about Rs 10 crore for the All India Radio (AIR) in the last two financial years, the Lok Sabha was informed today. In 2016-17, the revenue was to the tune of Rs 5.19 crore, while it was Rs 4.78 crore in 2015-16.
Meanwhile the Minister of Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore, in a written reply, said regional version of the address is broadcast in 18 languages and 33 dialects on the same day after the completion of the original broadcast, adding the monthly radio address was also broadcast in English and Sanskrit.
This idea was launched on October 3, 2014 and PM Modi addresses the nation
every month in 'Mann Ki Baat' program in which he talks about immediate
issues that need to be addressed. PM Modi had last addressed the nation on his
monthly radio program on June 25, the 42nd anniversary of the Emergency,
where he called it the "darkest day in the history of India".
