DD Kisan is an Indian

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

24-hour television channel, which is owned by

Doordarshan Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD; Hindi: , ) is an Indian public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions. One of India's largest bro ...

and was launched on 26 May 2015. The channel is 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

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, the

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had declared that if they come in power they would try setting up a dedicated channel for Indian Farmers. 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.

Shows

* 2021 - Hum Kisi Se Kam Nahi written by Tanveer Alam * 2015 - Wah Chaudhary Directed by Vierendrra Lalit and produced by JV Manisha Bajaj and Tarsem Antil (Harikrit Films)

References

External links

Alternate Of DD Kisan Official websiteDD INDIA Programme Schedule
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