MUMBAI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has mandated all distribution platform operators to carry DD Yadagiri as a must-carry Doordarshan channel.

In its recent notification, MIB stated that DD Yadagiri is the 27th mandatory Doordarshan channel and according to section 8 of the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act 1995, all channels notified by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette have to be mandatorily carried by the cable operators.

This year in May, MIB included DD Arun Prabha in the mandatory DD channels list.

DD Yadagiri is a state-owned Telugu language television channel operated by India's national broadcaster Doordarshan. It is one of the 11 Indian regional language channels operated by Doordarshan and is telecast from Doordarshan Kendra Hyderabad, Telangana and caters to the state of Telangana.