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The government on Monday, announced proposal to give incentive to future FM radio operations in Jammu and Kashmir, the North Eastern States and island territories.

Addressing to joint session of Parliament, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil said that, the government has planned to set up a total of 806 new FM radio channels in 283 cities, to enlarge the coverage of private FM radio services to all cities with a population of one lakh and above.

The President said the Indian telecom network had expanded to almost 800 million connections, and is the second largest in the world. The government is now making concerted efforts to take mobile and broadband services to the rural areas.