Question : Entertainment Facilities in Flights

(a) whether the Government is aware that broadcast channels of TV, Radio, Game etc. in the flights are made only in a few selected languages and the similar facilities are not available in many languages including Kannada;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government is also aware that every domestic traveller is not able to converse in either English or Hindi and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government has conducted any survey of the number of people aware of both Hindi and English in the country and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) whether the Government is taking any measure to include Kannada and other regional languages in broadcast channels of TV, Radio, Game etc. in the flights and if so, the details thereof?

Answer given by the minister

The Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION
(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a), (b) & (e) Inflight entertainment for passengers is as per airlines policy. Government has no role in the selection of languages for passenger inflight entertainment system.;

(c) & (d) No such information is available with this Ministry.

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