India has one of the largest telecom networks in Asia. In order to strengthen the flow of information from grassroots to the higher level, the government has made special provision to extend twenty-four hours STD facility to every village in the country.
(i) Mass Communication includes radio, television, newspapers, magazines, books, and films.
(ii) All India radio broadcasts a variety of programmes in national, regional or local languages.
(iii) Doordarshan, the national television channel of India broadcasts a variety of programmes ranging from entertainment, education to sports etc.
(iv) India publishes a large no. of newspapers and periodicals annually.
(v) Newspapers are published in about 100 languages and dialects.
(vi) India is the largest producer of feature films in the world. It produces short films, video feature films, and video short films.
