| Growth of AIR Network in India (1947 to 2017) | |||||||||
| Five Year Plan | As on | No. of Centres | Number of Transmitters | Coverage | |||||
| Broad Casting Centres | Auxiliary Recording Centres | MW | SW | FM | Total | % Area | % Population | ||
| End of I (51-56) | |||||||||
| End of II (56-61) | |||||||||
| End of III (61-66) | |||||||||
| End of IV (69-74) | |||||||||
| End of V (74-78) | |||||||||
| End of VI (80-85) | |||||||||
| End of VII (85-90) | |||||||||
| Start of VIII | |||||||||
| End of VIII (92-97) | |||||||||
| Start of IX | |||||||||
| End of IX (97-02) | |||||||||
| Start of X | |||||||||
| Tenth Plan (02-07) | |||||||||
| Eleventh Plan (2007-12) | |||||||||
| Twelfth Plan (2012-17) | |||||||||
