Same here, I only watch 3 Infotainment, 2 English, & 2 Sports channels.
For this I need to pay ₹195/-!!
All DTH’s NCF need to be reduced @ ₹99/- (Sun DTH charges this price in their Curated Packs that's why those are cheap!)
But Airtel's own packs don't come with NCF, if we select Airtel's pack then too we've to pay full NCF of ₹153 extra!!
Well TRAI came up with Rs. 153 as basic ncf bcoz it wanted a minimum ARPU for operators. Remember this price includes Rs. 23 GST and remaining Rs. 130 is divided between LCO/MSO. Well all i can say is that having lower NCF Slab will not drastically reduce ARPU as very small no. of subscribers will opt for them, majority still take near about 75 or more number of chs hence falling into higher ncf slabs. Also those falling under smaller ncf slabs r likely to choose more channels than what they do at present bcoz of money saved, for eg. i may just include 15 important chs in my account if needed to pay Rs.153 ncf but can expand ch count to 30 or even 50 if NCF is Rs. 60 with 50 spots to fill