Yes, i agree today in Rs 100, you can't even buy 1 kg of potato,onion and tomato such are the state of affairs.
The HD access fee is a pain in TS, along with which you need to have the SD channel subscribed in the base pack. For Videocon it's simpler, you pay Rs 175 and you get all 22 HD channels. Videocon DTH users please correct me if i am wrong.