NEW DELHI: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has proposed to
earmark Rs 1 billion for development of community radio stations in the
Twelfth Five Year Plan, of which Rs 900 million will be for grants or
aid to help the CRS movement in the country.
Giving this information at the Third Community Radio Sammelan in
New Delhi, I&B Minister Manish Tewari said only Rs 100 million had
been set aside for capacity building.He also said the proposal was that
at least 500 more community radio stations should become operational
during the Twelfth Plan.
Meanwhile, he said the Ministry had taken the initiative to
promote the streamlining and simplification of Community Radio
empanelment through Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity
thereby ensuring that the empanelled stations got a fair share of
Government advertisements. DAVP had so far allocated around Rs 60
million in commercial advertisements to CRS.
The Minister was speaking at the valedictory function of the
Sammelan, at which he also gave away awards in five different categories
to different CRS all over the country.
(Source: Radioandmusic.com)
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