Fund
planned to encourage community radios: Soni
Friday April 08, 2011 07:55:54 AM,
IANS
|
New Delhi: Information
and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Thursday said the low
government advertisement rates for community radio stations were
"shameful" and her ministry was considering setting up a fund to
encourage such radio stations.
Inaugurating the first national community Radio Sammelan
(conference) here, Soni said the Directorate of Advertising and
Visual Publicity (DAVP) rates for advertisement on community radio
were "shameful".
She said a committee has been set up under the economic advisor to
the ministry to work out revised rates. Community radio stations
that generate their funds through people's participation would be
encouraged, she added.
Soni said the ministry was also keen to set up a community radio
fund.
The minister said some UN organisations have created community radio
funds and her ministry was keen to pursue a similar model.
She said that the amount given under the MPLADS (Member of
Parliament Local Area Development Scheme) has been increased to Rs.5
crore annually and modalities could be worked out about some part of
the fund being used to set up community radio stations.
Soni also inaugurated a poster exhibition that profiles proficiency
of the community radio stations in the country.
Ministry officials said steps have been taken to create awareness
through state level workshops and 216 new applications for community
radios had been received in the last one year.
The conference, which will continue till Saturday, will see
discussions on issues concerning policy, quality of content,
strategies to engage community in programme production, funding and
encouraging local talent.
|
Home |
Top of the Page |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top
Stories |

Sonia
pleads but Hazare doesn't give up as talks fail
His crusade
against corruption triggering a virtual tsunami, social reformer
Anna Hazare Thursday vowed to fast until death even as Congress
president Sonia Gandhi urged him
»
Hazare's
fast enters day 3; Sibal holds talks to break impasse
Now a
'corruption temple' in Delhi to highlight prevalence of graft |
|
Most
Read |
A flirting
Modern Day Nero and submissive Modern Day Gandhi
The cat is finally out of the bag.
While addressing the rally in Malegaon April 05 organised to support
activist Anna Hazare’s crusade against corruption, some speakers
came out with a surprising
» |
Census
2011: Kashmir's population touches 1.25 crore
The
population of Jammu and Kashmir has grown to 1.25 crore from 1.1
crore recorded in 2001, according to the provisional census figures
released here Thursday. "The total population of the state
»
India's
population is 1.21 billion, gender imbalance worsens
|
|
News Pick |
A.R.
Rahman launches his biography
Music maestro A.R. Rahman got a little nostalgic remembering his old
days, during the launch of his biography "A.R. Rahman: The
Spirit of Music" in Mumbai
»
K.L.
Saigal, a musician of the masses |
Six
Indian-Americans in Forbes Midas 100
Six Indian-Americans figure in The Midas 100, Forbes' list of
venture capitalists who bucked the trends of shrinking firms and
declining returns to "create wealth and fund the new ideas that
keep US economy vibrant."
» |
Goa home
minister's sons draw salaries as personal aides
For Goa Home
Minister Ravi Naik, work perhaps begins at 'home' -- his two sons
draw salaries as his personal aides.
A written reply by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat to the Goa assembly
Wednesday lists Ritesh and Roy
» |
Premji
Foundation to open school of education in Hyderabad
The Azim
Premji Foundation, promoted by IT bellwether Wipro's chairman Azim
Premji, Wednesday tied up with Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
to set up a
» |
Battle
for Bengal: Mamata juggernaut rolls out
he waves at the crowds, shakes hands
with the people and greets them either with a namaskar or an adab - depending on whether she is
traversing a Hindu or a Muslim majority area. Trinamool Congress
chief Mamata
» |
|
Picture of the Day |
 |
Prof Abbas
Rizvi along with Principal of the College of Teacher
Education, Bhopal, Prof Mahmood Siddiqui going round the
exhibition on the life and work of Maulana Azad. The
exhibition had some rare photographs and sketches of Maulana
Azad's portraits put up by the students of the B. Ed. college on the occasion.
|
|
|
|