[cr-india] the CR Policy - at last

[sajan venniyoor]

India's new community radio policy is now official. 

The 'detailed policy guidelines' are available on the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting's website at this URL: http://www.mib.nic.in/informationb/CODES/frames.htm. (Scroll down to this link: "Policy Guidelines for Setting up Community Radio Stations in India" (Updated 04/12/2006)).

No surprises, really. The policy allows civil society and voluntary organisations to apply for a CR license; there is no license fee; advertisements are permitted (5 minutes per hour).

And, yeah, "the Permission Holder shall not broadcast any programmes, which relate to news and current affairs and are otherwise political in nature." (Which begs the question: how about non-political news & current affairs?)

It's time to walk the talk, comrades.

Sajan


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