[cr-india] ***IMPORTANT: Revised application format and questions***

[sajan venniyoor]

Dear Ram,

1. 8 (A) (v) is specifically meant for Educational Institutions. Under the
Old Scheme, any educational institution -- for-profit or not-for-profit --
could apply for a CR license. Now, CR licensing is restricted to
not-for-profit Educational Institutions only, and hence this requirement.
One assumes that NGOs -- by virtue of being registered "under Societies Act
or any other such act relevant to the purpose" -- are all not-for-profit
organizations, and therefore do not need to provide additional proof like
Income Tax certificates.

2. Additional requirements under the revised Application Form (which seems
to have been revised again in the last month or so) are the geo-coordinates
of location of transmitter / antenna and height above mean sea level.

10. Location of the FM transmitter & Antenna:
(i) Geo-coordinates of the location (in degrees, minutes and seconds):
(ii) Height above mean sea level (AMSL in meters):

I think this was earlier required only for the SACFA application, but it's
now in the CR Application as well.

Sajan


On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 1:31 PM, N.Ramakrishnan <nram at ideosyncmedia.org>
wrote:

> Dear all:
> Just a heads up that there is now a revised application format for
> aplication for permission to set up a CRS. The revised application
> format is available on the MoIB website (www.mib.nic.in) at the CR link.
> (Or go directly to this link: http://mib.nic.in/CRS/crs2-100708.pdf).
>
> Those who have already applied may already have received a letter from
> the Ministry, asking for the additional details. The Ministry's letter
> my be accessed at http://mib.nic.in/CRS/crs1-100708.pdf. In case you
> have not received it yet, rest assured that you will. It would therefore
> be wise to prepare this response and send it in ASAP.
>
> The additional information being requested is as follows:
>
> 8 (A) (v) Please furnish documents (like certificate under section 12-A
> of Income tax Act or any other document) in support of the institution
> being "Non Profit" as certified in para 6 of the Certificate/Affidavit
> (Annexure-I)
>
> 16. How are your programmes going to help the targeted community?
>
> 17. How do you propose to involve the local community in the production
> of programmes and management of the CRS?
>
> 18. Have you made any survey among the community about the need for
> setting up CRS and the requirements of the targeted population? Give
> brief details.
>
>
> I sincerely hope those of you who have proposed to set up CR stations
> have conducted a communication needs assessment in the proposed coverage
> area to attest to the need for a CRS in that area, and to identify the
> key issues in that area. I do not think this needs to be a vast research
> process. But it does need to be well thought out and relevant to the
> context that you will be working in. IMHO, this is the correct way to go
> about setting up a CRS, and should not just be something you just do for
> application's sake - if it is well planned and executed, it will be of
> great help in deciding the programming mix and audience classification
> for your CRS.
>
>
> Warmest,
> Ramakrishnan**
>
>
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>
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