[cr-india] Community Radio Station in Mhaswad (Satara), Maharashtra

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Community Radio Station in Mhaswad, Maharashtra
Press Information Bureau - Press Release - 27 Jan 2009

Regular transmission from the Mannvikas Samajik Sanstha Community Radio
station has begun from 26th January 2009. Experimental transmission from its
Community Radio Station at Mhaswad, Distt Satara, Maharashtra operating at
90.4 MHz FM started with effect from 16.12.2008. The Ministry of Information
& Broadcasting, Government of India had signed a Grant of Permission
Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating the Community Radio
Station with Mannvikas Samajik Sanstha on 20.06.2008.

The Community radio station established in Mhaswad, Distt Satara,
Maharashtra will serve to establish agriculture related knowledge ICT
network and knowledge delivery mechanism through community radio as an
effective tool. It will help in capacity building of the community based
organizations in the use of audio tool like community radio as a means for
social & economic empowerment in addition to laying special emphasis on the
themes that support the poor and marginalized members of the local community
in improving social conditions & quality of their cultural life.

Mannvikas Samajik Sanstha, Mhaswad, Distt Satara, Maharashtra is a
"Non-Profit" Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) established in 1994 with a
vision to improve the lives of rural women and their families by the
participation of the local community in the construction of roads, water
tanks, housing structures and educational facilities. It also carries
literacy campaigns, anti-dowry, anti-liquor, family planning and
conservation of the environment campaigns.

Mann and Kahtao Tehsils of Satara are drought prone areas of Maharashtra
where per capita income is lower than rest of the state. The economy of the
area is predominantly agrarian with high incidence of poverty and
unemployment. Nearly 40% population constitutes the SC and ST population
with low sex ratio of 874. The literacy rate of Lateri and Sironj tehsil is
47.1% and 53.1% only. The sanstha proposes to air educational,
self-employment initiative, health education programmes for the population
in the area through the community radio by the active participation of the
community.
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