[cr-india] community radio in India - status update

[Vickram Crishna]

Maybe, if they dilly-dally for another 3-4 years, CAG can remind them about their duties.
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>Why should rejection rates of 300% startle anyone, Ram? I would have been startled (pleasantly) had the rate been 5% or thereabouts.
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>Maybe the ministry is jealous of the rejection rates of the IIT-JEE, and hopes to compete. 
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>On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 8:44 AM BST sajan venniyoor wrote:
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>>On 19 August 2012 20:15, Arti Jaiman <arti at trfindia.org> wrote:
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>>> How is that possible - I thought the official memo had been released about
>>> the Rs 4 rate?
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>>Yes, there is an undated
>>document<http://davp.nic.in/writereaddata/announce/cm_g_rate_card.pdf>on
>>the DAVP site giving the new guidelines for DAVP empanelment and the
>>revised rate of Rs.4 per sec.
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>>But their list of empanelled CR stations which I
>>quoted<http://davp.nic.in/em_rc_agn_list_26122011.pdf>still mentions
>>Re.1. Maybe they forgot to update it.
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>>Sajan
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>>> Arti Jaiman
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>>> Station Director : Gurgaon Ki Awaaz Samudayik Radio Station 107.8 MHz FM
>>> email: arti at trfindia.org
>>> website: www.trfindia.org
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>>> Gurgaon Ki Awaaz is the first and only civil-society-led community radio
>>> station in the National Capital Region of Delhi. Since 2009, we have been
>>> broadcasting 22X7, in Hindi and Haryanvi, with a team of community
>>> reporters who generate community content with community participation.
>>>
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>>> --- On *Sun, 19/8/12, sajan venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com>* wrote:
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>>> From: sajan venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [cr-india] community radio in India - status update
>>> To: "CR India" <cr-india at sarai.net>
>>> Date: Sunday, 19 August, 2012, 11:22 AM
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>>> Here is the latest list<http://mib.nic.in/ShowContent.aspx?uid1=2&uid2=3&uid3=0&uid4=0&uid5=0&uid6=0&uid7=0>of operational CR stations, LoI holders, applicants etc, as on 3 Aug 2012.
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>>> There isn't much to cheer about -- ten years after the first CR Policy was
>>> unveiled, we have 135 operational community radio stations, of which about
>>> 40 are licensed to civil society bodies. The rest of the licenses have gone
>>> to universities, private educational institutions and the occasional KVK.
>>> Even among the 42 NGO-run CR stations, I would be surprised if more than
>>> ten are in rural India.
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>>> Of the 371 Letters of Intent issued so far, Tamil Nadu has the maximum of
>>> 51, of which 44 have been granted to educational institutions -- mostly
>>> private colleges -- and 7 to NGOs. Maharashtra, on the other hand, has 42
>>> LoIs, of which 28 have gone to civil society organizations.
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>>>    - No. of applications received so far from 2004
>>>    to 01.08.2012: (including 104 against old guidelines): 1083
>>>    - Letters of Intent (LOI)  issued: 371
>>>    - Grant of Permission of Agreement(GOPA) signed: 180
>>>    - Operational Community Radio Stations: 135
>>>    - Number of applications rejected: 445
>>>    - Applications under process: 267
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>>> Elsewhere, in terms of advertising support for CR stations, only 9
>>> stations have been empanelled with DAVP<http://davp.nic.in/em_rc_agn_list_26122011.pdf>.
>>> I hope the Forum or the stations listed below can give us an idea of the
>>> quantum of ads released by DAVP annually to CR stations.
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>>> List of Community Radio Stations empanelled with DAVP till 31st March,
>>> 2012.
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>>> 1. Radio Mewat, Nuh, Mewat,
>>> 2. Kumayun Vani, Mukhteshwar (TERI)
>>> 3. Radio Namashkar, Konark, Orissa
>>> 4. Siwan Vani, Siwan, Bihar
>>> 5. Gyan Taranga, Assam
>>> 6. Radio Mattoli, Kerala
>>> 7. Hint Radio, Ghaziabad
>>> 8. Sangham Radio, Hyderabad
>>> 9. Jago Mumbai, Mumbai
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>>> These CRS are empanelled with DAVP at the rate of Rs.1 per second.
>>>
>>> Sajan
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>>> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----
>>>
>>> Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to
>>> www.crforum.in
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