[cr-india] Community radio stations now face the heat

[Mehul Mangubahen]

most Funny order i have ever read :D :D ask them to provide 3g-4g network
to each station first or they may appoint officer for each station ! throw
this order in to the dustbin ! if govt need this we must charge them for
the same. including work hours, net rent, light bill etc.

Mehul Mangubahen

On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Kanchan K. Malik <drkanchan07 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/community-radio-stations-now-face-the-heat/article7160000.ece
>
> Published: May 1, 2015 03:11 IST | Updated: May 1, 2015 03:11 IST  New
> Delhi, May 1, 2015
> Community radio stations now face the heatANURADHA RAMAN
> They should throw open their content for scrutiny on a daily basis.
>
> After the crackdown on NGOs, the government has turned the heat on 179
> Community Radio (CR) stations operational in the country, struggling to
> remain on air on shoe-string budgets, by ordering them to throw open their
> content for scrutiny on a daily basis.
>
> This, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has proposed, should be
> done on an email. In an order, dated April 30, the Ministry ordered the
> radio stations, that broadcast anywhere between eight and 20 hours to mail
> their content every day.
>
> The order reads as follows: “You are requested to provide recordings of
> all programmes broadcast on daily basis from the date of receipt of this
> letter along with the logbook and the Q sheet. Please provide the
> recordings in MP3 format.”
>
> For most CR operators, this is a logistical nightmare as they try and
> figure out how to execute the Government’s recent diktat.
>
> The last time, the government had directed CRs to share their content was
> on a three-month basis which resulted in 30 DVDs being despatched to the
> ministry for scrutiny from a single radio station!
>
> With the Supreme Court examining a petition, operators are barred from
> broadcasting their own news.
>
> *“Move for control of news content”*
>
> Many community radio (CR) operators believe the government is preparing
> the ground for control of content.
>
> “If the courts allow news on radio, the government would retain scrutiny
> on content with this latest diktat.” In fact, this year’s budget provides
> for a Rs. 10 crore allocation for monitoring of radio content.
>
> As of now, community radio operators have no option but to broadcast Prime
> Minister Narendra Modi’s Mann Ki Baat — despite the government’s own ban on
> news! Many radio operators fear that their radio stations are increasingly
> being viewed as a platform for propagating government programmes.
>
> In short, they are being asked to function as a mouthpiece for the
> government, instead of a watchdog. Vinod Pavarla, of the UNESCO chair of
> Community Media, Hyderabad said “the diktat amounts to harassing radio
> operators, who now have to set aside a dedicated team to comply with the
> government’s order.”
>
> © The Hindu
>
> --
>
> *Dr. Kanchan K. Malik*
>
> Associate Professor, Department of Communication
>
> Faculty Fellow, UNESCO Chair on Community Media
>
> Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication
>
> University of Hyderabad
>
> Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046
>
> Phone: +91-40-23135506 (O)
>
>            +91-990-858-2613 (M)
>
> Join the Community Radio Forum.
>



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Mehul Mangubahen
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