[cr-india] "I&B min not to implement order on community radio stations" - PTI

[Sajan Venniyoor]

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I&B min not to implement order on community radio stations
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Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi  | May 1, 2015

The Information and Broadcasting ministry today said it would not take any
action against community radio stations that hampers their functioning and
also not implement an order that asked them to submit content on a daily
basis.

I&B Secretary Bimal Julka said the ministry would continue to support
community radio stations and the order in which such channels had been
asked to submit their content would not be implemented.

Julka said that the ministry values the work community radio stations are
doing and no coercive action will be taken as far as they subscribe to the
AIR code.

Earlier the Ministry had ordered that the community radio stations that
broadcast anywhere between eight and 20 hours, to mail their content every
day. The ministry had said that the recordings should be submitted in MP3
format.

There had been much consternation among community radio operators following
the order.

Sources, however, said that as per the existing norms, community radio
stations have to keep a record of their content for around 90 days, which
is sufficient for the purposes of monitoring the content, if required.

*Source: http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/i-b-min-not-to-implement-order-on-community-radio-stations-115050100962_1.html
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