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MUMBAI:
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has announced
that Community Radio has been flagged off in Mhaswad, Satara
district in Maharashtra. The Mannvikas Samajik Sanstha (MVSS)
Community Radio station started beaming programmes from 26
January, Republic Day. The organisaton backing the community
radio effort focuses on empowering rural women.
The
MVSS station, named Mann Deshi Tarang, will carry radio shows
covering education, information and entertainment.
Says
the organisation's project document: "Mann Deshi Tarang
aims to educate and inform the people of this remote area
of the issues that concern them, such as health, financial
literacy, and market prices."
While launching the station, the ministry said, "The
Community Radio station established at Mhaswad in Maharashtra
will serve to establish an 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 organisations in the use of audio tool
like community radio as a means for social and economic empowerment
in addition to laying special emphasis on the themes that
support the poor and marginalised members of the local community
in improving social conditions and quality of their cultural
life."
Earlier
on 20 June 2008, The MIB had signed a Grant of Permission
Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating the
Community Radio station with MVSS.
Experimental
transmission from the station operating at 90.4 MHz FM commenced
from 16 December 2008.
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