I recently saw pictures of a CR station with two transmitters, one of which is a backup transmitter in case the main one malfunctions. (This was, I think, a UN funded station). I suppose the "single" invoice is meant to smoothen the clearance process, so that the babus do not have to get their heads around such complications.
At the recent CR conference at the Manthan Awards in Delhi, Arun Mehta suggested that we explore the possibility of asking the Sanchar Bhavan mandarins to allow us 8 to 10 5-W transmitters instead of one 50W trasmitter in order to cover the large number of schools spread out in our area in Gurgaon. While it is an interesting proposition, I dread to think what would happen to our application, if we were to throw in this googly. Any ideas on this? Arti Vickram Crishna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Please clarify: Vickram http://communicall.wordpress.com http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com ----- Original Message ---- From: sajan venniyoor 1. Proforma invoice of the transmitter. (Please submit an invoice for a single transmitter). Does this mean that if the station uses multiple transmitters, which is a whole new and different creative opportunity, allowing for multiple points of production presence in the station area, it should only mention them as one? 2. Copy of Letter of Intent 3. Copy of SACFA clearance 4. Copy of GOPA 5. Copy of Decision Letter (Frequency Allocation) It beats me why any government organisation needs to get the public to generate so much unnecessary paper. Today, there are far less than a hundred stations approved, and even if the rate of implementation moved upwards rapidly, they can hardly be likely to have forgotten or misplaced the records of permissions given to them. In fact, all they need do is keep a database of implementations and the various permissions sought and granted for each. They are bound to have indexed the applications right from the outset, and that reference number should be satisfactory and sufficient for any future transactions. 6. Demand Draft in favour of ' P.A.O ( HQ ), DoT , New Delhi' drawn on State Bank of India for the sum mentioned in the Decision Letter (Frequency Allocation letter) as Spectrum Usage Fee. This is usually Rs.19,700/-, but please confirm the exact figure from the Frequency Allocation letter. And this amount of money is being used to pay for...? This enormous bureaucratic process where the benefits remain completely unclear to anyone, which doubtless includes the draftees of this make-work policy? Good luck, and let me know if you need any help here in Delhi. Undoubtedly necessary. On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 12:56 PM, alok singh wrote: The CRS is going to be operational from village Meral in Garhwa District of Jharkhand (located 200kms South West of Ranchi bordering Chattisgarh, UP and Bihar) YOU CAN SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY RADIO FORUM (India) BY JOINING AND TAKING AN ACTIVE PART IN ONE OF THESE NETWORKS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-awareness (Awareness building) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-helpdesk (Offering help) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-policy-advocacy (Policy advocacy) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-techoptions (Technical options) _______________________________________________ cr-india mailing list [email protected] https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india Arti Jaiman Project Manager: TRF Radio +91 9811126336 www.trfindia.org www.jaiman.org www.pitara.com
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