A Vision Document! What a good idea. Do AIR and IGNOU have similar perceptive visions codified? Can we see some evidence of fulfilment of those visions? If they do, but cannot show how they have got results from their spend of public money (and exclusive access to spectrum), why should the government interfere in how limited societies (registered trusts) spend the money that they have garnered - it seems to me they are neither qualified (wrt CR) nor entitled to any government (ie general public) money, so what is the government's role exactly?
Re the rejection of applications: while undoubtedly some rejections may seem prima facie obvious, is there any possible justification for concealing (by not publishing) the problems, so that future applicants can decide before going in to all that effort, whether to do so? Vickram http://communicall.wordpress.com http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com ________________________________ From: sajan venniyoor <[email protected]> To: CR India <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 12 March, 2009 9:01:26 Subject: [cr-india] Submission of Baseline Survey Report for setting up a Community Radio Station - revised guidelines [Thanks to Uday Godbole for this alert] The I&B Ministry has revised its guidelines for "Submission of Base Line Survey Report for setting up a Community Radio Station" - http://mib.nic.in/CRS/base.pdf (The full text of the ministry Order dated 6 March 2009 is given below). 1. CR applicants can now submit the Survey Report after receiving the Letter of Intent, but before signing the GOPA. However, they must submit a 'vision document' along with the Application, to demonstrate their familiarity with the community to be served. 2. The Survey Questionnaire currently posted on the ministry's website is 'under revision'. Before it is replaced with something equally surreal and inadequate, I request the CR Forum to offer a better one. While I appreciate the ongoing debate on the relevance of quantitative surveys, unless the the CR licensing process is radically changed, the survey is here to stay. The best we can do now is to limit the damage. To quote a recent interview with the Secretary (I&B): Qn: There are also reports that it is mandatory for licensees to conduct a survey among respondents before a license is given to them? Ans: "Yes. The basic principles of the CR Guidelines do specify clearly that: “The CRS to be operated by an organisation should be designed to serve a specific well-defined local community and the programmes for broadcast should be relevant to the educational, developmental, social and cultural needs of the community”. Unless a demographic survey is conducted by an organisation, it will be difficult to assess the requirement of the target community of the CRS. The Survey Questionnaire is being revised to make it more purposeful." 3. The ministry has published a list of 39 CR applications that were rejected, no reasons given: http://mib.nic.in/CRS/rejected.htm In certain cases, like the Zila Panchayat Chhatarpur (category - Zila Panchayat) and Office of the District Organizer, Tribal Welfare Dept., Govt of MP (category - District Collector), the rejections are probably self-explanatory. Sajan No.803/105/2009-CRS Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Broadcasting Wing 6th March 2009 ORDER Subject: Submission of Base Line Survey Report for setting up a Community Radio Station - for information to all applicants It has been brought to the notice of the Ministry that the applicants were finding it very difficult to furnish the Base Line Survey Report as per the Survey Questionnaire given by the Ministry on its website at the time of submission of application for setting up a Community Radio Staiton. 2. The matter has been consisdered in the Ministry and it has been decided to simplify the survey proforma which is accordingly under revision. 3. The applicants will be required to furnish the detailed Base Line Survey Report after issue of Letter of Intent (LOI) but before signing the Grant of Permission Agreement (GOPA). However, a basic familiarity and knowledge of the community to be served as well as the issues which the CRS will focus on must be reflected in the in the application in the form of a vision statement and may be articulated at the time of presentation before the screening committee. (Signed) Abhilaksh Likhi Director (BD) Tel: 23385016 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:21 PM, uday godbole <[email protected]> wrote: TO all Very Very Good News from MI&b Uday Godbole
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