why should that be the case? because the name 'michelle' donates a religion and 'jagdish' doesn't? I find this proposition ridiculous. It must be strongly contested.
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 3:11 PM, nehul jagdish <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Michelle, > > I think your license was rejected, because the government fears that your > interest in tribal region shows your clear motive, where you can use the > community radio for conversion purpose. > > Kindly explain the govt that you are not going to use it for any religious > activites. > > Jagdish Kumar > > > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Michelle Chawla < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> Tamarind Tree a non profit located in Dahanu, Maharashtra has applied >> for a CR license in May 2011. Our Home Ministry check was completed in >> June. >> >> However on follow up with the MIB in June, we were told that the WPC has >> rejected our application on grounds of non availability of frequencies! >> Dahanu is located 150 kms north of Mumbai and is an entirely >> rural-tribal region, declared a schedule area. MIB mentioned that there >> may be several private radio stations operating in our area. We >> clarified that there are none -- and unlikely to come up soon in this >> tribal belt. We were asked to recheck our geo-coordinates and see if >> there was some mistake. We did that and informed MIB that there was >> nothing wrong with the coordinates. >> >> Post this interaction, we were told that there are several such >> applications pending and the WPC is reconsidering them. >> >> I called Mr Grewal today and he mentioned that they are working with the >> WPC and asking them to review their policy of allocation of >> frequencies. >> >> However, It seems like its going to be a long wait... >> >> It would be good if the CRF could make a case for us and groups like >> ours to the MIB on the ridiculousness of this claim of frequency >> availability? >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Regards, >> Michelle >> >> Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to >> www.crforum.in > > > > > -- > Jagdish > > Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to > www.crforum.in >
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