Government to facilitate growth of Community Radio Sector: Jaitley
Arun Jaitley Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting said that Radio as a medium of communication had made a comeback in view of the growing popularity of FM transmission and its reach.
Community Radio as a variant of the medium had provided a value addition to the narrative by addressing the information needs regionally, addressing diverse status and issues and capturing the language, culture and social practices.
Jaitley stated this while delivering his address at the inaugural session of the 6th National Community Radio Sammelan in the capital on Friday.
The minister felicitated the winners of the 5th National Community Radio Awards. The award for the most creative/Innovative Programme content was presented to ‘Radio Benziger’ from Kerala for their program ‘Sukrutham’.
Jaitley said that the government would facilitate the medium through policies which would spur the growth in the total number of operational community radio stations in the future.
The Minister lauded the efforts of the stations which focused on sustained campaigns on critical issues related to health and education. This had led to people imbibing the spirit of the messages.