Lok Sabha Question No. 2414 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-30
Subject: Community Radio Service
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: SUBHASH PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2414

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.11.2016)

## COMMUNITY RADIO SERVICE

## 2414. SHRI SUBHASH PATEL

Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

- (a)  Whether the Government has planned to start any community radio service for the tribal communities across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the names of the States in which the said radio service has been /is likely  to be  started ; and
- (d)  if not, the reason therefor ?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  INFORMATION  AND BROADCASTING [COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)]

(a) & (b) Permission to set up Community Radio Station (CRS) is granted under the Policy Guidelines for setting up of Community Radio Stations in India, issued in the year 2006. These  guidelines are available at Ministry's website, www.mib.nic.in. Eligible organizations can apply for permission to set up CRS at any  time  in  any  part  of  the  country  including  organizations  working  for  tribal communities. Permission is granted, subject to fulfillment of eligibility criteria and receipt  of  clearances  from  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs,  Ministry  of  Defence, Wireless  Planning  and  Coordination  Wing  of  Ministry  of  Communication  &  IT, Ministry  of  Human  Resource Development and Ministry of Agriculture and, as the case may be.

Ministry is organizing awareness workshops in districts where no CRS exist i.e. CR dark districts. Organisations working in CR dark districts are invited in these workshops to ensure that Community Radio stations are set up in such areas.

(c) & (d) At present 201 Community Radio Stations are operational across the country. State/UT-wise details are at Annexure .

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## ANNEXURE AS REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF THE LSUSQ NO. 2414 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.11.2016

## State/UT wise details of Operational Community Radio Stations in India

| Sr. No.           | STATE/ UT                   | OPERATIONAL CRS   |
|-------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh              | 6                 |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh           | Nil               |
| 3                 | Assam                       | 3                 |
| 4                 | Bihar                       | 6                 |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh                | 3                 |
| 6                 | Goa                         | Nil               |
| 7                 | Gujarat                     | 7                 |
| 8                 | Haryana                     | 9                 |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh            | 2                 |
| 10                | Jammu and Kashmir           | 1                 |
| 11                | Jharkhand                   | 1                 |
| 12                | Karnataka                   | 16                |
| 13                | Kerala                      | 9                 |
| 14                | Madhya Pradesh              | 15                |
| 15                | Maharashtra                 | 17                |
| 16                | Manipur                     | Nil               |
| 17                | Meghalaya                   | Nil               |
| 18                | Mizoram                     | Nil               |
| 19                | Nagaland                    | Nil               |
| 20                | Orissa                      | 10                |
| 21                | Punjab                      | 4                 |
| 22                | Rajasthan                   | 8                 |
| 23                | Sikkim                      | Nil               |
| 24                | Tamil Nadu                  | 30                |
| 25                | Telangana                   | 7                 |
| 26                | Tripura                     | Nil               |
| 27                | Uttarakhand                 | 9                 |
| 28                | Uttar Pradesh               | 23                |
| 29                | West Bengal                 | 2                 |
| Union Territories | Union Territories           |                   |
| 30                | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Nil               |
| 31                | Chandigarh                  | 3                 |
| 32                | NCT of Delhi                | 6                 |
| 33                | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | Nil               |
| 34                | Daman and Diu               | Nil               |
| 35                | Lakshadweep                 | Nil               |
| 36                | Puducherry                  | 4                 |
| GRAND TOTAL       | GRAND TOTAL                 | 201               |