I & B Ministry To Hold National Sammelan For Community Radio Stations On March 16

14 March , New Delhi

To deliberate on the vision for the community radio movement in India and its role in setting the agenda on development discourse at the local level, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry will hold a ‘National Sammelan for Community Radio Stations’ on 16th of this month .

An official statement released in New Delhi said the Sammelan will bring together community radio operators, policy makers, ministries, departments, the UN and other International bodies like UNICEF and UNESCO and other stakeholders for exchange of ideas and cross learning.

The three-day workshop will discuss several important issues such as the role of community radios in good governance, sustainability, content sharing and programming for development, the statement added.