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Lok Sabha
The Union Government approved a scheme for the grant of community broadcasting licenses to well established educational institutions including universities in December, 2002.
Till date, 74 applications have been received, 53 eligible applications have been referred to the Ministry of Home Affairs & Human Resource Development for clearance and the Ministry of Communications & IT for availability of frequency. Letters of intent have been issued to 38 institutions and 23 have signed license agreement with the Ministry. The following 8 institutions have started community radio broadcasting:
1. Anna University, Chennai
2. Sri Namakula Vinayagar Engg. College, Pondicherry
3. India International Instt. of Management, Jaipur
4. Kongu Engg. College, Erode
5. MOP Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai
6. Sunbeam English School, Varanasi
7. Vidya Pratisthan’s Instt. of Info. Technology, Baramati, Pune
8. City Montessori School, Lucknow
This Information was given by Minister of Information & Broadcasting and Culture, Shri S. Jaipal Reddy in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.
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