Community radio stations coming up in 115 ‘aspirational districts’

Giving a big push to its 100-day development agenda, and as part of securing people’s participation at every level, the Modi government is setting up community radio stations across all the 115 ‘aspirational districts’ in the country.

Community radio stations, which have a reach of between five to 20 km radius and do not need major infrastructure to set up, would be a crucial medium for informing locals about important issues, like government programmes, the weather, agriculture-related information, education, and local events, among others.

“Community radio has been identified as an important focus area in the aspirational districts. It would help in disseminating information at the grassroots level on major issues, like last mile connectivity,” a source told IANS.