MUMBAI: Last week, the ‘Online Application System’ for community radio stations was launched by the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, C M Jatua. The application system has been developed by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in association with Commonwealth Educational Centre for Asia (CEMCA).
Applicants can apply online by clicking the hyperlink on the Ministry’s home page www.mib.nic.in.
The simple software can be accessed easily from anywhere in the country by a person who is interested to apply online. For the benefit of the applicants a filled in model application is also available on line. Various guidelines issued on community radio by the government are also available on the home page of the site. All the attachments could be sent along with the application form by using open source software for which the reference link is available at the site, which compresses, optimizes and converts them into easily up-loadable PDF files.
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The software has several other advantages for the applicants. The application can be simultaneously sent to ministries concerned for quicker clearance. It will facilitate quicker and easier communication with the applicant organizations through their email ids provided with the Online System. The ministry will get a day-to-day update on the total number of applications filed category-wise and state-wise. In order to bring further transparency in the system, it is also proposed to develop an on-line tracking system through which applicants can trace the status of their applications through a Password and ID.
Along with the application system, the newly designed website of Press Information Bureau (PIB) was also unveiled.
