New Scheme to Support 600 New and Existing Community Radio Stations

Shri Jaitley informed that so far around 400 permissions for setting up of a Community Radio Stations have been issued and to encourage further growth in this sector, a new plan scheme has been launched with sum of Rs.100 crore to support 600 new and existing Community Radio Stations.

The Finance Minister Shri Jaitley informed that Film & Television Institute, Pune and Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata will be accorded status of Institutes of national importance and a "National Centre for Excellence in Animation, Gaming and Special effects will be set up.

Source : Press Information Bureau

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