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In the corrupt, Naxalite and drought prone areas of Palamau, Jharkhand, AID is setting up Vikalp Community Radio station, the first one to go on air in the state. Vikalp, which means alternative, truly looks at providing people with alternatives. Notorious for drought, dacoity, and an almost complete power breakdown, Meral block in Garhwa perhaps …

AID India has started its community radio initiative in Garhwa, in Palamau, Jharkhand. Set up in 2001, AID started producing community based programmes and airing these over the local All India Radio station in Daltonganj. These programmes are titled Chala Ho Gaon Mein or Going in to the Village, and have attained high popularity in …

The International Programme for the Development of Communication is a major forum in the UN system designed to develop free and pluralistic media with a global approach to democratic development. The flagship UN project for community radio in India approved by the Bureau of International Council in 2007 is a collaboration between UNESCO and UNDP towards help establish the first seven radio stations in India.