TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

RADIO COMMUNICATIONS

The following table gives the total number of radio licences issued during 1950-54: -

TABLE No. 12.

Community Radio Sets.

Under the Rural Broadcasting Contributory Scheme of the Government of Bombay, radio sets are installed in villages by the Directorate of Publicity, who are also responsible for their maintenance and repairs. A community radio set can be installed for a Grampanchayat, Municipality or any other responsible institution in the area on contributing a sum of Rs. 150 for an electric radio set, and Rs. 175 for a Dry Battery set. In addition and amount of Rs. 60 is to be paid by way of maintenance charges by the community organisation concerned. However, the radio set is to remain the property of the Government. It is compulsory for the listeners to tune to programmes specially meant for rural areas.

The following list contains the number of community radio sets installed upto 1st October 1959, in the various talukas of Kolhapur district:-

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