TRAI releases Consultation Paper on “Issues related to Community Radio Stations”
Community Radio Stations (CRS) serve a local and well-defined community focusing on the day to day concerns of its audience and satisfy their specific information and entertainment needs. The Government announced its policy for the grant of permission for setting up of CRS in December 2002 permitting well established educational institutions, including IITs/IIMs to establish CRS. In order to allow greater participation by the civil society on issues relating to development and social change, the Government on 4th December 2006 announced a revised policy for CRS that has been duly amended in 2017.
BIS notifies Indian Standards on safety aspects of Toys related to physical safety, safety against chemicals, flammability, and electrical safety.
BIS grants licences to toy manufacturing units based on an assessment of their manufacturing and testing capability through factory visit as well as testing of toys in a BIS Lab or BIS Recognized Lab as per the Indian Standards. No person is permitted to manufacture, import sell or distribute, store, hire, lease or exhibit for sale toys which do not conform to the Indian Standard and do not bear BIS Standard Mark i.e. “ISI Mark” under a licence from BIS.
TRAI releases consultation paper on “Renewal of Multi-System Operators (MSOs) Registration”
As per the existing guidelines Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) grants registrations to operate as MSO under the Rule 11A-11F of The Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994. The applicant deposits a processing fee of INR One lakh (Rs. 1,00,000/-) online on Bharatkosh portal, and then along with the fee receipt and other requisite documents applies online on Broadcast seva portal for registration as MSO. Post scrutiny of eligibility and documents, security clearance from Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is obtained before grant of the registration.
Regulatory Guidelines for Child Participation in the Entertainment Industry or any Commercial Entertainment Activity.
As per the guidelines, the producers shall obtain permission to involve a child in a shooting from a district magistrate where it is to be held and also have to run a disclaimer saying measures were taken to ensure there has been no abuse, neglect or exploitation of children during the entire process of the shooting.
