Addressing Information Secretaries and senior officials from different states, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said that Jharkhand is developing fast. It gives pleasure that some of the developed states follow Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh in many respects. He said that the union government wants to boost up the use of community radio so that rural people in remote areas can be connected with it. The government is considering subsidy for boosting up community radio. Institutions excelling or promoting community radio will be given 75% subsidy and in the North East, it will be increased to 90 per cent. He said that because of lack of a communication policy, neither the marginalized people not the government clearly make out if they are benefitted by a scheme or not. The misunderstanding crops up between government and people because of communication gap. The state govt. should help the union government in making a communication police which is being made.
Referring to the gap between electronic and print media, he said that the government is trying to bridge it. He also said that the states promoting film making will be awarded with Rs. 1 crore after evaluation of their work.