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  • Applicants to FM phase III permitted to withdraw if necessary via amendment in NIA

    Applicants to FM phase III permitted to withdraw if necessary via amendment in NIA

    NEW DELHI: Operators of FM radio who had applied for migration to phase III FM but changed their minds, will be given an opportunity to withdraw the option to migrate within five days of intimation of the Non-refundable One Time Migration Fee (NOTMF).

     

    This follows an amendment to the Notice Inviting Applications issued on 2 March.

     

    The amendment has been made at the specific request of Association of Radio Operators for India (AROI) Secretary General Uday Chawla.

     

    The original paragraph seven reads: “The option so exercised shall be considered final and binding.”

  • PIB’s Manish Desai becomes interim CEO CBFC

    PIB’s Manish Desai becomes interim CEO CBFC

    MUMBAI: The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is soon to see a change of face. 20 September was outgoing CEO Pankaja Thakur’s last day in office. PIB Mumbai Director Manish Desai has been roped in to oversee the board till the time a new CEO is appointed. He has taken charge of the CBFC from today.
    Manish Desai

    The government had issued notice in national newspapers calling candidates to apply for the post. Once the due process of going through the applications and interviews is completed, the ministry of information and broadcasting will approve the successor to Thakur which could take some time. Till then, Desai will hold additional charge as CEO while continuing with his responsibility as director of PIB (Mumbai). He, however, is not one of the applicants for the post.

    Talking about the dual post, Desai says: “Since the two offices are not far off I will try to do justice to both by managing my time.”

    Thakur took charge of a post that had been kept vacant for nearly ten years in 2010. Before that it was the chairpersons who overlooked the CBFC. Thakur has faced severe criticism from the film fraternity for her decisions but has also received support from certain parts of the industry. Leela Samson is the current chairperson of the CBFC.