CGnet Swara is a community radio station based in Chhattisgarh, accessible via mobile phone. It aims to provide a platform for the rural folk to upload and share important community related information .Journalists in the Chhattisgarh state call and narrate local news bulletins to a central number where all these reports are recorded and checked by moderators. Swara has given a voice to the poor and marginalized tribes, who are plagued both by Maoist insurgents and the security forces stationed by the government.
See ‘n’ Report is a citizen journalism service that enables people to report photos and videos directly from their cell phones as and when they witness a breaking news story. It is designed both as a platform for augmenting main stories in online newspapers with multimedia content, as well as a service that publishes just-in stories before they become headlines in mainstream media. It provides software-as-a-service to other media organizations to quickly launch their citizen journalism initiative on a sound IT infrastructure.
Gaon Ki Awaaz, a voice enabled news service, gives articulation to the activities and interests of the people of the Rampur – Mathura village of Uttar Pradesh. The voice calls are in Avadhi and the rationale behind the creation of this application is to make information easily available to people living in villages and also to create a channel for them to communicate their woes to the government. It aids in engendering sustainability and community development through the creation of a news service agency.
Reuters Market Light is a pioneering service that provides crucial, local and customized information to Indian farmers via mobile phones. Information provided includes: Spot Crop Prices, crop advisory for selected crops, commodity news and any other information relevant to the farming community. Since its launch in 2007, over 200,000 farmers in 15,000 villages across 10 states in India have subscribed to RML. Its accurate and timely information has the potential to reduce crop wastage, which across India runs into billions of dollars each year.
