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Rohit Kansal stresses on widening ambit of Information Deptt’s activities 2/6/2020 10:42:59 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb 6: Principal Secretary, Planning, Development & Monitoring, Estates and Information, Rohit Kansal Thursday stressed on widening the ambit of activities of the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) and called for reviving the glory and traditions for which the Department held a unique position. The Principal Secretary was speaking at a meeting convened at Media Complex here to review the functioning of the Department. Addressing the meeting, the Principal Secretary stressed on further professionalizing the activities of the Department to serve as a bridge between the Government and the media. He impressed upon the officers to widen the ambit of the departmental activities which are mainly focused on the welfare of the people. He directed constituting departmental teams so that grievances and complaints of the general public appearing in print, audiovisual and online mediums are monitored and reach to the concerned and accordingly appropriate feedback from them is elicited for redressal of public issues. Kansal said that effective feedback about various programmes, developmental activities and other issues would bring overall efficiency in the administration as well as in public journalism. He also said that the department should carry success stories and features about what various departments have done from peoples’ perspective besides do public interest stories and packages. The Principal Secretary said the Department has a rich collection of rare photographs and advised organizing exhibitions to showcase them to art lovers and general people. The meeting was also informed that the Department has disbursed advertisements to the tune of Rs 19 crore during the last fiscal and an amount of Rs 16 crore stands expended till September 2019. During the meeting, threadbare discussions were held over issues including shortage of human resource at various levels, regularization of contractual/ need-based staff, shortage of equipment in the Department, and regular holding of Departmental Promotion Committees.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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