Murugan reviews functioning of I&B Ministry with officials

Union Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy L. Murugan on Friday urged all media divisions beneath the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting to publicise the small print concerning the varied folks welfare schemes being applied by the federal government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Interacting with senior officials of the Union Ministry of Information & Broadcasting throughout his first go to to Chennai since taking on because the Union Minister of State, Mr. Murugan stated whilst varied sectors had been hit laborious by the COVID-19 pandemic, officials of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ought to make use of social media platforms akin to Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and Instagram and take particulars about the advantages of authorities’s schemes, together with the free 5 kg rice/wheat scheme beneath the PMGKAY, to the folks.

Mr. Murugan stated details about the efforts being made by the Union authorities to supply free vaccines to all and to enhance medical infrastructure within the nation ought to attain the folks.

He stated All India Radio and Doordarshan Podhigai ought to air people-oriented information. “Stories of beneficiaries, including farmers and COVID-affected people who received money through direct benefit transfer schemes, should be aired on the electronic media of the Central government,” Mr. Murugan instructed officials.

The Publication Division beneath the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting ought to launch books on the historical past and custom of Tamil Nadu and on Tamil language, he stated. The Minister additionally reviewed intimately the functioning of varied media items beneath the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. Press Information Bureau, Chennai, Additional Director General M. Annadurai, Director Gurubabu Balaraman, Regional Outreach Bureau Director J. Kamaraj and senior officials of the All India Radio and Doordarshan Podhigai had been current.