Publicity of schemes will be made effective by increasing coordination with Doordarshan

Bhopal: Director Public Relations OP Shrivastava has said that Public Relations Department is successfully disseminating information about the government’s welfare schemes to the public through various mediums. He has said that this work will be made more effective by increasing coordination with Doordarshan. Shrivastava was addressing the workshop of stringers organized by the Regional News Unit at Doordarshan Kendra.
Director Srivastava said that Doordarshan is still considered the most reliable medium for news. He said that the stringers of Doordarshan are playing an important role in bringing information about the implementation of schemes at the grassroots level by compiling news from remote rural areas.
Additional Director General of Press Information Bureau Prashant Pathrave and Vice Chancellor of Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Deepak Tiwari also addressed the workshop. Pooja P. Vardhan, Head of Regional News Unit, Doordarshan, threw light on the objectives of the workshop. Nitin Kothari on behalf of Mission Indradhanush, H.R. Prabhakar and Arun Tripathi on behalf of Soil Health Card apprised the stringers with the nuances of ground reporting.