Panel to ensure I&B media units function smoothly

NEW DELHI: A coordination committee has been constituted in the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry to ensure convergence of advocacy, information and communication objectives and strategies of the ministry.

The committee will also remove bottlenecks in the conception and implementation of programmes, according to the Minister of State for I&B C M Jatua.

Sources told indiantelevision.com later that the primary aim of the committee was to ensure coordination amongst various media units under the ministry, primarily the Press Information Bureau, Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity, Directorate of Field Publicity, Song and Drama Division, all of which work to promote the flagship programmes of the government.

Other units include the Research, Reference, Training and Development wing, the Directorate of Film Festivals, and the Publications Division.