NEW DELHI: A dedicated website of the Lok Sabha TV was launched by Lok Speaker Meira Kumar who expressed the hope that the initiative would bolster the inclusive image of Parliament and reach out to a wider, younger audience.

Kumar recalled the efforts of former Speaker Somnath Chatterjee who envisaged the idea of a dedicated TV Channel for the Lok Sabha - the first of its kind in the world.

Lok Sabha Secretary-General T. K. Viswanathan, while lauding the recent initiatives of LSTV to bring people closer to Parliament, hoped that this initiative would help LSTV to achieve its targets with regard to the desirable standards of convergence of technologies. He also felt that the website would empower Members of Parliament to connect with their electors in a better and efficient way.

Speaking on the occasion, LSTV’s CEO Rajiv Mishra said the simple act of shifting the delivery of television to the Internet radically increases the content choices and the way advertising is delivered. He hoped that the website would help in achieving this target as it would also webcast the programmes of the LSTV channel. The website is available at www.loksabhatv.nic.in.