Dehradun: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday announced to increase the corpus fund of the Journalist Welfare Fund from Rs 5 crore to Rs 10 crore. This step has been taken keeping in mind the financial security of journalists and their betterment. He also directed the departmental officers to test the implementation of group insurance for journalists.
Review of Information and Public Relations Department
Let us tell you that during the review of the Information and Public Relations Department, Chief Minister Dhami started reviewing the departmental meetings by visiting the Directorate office. In this review meeting, the Chief Minister emphasized on the use of modern technology to reach welfare schemes, policies and decisions to every citizen. This meeting lasted for about five hours, in which the Chief Minister took stock of the progress of departmental works.
Instructions to strengthen the information system
At the same time, the Chief Minister directed the senior officers to make the nodal of the districts to strengthen the information system. He directed the Secretary Information to review every 15 days to expedite the departmental work. To expedite the work, full use of e-filing system should be made, which will increase transparency and efficiency in departmental work.
Inspection of various divisions
Let us tell you that Chief Minister Dhami also inspected various divisions of the Information Department. He directed the officers to use the latest technologies in departmental work so that information can be disseminated more effectively.
Prominent personalities present in the meeting
Apart from this, let us tell you that many officers of the department including MLA Umesh Sharma Kau, Vice President Infrastructure Monitoring Council Vishwas Dabur, Additional Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan, Principal Secretary RK Sudhanshu, Secretary R Meenakshi Sundaram, Secretary Information Shailesh Bagauli were present in this important meeting. All the officers expressed their commitment to follow the instructions of the Chief Minister and speed up the departmental work.
