New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore on Thursday said the media could transform lives in rural areas by providing information about welfare schemes.
He made the remarks while addressing participants of the first regional media conference organised by the Press Information Bureau at Jobner in Rajasthan on 'Improving Information Dissemination in Rural Areas'.
"Media by providing information about welfare schemes can transform the lives of the people living in rural areas," the minister was quoted as saying in an official statement.
About 70 regional journalists, including stringers of newspapers and news channels, participated in the day-long conference.
One of the major objectives of the conference was to get feedback from the journalists working in rural areas on their information needs.
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