Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) V Narayanswamy on Sunday inaugurated the prestigious Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign at Karaikkal in Puducherry, marking the beginning of the three day information - cum - interactive sessions and exhibition.
Narayanasamy also released a set of twelve booklets in Tamil depicting the various Bharat Nirman schemes.
The inaugural session was also attended by Leader of Opposition, Puducherry V Vaithilingam, Disctrict Collector Karaikkal Dr A Muthamma as well as ADG, PIB, Chennai K M Ravindran, ADG, PIB, New Delhi Manoj Pandy, Diretor, DFP N V Nagarajan and Assistant Director, DAVP Ravi Kumar.
The exhibition is being organized by Press Information Bureau in association with media units of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Karaikal administration.
More than 70 stalls, depicting the various developments and welfare initiatives of the government have been laid out in the exhibition venue.
Various sessions on rural development, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, NRHM, Janani Shishu Suraksha, women empowerment, PM's 15-point programme for minorities' welfare, will be addressed by government officials and opinion makers.
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Government's recent initiatives like Unique Identification Card "Aadhar", land acquisition, Direct Benefit Transfer scheme, etc, will be in focus during the exhibition.
Besides the exhibition at the Municipal Ground, Karaikal, the Directorate of Field Publicity had already begun village-level campaign programme in identified six locations around Karaikal.
This is the 47th Public Information Campaign being conducted in Tamil Nadu.
The objective of the campaign is to highlight the various developmental and welfare programmes of the government.