SMT.
SUMITRA MAHAJAN & DR. SANJAY PASWAN ASSUME CHARGE AS MINISTERS
OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS&INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Smt. Sumitra Mahajan and Dr. Sanjay Paswan took
over as Ministers of State for Communications and Information
Technology here today. In her opening remarks, Smt. Mahajan said
that it would be her endeavour to ensure connectivity to the villages
of the country so that they could reap the benefits of the ongoing
revolution in the field of IT&Telecom. The Minister also stated
that the concept of connectivity today was not just limited to
telephones alone. The world today was reaping the benefits of
the multi-dimensional uses of the tools of IT&Telecom. If
policy initiatives would ensure prolific use of such tools, the
stage would be set for every village to be well connected and
networked, she added.
Dr. Paswan, while assuming charge, said that
it would be his endeavour to tackle the problem of digital divide
with the tools of people-friendly technologies in IT&Telecom.
The need of the hour, the Minister said was to bring about the
synergy between IT, Telecom and Posts to offer value added services
to the people. In this era of globalisation, it was extremely
important to make the departments globally competitive in products
and services, enabling the country to maintain its brand equity
as a global investment destination in IT & Telecom.
Senior officials of the Department of Telecommunications
(DoT), Department of Information Technology and the Department
of Posts (DoP) who were present on the occasion briefed the Ministers
about the broad policy initiatives and programmes.
