Col Rajyavardhan Rathore takes charge as new I&B Minister

Col Rajyavardhan Rathore on Tuesday took charge as the new Information and Broadcasting Minister. 

On Monday in a minor Cabinet reshuffle, Mr Rathore was assigned independent charge of the Ministry in place of Smriti Irani. 

Interacting with the media after taking charge in New Delhi, Mr Rathore said, during the last four years a lot of work have been done in the Ministry with special focus on two way



communication. 

He said, the work of the Ministry is to disseminate information on Government's schemes and programmes as well as getting feedback from the public on the schemes for more improvement. 

Saying that Prasar Bharati will be strengthened, Mr Rathore said, he will ensure that high priority will be given to better and more informative programmes.