Objectives

The Information & Public Relations Department has the onerous responsibility of carrying the message of the Government of Jharkhand, its policies & programmes to the people of Jharkhand and also to make the Government aware of the response of the people towards its policies & programmes so that necessary measures can be taken by the Government to fulfill the aspirations of the people.

On the one hand this Department plays a pivotal role in reaching out to the people to secure their active involvement & co-operation in the developmental & welfare activities of the Government and on the other hand the Department also has an important role & responsibility in providing information to the people so that there is more transparency in Government activities and the people can exercise their "Right to Information".

Efforts have been made in different Five-year plans to strengthen the Department to meet the growing requirement of the situation by strengthening, modernizing and expanding the equipments, techniqiues of mass communication and the outreach of the Department.

An outlay of Rs. 575.00 is approved for Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-07) out of which a sum of Rs. 168.121 lakh was spent during 2002-03. An outlay of Rs. 200.00 lakh is approved for 2003-04. The entire amount will be utilised during 2003-04.

A sum of Rs. 220.00 lakh is proposed to provide for 2004-05. The summary of schemes is given below:-

 

Sl. No.           Scheme / Projects                            Annual plan 2004-05 (Rs. in lakh)

        

O.S.P.

T.S.P.

Total

 

  1.             Field publicity scheme

5.00

--

5.00

  2.             Strengthening of district units

35.00

25.00

60.00

  3.             Films

13.50

21.50

35.00

  4.             Soochana Bhavan at Ranchi

--

120.00

120.00

 

 

53.50

166.50

220.00

 

  1. Field publicity scheme : It is proposed to purchase one vehicle for district publicity unit at an estimated cost of Rs. 5.00 lakh during 2004-50.
  2. Strengthening of District units : It is proposed to strengthen field publicity units by providing them modern publicity equipments etc. For this a sum of Rs. 10.00 lakh is proposed to provide during 23004-05.
    (i) To complete the building construction work of Information Centre (Soochana Kendra) one at Jamshedpur and one at Dumka, it is proposed to provide a sum of Rs. 17.00 lakh during 2004-05 out of which a sum of Rs. 8.50 lakh is year mark under tribal sub plan.
    (ii) It is proposed to construct a building for Information centre (Soochana Kendra) in two district headquarters:- one at Bokaro and one at Pakur. In the first phase a sum of Rs. 33.00 lakh (Rs. 16.50 lakh each) is proposed to allocate during 2004-05, out of which 16.50 us earnarked under tribal sub-plan.
  3. Films : It is proposed to produce documentry films regarding welfare schemes and achievements of the Government. It is also proposed to produce a documentry films on the life and culture of the tribes. For this a sum of Rs. 21.57 lakh is earmarked under tribal sub-plan.
  4. Construction of Soochana Bhavan at Ranchi : Construction of Soochana Bhavan at Ranchi is approved during 2003-04. Necessary action is being taken against construction at Soochana Bhavan at Ranchi. It is likely to be completed under Tenth Five Year Plan.

Thus a sum of Rs. 120.00 lakh is proposed to provide towards construction of Soochana Bhavan at Ranchi during 2004-05