Kathmandu: Secretary at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Ram Krishna Subedi, has said the Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) should serve as a bridge between the people and government.
At a special programme organised at Bhadrakali Plaza on the occasion of 63rd anniversary of RSS today, Secretary Subedi emphasized that the RSS should play the role to take government’s activities among the people and people’s aspiration to the government.
Stating that it should pay attention in disseminating authorized, factual and trustworthy news, he directed the RSS to improve its service delivery and to provide news contents as per people’s expectation.
The Communications Secretary mentioned that media should be alert of the fact that fake news could be disseminated in the hurry of providing news as competition has increased of late. Hence, RSS should do more hard work to become the first choice by disseminating right information.
Similarly, President of the Federation of Nepali Journalists, Bipul
Pokhrel, pointed out the need of developing journalism sector free from labour exploitation, urging the government to take guardianship in this campaign.
Saying mass communication sector is very sensitive, he requested the government to formulate the laws related to mass media immediately.
Likewise, RSS Executive Chairperson Dharmendra Jha shared that RSS is focused on diversifying its news and in quality service delivery. “The nation should be reflected on the contents of RSS. Human resources should be also diversified for the same”, he stressed.
Expressing commitment to implement government’s guidelines, Chair Jha added RSS contents have been made qualitative. He said preparation has been started to run RSS service round-the-clock.
RSS General Manager Siddharaj Rai shared that RSS has launched news service in mother tongue in recent period.
Stating that possible efforts were taken to improve RSS service quality, he mentioned RSS has continued to impart training and orientation for journalists.
Preside
nt of the RSS Nepal National Employees Association, Prem Prasad Upadhyay, called on the management to pay attention to the development of the employees’ morale and asked the Ministry to play a leadership role in advancing the effective development of the organization as a whole.
President of the RSS Employees’ Association, Kalika Khadka, asked the management to give its employees responsibilities as per their skills and competencies.
President of the Federation of Nepali Journalists, RSS Chapter and RSS employees Union, Pabitra Guragain suggested to introduce programs to encourage journalists and employees, to pay attention to their professional development along with exposure to international level training.
On the occasion, Minister Sharma presented the ‘Adityadhwaj Joshi Memorial Award-2080’ established by the RSS Employees Association to Rajinan Sah and Ram Bahadur Thapa. The prize carries a purse of Rs 7,500.
Likewise, the ‘Basu Rimal Yatri Commemorative Award-2080’ established by the RSS Employees U
nion was awarded to Manoj Lamichhane and Bal Bahadur Bishwakarma. The prize includes 7,777 rupees in cash. The ‘RSS Journalism Award-2080’ established by the FNJ RSS chapter was awarded to Narayan Prasad Ghimire and Mohammad Sadrul. The prize carries a purse of Rs 10,000 each.
Meanwhile, RSS ex-employee award was present to former General Manager Basudev Shrestha. The ‘Umakant-Gitadevi-Chandramani Rajaure Memorial Award’ was awarded to Tanahun-based correspondent of RSS, Milakumari Darai.
At the ceremony, Minister Sharma unveiled a book incorporating experiences of former RSS staffers titled ‘Rasasa Anubhav ra Anubhuti 2018-2080’ published by RSS central office.
Source: National News Agency Nepal