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HYDERABAD: Doordarshan is preparing plans to launch a channel exclusively for children, Union minister of state for information and broadcasting Col. (retd) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said here on Thursday.
"We are concerned about the future and welfare of our children. There is no national channel for kids as of now and Doordarshan will launch such a channel," Rathore said, while interacting with journalists as part of the central government's outreach on completion of one year of the Narendra Modi government.
Rathore said that the current outreach effort is not to defend or sing praises of the BJP-led central government's one-year rule. "What we are doing is presenting a report card. You can give us any marks you like. You can give us a high score or give us a zero. This is an effort to inform people of what the government has done so far and learn from suggestions on what else can be done and how improvements can be made in governance," he said.
Replying to a question on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi declaring the Modi government as a 'suit boot ki sarkar', the Union minister responded by saying that the Congress leader is mistaken if he expects to rise in the political arena by leaning on such a comment as his crutch. "Such crutches cannot last long and are ineffective," he said.
When the issue of skirmishes among members of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) was raised, Rathore said that most of these are a result of ego clashes and bad blood between the members. Despite the bad blood spilling into media reports, the CBFC's functioning is not affected, the minister said, adding that in its first month, the current board had cleared 200 films.
Rathore also said that the government will shortly launch an online film shooting permission system for international film-makers. This will make it easier for such filmmakers to use locations India and in turn, the films themselves can act as ambassadors for Indian tourism.
"We are concerned about the future and welfare of our children. There is no national channel for kids as of now and Doordarshan will launch such a channel," Rathore said, while interacting with journalists as part of the central government's outreach on completion of one year of the Narendra Modi government.
Rathore said that the current outreach effort is not to defend or sing praises of the BJP-led central government's one-year rule. "What we are doing is presenting a report card. You can give us any marks you like. You can give us a high score or give us a zero. This is an effort to inform people of what the government has done so far and learn from suggestions on what else can be done and how improvements can be made in governance," he said.
Replying to a question on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi declaring the Modi government as a 'suit boot ki sarkar', the Union minister responded by saying that the Congress leader is mistaken if he expects to rise in the political arena by leaning on such a comment as his crutch. "Such crutches cannot last long and are ineffective," he said.
When the issue of skirmishes among members of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) was raised, Rathore said that most of these are a result of ego clashes and bad blood between the members. Despite the bad blood spilling into media reports, the CBFC's functioning is not affected, the minister said, adding that in its first month, the current board had cleared 200 films.
Rathore also said that the government will shortly launch an online film shooting permission system for international film-makers. This will make it easier for such filmmakers to use locations India and in turn, the films themselves can act as ambassadors for Indian tourism.
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