Jaitley inaugurates multimedia exhibition to showcase government's achievements across sectors

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Arun Jaitley on Monday inaugurated a multimedia exhibition "Saal Ek Shuruaat Anek" and said that it was an attempt to showcase the government's achievements and policy initiatives across different sectors.

The exhibition was organised by Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP), which functions under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Speaking on the occasion, Jaitley said that under the current initiative, exhibitions of the similar kind would be organized in all State Capitals along with one more city in each state except Bengaluru. Bengaluru will be covered in second phase as model code of conduct is in place for local body elections in the state.

The exhibition in the state capitals would commence tomorrow and end on the first of June.

Under phase two of the exhibition outreach programme, 30 sites have been selected with varying dates of commencement. The campaign on such sites would commence around June seventh and end on June 20.

In total, 60 static multimedia exhibitions are expected to be organized.

DAVP will also be deploying 345 mobile exhibitions to reach out to 643 districts in the country for a period of one month.

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore, Secretary (Information and Broadcasting) Bimal Julka, Director General of DAVP were also present on the occasion along with other senior officers of the ministry.