Jaitley assumes charge of Information and Broadcasting ministry

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Monday assumed charge of the new ministry of Information and Broadcasting here Monday.

Interacting with the media, Jaitley said: "Earlier too, I have remained the information and broadcasting minister, but then print media was more and very little electronic media. But now radio, digital media have grown tremendously."

"There was a time when most work of this ministry was done by Prasar Bharati and Doordarshan. But now we have to look at them as per the changes in information technology," Jaitley added.

Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore assumed charge as Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Monday.

Rathore told the media he would strive to fulfil the responsibilities given to him.

Jaitley also thanked outgoing minister Prakash Javadekar for his role in taking forward the mandate of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

I&B ministry is an important ministry that communicates with all other ministries, Jaitley said and added he would devote some time every day at I&B, apart from his responsibility as the finance minister.