Kathmandu, June 5: Minister for Information and Communications Surendra Kumar Karki has said the State-owned media and the private media could not compete with each other in Nepal because they have different tracks and targets.
During a press meet organized by the Ministry on Sunday, Minister Karki argued that there were two groups in Nepal- one is parchakarita (propaganda) and another the patrakarita (journalism). “During my tenure as Information Minister, I got opportunity to know about Nepal’s journalism and bureaucracy,” he added.
At the conference, Minister Karki shared the efforts he made to bring reform in Nepali media and information sector. The formation of advisory committee to set up Nepal’s own satellite, implementation of the directive on online media-2073, establishment of information centre at the Department of Information for the collection of every information from across the country, operation of Kohalpur regional transmission of Nepal Television, provision of providing 50 percent discount to journalists at government hospitals are the activities he did during his term.
Similarly, other works include formulation of National Mass Communications Policy 2073, and its implementation initiative, draft of federal model on information and communications, establishment of the career fund for senior journalists, long term plan of broadband policy, operation of 4G service, amendment of the frequency distribution fixation policy.
Moreover, other major works performed during the nine-month tenure include initiation of automated system to monitor print, radio, TV and online contents, transformation of all cable distributors of Nepal to go for digital system by April-end of the year 2018 and delegating the authority to the district postal office to distribute license for the operation of FM Radio up to 500 Watt.
The press release issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications also stated that enforcement of journalist code of conduct-2073 BS, expansion of international relations of the Press Council with countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Cyprus and digitization of Nepal Television and setup of NTV in different parts and expansion of Radio Nepal Broadcasting Service to 24 hours 10 months ago are among the achievements of the Ministry.
Also noted as achievements during the tenure are construction of RSS building at Tulsipur, Dang, laying foundation stone of RSS Rapti Zonal Office, selection of 35 districts for the setup of Community Information Centre, and establishment of community information centre at postal office across the country. RSS
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