Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has given the responsibility of publication of various Government advertisements in different print and electronic media to the Government’s Medial Advisor Manas Mangaraj.
According to a notification issued by the Information and Public Relations Department (I & PR) on Saturday, Mangaraj would henceforth take all decisions relating to advertisements.
Besides, Mangaraj would look into issues relating to execution of the Government’s Journalists’ Welfare Programme. He would attend as guest at all programmes to be organised by the I&PR Department.
Notably, he had been appointed as Media Advisor to the State Government in September. He enjoys the status of a Minister of
State.