Chandigarh: The Punjab Government’s Public Relations Department on Tuesday defended the distribution of ‘State booklets’ titled ‘9 Years of Development in Punjab’, by describing it as its “prime duty”.
“It is the prime duty of the Public Relations to disseminate the information on policies, programmes and achievements of the Bovernment,” said the spokesperson.
“Publicizing the schemes, policies and achievements of Punjab Government is prime responsibility of Public Relations Department and this process of spreading information about the policies and programs of Punjab Government to the masses at large has been in operation for several decades,” said the spokesperson.
Describing PR Department as a “bridge between the government and public”, spokesperson said that since its inception, the Department had been highlighting the government schemes, policies and achievements through various means of publicity.
“Taking the thread from the basic duties of PR, the exercise of disseminating information about the development and welfare initiatives of Punjab Government in past nine years, the State Booklets are being published and distributed throughout the state under the title ‘9 Year of development in Punjab’,” added the spokesperson.
Divulging, spokesperson said that the information regarding schemes and achievements of Punjab Government during last nine years is being delivered to every household in the state.
Spokesperson said that besides sharing information regarding various feulds in which the government has achieved milestones, “it also informs about helplines and e-mail ids for different services as well as information on toll free services”.
The sole motive of this booklet was to spread information at grass root level so that masses at large can avail themselves of the schemes and facilities being provided by Punjab Government, said the spokesperson.