Union Ministers from some key ministries, including Home Affairs, would interact with regional editors from north and northeastern states during a two-day Regional Editors Conference beginning here on Monday.
The conference would be inaugurated by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator V P Singh Badnore. Over the two days, it will see interactive sessions with the Home Minister, Union Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge) and Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space Jitendra Singh.
Besides, interactive sessions with Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, will also be held in the conference.
Senior officials of the respective ministries would also be present during these sessions.
Editors and senior mediapersons from 10 states- Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Tripura and Mizoram, and one union territory Chandigarh will participate in the conference.
An exhibition showcasing the government’s initiatives in the recent past is also being held on the occasion. This is the third Regional Editors Conference being organised by Press Information Bureau during this year. The earlier conferences were held in Jaipur and Chennai.