NEW DELHI: To assist bureaucrats situation fast and sharp responses to struggle misinformation, the govt. is sensitising its secretaries, joint secretaries, further secretaries and administrators on the usage of new age media, together with social media and podcasts, to place out info coupled with data and standing of schemes. TOI has learnt {that a} day-long convention was held for all secretary-level officers final week. High bureaucrats, together with the principal secretaries to the PM – P Ok Mishra and Shaktikanta Das – and cupboard secretary T V Somantahan, gave detailed displays. Later this week, the same programme will likely be held for extra and joint secretaries, whereas administrators will likely be sensitised subsequent week. “There may be critical pondering on roping in influencers and artistes as they may have extra impression than conventional govt communication,” mentioned an official, including that plans are afoot to arrange fast response models inside ministries.
