Gangtok: Shri M.G.Kiran,IAS Secretary to the Information and Public Relation department of Government of Sikkim in a meeting held today with representatives of newly elected body of Press Club of Sikkim has assured all help and co-operation to the newspapers and publications from Sikkim by way of releasing display advertisements on occasion of Bhanu Jayanti & Independence Day including to those newspapers who are yet to obtain a RNI registration with government of India.
He have asked all the newspapers to start initiative on their own in obtaining a RNI registration .IPR department will also help by recommending their cases for registration and also depute a IPR team to New Delhi for enabling an early processing of newspaper registration from Sikkim. Secretary also encouraged existing newspapers in print as well as electronic media to improve standard of media as a whole in Sikkim.
IPR department would also arrange to supply all the books and magazines for library proposed to be set up by the Press Club of Sikkim including arranging a free allotment of radio frequency for better and faster Internet connectivity. further, Government of Sikkim would also contribute to a fund proposed to be set up and managed by Sikkim Press Club in helping local journalists in need of financial assistance. Government would also try to launch educational courses at Sikkim Government College in field of Journalism and Media.
Secretary has assured to give top priority to constructive suggestions forwarded to his department by Press Council of Sikkim
