Key Highlights
The Information and Public Relations Department must effectively communicate government schemes, achievements and development initiatives to the public in simple language, enabling people to understand and benefit from them.
Emphasis on activating the Quick Response Team to monitor development works, law and order, and other important public-interest issues, and to take prompt action against negative and misleading news.
Better systems must be established at the departmental, district and panchayat levels to address public feedback, suggestions and complaints and strengthen monitoring and administration.
Patna, October 2026: Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary today chaired a review meeting of the Information and Public Relations Department at the Sankalp conference hall at Lok Sevak Awas.
The Chief Minister emphasised the need to ensure that information about government schemes, development projects and public welfare initiatives reaches people effectively and that issues concerning public interest are addressed promptly.
During the meeting, Information and Public Relations Department Secretary Naveen Kumar presented an update on the department’s activities. He provided detailed information about its priorities, ongoing efforts to communicate government welfare schemes to the public, and the media and systems being used for this purpose.
The Chief Minister said the Information and Public Relations Department serves as an important link between the government and the public. He directed the department to ensure that information related to public welfare reaches people on time and that effective initiatives are taken to resolve their problems.
He stressed that information about government schemes, achievements and development works should be communicated in a simple and effective manner so that people become aware of the initiatives and can avail themselves of the benefits.
The Chief Minister also directed officials to strengthen the monitoring of development projects, law and order, and other significant public-interest issues. He called for the Quick Response Team to be made more active to ensure timely action against negative and misleading news reports.
He further emphasised the need to widely disseminate information about the rules and provisions of the journalists’ pension scheme so that eligible journalists are aware of the benefits available to them.
The Chief Minister asked the department to effectively analyse the problems and suggestions raised by people on social media platforms. The public should also be informed about the action taken by the government on these issues.
He directed officials to establish an effective mechanism at the departmental, district and panchayat levels to collect public feedback, suggestions and complaints and use them to improve governance and monitoring.
Highlighting Bihar’s rich heritage, the Chief Minister said the state’s civilisation and culture should be promoted globally. People from Bihar living in other states and abroad should be connected with the state, their feedback should be sought, and they should be informed about Bihar’s unique identity and growing achievements.
He said Bihar must reclaim the glory of its illustrious past and transform itself into a prosperous state, adding that collective cooperation and participation were essential to achieving this goal.
Chief Secretary Pratyaya Amrit, Chief Minister’s Secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh, Chief Minister’s Secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh, Information and Public Relations Department Secretary Naveen Kumar, Director of Information and Public Relations Gunjan Singh, and other senior officials attended the meeting.
