FM to Inaugurate Economic Editors’ Conference on Monday

FM to Inaugurate Economic Editors’ Conference on Monday

Press Information Bureau is organizing Annual Economic Editors’ Conference in the National Media Centre, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi from October 8, 2012. The two day Conference will be inaugurated by the Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram. There will be separate sessions with the Ministers and senior officers of the key economic and infrastructure ministries participating in the Conference. The Conference will enable economic editors and journalists, invited from all over the country to interact with them and get a detailed background of the government’s policies and programmes. The media persons will get a comprehensive view of the overall economic scenario in the country and the latest initiatives and thrust areas of the Government. The Conference will also provide an opportunity to the Government to get feedback from the economic editors. Besides Finance Ministry, Ministries of Agriculture, Railways, Petroleum & Natural Gas, Communications & IT Road Transport & Highways, Civil Aviation, Power and Corporate Affairs are participating in the Conference. About 300 editors and financial writers including about 60 from regional press are expected to take part in the EEC-2012.