New Government to Deploy Social Media for Effective Governance

"This government is different from the previous one in which few ministers were on Twitter, and that too attracted controversy. This is not just the first time that social media is being used on a massive scale by the government, but it is set to create a precedence," an official from the information and broadcasting ministry, who did not want to be named, told IANS.

"Most ministers already have Twitter handles and Facebook pages. Those who are not proactive use the official PIB handle to communicate," the official added.

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi is among those who recently joined Facebook. Nirmala Sitharaman has opened a new Twitter handle as commerce minister for official tweets. Some other ministers have Twitter handles without an icon affirming it to be an official account.

Some of them include Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh, Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, and Railways Minister Sadanand Gowda.

(With Agency Inputs)

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