आज दो दिवसीय कामकाजी यात्रा पर नई दिल्ली पहुंचे रूसी संचार मंत्री निकोलाई निकीफारव से मुलाकात की समाप्ति पर भारत के सूचना एवं प्रसारण राज्यमंत्री राज्यवर्धन सिंह राठौड़ ने पत्रकारों को यह सूचना दी।
उन्होंने ऐलान किया कि आज हम ने फैसला किया है कि सूचना और प्रसारण क्षेत्र में द्विपक्षीय संपर्कों को मज़बूत किया जाये, सरकारी और निजी मीडिया के बीच आदान-प्रदान को प्रेरणा दी जाये तथा सोशल नेटवर्कों में सहयोग किया जाये। रूस और भारत को इंटरनेट, टीवी पर और सामाजिक नेटवर्क में सहयोग से काफी लाभ हो सकता है। बड़े बड़े आम सूचना साधनों के कर्मियों तथा टीवी और सिनेमा विद्यालयों के छात्रों के प्रतिनिधि मंडलों का आदान-प्रदान करना भी एक अच्छा विचार लगता है।
NDTV, New Delhi: India and Russia today agreed to strengthen ties in the information and broadcasting (I&B) sector with the exchange of media personnel and cooperation in the social media space.
The Russian side also proposed to include information and broadcasting in the BRICS summit slated to be held in Russia soon, Minister of State for I&B Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore told reporters.
BRICS is the acronym for the association of five major emerging national economies - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
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The Minister, who held interaction with the visiting Russian Minister of Telecom and Mass Communication Nikolay Nikiforov in New Delhi today, described the ties between the two countries in the media and broadcasting space as "crucial" because of Russia's big international presence in broadcasting and television network.
"With the increased cooperation between India and Russia and with the BRICS Summit coming up in Russia, they proposed to have interaction with broadcasting and IT Ministry and carry forward the relations in areas in which we can have mutual cooperation.
"This would be in the internet space, television and social media and also an exchange of media personnel from here to Russia, student exchange programme of television and film institute," Colonel Rathore said.
He said both the countries have much to learn from each other's experience as India is the largest democracy and Russia has an international television network presence.
IBN Live, New Delhi: India will give a structured response on a Russian proposal to set up an ICT group among the BRICS nations to deliberate on common issues in this area, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday.
Russia's minister for telecom and mass communications Nikolai Nikiforov met Prasad and conveyed the proposal regarding the group on Information and Communications Technology in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping.
"Today he had come with a proposal for a BRICS meeting of heads of state that is going to take place in July in Russia and a need for the ICT ministers to work in close cooperation for a variety of issues including cyber security where there is immense scope of work," Prasad said.
Russia's minister for telecom and mass communications Nikolai Nikiforov met Prasad and conveyed the proposal regarding the group on Information and Communications Technology in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping.
He added: "I have fully reciprocated his sentiments. India will come with a structured response but this idea of Russia to take initiative among BRICS nations to form a group whereby we can articulate issues of common concern is indeed quite a welcome step."
Nikiforov said the initiative of a separate ICT track on the BRICS platform is mooted because this segment is playing an important role in BRICS countries and the platform is the wonderful political platform to discuss and unite efforts of leading countries.
"I am satisfied by the meeting, we discussed a lot of telecom such as how to decrease international roaming tariffs, to improve electronic government services and many other topics," he said.
He added that Russia also has a project like Digital India, which aims at connecting small villages.
