Minister Aryal pledges utmost support for RSS’s strengthening
Aryal also received information about the RSS's overall functions including news collection and photo and news editing process.
KATHMANDU: Minister for Home Affairs, Om Prakash Aryal, pledged full support from the government to make the Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) more effective.
During his visit to RSS’s central office at Bhadrakali, Kathmandu today, Minister Aryal took cognizance of the RSS’s strategic plans to make it self-reliant and thereby expressed the commitment that the government would extend all possible assistance for its successful implementation.
Aryal also received information about the RSS’s overall functions including news collection and photo and news editing process.
RSS’s Executive Chair Dharmendra Jha briefed the Minister on the state-run news agency’s current status, news collection and dissemination process, revenue generation and available resources among others.
On the occasion, Minister Aryal, who is also Spokesperson of the government, visited the RSS Media Museum featuring various materials used by the RSS for news production and distribution since its establishment.
Appraising the visiting Minister about the expanded services of the 65-year-old news agency, RSS’s General Manager Sandip Rai, Chief Editor Uttam Silwal, Deputy Chief of News Division Yekraj Pathak and Coordinator of the Mother Language News Service Sharachchandra Bhandary, among other RSS officials, urged continued government support to further enhance its services.
