Group of Ministers suggests steps to stem ‘negative narrative’ on government
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March 05, 2021 08:57 IST
They include tracking ‘50 negative and 50 positive influencers’ and ‘neutralising’ those writing against govt. without facts.
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Union Ministers Prakash Javadekar and Ravi Shankar Prasad were part of the Group of Ministers that met six times between June 14 and July 9 last year. File Photo
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They include tracking ‘50 negative and 50 positive influencers’ and ‘neutralising’ those writing against govt. without facts.
In an effort to “neutralise” the negative narrative, a Group of Ministers (GoM), formed to fine-tune the “government communication”, has come out with various suggestions, including tracking “50 negative and 50 positive influencers” on the social media and to “neutralise the people who are writing against the Government without facts and set false narratives / spread fake news
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