Tewari unveils e-version of Rozgar Samachar

Tewari unveils e-version of Rozgar Samachar

NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari Tuesday unveiled the e-version of Rozgar Samachar in Urdu by the Publication Division. He said the issue could contain two to four pages of such content in its future editions.

He said the launch of the e-version of Rozgar Samachar in Urdu was another milestone in reaching out to the people who understood the language in form and spirit. The initiation of the e-version also reiterated the perseverance of Publications Division in a competitive environment where content was balanced with the prevailing business models. The initiative also reflected the use of technology in reaching out to the people in a form and language understood by them.

With a circulation of over 400,000 copies per week, the Employment News informs about job opportunities in the organizations of Central and State Governments to aspiring youth across the country; published in Hindi, English and Urdu simultaneously.

To provide benefits of technology to Urdu reading masses, E-Rozgar Samachar (Urdu) is being launched. e-Employment News (English) and e- Employment News (Hindi) are also available to subscribers since August 2012.

The Minister said the unveiling of a new logo of Employment News with the motto "Opportunities for all" was a manifestation of the commitment to reach out to job seekers thereby seeking to fulfill their aspirations and harness their skills and capabilities.

Through this new initiative, the publication would not only get a new brand identity, it would also become attractive to the aspiring youth. Lauding the Publications Division for its effort, the Minister said the new logo depicting the search for jobs from a lens would easily be identified by the target audience.

Tewari also stressed the need for government publications to add content on issues of public interest which pertained to the common people such as issues related to development, national and international affairs.

Tewari also released ‘India-2013‘ and ‘Bharat-2013‘ a reference annual which provides exhaustive and authentic repository of information about the activities, progress and achievements of various ministries and departments of Government of India during the year since 1957. In this context, the minister mentioned that the publication provided a comprehensive and authentic information about the country‘s march forward and was a must read publication for key stakeholders.

The logo of employment news was selected from entries of an in-house competition of College of Arts, New Delhi. The logo depicts the search for jobs from a lens. The holder showing nib on one side and the wrench on the other shows that the Employment News is both for skilled and unskilled jobs. The hand is the human element of the logo.