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The latest episode of Star World's interview show Cover Story
will feature our I&B minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Viewers can
catch him on 29 February at 10 pm.
On the show Prasad talks to the show's host Vir Sanghvi about his
childhood memories, career, his entry into politics. He said,"
My father was a man of great commitment and was truly a self-made
man. He fought his way up, became an eminent lawyer of Bihar and
was the president of Jansangh for 10 years. He was very particular
about my studies."
Talking
about his job he said, "It's an interesting job. I came in
the I&B ministry at a time when the sheer growth of the entertainment
sector has impressed me enormously and I am very much convinced
that if the nineties were the decade of IT and communication, this
is the decade of Indian Entertainment - films, TV animation, radio.
As a minister I am trying my level best to facilitate the same."
Talking about the conditional access system (Cas) debacle for which
he had to take some harsh criticism last year he put on a brave
face. "The Cas story is well known. We had to put it off in
Delhi because of political considerations. I took a very clear position
from day one that the state and the central government have to work
as a team. The government is a facilitator and not an arbitrator."
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