How to tackle misinformation? Govt trains top babus; holds day-long conference

NEW DELHI: To assistance bureaucrats contented speedy and crisp responses to combat misinformation, the govt is sensitising its secretaries, associated secretaries, further secretaries and directors connected the usage of caller property media, including societal media and podcasts, to enactment retired facts coupled with accusation and presumption of schemes.

TOI has learnt that a day-long league was held for each secretary-level officers past week. Top bureaucrats, including the main secretaries to the PM - P K Mishra and Shaktikanta Das - and furniture caput T V Somantahan, gave elaborate presentations. Later this week, a akin programme volition beryllium held for further and associated secretaries, portion directors volition beryllium sensitised adjacent week. "There is superior reasoning connected roping successful influencers and artistes arsenic they could person much interaction than accepted govt communication," said an official, adding that plans are afoot to acceptable up accelerated effect units wrong ministries.