FM to inaugurate Economic Editors' conference

New Delhi, Nov 24: Finance Minister P Chidambaram will inaugurate the three three-day annual Economic Editors' Conference at the National Media Centre organised by the Press Information Bureau on Monday, Nov 24. There will be separate sessions with the Ministers and senior officers of the key economic and infrastructure ministries participating in the conference. The conference will enable economic editors and journalists, invited from all over the country to interact with them and get a detailed background of the government's policies and programmes.

The media persons will get a comprehensive view of the overall economic scenario in the country and the latest initiatives and thrust areas of the Government. The conference will also provide an opportunity to the Government to get feedback from the economic editors. Ministries participating in the Conference include Planning Commission, Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Tourism, IT and Communication, Urban Development and Information and Broadcasting apart from the Finance Ministry. About 300 editors and financial writers are likely to attend the 3-day Conference.

ANI