Not to be published/broadcast  Before 1st December,   2008             

                  Media has gained significance, especially in the "Knowledge based World of Information Technology and Satellite Communication". Today, exchange of information happens in the flick of a second. Communicating information on important Government decisions, news and developmental activities with relevant photographs through e-mail to the print media and cassettes to the audio-visual media, has become an important day to day activity of the Information and Public Relations department.

              The State Public Relations department with a prized treasure of information has established its credibility amongst the media, as far as providing information based on actual facts is concerned. The department of I&PR, supplements to the efforts of the media to a great extent, providing all types of information related to the State Government policies and programmes, concerning development and welfare of the state. In this venture the latest information technology has been instrumental in making the department of I&PR emerge successful in its efforts

                 The department has made a big stride in the field of Information Technology. Almost each activity of the department has been computerized. Delivery of services to the stake holders from one source in minimum possible time is the  motto of the department, and  to accomplish this, department has created its own web portal http://www.himachalpr.gov.in/, which is a comprehensive one, and is being updated regularly to cope with the changing scenario.

                 The press releases, news photographs, developmental features, cabinet decisions, press releases from the districts are placed immediately on the website and separate hyperlinks have been created for these in it.

                      The tour programmes of Hon'ble Chief Minister are made available on the website, which has facilitated the people whosoever wishes to meet him for the redressal of their problems.

                  The most useful feature of the website is the news clippings from the district specific pullouts. These clippings are placed on the website by 10:30 AM,    daily. This feature has helped especially those people of State who are far away from their homes, as this provides proximity to them after reading the news of their district. At the same time it has helped the higher administration in keeping the track of field agencies.

                   The other important feature is news for the attention of the departments, which tells where the administration is required to respond immediately. The weekly news paper of the department, "Giriraj" and other developmental publications are available in the website and has increased their readership.
                  Government profile displays curricular-vitae with photographs of Her Excellency, The Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Hon'ble Chief Minister, Members of Council of Ministers, photographs of all MLAs and contact numbers of Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and Secretaries.

                     Information and Public Relation department is a nodal agency for releasing classified and display advertisements of all the departments. To ensure promptness and transparency, the tenders by the department are issued online and information regarding Release Orders viz.  name of newspapers and date of publishing, are displayed on the website.

                   Through the hyperlink, Useful Links, the users can access websites of all the departments of the State Government, which spells the utility of the website http://www.himachalpr.gov.in/ .      The hyperlink, on line Newspapers, facilitates to log in the internet editions of Newspapers, Doordarshan, All India Radio and the news agencies such as PTI and UNI etc.

                  The information to the website are uploaded by the directorate and the DPRO offices, regularly. The Zonal Offices, Press Liaison offices and district offices of the department have been provided with the necessary infrastructures for this purpose. These offices have been connected with the directorate by Intranet.

               Hyperlink, Himachal at a Glance, in addition to the State profile and geneses of Himachal Pradesh, comprises information data centre of each district. The data folder of each district contains three files viz., District profile, Cultural and tourism heritage of district and developmental data of district.

             The hyperlink, Press Related Information, comprises names and contact numbers of all accreditated State level, District level and Sub-Division level correspondents.

It is the endeavor of department to provide the correct information well in time to all the stake holders and it is a process in continuation.                         

 The Technical Wing of the department works intensely in carrying out these important tasks. The credit goes to the State government as well as to IT department for equipping the department with necessary infrastructure.