A professional consultant will be hired to collect government-related news in PDF format. (Representative image)
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Mumbai: In a significant development, the Maharashtra government has decided to establish a media monitoring centre (MMC) to analyse news content from print, electronic, and digital media, with an allocated budget of Rs 10 crore for the initiative.
The Maharashtra government has issued a notification/government resolution to this effect on Wednesday evening.
The MMC, which will operate daily from 8 am to 10 pm, will be managed by the Directorate of Information and Public Relations (DGIPR).
“The MMC will collect and analyse all factual and misleading news reports in print and broadcast media, and prepare a factual report,” the GR said.
The issuance of the GR coincides with the ongoing budget session of the Maharashtra legislature.
A professional consultant will be hired to collect government-related news in PDF format. The news will be bifurcated into categories like positive, negative, departments, issues, incidents and individuals. Besides, alerts about trends, mood and tone of the news content.