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ways consistent with the democratic principles. It is a fact that Media plays a key role for the effective functioning of Parliament in more ways than one, particularly in providing feedback to the Parliament through effective articulation of public concern and also providing feedback to the people to evaluate their representatives through critical reflection of the performance of Parliament and the Parliamentarians. At a time when there is an apparent disconnect between public and the democratic process in the Parliament, the role of Media has assumed even greater importance. Both Parliament and Media are the embodiment of the public opinion in our democracy. It is necessary that both work in tandem and respect each other's role in serving the people. Both of them have a high sense of public responsibility and are answerable to the people for serving the democracy. While a free and fair media can supplement and complement the mandate of Parliament as a responsible and responsive institution, the media should report the development in these higher democratic fora in a true and unbiased manner. The objective of holding this workshop, I believe, is to harness the positive power and influence of the media to help sustain the people's faith in and respect for democratic institutions, especially Parliament, the country's highest legislative body. For this, it is essential that the media persons be given adequate opportunities to know varied nuances of reporting sensitive parliamentary matters besides facilitating easy access to parliamentary information and fair idea about parliamentary practice and procedure. In view of this, this workshop has been organised with four lectures by eminent parliamentarians and experts on important matters such as practice and procedure of both the Houses, the budgetary process, the reporting of discussion on foreign policy issue in the House and parliamentary privileges and ethics. Besides the highlights of this event is a panel discussion which is scheduled for today on the
theme 'Parliament - Reflection in media.' The distinguished panellists, no doubt, would be able to generate an intense and interesting discussion on this very important theme. Given the presence of a vast segment of the print and the electronic media here today, I am sure, this three-day workshop would be a resounding success. I, once again, welcome all the participating journalists and the panellists to this workshop and look forward to the enthusiastic participation from all. I would now invite the hon. Chairman to deliver his inaugural address. MR. CHAIRMAN: K. Rahman Khan sahib, Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha, distinguished panellists, friends from the media, ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to inaugurate the first workshop organised by the Media Advisory Committee on "Parliament and the Media." It is an important opportunity to engage in discussion on this topical subject. At the outset, I wish to place on record the excellent work done by the Media Advisory Committee in the last year and a half, first, under the Chairmanship of Dr. Harish Khare and now under Shri Vijay Naik. It has rendered excellent advice to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat and has formulated transparent policies to guide the admission of media organisations to the Press Gallery. I also take this opportunity to congratulate the media for excellent coverage of the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha, especially during the last two sessions. It is a matter of some satisfaction that the enhanced focus on the deliberative functions of the House, as evidenced through an increase in Short Duration Discussions and Calling Attention Motions, has been extensively covered by both the print and the electronic media. Our media fraternity deserves our deep appreciation for this.
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