The government on Friday evening effected major changes in the media wing, shunting Neelam Kapur, the principal director-general of media and communication of the Press Information Bureau (PIB), to the directorate of field publicity.
In another major change, Doordarshan additional director-general S.M. Khan has been put on compulsory wait.
Archana Dutta, director-general (news) in All India Radio, has been given additional charge of DD News. She took charge of her new assignment on Friday evening.
In the case of Ms. Kapur, who was the government’s main spokesperson, the shifting to field publicity is considered a demotion. She gets an additional secretary-level post while the one she was holding was a secretary-level position.
She was an appointee of the previous United Progressive Alliance government.
