Guwahati:
The Himanta Biswa Sarma-led Assam authorities has spent Rs 130.59 crore in commercials over the past two years, whereas his predecessor Sarbananda Sonowal authorities spent Rs 125.6 crore in its complete 5 12 months tenure, a minister mentioned on Wednesday.
In a written reply to a question by Independent MLA Akhil Gogoi in Assam Assembly, Information and Public Relations Minister Pijush Hazarika mentioned the current authorities of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched a complete of Rs 132 crore for commercials throughout 2021-22 and 2022-23 to his division.
The Information and Public Relations Department (DIPR) has up to now positioned commercials on completely different media value Rs 130.59 crore within the final two monetary 12 months, he added.
Mr Hazarika additional mentioned that the BJP authorities headed by former Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, who’s at the moment a Union minister, launched a complete of Rs 132.3 crore to the DIPR throughout the complete five-year interval.
The whole value of all authorities revealed commercials from 2016-17 to 2020-21 stood at Rs 125.6 crore, he added.
The commercials have been positioned in day by day newspapers, magazines, TV channels, FM radio and different media, the minister knowledgeable the House.
In whole, the BJP authorities has spent Rs 256.19 crore in commercials in opposition to allocation of Rs 264.3 crore because it got here to energy for the primary time in 2016, he added.
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