The central government has empanelled four “influencer” marketing agencies to improve public outreach of its initiatives and campaigns, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has told Parliament.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, I&B Minister Anurag Thakur said that the empanelment of influencer marketing agencies was done by MyGov, the citizen engagement platform of the Union government under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
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“Ministry of Electronic and Information Technology (MeitY) has informed that MyGov has in March, 2023 undertaken a process for empanelment of influencer marketing agencies with an objective of enabling wider dissemination and enhancing citizen engagement in respect of information related to various schemes/campaigns/initiatives of Government of India,” Thakur…
