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President announces national media policy

India will evolve a national media policy to integrate the advances in visual, audio and print media, and bring about a cohesiveness of purpose.

President K R Narayanan, in his address to the joint sitting of Parliament in the Central Hall, said the main aim of such a policy was to devise plans ''keeping in view our societal needs and cultural values.''

A Right to Information Law will also be put in place to ensure transparency and integrity in decision-making without compromising national security. For this, he said the Official Secrets Act will be reviewed.

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