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Ambika Soni takes charge of Tourism Ministry
New Delhi: The new Union Minister of Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni assumed charge of her office on Monday. The outgoing Tourism Minister, Renuka Chowdhury, who has now assumed charge of the Department of Women and Child Welfare, introduced her to the senior officials of the Ministry of Tourism.
The
Secretary (Tourism), A.K. Misra, briefed Soni about the major schemes
and programmes of the Ministry and also apprised her of the future tasks
to be completed. Speaking on the occasion, Soni underlined the need to
place the country as the high class tourist destination and emphasized
that every effort should be made to take advantage of the awe and curiosity
India inspires amongst people all over the world because of its ancient
diversified culture, world heritage sites, wildlife sanctuaries and national
parks and the great variety that it offers from the mighty Himalayan Mountains,
the deserts of Rajasthan to the wonderful beaches and islands of the country.
Soni said that she would ensure the continuation of important initiatives
taken by the Tourism Ministry in last eighteen months and directed the
officials to work out an effective Plan of Action for future in order
to realize the potential of this sector both for growth and employment
generation. The Minister noted that the Tourism Ministry has to interact
constantly with other Ministries such as External Affairs, Civil Aviation,
Home, Health, Railways, Shipping, Road Transport and Highways and the
State Governments and called for better coordination with all of them
in order to sustain the high rate of growth in the tourism sector.
-Jan
30, 2006
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