A Raja as new IT minister

New Delhi

18th May, 2007

Andimuthu Raja, has taken over as a new minister of Communications and
Information Technology. Earlier, he was the Union Minister of Environment and
Forests. Interacting with the media after taking over, Raja said that his top
priority area would be rural telephony.

He further said that during his tenure, his efforts and endeavor would be to
provide communication facilities to the people at the lowest ebb of the social
order. "Since the telecom sector is growing sector and all efforts required
for maintaining its growth will continue," Raja added.

Elected as member to the 11th Lok Sabha for the first time in the year 1996,
A Raja has also held earlier the positions in the central government as minister
of state of rural development and minister of state of health and family
welfare.