A Delhi- based online marketing company, OMLogic, has been hired to promote the policies of Punjab government on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and blogs. The campaign is also expected to use WhatsApp with the employees of the state government soon to be issued orders to publicise government policies on the messaging service. The company has already started work on Facebook, Twitter, a Wordpress blog and YouTube. The targets reportedly specified to it include 35 tweets, 14 Facebook posts, nine blog posts, seven videos and seven Facebook graphics in a week, said a source in the Punjab Information and Public Relations Department. The company is reportedly being paid Rs 1.5 crore for two years, starting March 2015. A look at the Punjab government’s page being managed by the company shows that every advertisement published in print media is uploaded here as well. The page also has details of government policies as well as announcements, along with photographs of the Chief Minister and other ministers. The Wordpress blog () also has details about government policies. Speaking to The Indian Express, Rahul Tewari, Director of Information and Public Relations, Punjab government, confirmed that “Delhi-based OMLogic” has been hired to promote government policies online. “We are disseminating government policies through social media,” said Tewari. “We were managing pages of Sukhbir Badal, CM and Harsimrat Badal earlier but it was at the level of the Akali Dal. A specialised agency has been hired as the deputy CM was adamant on using the social media to the fullest,” said a PRO. The Punjab government has also shortlisted Pehchan Advertising and Marketing Ltd. to promote and build its image. According to Rahul Tewari (Director, Public Relations), four companies bid for the tender, of which two met the grade. Pehchan was zeroed in on as it made the lowest bid of around Rs 6 crore. “However, no work has been allocated yet as we want them to make detailed presentations on how they will go about their work,” he said. The brand building exercise for the Punjab government would include organising Invest Punjab summits and agriculture summits, apart from building the state as a brand across various media.
