Smriti Irani inaugurates World Book Fair

ProMASS News Bureau: Jan 9, 2016:

Union Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday inaugurated the 24th World Book Fair in the capital. The fair aims to inculcate reading habits or book culture in the age of internet. The theme of the fair this time is ”India’s cultural heritage”. The nine-day-long fair would see China as the ‘guest nation’. Eighty one Chinese publishers and 5,000 Chinese books will be showcased in the fair which apart from Chinese language will also be available in English and Hindi. Publishers from countries like Pakistan, Germany, China, Spain, Poland and Nepal will also participate.