The central authorities has accredited a proposal to supply monetary help to the households of 26 extra journalists who misplaced their lives within the present monetary 12 months from Kovid-19 and dependents of every of those journalists will get monetary reduction of Rs 5 lakh beneath Journalist Welfare . The plan of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (JWS), the federal government stated in a press release on Thursday.
The authorities has accredited the proposal of the committee to “provide financial relief of Rs 5 lakh to each of the families of 26 journalists who died due to Kovid-19” within the monetary 12 months 2021-22 ranging from April. The assertion stated that within the final monetary 12 months, the households of 41 journalists had been assisted.
The authorities stated in a press release that monetary help has been given to the households of 67 journalists since final 12 months.
The JWS committee, which is trying to present help beneath a central scheme to the households of journalists killed resulting from Kovid-19, will maintain a weekly assembly to expeditiously course of the instances, it was knowledgeable.
Sources stated that not like different schemes for journalists, a Press Information Bureau accreditation will not be required to obtain advantages beneath the JWS.
The assertion famous that in a “su moto move”, the I&B ministry had “compiled and collected details of journalists who lost their lives due to the epidemic in 2020 and 2021 and assisted their families under journalist welfare” To launch a particular marketing campaign. Plan ”.
It added, “The Press Information Bureau continuously reached out to the families of several journalists who lost their lives in Kovid-19 and also guided them on the planning and filing of claims.” The authorities stated that the committee has determined to carry JWS conferences each week, in order that functions for monetary help beneath JWS might be expedited.
The committee headed by Information and Broadcasting Secretary Amit Khare consists of PIB chief director basic Jaideep Bhatnagar and different senior officers and media representatives.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
