Thursday 12 September 2013

MP journalists to get govt honorarium July 26, 2012

Bhopal, July 25
Madhya Pradesh Government has decided to a pay an honorarium of Rs 5,000 per month to journalists, who are over 62-years-old.
The decision was taken by the State Cabinet at its meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan last evening, official sources said.
The other conditions to qualify for the scheme are that the journalist should be accredited with the state government for over 10 years, should not be dependent on any member of his/her family and should not be an income tax payee.
The journalistic fraternity has widely hailed the State Government’s decision to give honorarium to senior journalists. Various journalist associations have expressed gratitude towards Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan for the decision.
It may be mentioned that the cabinet has decided to give Rs. five thousand per month honorarium to senior journalists. Its benefit will be given to accredited journalists of over 62 years of age.
Lauding the State Government’s decision, Central Press Club member Shri Ganesh Sakalle and general secretary Shri Rajesh Sirothiya said that this decision is in the interest of journalists. Madhya Pradesh Working Journalists Union’s State President Shri Shalabh Bhadoria has also expressed gratitude over the decision.
Indore Press Club president Shri Praveen Khariwal said that entire media welcomes this decision. Indore’s senior journalists have also hailed the decision. Expressing gratitude, president of Rewa Working Journalists Union Shri Akhilesh Pandey and general secretary Shri Purushottam Mishra said that the decision has fulfilled long-pending demand of journalists.
Expressing pleasure over the decision, journalists from all over the state including Gwalior, Jabalpur and Ujjain have also expressed gratitude towards Chief Minister Shri Chouhan. Welcoming the decision, General Secretary of Madhya Pradesh Journalists Union Shri Nalinkant Vajpayee, Divisional president Shri Parmanand Tiwari, Jabalpur Working Journalists Union Shri Rafiq Khan, Secretary of Journalists Union of Madhya Pradesh Shri Pankaj Pateria, district president Shri Chaitanya Bhatt, Working Journalist Union State Secretary Shri Prahlad Sahu Nephaisle have expressed gratitude towards the Chief Minister Shri Chouhan for the decision. In Gwalior, Working Journalists Union state organising secretary Shri Vinay Agrawal, state general secretary Shri Suresh Sharma, senior journalist Shri Rakesh Achal, Shri Praveen Mishra and others also expressed gratitude towards Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

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