Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has approved the proposal of the committee organized for Journalist Welfare Fund and Chief Minister Journalist Samman Pension Scheme for financial assistance to journalists and their dependents.
In the meeting of the committee on 29 April 2023, on the applications received from the Journalist Welfare Fund for Uttarakhand distressed journalists and their dependents, a total financial assistance of Rs. An agreement was made on the proposal to provide assistance, which has been approved by the Chief Minister. For the medical treatment of journalists suffering from serious and incurable disease, it was agreed on a proposal to provide financial assistance of Rs. 20 lakh to 05 journalists and to provide financial assistance of Rs. Has been given.
Under the “Chief Minister Journalist Samman Pension Yojana”, the committee agreed on the proposal to allow pension on 03 cases fulfilling the prescribed qualification/eligibility, which has also been approved by the Chief Minister. The committee found 06 cases incomplete under the provisions mentioned in the rules. In respect of whom once again it was suggested to be given an opportunity to present the records. If the records are made available by the applicants, it was agreed to present these cases in the next meeting.
Director General Information / Member Secretary, Journalist Welfare Fund Committee Banshidhar Tiwari, Additional Director Information / Member, Ashish Tripathi, Journalist Welfare Fund Committee, Ramesh Pahadi, Member Journalist Welfare Fund Committee, Trilok Chandra in the meeting held on 29 April 2023 Bhatt, Member Journalist Welfare Fund Committee, Bina Upadhyay, Member Journalist Welfare Fund Committee and Assistant Accountant Rakesh Kumar Dhiwan were present.
