{"id":57044,"date":"2021-05-27T12:12:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T06:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/?p=57044"},"modified":"2021-05-28T12:18:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T06:48:43","slug":"centre-approves-financial-assistance-to-67-families-of-the-journalists-who-lost-their-lives-to-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/centre-approves-financial-assistance-to-67-families-of-the-journalists-who-lost-their-lives-to-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre approves financial assistance to 67 families of the journalists who lost their lives to Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Each family to get Rs 5 lakhs under Journalist Welfare Scheme of I&B Ministry<\/p>\n

Committee decides to hold JWS meetings on weekly basis to process the applications expeditiously\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n

Delhi 27 MAY 2021<\/h5>\n

In a suo-moto move, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and Press Information Bureau under the guidance of Hon\u2019ble Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Sh. Prakash Javadekar, had compiled and collated the details of journalists who lost their lives due to the pandemic in the years 2020 & 2021 and started a special drive to provide assistance to their families under the Journalist Welfare Scheme.<\/p>\n

Today, the Central Government approved a proposal of Journalist Welfare Scheme Committee headed by Sh. Amit Khare, Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting,\u00a0to provide financial relief of Rs.5lakh to each of the families of 26 journalists who died due to Covid-19<\/strong>.\u00a0In the financial year 2020-21, the Central Government provided such assistance to 41 families of the\u00a0 journalists deceased due to Covid taking the total number to 67<\/strong>. Committee expressed their deep condolences to the families of the journalists affected due to Covid.<\/p>\n

The Press Information Bureau pro-actively reached out to the families of many journalists who lost their lives to Covid-19\u00a0 and also guided them about\u00a0 the scheme and filing of claims.<\/p>\n

The committee also decided to hold JWS meetings on weekly basis so that applications for financial assistance under JWS can be processed expeditiously.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Committee today also considered applications of 11 families of those journalists who had passed away due to reasons other than Covid-19.<\/p>\n

The JWS meeting was also attended by other members including Shri Jaideep Bhatnagar, Principal Director General, PIB, Shri.Vikram Sahay, Joint Secretary (I&B).\u00a0 Journalist representatives of the Committee Sh. Santosh Thakur, Sh. Amit Kumar, Sh. Umeshwar Kumar, Ms Sarjana Sharma were presnt in the meeting.<\/p>\n

Journalists and their families can apply for assistance under the Journalist Welfare Scheme (JWS) through the PIB website at\u00a0https:\/\/accreditation.pib.gov.in\/jws\/default.aspx<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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