Free life insurance policy of Rs 10 lakh each will be allotted to 201 journalists of Haryana : Chandra Shekhar Dharani
Ministers Mool Chand Sharma, Sandeep Singh and former ministers Vipul Goyal-Chandra Shekhar Dharani will reach MWD’s Faridabad program on January 11.
CM’s media team Praveen Atreya, Rajeev Jaitley and Sudesh Kataria will also participate – Chandra Shekhar Dharani
Media Wellbeing Association will hold a press conference in Faridabad on January 11 – Chandra Shekhar Dharani
Financial assistance of more than Rs 5 lakh is being given to needy journalists – Chandra Shekhar Dharani
Yad Ram Bansal will get the first Late Ramesh Sharma Award
Chandigarh,(Rana). Chandra Shekhar Dharani, North India President of Media Wellbeing Association, said that the chief guest in the state level program of the organization to be held on January 11 at Make Pie (Haryana Tourism) is Haryana’s Transport, Higher Education and Mining Minister Mool Chand Sharma, Chairman of the function – Haryana. Minister of State in the Government – Sandeep Singh, Special Invited Guest – Former Minister Vipul Goyal, Special Guest in the program Mr. Nayanpal Rawat (MLA), Mr. Mati Seema Trikha (MLA), Keynote Speaker Mr. Rajiv Jaitley (Media Advisor CM Haryana), Mr. Sudesh Kataria (Chief Media Coordinator, Government of Haryana, Chandigarh), Shri Praveen Atreya (Media Secretary, Government of Haryana) and Gyanendra Bharataria, Senior Journalist, Delhi. Chairman Welcome Committee- Jyoti Sang, senior journalist-writer-literateur will be present in this event.
Chandra Shekhar Dharani told that through Media Wellbeing, Ambala journalist Anil Kumar, who is to undergo kidney transplant, will be given Rs 1 lakh by the organization. Nuh journalist Anil Mohania, whose car was burnt while covering a violence on 31 July 2023, will be given Rs 1 lakh by MWB organization. 30,000 rupees and Rs 25,000 is being given to Rewari journalist Narendra, whose wife underwent major surgery. Apart from this, financial assistance is also being given to some journalists. In the past too, around 8 lakh journalists were given help. An appeal is being written to the government for help to these three journalists. In the past too, financial assistance has been provided to many journalists and their families. Safety, security and social issues of journalists are raised before the government at various levels from time to time. In view of this, the first award is being started in his name in his memory. This award for the year 2024 will be given to senior journalist and editor Yadaram Bansal. Which will be given every year to a journalist from Haryana.
Chandra Shekhar Dharani said that under the auspices of Media Wellbeing Association (Regd.), an important program is being organized on Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 11 am at Magpie Haryana Tourism, Faridabad. In which the association will distribute free accident insurance policies of Rs. 10 lakh each to 201 journalists and a seminar “Digital Journalism and Media Ethics” will also be organized. Chandrashekhar Dharani expressed gratitude to Chief Minister Manohar Lal and Home Minister Anil Vij. On this occasion, MWB President Chandrashekhar Dharani expressed his gratitude to the Chief Minister of the state, Manohar Lal for the decisions taken in the interest of journalists and said that the sacrifices of the journalist class and The way Manohar government took welfare decisions for this society by deeply understanding the contribution, it will really benefit the journalists immensely. A journalist who always makes an important contribution in providing justice and rights to the deprived society never fights for his own interests. For this reason, journalists always remained victims of neglect in the previous governments and this is also the reason for the economic poverty of the journalist class.
Along with this, Chandrashekhar Dharani also thanked State Home and Health Minister Anil Vij wholeheartedly and said that he is always ready for the welfare of journalists in the first program of the organization organized in Ambala after the formation of the association. This gave a great boost to the organization and Vij has raised the voice of journalists at every step. Anil Vij has always been seen rubbing shoulders with journalists. Whenever the organization placed any demand before the government, Vij, as a strong lawyer, has represented the organization before the government. As a result, journalists got their rights very soon. Demand from the government to resolve these issues: Chandrashekhar Dharani said that in the matter of giving pension to journalists, there is a mention in the government notification dated 14 November 2023 not to give pension to more than one journalist in the same family. It is requested that the government should immediately withdraw this notification. When there is a provision of pension to different members of the same family after retirement from government job. MLAs include husband-wife, father-son, brother-brother who are or have been MLAs within the same family. When they can get pension then why not different members of the same family of journalists? He said that the notification mentions stoppage of pension or government facilities if an FIR is registered against any journalist. The government should also take it back soon. Just as there is a provision for punishment of 2 years or more for MLAs or public representatives. A similar arrangement should be made for journalists also. FIR is a First Information Report, the rule of this notification for journalists should be amended only if it is not based on a punishment of 2 years or more. He said that cashless health facility should be implemented soon for the media and their families.
Media Wellbeing Association (Registered) should be provided 500 yards (one canal) space at a cheap price to set up its headquarters in Panchkula and build a building on the lines of Press Club Chandigarh. Also, residential facilities should be made available to journalists at affordable prices. Like the three pillars of democracy, toll free facility should also be provided to the fourth pillar media. Free medical facilities for media should be provided in entire Haryana. The system of granting recognition to the rules made by the Haryana Government for digital media should be simplified and amended on the lines of the neighboring state of Punjab and other states. Even if the headquarters of any web media is outside Haryana, they should also be given recognition. Haryana Press Recognition Committee and Press Relations Committee should be re-constituted and two members of Media Wellbeing Association should be included in it. The closed accreditation system of monthly magazines and newspapers should be strengthened and restarted.
