Lok Sabha Question No. 4512 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-14
Subject: Welfare Schemes for Media Employees
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: REKHA ARUN VERMA, KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE

## GOYERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INI'ORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOKSABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 4512 TO BE ANSWERED  ON 14.12.2016

## WELFARE SCHEMES FOR MEDIA EMPLOYEES

## 4512. SMT. REKHA VERMA

## Will the Minister  of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

- a) whether  the Govemment has launched/proposes to launch some welfare  schemes for people related to electronic  and print media;
- b) if so, the details  of the amount  allocated/utilized in this regard during each of the last three  years  and the current  year;
- c) the details  regarding effective implementation of such schemes  media-wise and StateAJT-wise;
- d) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- e) the steps taken by the Govemment for the welfare  of working employees  of media, joumalists,  editors  and writers?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INF'ORMATION AND BROADCASTING  [COL  RAJYAVARDHAN  RATHORE (Retd.)

- (a) Yes Sir. Joumalist Welfare Scheme  (JWS) has been constituted by the Ministry  that provides  one time ex-gratia  reliefon urgent basis to joumalists  and their families.
- (b) The details are as follows:

| Financial   | Allocated   | Expenditure (Rs)   |
|-------------|-------------|--------------------|
| Year        | Funds (Rs.) | 11,00,000          |
| 2013-14     | 30,00,000   |                    |
| 20t4-15     | 30,00,000   | 22,46,272          |
| 2015-16     | 20,00,000   | 20,00,000          |
| 2016-17     | 15,00,000   | 1s,00,000          |

- (c) & (d) The cases for the Schemes are processed by Press Information  Bureau (PIB) headquarters and sent to a committee if meets the eligibility criteria detailed in the Scheme. StatefuT wise, media wise information  for the past three years  is at Annexure.
- (e) The Joumalists  accredited with the Govemment  at PIB Headquarters  in Delhi are eligible  for the following  benefits:
- o  Railway concession for Golt. of India accredited  media persons administered by the Ministry  of Railways.
- . Centml Govemment Health Scheme (CGHS) facilities  for media persons accredited by Govt. of India, administered  by the Ministry  of Health & Family Welfare.
- . Government  Accommodation  to Go\t. of India accredited  joumalists  under press pool, administered  by the Ministry  of Housing  and Urban  Development'

## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  AS REFERRED  TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d) OF L.S USQ. NO.4512 FORANSWER oN 14.12.2016

## LIST OF JOURNALISTS GRANTED ASSISTANCE  UNDER JOURNALISTS WELFAIIE FUND/SCHEME

| S. No.                     | Name of applicant /journalist                                                                                      | PrinU Electronic Media     | State/UT                   | Date of sanction           | Amount                     |
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| 2013-t4                    | 2013-t4                                                                                                            | 2013-t4                    | 2013-t4                    | 2013-t4                    | 2013-t4                    |
|                            | Smt. Richa Jaitly w/o Late Shri Aditiya Jaitly, Photo Joumalist, Times of India (Death Case)                       | Print                      | Punjab                     | 25.09.2013                 | Rs.5,00,000                |
| 2.                         | Shri Mohd. Yasir, News Photo Joumalist, Daily Andalib, Urdu Daily. (Accident Case)                                 | Print                      | Delhi                      | 25.09.2013                 | Rs.1,00,000                |
| 3.                         | Smt. Usha Pandey Wo Late Shd Durga Prasad Pandey, Correspondent, Mahamedha Prakashan Ltd. (Death Case)             | Print                      | Delhi                      | 03.02.2014                 | Rs. 5,00,000               |
| Total Rs.11,00,000 20t4-15 | Total Rs.11,00,000 20t4-15                                                                                         | Total Rs.11,00,000 20t4-15 | Total Rs.11,00,000 20t4-15 | Total Rs.11,00,000 20t4-15 | Total Rs.11,00,000 20t4-15 |
|                            | Shri T.S.V. Hari, Freelance Joumalist (Serious Disease).                                                           | Print                      | Tamil Nadu                 | 26.0?.20r5                 | Rs.87,814/-                |
| 2.                         | Shri Rahul Kashyap, Stringer, Kanpur Samvad (Accident Case)                                                        | Print                      | UP                         | 26.02.2015                 | Rs.48,2911                 |
| 3.                         | Shri Atul Kumar, Joumalist, 'Faroqui Tanzeem' (Serious Disease)                                                    | Print                      | Bihar                      | 26.02.20'15                | Rs.1,25,775/-              |
| 4.                         | Smt. Sudha Gupta, o late Shri Neeraj Kumar Gupt4 Dainik 'Sagar Swar' (Death Case)                                  | Print                      | MP                         | 26.02.2015                 | Rs. 5,00,000               |
| 5.                         | Shri M. Aslam Qureshi, Editor, 'The Times Newsdav'. (Serious Disease)                                              | Print                      | Delhi                      | 26.02.2015                 | Rs.1,74,2751-              |
| 6.                         | Shri Suresh Atmaram Karale, Joumalist, Daily Gavkari, (Serious Disease)                                            | Print                      | Mah                        | 24.03.2015                 | Rs.2,09,006/-              |
| 7.                         | Shri Jayanta Kumar Das, Joumalist, 'Prime News' TV Channel and 'Amar Asom' NewspaD€r (Accident Case)               | Electronic and Print       | Assam                      | 24.03.201s                 | Rs.39,725/-                |
| 8.                         | Smt. Golap Ghadei, w/o late Shri Vijay Kumar C., Photographer, 'The Pioneer' (Death Case)                          | Print                      | Delhi                      | 24.03.2015                 | Rs. 5,00,000               |
| 9.                         | Smt. Kulvinder Kaur, w/o late Shri Jasdeep Singh Malhotra, Principal Correspondent, 'Hindustan Times' (Death case) | Print                      | Punjab                     | 24.03.2015                 | Rs. 5,00,000               |
| 10.                        | Shri Sudhakar Bijapurkar, Correspondenl, 'Shivner' (Accident Case)                                                 | Print                      | Mah                        | 24.03.2015                 | Rs.20,084/-                |
| ll                         | Shri Anoop Kumar Bhatnagar, Editor, Nai Dunia' (Serious Disease)                                                   | Print                      | Delhi                      | 26.02.2015                 | Rs.41,352/-                |
| Total Rs.22.46.272         | Total Rs.22.46.272                                                                                                 | Total Rs.22.46.272         | Total Rs.22.46.272         | Total Rs.22.46.272         | Total Rs.22.46.272         |

| 2015-16   | 2015-16                                                                                             | 2015-16    | 2015-16   | 2015-16            | 2015-16       |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-----------|--------------------|---------------|
|           | Shri Gopal Sharma, Joumalist, The Statesman (Serious Disease)                                       | Print      | Delhi     | 29.05.2015         | Rs.3,00,0001  |
| 2.        | Smt. Rajni, w/o late Shri Kamal Kumar, Senior Cameraman, Zee Media Corporation Limited (Death Case) | Electronic | Delhi     | 27 .t | .201s | Rs.5,00,0001  |
| J.        | Slrri Alaya Kumar Mohanty, Conespondent, Amrit Sandesh (Serious Disease)                            | Print      | Odisha    | 27.11.2015         | Rs.1,50,000/- |
| ,l        | Shri Hiren Mukherjee, Editor, Bardhaman Review, Kolkata (Serious Disease)                           | Print      | WB        | 27 .tl.2015        | Rs.2,75,000/- |
|           | Shri Deepu K.S., Cameraman, Jeevan TV, Kerala (Serious Disease)                                     | Electronic | Kerala    | 27 .11.2015        | Rs.2,75,000/- |
| o.        | Smt. Latabai Khandalkar o Lt. Shdmant Sopan Khandalkar, Dainik Lokmat (Death Case)                  | Print      | Mah       | 30.03.2016         | Rs.5,00,000/- |
| Total     | Total                                                                                               | Total      | Total     | Rs.20.00.000       | Rs.20.00.000  |

2016-17

| I     | Shri Prakash Bhargava, Freelance Joumalist, (Serious Disease)                                            | PrinV Electronic   | Delhi   | 30.03.2016       | Rs.3,00,0001                           |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|---------|------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 2.    | Smt. Pushpa Singh mother of Late Late Shri Akshay Singh, Journalist, Aaj Tak{India TV Today (Death Case) | Electronic         | Delhi   | 30.03.2016       | Rs.5,00,000f                           |
| 3.    | Smt. Reena Hasman Bhatt w/o late Shri H.K.Bhatt, Correspondent, Shri Nutan Saurashtra (Death Case)       | Print              | Odisha  | I 5.1 I .2016    | Rs.2,00,000/- (out of approved 5 lakh) |
| 4.    | Smt Manju Kalshan w/o Late Shri Gyanendra Kalshan, Photographer, UNI (Death Case)                        | Print              | Delhi   | 15.11.2016       | Rs.2,00,000f (out of approved 5 lakh)  |
| 5.    | Shri Khagendramani Pradhan, Freelance Joumalist, (Serious Disease)                                       | Print              | Sikkim  | | 5.11.2016 | Rs.2,00,000/- (out of approved 3 lakh) |
| 6.    | Smt. C.Hmingliani Wo Shri Robert Lalchhuan4 Editor, Romei Mizo Daily Newspaper, (Death Case)             | Print              | Mizoram | 15.11.2016       | Rs.1,00,000f (out of approved 5 lakh)  |
| Total |                                                                                                          |                    |         |                  | Rs.15,00,000                           |