Lok Sabha Question No. 2940 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-04
Subject: Registered Journalists
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: ANTO  ANTONY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2940 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2018

## REGISTERED JOURNALISTS

2940. SHRI ANTO ANTONY

## Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  INFORMATION  AND BROADCASTING [COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)]

- (a) to (b) :Ministry of I&B does not register journalists. However, Press Information Bureau, an  attached  office  under  this  Ministry  accredits  the  journalists  who  reside  at  Delhi  or  its periphery, as per the guidelines available on PIB website at the following link: http://164.100.117.97/WriteReadData/CMS/accreditationguidelines(1).pdf

List of such 2557 accredited journalists may be seen at PIB website at the following link: ( http://pibaccreditation.nic.in/acrindexall.aspx ).

- (c)  and  (d):  This  Ministry  administers  Journalist  Welfare  Scheme  (JWS)  that  provides  one time  ex-gratia  relief  on  urgent  basis  to  journalists  or  his/her  family  (  in  case  of  demise  of journalist). Under this scheme upto Rs.5 lakh may be provided to the family under extreme hardship on account of death or permanent disability of the journalist. Upto Rs.3 lakh may be provided towards the cost of treatment of major ailments and upto Rs.2 lakh may be provided in  case  of  accidents  causing  serious  injuries  necessitating  hospitalization.  Details  of  the
- scheme may be seen at [ http://www.pib.gov.in/AllMediafacilitation.aspx?MenuId=16 ] . The  amount  disbursed  to  journalists  or  their  families  under  this  scheme  from  2013-14  to 2016-17 may be seen at Annexure.

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has nay date regarding the number of registered journalists in the country;
- (b) if so, the details of number of registered journalists, State-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  providing  any  financial  assistance  or  implementing  any schemes for generating employment for journalists in the private sector; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANNEXURE AS REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) AND (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2940 FOR  ANSWER ON 04-01-2018.

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

| S. No.   | Name of applicant /journalist                                                                                       | Print/ Electronic Media   | State/UT   | Date of sanction   | Amount        |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|------------|--------------------|---------------|
| 2013-14  | 2013-14                                                                                                             | 2013-14                   | 2013-14    | 2013-14            | 2013-14       |
| 1.       | Smt. Richa Jaitly W/o Late Shri Aditiya Jaitly, Photo Journalist, Times of India ( Death Case)                      | Print                     | Punjab     | 25.09.2013         | Rs.5,00,000   |
| 2.       | Shri Mohd. Yasir, News Photo Journalist, Daily Andalib, Urdu Daily. ( Accident Case)                                | Print                     | Delhi      | 25.09.2013         | Rs.1,00,000   |
| 3.       | Smt. Usha Pandey W/o Late Shri Durga Prasad Pandey, Correspondent, Mahamedha Prakashan Ltd. ( Death Case)           | Print                     | Delhi      | 03.02.2014         | Rs. 5,00,000  |
|          | Total                                                                                                               |                           |            |                    | Rs.11,00,000  |
| 2014-15  | 2014-15                                                                                                             | 2014-15                   | 2014-15    | 2014-15            | 2014-15       |
| 1.       | Shri T.S.V. Hari, Freelance Journalist ( Serious Disease),                                                          | Print                     | Tamil Nadu | 26.02.2015         | Rs.87,814/-   |
| 2.       | Shri Rahul Kashyap, Stringer, Kanpur Samvad ( Accident Case)                                                        | Print                     | UP         | 26.02.2015         | Rs.48,291/-   |
| 3.       | Shri Atul Kumar, Journalist, 'Faroqui Tanzeem' ( Serious Disease)                                                   | Print                     | Bihar      | 26.02.2015         | Rs.1,25,775/- |
| 4.       | Smt. Sudha Gupta, w/o late Shri Neeraj Kumar Gupta, Dainik 'Sagar Swar' ( Death Case)                               | Print                     | MP         | 26.02.2015         | Rs. 5,00,000  |
| 5.       | Shri M. Aslam Qureshi, Editor, 'The Times Newsday'. ( Serious Disease)                                              | Print                     | Delhi      | 26.02.2015         | Rs.1,74,225/- |
| 6.       | Shri Suresh Atmaram Karale, Journalist, Daily Gavkari, ( Serious Disease)                                           | Print                     | Mah        | 24.03.2015         | Rs.2,09,006/- |
| 7.       | Shri Jayanta Kumar Das, Journalist, 'Prime News' TV Channel and 'Amar Asom' Newspaper ( Accident Case)              | Electronic and Print      | Assam      | 24.03.2015         | Rs.39,725/-   |
| 8.       | Smt. Golap Ghadei, w/o late Shri Vijay Kumar G., 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, Correspondent, 'Shivner' ( Accident Case)                                                 | Print                     | Mah        | 24.03.2015         | Rs.20,084/-   |
| 11.      | Shri Anoop Kumar Bhatnagar, Editor, 'Nai Dunia' ( Serious Disease)                                                  | Print                     | Delhi      | 26.02.2015         | Rs.41,352/-   |
| Total    | Total                                                                                                               | Total                     | Total      | Total              | Rs.22,46,272  |

| S. No.             | Name of applicant /journalist                                                                         | Print/ Electronic Media   | State/UT           | Date of sanction   | Amount             |
|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| 2015-16            | 2015-16                                                                                               | 2015-16                   | 2015-16            | 2015-16            | 2015-16            |
| 1.                 | Shri Gopal Sharma, Journalist, The Statesman ( Serious Disease)                                       | Print                     | Delhi              | 29.05.2015         | Rs.3,00,000/-      |
| 2.                 | Smt. Rajni, w/o late Shri Kamal Kumar, Senior Cameraman, Zee Media Corporation Limited ( Death Case ) | Electronic                | Delhi              | 27.11.2015         | Rs.5,00,000/-      |
| 3.                 | Shri Alaya Kumar Mohanty, Correspondent, Amrit Sandesh ( Serious Disease )                            | Print                     | Odisha             | 27.11.2015         | Rs.1,50,000/-      |
| 4.                 | Shri Hiren Mukherjee, Editor, Bardhaman Review, Kolkata ( Serious Disease )                           | Print                     | WB                 | 27.11.2015         | Rs.2,75,000/-      |
| 5.                 | Shri Deepu K.S., Cameraman, Jeevan TV, Kerala ( Serious Disease )                                     | Electronic                | Kerala             | 27.11.2015         | Rs.2,75,000/-      |
| 6.                 | Smt. Latabai Khandalkar w/o Lt. Shrimant Sopan Khandalkar, Dainik Lokmat (Death Case)                 | Print                     | Mah                | 30.03.2016         | Rs. 5,00,000/-     |
| 7.                 | Shri Prakash Bhargava, Freelance Journalist, (Serious Disease)                                        | Print/ Electronic         | Delhi              | 30.03.2016         | Rs.3,00,000/-      |
| 8.                 | Smt. Pushpa Singh mother of Late Shri Akshay Singh, Journalist, Aaj Tak/India TV Today (Death Case)   | Electronic                | Delhi              | 30.03.2016         | Rs.5,00,000/-      |
| Total Rs.28,00,000 | Total Rs.28,00,000                                                                                    | Total Rs.28,00,000        | Total Rs.28,00,000 | Total Rs.28,00,000 | Total Rs.28,00,000 |

2016-17

| S. No.   | Name of applicant /journalist                                                                      | Print/ Electronic Media   | State/UT   | Date of sanction   | Amount         |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|------------|--------------------|----------------|
| 1.       | Smt. Reena Hasman Bhatt w/o late Shri H.K.Bhatt, Correspondent, Shri Nutan Saurashtra (Death Case) | Print                     | Odisha     | 15.11.2016         | Rs.5,00,000/-  |
| 2.       | Smt Manju Kalshan w/o Late Shri Gyanendra Kalshan, Photographer, UNI (Death Case)                  | Print                     | Delhi      | 15.11.2016         | Rs.5,00,000/-  |
| 3.       | Shri Khagendramani Pradhan, Freelance Journalist, (Serious Disease)                                | Print                     | Sikkim     | 15.11.2016         | Rs.3,00,000/-  |
| 4.       | Smt. C.Hmingliani W/o Shri Robert Lalchhuana, Editor, Romei Mizo Daily Newspaper, (Death Case)     | Print                     | Mizoram    | 15.11.2016         | Rs.5,00,000/-  |
| 5.       | Shri Virendra Singh, Sr. Video Journalist, (Serious Ailment)                                       | Print                     | Delhi      | 01.03.2017         | Rs. 3,00,000/- |
| 6.       | Shri Anoop Kumar Bhatnagar, Free Lance Journalist, (Serious Ailment)                               | Print                     | Delhi      | 01.03.2017         | Rs. 2,58,648/- |
| 7.       | Shri Ratan Hazarika, Staff Reporter, Amor Asom, (Serious Ailment)                                  | Print                     | Assom      | 01.03.2017         | Rs. 2,29,153/- |
| Total    | Total                                                                                              | Total                     | Total      | Total              | 25,88,153      |