Media Person Pension Scheme
State: Haryana
Ministry: null
Department: Information, Public Relations and Languages Department
Category: Social welfare & Empowerment
Beneficiary Type: Individual

The scheme “Media Person Pension Scheme” was launched by the Department of Information, Public Relations and Languages, Haryana on 07th December 2017.

Benefits:
1.	A monthly pension of ₹10,000/- will be given to the eligible media persons.
**Note:** In case of the demise of the beneficiary media person, the monthly pension will continue to be given to his/her spouse (wife or husband, as the case may be), in case he/she is not getting any salary/wages/pension/any other regular financial assistance from any organization or the State Government.

Eligibility:
1. The accredited media persons of daily, evening, weekly, fortnightly, and monthly newspapers, news agencies, Radio stations, and news channels with at least 20 years of experience in the field of journalism are eligible to apply under the scheme.
   1. The age of the applicant/media person should be above 60 years.
   1. The media person should have been accredited with the Information, Public Relations &amp;amp; Languages Department, Haryana for at least the last five years.
   1. The beneficiary media person will have to open an Aadhaar-linked savings bank account in any nationalized bank for depositing the amount of pension in their bank accounts.
   1. There should be no criminal proceedings pending against the beneficiary media person.
   1. The media person, getting a pension or honorarium of any kind from any other State Government or news organization will also be eligible. However, if an otherwise eligible media person is getting a pension from any other State Government of an amount less than ₹10,000/- per month, the entitlement of pension under this scheme would be reduced by that amount.

**Note 01:** The beneficiary media person has to give a live certificate in the month of January every year.
**Note 02:** The pension under this scheme will be discontinued in case of registration of any criminal case against the beneficiary media person at any time or if the conduct of the media person is found against the set principles/ethics of journalism.

Application Process:
[Online]
Registration Process:
Step 01: The applicant should visit the Official Portal -Antyodaya-SARAL Portal
Step 02: Click on “New User/Register Here” and fill in all the mandatory details i.e. Name, Email ID, Mobile Number & password. Click on ‘Submit’.
Step 03: Applicants will receive the login ID on their mobile number.
Application Process:
Step 01: Visit the Official Portal -Antyodaya-SARAL Portal
Step 02: The “Sign in here” option is available on the right side of the screen. Applicant needs to fill in their credentials and click on the ‘Login’ button.
Step 03: In the opened window, scroll over the “Apply for Services” and then click the “View All Available Services” link.
Step 04: On the opened page, type media person in the search box and then click on the “Pension Application for Media Person” link to open the Haryana Media Person Pension Online Application Form.
Step 05: Fill in all the details asked in the online application form for a pension of media persons in Haryana.
Step 06: Finally, submit the application form and after successful verification, the media person starts availing of scheme benefits.

Documents Required:
Photograph of the applicant
Signature of the applicant
Copy of Aadhaar card
Photograph of spouse
Signature of spouse
Proof of Date of Birth
Proof of Working Experience of at least 20 Years (PDF file containing all experience certificates)
Correspondence Address
Permanent Address
Copy of Bank Passbook