Coronavirus: Center helps families of journalists who lost their lives due to coronavirus

New Delhi: The central government has decided to provide financial assistance to the families of 39 journalists who lost their lives due to Corona infection. The Central Government on Monday approved the proposal of the Journalist Welfare Committee of the Office of Letter Information (PIB).

A meeting of the Press Welfare Committee was held under the chairmanship of Amit Khare, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. During the meeting, it was decided to provide financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of 39 deceased journalists.

According to government sources during the committee meeting, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government has allocated an additional Rs 1.5 crore in the Journalist Welfare Fund to provide financial assistance to the families of journalists who lost their lives due to corona. Journalists from all states of the country are eligible to avail benefits under this scheme.

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Santosh Thakur, a representative of the journalists who participated in the meeting, urged to start health and life insurance schemes for all journalists in the country. He also demanded that journalists be involved in the Ayushyaman Bharat Yojana.

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