Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 18: The Sub-Committee of the Press Council of India (PCI), comprising S.N. Sinha, Convenor, C.K. Nayak and Dr. Suman Gupta called on Governor N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan here today.
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The PCI members, who are on a weeklong visit in J&K, discussed with the Governor issues relating to the role of the print media and certain matters relating to the functioning of the newspapers being published in J&K.
The three-member team of also held wide-ranging deliberations with Minister of Information, Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) Ch Zulfkar Ali.
PCI members apprised the Minister of the issues flagged by the media owners, editors and working journalists in their meetings with the panel during the past two days.
The PCI team informed the Minister that during their stay in Kashmir for the past two days, they held extensive deliberations with media owners, editors and working journalists associations to know about the issues and challenges confronting them.
The PCI team sought the Minister’s intervention in initiating welfare measures for the journalists of J&K including institution of welfare scheme, health insurance cover and pension.
The members also gave some suggestions regarding the accreditation of journalists.
Welcoming the suggestions offered by the PCI members, the Minister assured that all their views would duly be considered by the department.
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