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| SJFI Hails Chhattisgarh & 3 Other States for Enhanced Journalists’ Pension | | 
New Delhi, December 21 (Scoop News)- A meeting of the national executive committee of the Senior Journalists Federation of India (SJFI) held online on Saturday, congratulated the State Governments of Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Goa and Tamil Nadu for their recent announcements enhancing the pension amounts being paid to senior journalists in their respective states.
The meeting, presided over by Sandeep Diskshit, national president, expressed great satisfaction that various State Governments are taking the matter of the retired journalists’ welfare and social security seriously in recent times. In this context, it is to be noted that the SJFI has been making a consistent campaign for ensuring social security for senior journalists in all states of India. The committee, in a resolution, urged all other state governments to launch journalist pension schemes or enhance the existing pension amounts. It also urged the Central Government to take into consideration the demands raised in a memorandum submitted by the SJFI to the Prime Minister including a national pension scheme and a nationwide welfare fund for senior journalists. It hoped the next budget of the Central Government would announce some steps for the benefit of the country’s retired journalists.
The meeting, in another resolution, expressed condolences on the death of veteran Assamese editor, Prafulla Govinda Baruah, and veteran English journalist Prabha Jagannathan, in recent days.
The meeting was attended by the NEC members from various states. They included Anandam Pulipalupula (Telangana), Suhasini Prabhuganonkar (Goa), Kanhu Nanda (Odisha), Benudhar Panda (Odisha), Aswani Kumar (J&K), C Gouridasan Nair (Kerala), Sabanayakan (West Bengal), T Janardhan (AP), K P Vijayakumar (Kerala), George Kallivayalil (Delhi), Shastri Ramachandran (Delhi), and Franco Louis (Kerala). Alexander Sam(Kerala), Subhash Naik & Gurudas Sawal (Goa), and advocate Imran Ali, legal counsel, also attended the meeting. N P Chekkutty, secretary general, presented a report.
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