Only acceptable conditions are applicable for pension to journalists: Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary
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State Bureau, Patna. Parliamentary Affairs, Information and Public Relations Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary, on the question related to giving pension to all retired journalists as per JP Senani pension, said that the conditions for admissibility of pension to journalists in other states are also applicable in Bihar. 20 years of service is mandatory.
TDS and PF are the proof of twenty years of service. If there is a service period of twenty years then what is the problem in giving proof of the company in which he has worked. This is a good thing. The amount of pension that Bihar government is giving is not being given in any other state.
Not only this, the predictability of family pension which is there in Bihar is not available in any other state. On Monday, CPI(M) MLA from Vibhutipur Ajay Kumar had asked a question in the assembly.
Ajay Kumar had asked the government a question that journalists serve as the fourth pillar throughout their life. In many blocks and districts of Bihar, he works for companies without TDS deduction and PF. Only 75 journalists get the benefit of pension in Bihar. Are there only 75 journalists in Bihar?
He said that the condition of PF and TDS deduction depends on the company. My question is whether the government wants to give pension to the journalists by forming a committee of journalists (within the Vidhan Sabha itself) and getting them confirmed like the JP fighters or not? Vijay Chaudhary said that the conditions of the pension scheme for JP fighters and journalists are different because both of them are not of the same category. JP Senani was given pension later. It is about the time when the movement started. That's another thing.
He told the MLA that when you are talking about giving pension to a small number of journalists, then let me tell you that the government has not imposed any limit on the number. I would say that at least the presumption of minimum length of service is like this in all the states. On the complement of the MLA, the Assembly Speaker said that the government will consider relaxation in the conditions. Said that the government will consider.
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