The working journalist association has passed a proposal to submit a memorandum to the Collector addressed to the Chief Minister for resolution of problems within time limit by public relation department.
The demands included that Government land should be given for the residence of journalists. At least five acres of land per district, free of charge arrangement for the rest of journalist in all the Government circuit houses should be made through public relation officer, free of charge arrangement for the treatment of journalists and their family should be made in Government hospitals to be provided charge, private wards in district hospital to be given to journalists free of charge, free of charge journey should be provide to the journalists in MP contract buses, order should be issued for free toll tax for all journalists, causes related to the journalists should be examined by the SP or DIG according to the orders of the MP Government home department, free of charge education to the children of journalists working in Tehsils and districts in Government and non Government schools, the editors and owners of fortnight publications and monthly journals should be give accreditation, the misuse of word press by non journalist persons should be check immediately, journalists of district level should be taken in various committees of government, regular advertisement should be given to the small news papers which are published regularly, financial support to the journalists of tehsil and district level from journalists welfare fund, accreditation rules should be decided with in time limit, the registered journalists organisation in trade union should be taken in accreditation committee and journalist welfare fund, closed future services should be restarted.
The age of journalists eligible for Shraddhanidhi should be made 60 years and amount `10,000 insurance scheme should be restarted up to minimum `5 lakh should be given to journalists suffering from serious disease.On the death of journalist financial assistance of `5 lakh and Government service should be provided to the son daughter or wife only district public relation officers recommendation should be accepted.
The Government should form a State level committee in which members of registered journalist’s organizations under labor laws, DGP representatives and CRR representatives should be included. Similarly committees should be formed at district and divisional level to examine the cases of journalists and give their report. If the journalist found guilty case should be registered against them, not before the examination. The memorandum should be settled in the line of single window. Keshav Pandey, Jitendra Jadon, Ashok Pal, Praveen Pal, Jayant Singh Tomar, Suresh Sharma, Anil Tiwari were present while submitting the memorandum.