The revival of ‘The Pioneer’ media group is on the cards as there are plans to improve its content and increase its digital presence by introducing new technology so that ‘The Pioneer’ becomes the number one newspaper in Uttar Pradesh.
In his maiden interaction with the employees of ‘The Pioneer’ group here on Saturday, NCLT-appointed Interim Resolution Professional (IRP) Ranjeet Kumar Verma said that plans were in place to take ‘The Pioneer’ to its old glory.
“’The Pioneer’, both English and Hindi, is a big brand and we will ensure that this brand reaches out to every section of society. We will start afresh and take the company to a new height. There are challenges and we will overcome them and make ‘The Pioneer’ the number one newspaper of Uttar Pradesh,” he said.
Verma said that his priority would be to address serious issues raised by the employees.
“We will ensure all the facilities to the employees, including payment of the dues and timely clearance of the salary,” he said and added that in future the performance of the employees would be incentivised. He also laid thrust on the digital edition of the newspaper and said it would soon be enhanced to extend the reach of the newspaper. Verma also called for better coordination among various editions of the newspaper.
The Delhi bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) had last month Verma as the IRP. “I am here as a representative of the court and my main objective is to keep ‘The Pioneer’ group going. I can assure one and all that ‘The Pioneer’ is not going to close down,” he said.
In the meeting, there was free exchange of ideas among senior members of the newspaper and the IRP. The employees shared their views on the revival of ‘The Pioneer’ and also discussed the problems they were facing. “I expect the working of the company to return to normal very soon,” Verma said.