Health and Family Welfare Minister Amar Agrawal said that whenever a crisis like situation created in the country, the role of press and media, which is the fourth pillar of the Indian Constituency, had been important.
Addressing a programme organized by the Chhattisgarh Shramjeevi Patrakar Sangh at Bilaspur Minister said that journalists of the country had always been in the forefront in strengthening democracy. The press had confronted tooth and nail with autocrats whenever they tried to peddle with the constitutional system of the country. He added that today there were many challenges in front of the nation. In such a situation alertness of the press was necessary.
The health minister assured all possible help in increasing the treatment amount of journalist. Founder president of Chhattisgarh Shramjeevi Patrakar Sangh Shankar Pandey said that the Union has been coming out as a big organization of journalists. The Sangh would always be with journalists at the time of their crisis. He said that the state government has provided treatment facility to the journalists up to `30,000 per year through smart card scheme. He has drawn the attention of the minister to increase the amount to `50,000.