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I&B Ministry forms a 12-member Committee to review guidelines of the Journalist Welfare Scheme, Ashok Kumar Tandon as head

I&B Ministry forms a 12-member Committee to review guidelines of the Journalist Welfare Scheme, Ashok Kumar Tandon as head

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I & B) has formed a 12-members Committee in order to review the existing guidelines of the Journalist Welfare Scheme and make appropriate recommendations for changes to the guidelines.

  • Prasar Bharati Board Member Ashok Kumar Tandon has been appointed as the head of the committee.

Members of the Committee:

  • Chairman – Shri Ashok Kumar Tandon
  • Convener – Pankaj Salodia, Director (IP)
  • Shri Sachidanand Murthy, Resident Editor, The Week
  • Shri Shekhar Aiyar, Freelance Journalist,
  • Shri Amitabh Sinha, News 18,
  • Shri Sishir Kumar Sinha, Business Line,
  • Shri Ravinder Kumar, Special Correspondent, Zee News,
  • Shri Hitesh Shankar, Editor, Panchjanya,
  • Ms. Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Hindustan Times,
  • Shri Amit Kumar, Times Now,
  • Ms Vasudha Venugopal, Economic Times
  • Smt. Kanchan Prasad, Addl. DG, Press Information Bureau.

Role of Committee 

  • To examine the need for revision of quantum of ex-gratia payment in death and other cases under Journalist Welfare Scheme.

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