The National Press Day is celebrated connected November 16 each twelvemonth to people the constitution of the Press Council of India connected that day successful 1966. (File Photo)
Tripura Labour Minister Tinku Roy Saturday said societal media posed a important situation to accepted people media’s quality to enactment relevant.
Addressing a National Press Day lawsuit held astatine the Rabindra Shatabarshiki Bhawan successful Agartala, Roy said, “Digital and societal media person go a large root of income for hundreds of youths successful Tripura. To survive, accepted media houses request to accommodate to changes.”
The curate further said that dissimilar successful ample states wherever media organisations tin beryllium connected advertisements from firm firms, section media houses successful Tripura person to trust connected authorities authorities advertisements arsenic their superior root of revenue. He past said the BJP-led authorities authorities has accrued the yearly media spending from Rs 3.5 crore to Rs 10 crore aft coming to powerfulness successful 2018.
Roy said the authorities authorities has revised the monthly pension for retired journalists from Rs 1,000 to Rs 10,000, but expressed interest that lone 5 retired journalists person been capable to avail of the pension truthful far.
He urged officials from the section acrophobic to place eligible retired journalists who tin beryllium provided the pension, and added that the authorities was successful the process of revising the parameters truthful that much radical could get the payment of the scheme.
The National Press Day is celebrated connected November 16 each twelvemonth to people the constitution of the Press Council of India connected that day successful 1966.