Javadekar assures justice to journalists employed on contract
Pune: Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said here today that he would look into problems being faced by journalists employed under the contract system.Expressing his full support to demands by journalists employed on
Earlier, Pune Shramik Patrakar Sangh president Santosh Kulkarni told Javadekar that 80 per cent of journalists who have been employed on a contract basis, with no job security and poor pay, deserved a better deal in keeping with the recommendations of the wage board.
Replying to a question, Javadekar said that that the Narendra Modi-led NDA government is committed to the welfare of all journalists, freedom of the press and social media.