PANJIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced the revival of the Pension Scheme for the retired journalists with a substantial hike in the pension amount. Similarly he assured to enhance the honorarium amount towards ‘Lifetime Achievement Awards’ to be conferred on veteran journalist in the State.
The Chief Minister was speaking at a function held in Panjim that was organised to commemorate National Press Day by the Department of Information and Publicity (DIP) in association with Goa Union of Journalist and other Journalist Associations in the State.
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In his address, Sawant stressed upon the importance of journalism for the effective democratic society. He added that the government will come up with a booklet based on work and achievements of the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ winning Senior Journalists.
“The documentation will guide and inspire future journalists,” said Sawant.
The CM further assured to resolve the various pending issues and applications pertaining towards welfare of Journalists. He appealed Media community to work together for building a better and prosperous society.
On the occasion, DIP conferred the `Dr T B Cunha Lifetime Achievement Award’ to veteran journalist, Gurudas Singbal for his selfless and lifelong contribution in the field of journalism.
The CM also presented awards to five eminent senior journalists Vinayak Naik, Sudhir Sabnis, Simon Alponso, Sergio Caldeira and Suhas Belekar for their contribution to the profession of journalism. While Caldeira is the Deputy Editor of OHeraldo, Belekar is the Associate Editor of Dainik Herald.
Besides Awards for journalists in various categories under Goa State Journalist Awards scheme by DIP were presented to encourage local journalists to exhibit their talents as regards to penning good stories thus resulting in creating mass awareness in the society.
