The Government of Haryana Information, Public Relations & Languages Department on October 22nd 2024 issued a notification approving amendments to the monthly pension scheme for media persons, originally established in a notification dated December 7, 2017 and subsequently amended on January 27, 2018, and November 14, 2023.
Key Changes
- Deletion of Clauses: The amendments specifically remove Clause No. (4) and Clause No. (10) from the previous notification dated November 14, 2023.
Clause No. (4) states, The pension under this scheme will be discontinued in case of registration of any criminal case against the beneficiary media person at any time or the conduct of the media person is found against the set principles/ethics of journalism
Clause No. (10) states, Only one member per family id as per Parivar Pehchan Patra shall be eligible for grant of monthly pension