{"id":824399,"date":"2025-02-04T12:12:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T18:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/bjd-mla-raises-demand-in-odisha-assembly-for-pension-increased-health-coverage-for-journalists\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T12:12:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T18:12:02","slug":"bjd-mla-raises-demand-in-odisha-assembly-for-pension-increased-health-coverage-for-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/bjd-mla-raises-demand-in-odisha-assembly-for-pension-increased-health-coverage-for-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"BJD MLA raises demand in Odisha Assembly for pension, increased health coverage for journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>BJD legislator Goutam Buddha Das on Wednesday raised the demand in Odisha Assembly for pension and increased health coverage for journalists in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The first-time MLA, who was earlier a journalist, made the demand during the Zero Hour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As I have worked as a journalist for more than 25 years, I personally know the problems faced by them. The previous BJD government had launched a health insurance scheme for the journalists and later enhanced the coverage from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh per year,&#8221; Das said.<\/p>\n<p>He demanded that the state government raise journalists&#8217; health coverage to Rs 10 lakh per annum and include parents of the journalists under the scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The government should also make a provision for an annual pass system for working journalists so that they can freely enter the state secretariat for news coverage, he said.<\/p>\n<p>At present, only accredited journalists are allowed into the secretariat, he said, adding, &#8220;The annual pass system has been stopped since the outbreak of COVID pandemic. It has not yet resumed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The first-time legislator also demanded that the government bring a law for the protection of working journalists, and establishment of a press academy in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Later, speaking to reporters outside the House, he said, &#8220;After retirement, journalists face a lot of hardship. The pension amount they receive from EPF (Employees&#8217; Provident Fund) is negligible. So, there is a need to make a provision of pension for them. I have demanded the formation of a committee for this purpose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> PTI <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/odishatv.in\/news\/odisha\/demand-raised-in-odisha-assembly-for-journalists-pension-health-coverage-250880\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BJD legislator Goutam Buddha Das on Wednesday raised the demand in Odisha Assembly for pension and increased health coverage for journalists in the state. The first-time MLA, who was earlier a journalist, made the demand during the Zero Hour. &#8220;As I have worked as a journalist for more than 25 years, I personally know the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":824400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25135,2030],"tags":[6567,6628],"class_list":{"0":"post-824399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-demand","8":"category-raises","9":"tag-demand","10":"tag-raises"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}