GOVERNMENT
PROPOSES TO ENGAGE 278 PART-TIME CORRESPONDENTS
Government has proposed
to engage 278 more part-time correspondents, raising their strength
to 524. This will entail additional annual expenditure by approximately
Rs. 89 lakhs. PTI and UNI are being paid annual fee at the rate
of Rs. 710.16 lakhs and Rs. 576.78 lakhs respectively. The services
of PTI and UNI are not being done away with.
This was stated by
the Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Ravi Shankar
Prasad while replying to a question by Shri Suresh Ramrao Jadhav
in Lok Sabha today.
