Kerala FM urged to allocate fund for retd journalists' health

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Press Trust of India Kochi
Last Updated : Feb 02 2015 | 4:00 PM IST
: The Senior Journalists Forum has urged state Finance minister K M Mani to allocate fund in the coming budget for a comprehensive health scheme for retired journalists.
The Forum's state executive, which met here today, also demanded creation of a separate fund to strengthen the existing Kerala Journalists Welfare pension scheme.The State Committee meet in another resolution urged the Union government to provide free rail travel for retired journalists.
Prof K V Thomas MP, who inaugurated the meet, presented the memento of the Forum to N Moosakutty, the recipient of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation. Mosakutty is one of the Secretaries of Senior Journalists'Forum- Kerala.
Forum President C R Ramachandran presided. General Secretary, A Madhavan and Former President of Kerala Union of Working Journalists P N Prasannakumar also spoke.
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First Published: Feb 02 2015 | 4:00 PM IST

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