city New Delhi city Delhi covid-19 pandemic information city New Delhi city Delhi

Plea in Delhi HC seeks insurance cover for journalists reporting on covid-19

Reading now: 251
www.livemint.com

NEW DELHI: A public interest litigation (PIL) has been moved in Delhi high court seeking an insurance cover for media personnel reporting on Covid-19 pandemic.

The petition sought directions to the Centre to "provide medical and/or life insurance cover to each journalists, reporters and all other media persons, whether contractual/adhoc/permanent, of at least ₹50 lakhs each". "Media persons are working round the clock without caring for their own safety and are providing accurate information to public at large ...

Government by introducing insurance scheme for health professionals has already acknowledged the efforts of doctors, nurses etc in the fight against Covid 19.

Read more on livemint.com
The website covid-19.rehab is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA