Condition of working journalist vulnerable: Bhandari

Birjung (Parsa), Nov 15: Chairman of the Minimum Wage Fixation Committee (MWFC), Khem Bhandari said that condition of the working journalists was vulnerable due to job insecurity.

At a programme organized by the Federation of Nepali Journalist and MWFC at Parsa today, Chairman Bhandari said that the Committee was preparing for the recommendation to increase the salary of working journalists in a scientific way.

Bhandari was of the opinion that the salary of the journalists should be more than an office assistant.

He, however, said the government data shows that the condition of working journalists is improving.

Chairman Bhandari  stressed on the need of collaboration and coordination among media house owners and working journalists. 

On the occasion, members of the MWFC Deep Gyawali, Indriya Aryal, PAwan Tiwari as well as district-based working journalists RC Yadav, Mahesh Chandra Yadav Bijaya Bhandari among others also expressed their views. RSS