Cabinet Decisions- Govt for increasing minimum wage of working journalist by 25%

Kathmandu : The government has decided to increase the minimum wage of working journalists by 25 percent. The meeting of the Council of Ministers  took the decision that all journalists and employees working at media houses would have their wage increased from coming October 18. Currently, the minimum wage of a working journalist is Rs 19,500 per month.
After the meeting the government Spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Gokul Prasad Baskota, shared that senior journalist Krishna Murari Bhandari was appointed as the Executive Chairman of the Gorkhapatra Corporation.
According to him, General Manager of the Corporation Basanta Prakash Upadhyay was asked to furnish justification within three days, while the resignation submitted by Chairman Govinda Pokhrel approved.RSS