He said there are also reports that local media houses in many parts of India are also likely to take similar steps. He urged all media houses across India, including Assam, not to resort to staff retrenchment or salary cuts. The Assam government should also take steps to help the local and regional media houses of the state. Some sort of subsidy or stimulus to local and regional media houses will come handy to revive the sector at this crucial moment,” he said. “The journalist community is naturally worried at salary cut and retrenchment by some media houses.

Source: The Telegraph April 16, 2020 21:45 UTC