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+b, If on ontrat name & address of the ontrator and whether

he has any lose relationship with the owners of the

newspapers#top management.

III. COST OF PRODUCTION

"lease gi$e year/wise details of ost of prodution under the following

ma?or heads for your unit & establishment:

Name of the item 100/0 to 2556/5

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Amount 'ost per

Buantity

Cupees >555 opies or

Numbe

r

+a, Caw 8aterial ost:

otal

1. Newsprint ost

2. In4 ost). (ther raw materials ost

+b, ;alaries & ages as defined in the

the ;etion 2 +eee, of the or4ing

ournalists & (ther Newspaper

and News Ageny Employees

+'onditions of ;er$ie, and

8isellaneous "ro$isions At 1099

otal

3asi "ay- D.A. CA (ther

Allowanes

+i, or4ing ournalist

Employees

+ii, Non/ournalist Newspaper

Employees

+iii, 8anagerial and admini/

strati$e employees

+i$, "art/time ournalist

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Employees

+$, 7oreign orrespondents

Employed by the @nits#

Establishments

- "lease indiate whether basi pay is as per the award of the 8anisana

age 3oards or not.

+, Newsgathering 'ost

otal:

+i, News Agenies

+ii, (ther 'ontributors

+d, Deli$eries # Distributions

"a4ing folding & transport when

Done not by newspaper employees

+e, Depreiation-

+f, Administrati$e eFpenses

+g, Cepairs & 8aintenane eFpenses

+h, (utside "rinting 'harges if any for

or4s eFeuted by outside parties.

+i, 'ommission paid

+i, (ne sale of newspaper

+ii, Ad$ertisement

+?, Is any employee # relati$e of

Newspaper owner getting any

'ommission for distribution or

Ad$ertisement. If so speify the amount.

+4, Interest paid

+l, 3onus to employees

+m, Donations -

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+n, (ther eFpenses if any.

otal ost:

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N(E:

- hile gi$ing the figures details about the method used for alulations and

the Items o$ered along with amounts should be gi$en.

IG. TARIFFS AND REVENUE

1. "lease gi$e detailed note gi$ing ad$ertisement rates

for different lasses of ad$ertisement inluding olour

Ad$ertisement for eah lass during 100/0 to

2556/5

2. Catio of ad$ertisement to total spae

+100/0 to 2556/5,

). "lease gi$e year/wise details of gross re$enue

as per the following proforma. If there are more

than one publiation suh information should be

gi$en separately for eah unit & establishment

100/0 to 2556/5

1. 'irulation Ce$enue

2. Ad$ertisement Ce$enue

). Cent

*. (ther Inome from:

+i, In$estments:

+ii, Newsprint aste:

+iii, @nsold opies:

+i$, ob or4:

+$, (ther astes:

+$i, "rofit on sale of assets

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+$ii, 'redits relating to earlier years

+$iii, Interest

+iF, "rofit on de$aluation and other

EFtraordinary irumstanes

+F, Cadio#G et.

+Fi, 7ashion shows#beauty ontests et.

+Fii, Hames#sports#ournaments

A note gi$ing information about donees amount to eah donee with

the address and partiulars of the donee should be gi$en.

V. FINANCIAL POSITION

1. "lease gi$e your suggestions regarding the fators to be ta4en into

aount for determining the apaity to pay of the Establishment and

reasons for these fators reommending

2. "lease state if your establishment owning the press underta4es other

wor4 suh as:

+i, "rinting of other newspapers

+ii, ob wor4 and

+iii, (ther non/printing wor4 suh as +a, blo4 ma4ing +b, plate

ma4ing +, photo type setting +d, supply of types to outside

agenies. If so please gi$e annual re$enue from eah of suh

wor4 for the years 100/0 to 2556/5:

+i$, "reparing programmes for G#Cadio prodution of programmes

on $ideo#audio tapes et. If so please gi$e details from the year

100/0 to 2556/5.

). If your establishment is publishing more than one newspaper from

different entres please gi$e the method adopted by you for

alloation of ommon eFpenses:

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*. Is any part of the funds of the establishments lent or otherwise

utili


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1. Net ;ales

2. Net Ad$ertisements

). otal 1 and 2

*. ob Inome

9. Interest reei$ed

6. Inome from radio#G programmes

. Inome from onsultanies if any.

. (ther Inome

otal ! A +) to 6,

B. EXPENSES

1. 8aterials onsumed

+a, Newsprint and "aper

+b, In4+, ;tores and spare parts

2. +a, ransport osts +'ar#ru4#hree wheeler et.,

+b, %ess: ;ales of aste "aper

+, oardings on roads#highways#tree plants

otal +a, to +,

). Employees +ages#;alaries,

*. Depreiation

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'. +a, "rofit before taF +A/3,#%oss +3/A,

+b, "rofit before taF and depreiation

12. hat is the eFisting perentage of wage ost to total ost of prodution

in newspaper establishment

VI EMPLOYMENT

1. hether the newspaper establishment was lassified as per the 8anisana

(rder. If so then does the said lassifiations ontinue or any

relassifiation was subsequently done

2. In ase of relassifiation please indiate the reasons and the year from

whih the re/lassifiation ame into fore.

). "lease gi$e ategory/wise employment +along with pay sales of +a,

8anagerial staff +b, Non/ournalist +i, administrati$e +ii, fatory staff +,

wor4ing ?ournalists and +d, "art/time 'asual and 'ontratual in your

establish year/wise from 100/0 to 2556/5.

*. hat is the wage for lowest ategory and the highest with perquisite in

your establishment hat should be aording to you the differential

between the highest and lowest

9. "lease gi$e details of finanial eFpenditure inurred during 100/0 to

2556/5 +year/wise, on the following items: /

+a, 3asi ages :

+b, Dearness Allowane :

+, 3onus :

+d, ouse Cent :

+e, Hratuity :

+f, 8edial EFpenses#ealth 'are "rogrammes 'osts :

+g, ($er time :

+h, 'on$eyane :

+i, Eduation :

+?, (ther elfare Amenities :

+4, E .;.I. 'ontribution :

+l, "ension :

+m, "ro$ident 7und 'ontribution :

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1*. If no suh medial benefits#failities eFist ! whether you would li4e suh

failities to be pro$ided. If so your suggestions about suh failities.

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19. "lease gi$e the details of total amount spent by your unit#establishment

on the following items of benefits#amenities starting from 100/0 to

2556/5.

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"artiulars of items of benefits 100/0 to 2556/5

otal amount spent

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+a, %ea$e with wages

+b, "aid holiday wages

+, ($ertime benefits

+d, "ro$ident 7und

+e, 8aternity 3enefits

+f, or4menMs 'ompensation

+g, Cetaining allowane

+h, 3onus

+i, Hratuity

+?, (thers

Othe !e"e#$t%&'(e"$t$e% )th*+,h ',ee(e"t%&"e,*t$'t$*"% *

*the$%e

+a, "aid festi$al holiday wages

+b, Hratuity

+, "ension

+d, "ro$ident 7und

+e, 3onus +year and profit sharing inenti$e attendane festi$al bonus

et.,

+f, 'ompensatory allowane

+g, ouse Cent Allowane

+h, 7ree of rent or at onessional rate

+i, @niform and similar amenities

+?, 8edial treatment

+4, ealth insurane#group insurane

+l, 'rehe+m, Eduation

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+n, ransport

+o, %ibrary and reading rooms

+p, Gisual eduation and other entertainments

+q, ;ports lup

+r, ;ubsidies to the anteen

+s, 'ooperati$es fair prie shops et.

+t, %ea$e tra$el onession

+u, "ayments in 4ind

+$, (ther with speifiation.

16. Does your establishment pro$ide housing failities to wor4ing ?ournalists

and non/?ournalists If so gi$e details with the amounts spent perannum from 100/0 till 2556/5.

1. Is there any pro$ision for pro$iding loans for onstrution#purhase of

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group#ategory in partiular be re$ised. "ro$ide ?ustifiation and

suggestions.

22. hat are the omparable professions or a$oation in the regions where

newspaper establishments are loated for onsideration of re$ision of

wage rates of or4ing ournalists & Non/ournalist Newspaper

Employees indly supply eFisting wage rates for omparable

oupations in those professions or a$oations both in publi and pri$ate

setors. If suh wage rates ha$e been fiFed as a result of olleti$e

agreement or award please enlose opies of suh agreement#award.

2). Do you thin4 that the industry an bear the additional burdenO please

eluidate the basis for your opinion in this regard with referene to the

eFisting or potential margins a$ailable. Giews to be eFpressed in this

regard should be supported by a finanial analysis of the statements ofaounts of a ross setion of the newspaper in eah lass.

2*. hat in your opinion should onstitute a region with referene to

Newspaper Industry.

29. ow do you suggest that a fair ross setion of the newspaper industry in

a region may be ta4en

26. Do you agree that the apaity of newspaper industry $ary from region toregion If so to what eFtent# range

2. hat are the industries or groups industries whih in your $iew are

omparable to the newspaper industry ow does the wage struture in

this industry ompare with those of the other omparable industries

2. Newspaper industry has been inluded in the Hroup/"aper and "aper

"roduts in the National lassifiation of industries. "lease state how the

sales of pay and other allowanes of the industry omparable with the

sales of pay et. of the other sub/groups in the Hroup partiularly with

those of printing and publiation industries.

20. he 8anisana age 3oard had reommended di$ision of the industry into

ten lasses $ide para No. *.2 of its report. Do you ha$e any omment

on the eFisting lassifiation of the industry

)5. ;hould there be a hange in the lassifiation of Newspaper establishment

lass/wise as adopted so far. If so gi$e reasons.

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)1. he 8anisana age 3oard had lassified the employees of the industry

into $arious groups in its Ceport. Do you ha$e any omments in that

regard If so gi$e details with reasons.

)2. hat are the new ?obs that ha$e ome into being after moderni


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pre$ent retrenhment of part/time orrespondents following the

reommendations of the age 3oards.

). hat has been the strength of part/time orrespondents in your

Establishment during 100/0 to 2556/5 +ear !wise details,.

X. P/e'%e ,$0e $"#*('t$*" '!*+t 1*+"'/$%t% *" 2*"t'2t '"3

*the 2*"t'2t+'/ '"3 2'%+'/ "*" 1*+"'/$%t e(4/*5ee% $" 5*+

+"$t&e%t'!/$%h(e"t.

+a, ;alaries and wages paid to them year/wise for the period 100/0

to 2556/5.

+b, heir number ! year/wise for the period 100/0 to 2556/5.

XI. MODERNISATION

1. "lease gi$e resume to hronologial order of tehnologial hanges in

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15. as the news ageny started di$ersifiation to augment inome If so

gi$e details.

11. hen indi and other language ser$ies were started Hi$e details.

12. Are the agenies 4eeping employees on ontrat If so the number of

suh employees. as the ontrat employment ad$ersely affeted the

permanent staff If so to what eFtent gi$e details.

1). ;hould the lassifiation of news agenies be made on a basis different

than that adopted so far. If so gi$en your suggestions with reasons.

XIII. GENERAL

1. hat are your $iews about setting up a 'entral permanent ageny for

monitoring and re$iewing wage struture and poliies in the newspaper

industry. Do you agree that this should ha$e regional entres "lease

gi$e your suggestions in this regard espeially the struture and

funtions of these 'entral ageny and regional entres.

2. hat is your $iew regarding the date or dates from whih the

reommendations of the age 3oar should be gi$en effet and what

pro$ision if any needs to be made for payment of arrears if any

). "lease gi$e any other information or your $iews suggestions

obser$ations on any other matter rele$ant to the enquiry supported

with fats and figures.

Notes: 1. If a question pertain to only ournalists or Non/?ournalists or

News Ageny the others may not reply.

2. he person replying the questionnaire in representati$e apaity

should sign and state that he was authori


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)ther Newspaper Employees#

**he last date for submission of representations has since been e+tended up

to ,th

-ebruary. ,//0# % copy of the Notice dated 12th

3ecember. ,//e+tending the last date is also a4ailable on the Website#

ANNEXURE

GUIDELINES TO T6E MAIN QUESTIONNAIRE

I. DEFINITIONS

erm used Definition

Newspaper

Newspaper

Employee

Newspaper

Establishment

KNewspaperL means any printed periodial wor4 ontaining

publi news or omments on publi news and inludes suh

other lass of printed periodial wor4 as may from time totime be notified in this behalf by the 'entral Ho$ernment in

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Non/

ournalist

Newspaper

Employee

or4ingournalist

ages

KNon/ournalist Newspaper EmployeeL means a person

employed to do any wor4 in or in relation to any newspaper

establishment but does not inlude any suh person who !

a. is a wor4ing ?ournalist or

b. is employed mainly in a managerial or administrati$e

apaity or

. being employed in a super$isory apaity performs

either by the nature of the duties attahed to his offie

or by reason of the powers $ested in him funtions

mainly of a managerial nature.

+;etion 2+dd, of the At as indiated against item No. 1

abo$e,

Kor4ing ournalistL means a person whose prinipal a$oationis that of a ournalist and +who is employed as suh either

whole/time or part/time in or in relation to one or more

newspaper establishments, and inludes an Editor a %eader/

writer News/Editor ;ub/Editor feature/writer opy/tester

reporter orrespondent artoonist news/photographer and

proof/reader but does not inlude any suh person who !

a. is employed mainly in a managerial or administrati$e

apaityO or

b. being employed in a super$isory apaity performs

either by the nature of the duties attahed to his offie

or by reason of the powers $ested in him funtions

mainly of a managerial nature.

+;etion 2+f, of the At as indiated against Item 1

abo$e,

KagesL means all remuneration apable of being eFpressed in

terms of money whih would if the terms of employment

eFpress or implied were fulfilled be payable to a newspaper

employee in respet of his employment or of wor4 done in suh

employment and inludes:

+i, suh allowanes +inluding dearness allowane, as the

newspaper employee is for the time being entitled to

+ii, the $alue of any house aommodation or of supply of

light water medial attendane or other amenity or of

any ser$ie or of any onessional supply of foodgrains

or other artiles+iii, any tra$eling onessionO

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but does not inlude/

+a, any bonus

+b, any ontribution paid or payable by the employer

to any pension fund or pro$ident fund or for the

benefit of the newspaper employee under any lawfor the time being in foreO

+, any gratuity payable on the termination of this

ser$ieO

+;etion 2+eee, of the or4ing ournalists and

(ther Newspaper Employees +'onditions of

;er$ie, and 8isellaneous "ro$isions At 1099.

T6E FIRST SC6EDULE)G*+4$", *# W*7$", J*+"'/$%t%

Hroup 1: Editor

Hroup 1A : EFeuti$e Editor Cesident Editor Assoiate Editor oint Editor

Deputy Editor.

Hroup 13: Assistant Editor %eader riter 'hief of News 3ureau News

Editor ;peial 'orrespondent.

Hroup 2: Deputy or Assistant News Editor 'hief Ceporter 'hief ;ub/

Editor ;port Editors 'ommerial Editor 7ilm Editor 8aga


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K7ilm EditorL means a person who deals with news and $iews bearing on films

and stage and is in harge on speified olumn or page on stage and sreen

and super$ises the wor4 of one or more wor4ing ?ournalists.

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K;enior 'alligraphistL or K;enior ArtistL or K;enior %ibrarianL or K;enior IndeF

AssistantL or K;enior Ceferene AssistantL means a person who assists the

'hief 'alligraphist or 'hief Artist or 'hief %ibrarian or 'hief IndeF Assistant as

the ase may be and has put in ser$ie of not less than fi$e years.

Hroup ! )

K;ub/EditorL means a person who reei$es selets shortens summari


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K;anner #;anner (peratorL means a person who sans the photograph #olour ad$ertisements # illustrations and olour orretion of photographs andtransparenies. (Addition: vide Gazette Notification SO 1086 (E) dated 5th

December !000)

T6E T6IRD SC6EDULE

)G*+4$", *# N*"-J*+"'/$%t Ne%4'4e E(4/*5ee%

Hroup 1:Heneral 8anager 8anager and ;eretary

Hroup 2:

Departmental 8anager +those who are in/harge of 'irulation Ad$ertisement

Department "ersonnel et, 'hief Aountant +Aountant, Eletroni

Engineer "C(s +'lass I II III IG & G newspaper establishment,

Hroup 2A:%iaison (ffiers Aounts (ffiers 'hief Internal Auditor Assistant

Ad$ertisement 8anagers Assistant 'irulation 8anagers and "ersonnel

offiers.

Hroup ):

;etional eads +super$ising wor4 of 9 ler4s, 3usiness 'an$assers ;ales

Cepresentati$es ead 'ler4s "rogrammer 'omputer "rogrammer "ersonal

Assistants +;teno ;eretaries, Assistant Aountant and Ad$ertisement

Cepresentati$e

N*te8

he reommendations in this part shall not apply to employees other than

Non/ournalist Newspaper Employees as defined in the At though inluded in

the abo$e four groups

Hroup *:

;tenographers Assistants Aounts 'ler4s 'ard "unhing (perator ED"

(perator Eletroni Data "roessor ath and ard Inspetors 'ashiers

'irulation Inspetors#Cepresentati$es Ad$ertisement ranslators ;enior

'ler4s +i.e. those whose wor4 in$ol$es speial s4ills, (perators of aounting

mahines#alulating mahines and ele/printers 7ield (rgani


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Hroup 6:

3ill 'olletors ;eurity Huard PeroF (perator Daftry or those doing semi

lerial wor4 athman and Deli$ery "eons.

Hroup :"eon/um/8essenger "eon ;weeper 3earer 'leaner 'allboy 'anteen/boy

ater/boy 8ali ailor (rderly Darwan 8asalhi

N*te%8

(i) Any newspaper employee employed with any designation different from

those enumerated in the shedule but doing the same or similar ?ob or

some or similar nature of ?ob of any grouping the shedule shall be

deemed to be non/?ournalist in that group

(ii) All ategories of employees mentioned in the shedule may or may not

eFist in e$ery lass of newspaper establishment.

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;uper$isor, "roess De$eloper "rinter +(ffset "hoto 'omposing A& 3 Hrade

'omposing, "; 8ehani "; ;enior ey 3oard (perator

Ceprophotographer Cotary 8ehani ;enior Impositor ;enior 8ehani

;enior "aster ;enior "rinter ;enior Cetouher ;uper$isor ;uper$isor

+'omposing wee4ly ?ob and other setions, ; (perator.

Hroup 2:

A"% (perator Assistant 'amera (perator Assistant 'olour "rinter Assistant

"late 8a4er +'olour, Assistant %ayout#man Assistant 7oreman Assistant

"rinter 3lo4/room Assistant 3lo4/room 8an 3romide De$eloper +";

De$eloper, 'amera (perator 'olour "rinter 'ontat (perator 'ontat

"rinter (perator 'on$eyor ;tri4et mahine/man 'orretor Deputy 7oreman

+Hullotine, Engra$er Enlarger (perator 7iling Assistants 7longman Hraining

8ahineman alf tone Ether eadingman Imposer Impositor oiner unior

%ino 8ehani unior "rinter %udlow (perator 8a4e/up man (ffset "late8a4er "ageman Assistant "aster 8etal "rinter (perator 'olour +ighly

;4illed, "hotogra$ure 8ahineman "hoto %ettering 8ahine (perator ";

4ey/board (perator Cetouher "roess Assistant "roess "rinter "roofing

8ahineman +off/set, Ceelstar 8ahineman+Heneral, Cotary mahine

eadman Cotary 8ahineman ;arang ;enior 8ahineman ;tereo 3lo4man

;tereo 'aster ;tereo 'asting 8an ;tero 'asting eadman ;tereo 7ireman

;tereo 8ouldingman ;tonehand unior 8ehani 252 "roessor.

Hroup ):Air 'ondition "lant 'learner Assistant 8u4adam Assistant "rinting

8ahineman +all ategories, 'aster 'arpenter 'harge and +"alatia,

'hipper or Couter 'olour wor4 "roofing "ressman 'opy older 'utter

3iyle 8istry Dar4 Coom Assistant Dri$er El/rod (perator Eletriian 7itter

ammerman and 'ompositor and "ressman unior 8ahineman

8ahineman +EFept Cotary 8ahineman, 8ahineman +other than printing,

8angleman 8ason 8etal 'aster 8istry 8ono/'aster 8oulder News Daftry

(ffset/Inla/man (perator +3la4 & hite, "ainter "asteup man in art

department "late 8a4er +3la4 & hite, "lumber "re/sensitised "late

8a4erC.'. or 7ilm "roessor (perator Coller/ma4er Cotary 8u4adam Culion

8ahineman ;enior 'hargehand ;ign riter ;tore 8u4adam urner

ireman elder ;tereoman.

Hroup *:

Assistant Eletriian Assistant 8ahineman Assistant 7itter Assistant elder

Assistant urner +all with 9 years ser$ie, 3la4smith 'oo4 'utting

8ahineman Distributor readleman %ineether Df. "ressman.

Hroup 9:

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3aller 8u4adam 3arman 3inder 'ase Coom 'leaner 'olour/wor4 EFaminer

'ounter Daftary Dhobi 7eeder 7ly/boy Hally "ressman a$ildar eadpeon

Interlay utter amadar nife ;harpner %ead 8elter %iftman %ino 'leaner

%o4/up man 8ounter 8ono/'leaner Numberere "a4er "aperman "late

Hrinder "roof "uller Ceel 8inder Collerman ;emi/s4illed 3aller ;tore/paper

ounter ;tither heeler +Cotary 'leaner, All other semi/s4illed attendants

'leaners and elpers by whate$er name they are alled.

Hroup 6:

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