One Time Grant For Media Personality

1. A one-time grant of ₹ 5,00,000/- to 20 Journalists in a year.

1. The applicant must be a permanent resident of Assam.
2. The applicant must be an accredited/recognized journalist of Assam.
3. The scheme is open to all mainstream media journalists having accredited/recognized cards of DIPR, Assam including freelancers from Print, Electronic, and News Agencies.
4. The minimum age for journalists should be 40 years. There is no upper limit.
5. The applicant must have at least fifteen years of experience in the field of Journalism.
6. The applicant should not have been convicted for any criminal offense or punished by any Court of Law or reprimanded by the Press Council of India for misconduct or violation of ethics of journalism or for any other similar reason.
7. The Annual income of the applicant should be less than ₹ 5,00,000.

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NOTE: Canvasing for the grant in any form will disqualify the candidature. Anybody found canvassing in his/her favor shall be debarred from consideration for a grant.

Step 1: The applicant must fill in all the mandatory fields in the prescribed application form, and attach the required (self-attested) documents.

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Step 2: Three sets of duly filled-up application forms (Schedule-I) will need to be submitted by each applicant. The envelope should be super-scribed as ‘Application for One Time Grant for Media Personality”.

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Step 3: The application should reach the Office of the Directorate of Information &amp; Public Relations, Last Gate, Dispur, Guwahati-781006 within the fixed date which will be published through advertisement.

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NOTE 1: An incomplete application or an application without the required components mentioned in the application guidelines will not be considered.

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NOTE 2: Failure to enclose any of the below-mentioned documents/items or furnishing of any invalid document may result in the rejection of the application.

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