Bihar State Journalist Insurance Scheme, 2014

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    "slug": "bihar-state-journalist-insurance-scheme-2014",
    "title": "Bihar State Journalist Insurance Scheme, 2014",
    "short_title": "Bihar State Journalist Insurance Scheme, 2014",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. Press (Section) 21",
    "act_year": 2014,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Bihar State Journalist Insurance Scheme, 2014",
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    "section_label": "Section",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short Names, Extension, Commencement.",
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            "content": "(ii) Its extension would be entire state of Bihar.\n(iii) It will come into force at once.\n(iv) These rules will be applicable on all those media representatives, who reside in Bihar, and his place of working is Bihar and place of working / posting is at the place, mentioned in the application.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definition.",
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            "content": "(i) \"Government\" means \" Information and Public Relations Department\" Government of Bihar, Patna\n(ii) \"Principal Secretary/ Secretary\" means- \" Principal Secretary/ Secretary, Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.\n(iii) \"Director\" means \"Director, Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.\n(iv) \"Journalist\" means \"media representative, who represents any non government print media/ electronic media / news media\".\n(v) \"Group\" means policyholder media representative along with his /her spouse + two dependent children from the date of effectiveness of Insurance scheme.\n(vi) \"Insurance\" means such contract, which is for the health care treatment expenses to the insured in group, for a prescribed period, and to provide, due benefit to them in case of death in personal accident or permanent handicapped ness / disability.\n(vii) \"Print Media\" means Newspaper/ Magazine of \"Periodical Publication\" in which public news or comments on public news, is included.\n(viii) \"Electronic Media\" means \"Periodical Media Organizations\" which telecast News/ Bulletin and follows the instructions of Information and publication Ministry, Government of India.\n(ix) \"News Media\" means Publishers / circulators of News and comments in which News paper, wire services / Non wire services, news agency, news feature agency, electronic media agency, news portal are included.\n(x) \"Editor\" means the person who is, declared editor of news paper under Press and Books Registration Act 1867.\n(xi) \"Employer\" means the post holder, which has got right the power of employment in the organization.\n(xii) \"Bureau Chief\" means the person, who has been declared as Bureau Chief of that organization under the prescribed rule and procedure.\n3.\n4.\n5.\n6.\n7.\n8.\n9.\n10.\n11.\n12.\n13.\n14.",
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            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Terms and condition for the eligibility of insurance.",
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            "content": "(ii) Declared / undeclared disease will be under the coverage of insurance, under this insurance scheme, and there will not any condition regarding waiting period.\n(iii) This insurance will be valid for a period of one year. There will be provision for renewal, every year, too.\n(iv) Maternity related cases will not be covered under mediclaim policy of this insurance scheme.\n(v) It will be obligatory to provide \"cashless facility\" to insurant during the treatment, under the rule-14 of this notification.\n(vi) The sum assured will be up to Rs. 5 (five) lacs for the policy of group mediclaim, which will be on floating basis and up to Rs. five lacs in case of personal accident, in this insurance scheme.\n(vii) The age limit will be 21-70 years for the media representative, to be insured.\n(viii) The minimum educational qualification for the insurance of media representative will be matriculation or its equivalent.\n(ix) The copy of appointment letter/ affiliation letter issued by editor/ bureau chief in favour of applicant media representative of being salaried, full time/ part time representative will be enclosed with application form.\n(x) Five stamp size photo and certified copy of birth certificate (which will be counter signed by editor/ resident editor / employer/ Bureau Chief) will be enclosed with application form by applicant media representative.\n(xi) Photocopy of registration number of the institution will be enclosed with the applications form.\n(xii) If applicant media representative comes under coverage of any other insurance scheme or mediclaim policy, the declaration will be enclosed with the application form.\n(xiii) The certificate of work experience of minimum 5 (five) years of journalism will be given by editor / resident editor/ employer/ Bureau Chief for media representative, to be insured.\n(xiv) In case of Independent Journalist The photocopy of Press Accreditation Card issued by Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Bihar will be enclosed with the time of application.\n(xv) Crossed / cancelled Blank cheque (for the information of ECS facility, MICR and IFSC code) of the concerned bank account mentioned in the application form by applicant Media Representative under his/ her signature will be enclosed with the application form.\n(xvi) The receipt of deposition of contribution amount related to insurance will be enclosed by applicant media representative along with application form.\n(xvii) Complete details, if media representative is culprit/ accused in any criminal / civil matter, and if not, an affidavit will be enclosed with the application form.\n(xviii) Complete details regarding dependents of the applicant media representative will be enclosed along with application form.\n(xix) Applicant media representative will have to submit declaration of nominee with their complete details.\n(xx) It will be obligatory to intimate, immediately to IPRD and insurance company, by editor / resident editor/ employer/ Bureau Chief which recommend the application, if media representative quit the institution / firm.\n(xxi) Audited circulation number (circulation certificate issued by I&B Ministry, Government of India) will be enclosed along with application form.\n(xxii) Registration number under the rules of company registration act will be enclosed by news agency.\n(xxiii) RNI certificate regarding circulation of daily/ weekly news paper, published out side the state.\n(xxiv) Circulation number must be one lakh or its above in case of publication of daily newspaper, outside the Bihar and minimum ten thousand in case of inside the state, certified by R.N.I.\n(xxv) There should be a certificate of minimum 10(ten) paid daily news paper clients with circulation number or more than 25 (twenty five) thousand in case of feature / news agency.\n(xxvi) In case of media representative, affiliated with private news channel, its telecast must be in minimum 20 districts of the state.\n(xxvii) The payment of the fixed amount of the premium, under \"Bihar State Journalist Insurance Scheme, 2014\" will be borne out in 80:20 ratios by government of Bihar and applicant media representative respectively.",
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        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Standard operating procedure, relating to insurance.",
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            "content": "(ii) During the course of application, at first the process of on line filling of application form will be followed on the website of IPRD- \"www.prdbihar.gov.in\", after which an ID code will be generated. .\n(iii) The Proforma may be downloaded as a hard copy by applicant journalist, after entry of required column, which will be submitted to respective District Public Relation Officers.\n(iv) A hard copy and dully filled Performa as per prescribed procedure the respective District Public Relation Officers will forward all the applications with their recommendations to the Journalist Insurance Scheme Cell working under Press Section at state headquarter level of Information and public Relations Department, Government of Bihar, Patna within five days of its receipt.\n(v) \"Journalist Insurance Cell\" will be constituted in Press Section at State Headquarter level under Information and public Relations Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. It will be monitored by officer in charge (Press).\n(vi) An assistant (Ministerial Staff) will be posted in this cell. One data entry operator also will be exclusively posted for Journalist Insurance Scheme work.\n(vii) A specific software will be developed for the standard operation of \"Bihar State Journalist Insurance Scheme, 2014\" procedure, in which all relevant terms & conditions, related to eligibility to this insurance scheme will be included along with application form.\n(viii) District Public Relation Officer will receive this application form in three copies, of which two copies will be made available, collectively to state headquarter, and one copy will be kept under his safe custody.\n(ix) A cash book will be maintained by cashier in Information and public Relations Department, Government of Bihar, Patna, in which transaction related to \"Bihar State Journalist Insurance Scheme, 2014\" will be entered.\n(x) This account will be audited every year by Finance (Audit) Department.\n17.\n18.\n19.\n20.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 10th February, 2020 [bh734]",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. Press (Section) 212/2014-324-IPRD, dated 26.05.2014",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2014",
        "Short Title": "Bihar State Journalist Insurance Scheme, 2014",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}