Assam Government announced one-time grant to 20 journalists for the year 2020-2021

GUWAHATI: The State Government will provide one-time grant from the Department of Information & Public Relations to 20 journalists for the year 2020-2021. The government will provide this one-time grant to the journalists who have been working in this field for more than 15 years to support them in their pursuit for attaining professional excellence. The one-time grant amount is Rs. 50,000 each. This year the journalists selected for the one-time grant are – Ananta Narayan Borthakur (Dainik Janambhumi), Anup Biswas (The Assam Tribune), Arup Ranjan Barman (Niyamiya Barta), Augastine Teron (The Hills Times), Bapon Chandra Sharma (Niyamiya Barta), Bidyut Kalita (Asomiya Pratidin), Bipul Barman (News18 Assam NE), Bipul Saikia (Dainik Asam), Champak Baishya (Amar Asom), Dalim Phukan (The Assam Tribune), Debajit Hazarika (Asomiya Pratidin), Dibakar Saikia (Dainik Janambhumi), Dipak Kumar Sharma (Asomiya Pratidin), Jayanta Kumar Das (DY365), Jiten Borkakoty (Asomiya Khabar), Nayan Pratim Kumar (Pratidin Time), Pulen Kumar Das (Asomiya Pratidin), Sailen Kumar Saikia (Amar Asom), Sanjay Chakrabarty (ND TV) and Utpal Deka (Dainik Asam), a press release said.

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