by Punjabnewswire4u (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 3
The Press Council of India (PCI) extended
the last date of sending entries for its newly instituted National Awards to
promote excellence in print media.
Disclosing this here today, an
official spokesman of council said that as the awards instituted by PCI carry national
importance, it was felt that the time given for filling of nominations from all
over the country was too short to give wide publicity to the event. He further
said that nominations could now be sent till September 20. The earlier deadline
for these awards was 16th August, 2012.
The spokesman said that the awards
to be given in six categories, with the Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Award for
Excellence in Journalism carrying the highest cash prize of Rs.1,00,000.
The
other categories are Rural Journalism, Development Reporting, Women Empowerment
and Photo Journalism, in which there are two sub categories; Single news
picture and photo feature. These awards carry a cash component of Rs.50,000
each besides the cash awards these awards consist of a plaque and a citation.
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