Wage board woes at Jagran

IN Media Watch Briefs | 13/03/2015
Dainik Jagran, which calls itself the world's largest-read daily, is facing an internal revolt from some of its employees on the issue of wages. On 7 February 2014, the Supreme Court passed a judgement upholding the Majithia recommendations, and directed that all journalists and non-journalists be paid arrears starting from 11 November 2011—the date on which the recommendations were notified by the government—till April 2014. The court had also said the  the revised wage would kick in from April 2015. (The Caravan)