Demand of seven and a half thousand rupees for registration – Photo: amar ujala digital Expansion Media may find it ‘expensive’ to cover the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Sammelan to be held in Indore in January. Probably this will be the first time that for such a prestigious event, a condition has been put in front of the media persons to pay the fee. Funds are being sought for registering in the media category on the Pravasi Sammelan website www.pbdindia.gov.in. That too full seven and a half thousand rupees. Some journalists who filled the online registration were shocked to see the condition of filling the amount and informed the officers associated with the department. Now the officers are changing the option of payment mode in the website. Central Government and State Government together in Indore From 24 going to organize Pravasi Sammelan on January. More than 4 thousand NRIs will come in this conference. The national media will also cover the event. Media persons have also been given a media category for registration on the website of Pravasi Divas. When some media persons fed the information for online registration, they were finally asked to pay an amount of Rs. before applying. The mediaperson is in awe of this, as this is the first time that money is being sought for coverage of an international event. When the officials were informed about this, they have asked to make changes in the website. President and Prime Minister will also be included 506
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President at the Pravasi Sammelan to be held in Indore Draupadi Murmu will also be involved. This time the theme has been kept self-reliant India. More than 3500 rooms of more than 24 hotels are being booked for the conference. Huh. The merchants of the shop will feed their famous dishes for free to the guests attending the convention. Bullion traders will also give discount in the purchase of gold, but it is surprising that the government is demanding money from the media persons covering this conference.