BACKGROUND MATERIAL ON CLASSIFICATION

(This information is based on the recommendations of the last Wage Board. Some of the details may change this time.)
 
CLASSIFICATION:

1. Classification of newspaper establishments shall be based on average gross revenue of three accounting years.

2. The different departments, branches and centres of a newspaper establishment shall be treated as part of the same newspaper establishment. Similarly, two or are newspaper establishment , including their departments branches and centres under common control shall be treated as one newspaper establishment and their combined gross revenue shall determine their class.

          Explanation:

                 A printing press whose principal business is to print a newspaper shall be a newspaper establishment.

3.             The common control will be decided by
 

    (i)  Where newspaper establishments are owned by a common individual or individuals.

    (ii)  Where they are owned by firms, having substantial number of common partners;

    (iii)  Where owned by bodies corporate, if one body corporate is a subsidiary of the other body corporate, or
           both are  subsidiary of a common holding company or a substantial number of their equity shares are
           owned by the same person or group of persons, whether incorporated or not;

    (iv) Where there is a functional integrity between concerned newspaper establishment.
 

4. Unless otherwise proved, two or more newspaper establishments publishing newspaper or newspapers bearing same or
similar title and in the same language from any place in India or bearing some or similar title but in different language in the same State or Union Territory, shall be presumed to be constituent newspaper establishments under common control and their combined gross revenue shall determine their class,

5. Where a classified establishment starts same newspaper from a. new centre, such newspaper shall be placed for the first 2 accounting years one class below the class applicable on the basis of total gross revenue. But if it is a new newspaper from a new centre, it shall be placed one class lower for three accounting years.

6.  Newspaper Establishments are classified in ten classes on the basis of gross revenue (See pay scale tables).

7. It shall be, open to seek reclassification at any  time on the basis of the average gross revenue of the 3 immediately preceding accounting years.  But such reclassification should be once in 3 years.

GROUPING OF WORKING JOURNALISTS

(a) In newspaper establishments of classes IA to VII.

Group I             Editor

Group IA         Executive Editor, Resident Editor, Associate Editor,, Joint Editor, Deputy Editor.

Group  IB.      Assistant Editor, Leader Writer. Chief of  News Bureau, News Editor, Special Correspondent.

Group 2.         Deputy or Assistant News Editor, Chief    Reporter,  Chief Sub Editor, Sports Editor,  Commercial
                       Editor, film Editor, Magazine Editor, Cartoonist,  Chief of Statistical or Research Division, Chief
                       News Photographer, Chief Librarian, Chief Index  Assistant, Chief Calligraphist, Chief Artist, Principal
                       Correspondent in State capitals accredited to the  State Government, Correspondent accredited to the
                       Central Government other than a special Correspondent and other sectional or batch heads, not placed in
                       a. higher category.

Group 2A.      Deputy Chief Sub Editor or Senior Sub-Editor, Deputy Chief Reporter or Senior Reporter, Senior
                       Correspondent, Senior Cailligraphist, Senior Artist, Senior Librarian and Senior Index Assistant.

Group 3.         Sub-Editor, Reporter, Correspondent, News Photographer, Artist, Calligraiphist, Librarian, Index Assistant,
                       Chief Proof Reader.

Group 3A.       Proof Reader.

Group 4.         All other Journalists other than those mentioned  under any other group unless placed higher by the
                        establishment.

 (b)                 In establishments of classes VIII and IX.

Group 1.         Editor

Group 1B.      Assistant Editor, Leader Writer, News Editor, Special Correspondent.

Group 2.         Chief Sub-Editor, Chief Reporter, Sports Editor, Commercial Editor, Cartoonist, Chief of Statistical Division,
                       Chief of  Research Division, Principal correspondent in State capitals accredited to the State Government,
                       Correspondent  accredited to the Central Government other than a Special Correspondent.

Group 3.         Sub-Editor, Reporter, Correspondent, news photographer, Calligraphist, Artist, librarian index
                       Assistant  and Chief  Proof Reader.

Group 3A.      Proof Reader

Group 4.         All Working Journalists other than those mentioned under any other group unless placed higher by the
                       establishment.

II    Part time employees

                    Part-time Correspondent means a Correspondent who is a part time employee of a newspaper establishment and
                    whose principal avocation is that of journalism.
 

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