Group I.

Group IA.

'Resident Editor" means a person who performs the functions of an Editor of a newspaper at a centre other than the one from which the newspaper was originally published.

"Associate Editor" or "Joint Editor" or "Deputy Editor' means a person who generally assists the Editor in the performance of the work of the Editor.
 

Group IB.

"Leader Writer' means a person who regularly writes leaders and may also write other copy involving review, comment or criticism.

'News Editor" means a person who co-ordinates and supervises the work of the news department and is responsible for the news content of all the editions of a newspaper.

'Chief of News Bureau" means a person who supervises the work of the news bureau and assigns work to the Bureau members.

'Special Correspondent" means a person whose duties regularly include reporting and interpreting all news of Parliamentary, political and general importance as an accredited correspondent or, other-wise at the head-quarters of the Central Government or at a foreign centre or who regularly performs similar functions in more than one State or at any other place where he is assigned as such.
 

Group 2.

"Chief Reporter" means a person who is in charge of all reporters at a centre of publication, supervises their work and also regularly reports and interprets all news of legislative, political or general importance.

'Chief Sub-Editor' means a person who takes charge of a shift at the news desk, allocates and supervises the work of one or more sub-editors and is generally responsible for the determination of news space and the general display of news in the paper or in a particular edition or part of it.

'Sports Editors" means a person in charge of the sports section of a newspaper, deals with news and views on sports and allied activities, allocates and supervises the work of one or more reporters and of one or more sub-editors and is generally responsible for the determination of news space and the general display of sports news.

"Commercial Editor" means a person who deals with news and views bearing on commerce, finance, trade and industry, and comments on them and allocates and supervises the work of one or more reporters.

"Film Editor" means a person who deals with news and views bearing on films and stage and is in charge of specified column or page on stage and screen and supervises the work of one or more working journalists.

"Magazine Editor" means a person who deals with news and views bearing on literary or entertainment items of relevant news and thoughts and other connected subjects of literature is in charge of specified columns or pages and two or more working journalists who supervises their work.

"Cartoonist" means a person who comments upon news and events through cartoons and caricatures.

"Chief of Statistical or Research Division" means a person in charge of statistical or research division which deals with matters bearing on commerce, finance, trade and industry in a financial paper and supervises the work of one or more working journalists.

"Chief News Photographer" means a Person who allocates and supervises the work of one or more news photographers.

'Chief Librarian" or 'Chief Index Assistant" or "Chief Calligraphist" or "Chief Artist' means a person who supervises the work of one or more librarians. Index Assistants, Calligraphist and Artists respectively.

"Principal Correspondent" is a correspondent who is accredited to the State Government and Correspondent is a person accredited to the Central Government other than Special Correspondent and other sectional or batch heads.

"Deputy Chief Sub-Editor" or "Senior Sub-Editor" means a person who regularly assists the Chief Sub-Editor in the discharge of his duties and acts in his place in his absence.

"Deputy Chief Reporter" or "Senior Reporter' means a person who assists the Chief Reporter and acts in his place in his absence.

'Senior Correspondent" means a person other than special and  principal correspondent and his duties include the reporting on important news at any important centre other than the centre of publication and has put in service of not less than five years.

"Senior Calligraphist" or "Senior Artist" or "Senior Librarian" or 'Senior Index Assistant" or "Senior Reference Assistant" means a person who assists the Chief Calligraphist or Chief Artist or Chief Librarian or Chief Index Assistant, as the case may be, and has put in service of not less than five years.
 

Group 3.

'Reporter" means a person who gathers and presents news at a particular centre.

"Correspondent" means a person who gathers and dispatches by wire, post or any other means, news from any centre other than the centre of publication.

"News Photographer" means a person who covers news events of public interest through photographs.

'Artist" means a person who prepares for publication drawing, layouts, maps, graphs or other similar embellishments, illustrations of any kind or of creative art. He may do some or all of these functions.

'Calligraphist" means an artist who performs journalistic work and also calligraphs matters.

'Librarian" or "Index Assistant' means a person who prepares and maintains records relating to news and views which are used as background or fill out for current stories. Persons not performing any of these functions shall not be covered.

'Chief Proof Reader" means one who allocates and supervises the work of one or more proof leaders and is in charge of a shift.
 

Group 3A

"Planner" means a person who assists in the job of photo editing, colour editing and shadow eding to highlight any news matter given by the Editor.