Monday, June 16, 2014

Please Sign & Share Petition for Demand : Ten Point demands for Upcoming Budget session 2014 On Dalits Media : Ensure Representation & space for Dalits in the mainstream Media

Time is About to Up ! Please sign & share Our Petition

“Ten Point demands for Upcoming Budget session 2014 On Dalits Media :

Ensure Representation & space for Dalits “in the mainstream media !

Dear Friends

Greetings !

Thanks to all those friends who extended their support and signed our petition “Ten Point demands for Upcoming Budget session 2014 On Dalits Media :Ensure Representation & space for Dalits “in the mainstream media !

But it is not enough because lot more friends who agreed on our demands have yet to sign our petition.

We need to strengthen our democratic system for which each voice needs space to raise their concerns. Media which is known as forth pallor of the democracy need to be more open for vulnerable & marginalized sections of the society and it must have to create (even manipulate) opportunities through affirmative action, provide them representations and ensure spaces for the marginalized sections of the society.

Unfortunately Indian media is controlled and dominated by the private sector and brahmanical forces which have now become completely profit making industry.

170 millions of Dalit who are majorly suffering from the caste base discrimination, atrocities and do not have access to the justice tender system needs representation and space in to the mainstream media.

If we need to sensitize and make aware our mainstream society then Media could play a vital role to disseminate, debate & discussion on caste base mind set and discrimination which eliminates Dalits from all public sphere.

For the wider interest of the country and democracy it is very important to make mainstream media accountable and insist Govt. to do all needful actions.

Now we need to go a step forward and place our demand.

We appeal to all and each one to spare two minutes and sign this petition. To sign please click the link below:

http://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/prime-minister-of-india-sri-arun-jaitely-minister-finance-govt-of-india-ten-point-demands-for-upcoming-budget-session-2014-on-dalits-media-ensure-representation-space-for-dalits-in-the-mainstream-media?share_id=KAIVQgvfDu&utm_campaign=share_button_action_box&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition

Thanks for your support & solidarity !

Warm Regards !

ARUN KHOTE
राष्ट्रीय भूमि, श्रम एवं न्याय आन्दोलन
National Movement For Land, Labor & Justice-NMLLJ

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Date: Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 1:59 PM
Subject: Please Sign & Share Petition for Demand : Ten Point demands for Upcoming Budget session 2014 On Dalits Media : Ensure Representation & space for Dalits in the mainstream Media
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I've started the petition "Prime Minister Of India, Sri Arun Jaitely , Minister Finance, Govt of India: Ten Point demands for Upcoming Budget session 2014 On Dalits Media : Ensure Representation & space for Dalits in the mainstream media" and need your help to get it off the ground.
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Ten Point demands for Upcoming Budget session 2014 On Dalits Media :

Ensure Representation & space for Dalits in the mainstream Media

Hon’ble Sri Narender Modi Ji

Prime Minister

Govt Of India

New Delhi

Hon’ble Shri Arun Jaitley ,

Union Minister of Finance,

Ministry of Finance,

Government of India,

Subject: Deliberations with different stakeholders regarding Budget 2014-15

Ten Point demands for Upcoming Budget session 2014 On Dalits Media :

Ensure Representation & space for Dalits in the mainstream media

Respected Sir,

We understand that you are going to have fruitful deliberations with different Stakeholders before finalizing the Budget 2014-15 so that the bona fide & genuine issues / claims of different Stakeholders are given due consideration.

The debate & discussion on the role of mainstream media is highly under criticism and it is general feeling that mainstream media has been drastically shifted from its role from social obligation to commercial market profit making industry. This situation has alienated major section of the society from the developmental process.

Participation, representation and proper space in the mainstream media for vulnerable sections of the society is very much important for the democracy based on value of equality. 17 million people of the country known as Dalits are suffering inhuman practice of untouchability due to the Hindu caste mind set. Now the time has come that we need to debate, discuss on such discriminative attitude and mind set where mainstream media may play a vital role.

Therefore we appeal you to please consider some important suggestion from our side for your consideration for Budget 2014:

1. Affirmative policy for media industries to ensure Dalits representation and space of Dalit issues in the mainstream media.

2. 10,000 Media fellowships per year for Dalits.

3. An independent channel and news paper (Similar like Loksabha/ Rajyasabha TV channel) on national level to address / focus the issues and concerns of Dalits particular untouchability practice.

4. Minimum 25% government advertisement / sponsorship to the Dalit Media.

5. Special subsidy and low interest long term loan from nationalize Bank for setting up a newspaper/ magazine of news channel.

6. Special provision from Special Component Plan - SCP for Dalit entrepreneur to setting up media institute, newspaper/ magazine, news channel and to make documentary films on Dalit issues.

7. "100 Excellency Award On Dalit Stories / Reporting" for media houses and journalists/ reporters.

8. Sensitization & orientation course on Dalit issuesto be introduce and it shell be essential for every journalists and reporters of the mainstream media.

9. Every channel/ newspaper/ magazine must reserve20% space on social issue.

10.A media center in each state capital to facilitate mainstream media on Dalit issues and to the journalist/ reporters from Dalit background.

Thanking You !

Yours Sincerely !

ARUN KHOTE
राष्ट्रीय भूमि, श्रम एवं न्याय आन्दोलन
National Movement For Land, Labor & Justice-NMLLJ