The Press Council of India has urged the Centre to include journalists, who died due to COVID-19, in the category of ''COVID warriors'' like doctors and other essential health staff, and provide them with the same benefits. In a letter to the Centre and all state governments as well as union territories, the Press Council of India (PCI) also called for framing and implementing a group insurance scheme for journalists in line with the schemes already made by the Haryana government.

The Press Council of India has urged the Centre to include journalists, who died due to COVID-19, in the category of ''COVID warriors'' like doctors and other essential health staff, and provide them with the same benefits. In a letter to the Centre and all state governments as well as union territories, the Press Council of India (PCI) also called for framing and implementing a group insurance scheme for journalists in line with the schemes already made by the Haryana government.