The Gujral Committee Report - Language in India

Most of the drawbacks from which Urdu press suffers are common to the whole body of the medium and small press whose problems came into the limelight only after Independence. defeatism.
Criteria will, therefore, have to be evolved for the small and medium newspapers and periodicals which would weed out the wholly aimless, disorganized and uneconomic ventures. It is not the intention of the Committee to suggest imposition of 6.71
restrictions on small papers but it would be unrealistic not to take into consideration any
ability of the papers and periodicals to undertake this job in a scientific manner. It is conceded that publications with lesser resources need assistance most, but the moot point is whether those who are sought to be helped have the necessary acumen and the
professional competence to utilize whatever assistance may be forthcoming and whether they have the desire and the capacity to build themselves up. 6,72 it is often argued that the plight of the least developed publications is largely due to the
of resources which had they been -forthcoming , would have removed the lack
and journalistic deficiencies it is seldom realized that the launching of a newspaper is no longer the simple one-man show it used to be a managerial
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of decades ago. The audacity with which some people plunge into the profession couple
any preparation, training or ability what so ever,should cause serious concern to all well-wishers of language journalism in general and Urdu journalism in particular. The lack of knowledge of even rudimentary elements of journalism and publishing is often without
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sought to be compensated by recourse to sensationalism or 'yellow journalism', not to speak of the many other unethical practices indulged in by a section of the press. The case of some Kashmir papers can be cited as an example of the futility of official assistance when it is not matched by adequate effort on the part of the private enterprise receiving it. It was deposed before us that the Government of Jammu &
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