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Prof Chaudhary raised the issue of commercialisation of news. Citing his opinion Chaudhary said, "There are two kinds of audiences that a newspaper caters to- primary and secondary. The primary audience consists of its readers, the people who trust the newspaper to give them the correct news while the secondary audience is that of the advertisers, who make the newspapers rich by buying the ad space. Now the problem with today's media industry is that they have started giving more importance to the secondary audience and are neglecting the primary ones, which are actually the true audiences."
The speakers stressed that citizen journalism was not to be confused for a platform to write anything and everything. Talking on the trend Ramesh Menon winner of the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism said, "Truth can never be subdued." Pointing out to his documentary, which brought the side effects of fertilisers to the forefront. "Fertiliser companies, lobbied and the producers of the documentary pulled out midway. But my dedication and the support of my friends helped me complete the project and it was able to reach mass audiences thanks to the Internet and the impact was tremendous," he added.
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In the last decade, there has been a boom in various industries and pay levels increased for most people and with it, increased the TDS amounts received in the Treasury. The same individuals who were paying huge amounts as Income Taxes in the last decade, are left without a source of income in this recession time. Our Government, Ministry of Finance, Revenue Department, was flourishing with collected revenues from these people...Is there any thought in the minds of the our legislators to think of "Repaying some of the amounts collected as Income Tax to those individuals " to show empathy and care at the right moment.This is not impossible, but need to be managed efficiently and think of what big returns this could bring.!! A great image booster for the nation as a whole and Taxes will be seen as INVESTMENTS..!ThanksAnand R