FM Sharma advises journalists to form cooperatives

Kathmandu, Nov. 30

Minister for Finance Janardan Sharma has said that journalists should be linked with production by forming journalist cooperatives to build community capital.

Addressing the 4th district convention of Press Center, Lalitpur, on Tuesday, he said that journalists could establish and run their cooperatives.

According to a statement issued by his secretariat, Minister Sharma said that a cooperative group of journalists could be formed to be self-reliant and productive in other ways than just journalism.

"Journalism is a full-fledged profession but you can also form a co-operative group of journalists to become self-reliant in other ways," he said.

Minister Sharma said that there was little possibility of immediate national capital formation so the country should stress on building community capital first.

He said that ownership of resources should be provided to the community to strengthen it by maintaining personal competition.

FM Sharma added that journalists had the freedom to criticise the party for its wrong decisions and activities.

"The press center may be an organisation affiliated with the party, but you have the freedom to criticise the people of the party when they make a mistake," he said.

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 1 December 2021.