West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday highlighted her government’s role in ensuring press freedom.

On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, the Trinamool Congress chief took to Twitter to inform her followers about an insurance scheme started by her government for journalists and their families.

“Today is World Press Freedom Day. Our Government in Bengal has always respected journalists and recognised the key role they play,” she wrote in her first tweet.

“We have even started the Mabhoi insurance scheme for journalists and their families, and also recently launched a pension scheme for journalists above the age of 60,” said Banerjee in a second tweet.

We have even started the Mabhoi insurance scheme for journalists and their families, and also recently launched a pension scheme for journalists above the age of 60 2/2 #WPFD2018

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) May 3, 2018

Mabhoi, which means “don’t be afraid” in Bengali, was launched by Banerjee on 17 February 2016. The health insurance scheme is for government-accredited journalists. Those up to the age of 65 are entitled to avail the scheme.

Under the scheme, family members of the insured journalists can take admission in state government hospitals and health centres, and hospitals accredited under the West Bengal Health Scheme.

The World Press Freedom Day is celebrated every year. In 1993, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) had chosen 3 May as the day to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined under Article 19 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and marking the anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration, a statement of free press principles put together by African newspaper journalists in Windhoek in 1991.

An individual, organisation or institution is honoured each year with the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize for contribution to the defence and/or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world. The prize is named after Guillermo Cano Isaza, a Colombian journalist assassinated on 17 December 1986 by Colombia’s cartels for writing against them.