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nSudhir Chaudhary, thenbusiness head and editor of Zee News, is widely hated as well as loved innIndia. There is no balanced opinion about him – just extreme. You will findnFacebook Pages under his name – some derogatory and some applauding. His stand on nationalism has made other journalists hit their heads on the table. The reason is burgeoning viewership of his show – DNA. Zee News has become among top three Hindi newsnchannels after Sudhir Chaudhary came to the helm.
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nThere is no denying thatnSudhir Chaudhary is also quite controversial figure. He was involved in thatninfamous Live India Fake Sting Operation. He was also arrested for being partnof Jindal Extortion Case. A police complaint was also filed against him fornrevealing the identity of Nirbhaya. He had interviewed the boyfriend ofnNirbhaya and hence that complaint. However, it must benmentioned here that he had won Ramnath Goyanka Award for this very interview.
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nSalary of Sudhir Chaudhary
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nSince, he is constantly in news;npeople want to know more and more about him. One of the mundane questions aboutnhim is about salary. People who have seen him are staggered to see his highnstandard of living. He has bungalow in the posh area of Delhi and he isnmaintaining lots of premium cars
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nZee News doesn’t saynanything about the salary it gives to Sudhir Chaudhary. In fact, this is thensame story with all news channels. There is no transparency in the Indiannmedia. However, salaries of all known faces in media are known among medianfraternity.
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nAccording to a reliablensource who works with Zee News, the salary of Sudhir Chaudhary is Rs. 3 Croresnper year. It means to say that he is getting Rs. 25 lakhs per month. There arenalso other perks and facilities he is entitled to.
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nThere is no denying thatnSudhir Chaudhary is getting lots of money as emoluments. However, one shouldnnever forget that he has justified this pay package by making Zee one of thentop three Hindi News Channels of India.
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