"Media, in my view, is the light of democracy," Singh said while inaugurating a day-long National Media Conference on 'prospects and problems of Northeast media' here at Chintan Bhavan.
The Governor urged the media to consider public interests in their reports.
In his short address, Press Council of India chairman Justice (retd) Markandey Katju spoke about the transition that India is undergoing and observed that media has a very important role to make this transition less painful.
Media must help the people overcome the social issues plaguing the country, Katju said.
The PCI chairman spoke on the problems faced by the Northeastern media and their mainstream media counterparts.
Journalists get low salaries and are exploited by the owners, he said, urging, all to remain united for media welfare.
Earlier in his address, Indian Journalists Union (IJU) president S N Sinha elaborated on the problems faced by the Northeastern media and expressed his hope that the Gangtok seminar will increase and expand mutual understanding among Northeastern journalists and those of rest of the country.
Sinha observed that there is little awareness in rest of India, of the difficult situation in which the media function in Northeast.
