NEW DELHI: The Government is planning to set up a committee to suggest a policy framework for the development of the film industry.
This plan, however, is at a nascent stage, Information and Broadcasting Ministry sources tell Indiantelevision.com.
The last major report was the Working Group on National Film Policy 1980, headed by KS Karanth, which was largely ignored.
The present laws relating to cinema including the Cinematograph Act 1952 are based in the Film Enquiry Committee 1951 (also known as the Patil Committee Report).
Even the first ever such report – The Indian Cinematograph Committee (1927-28) – was largely ignored by the British government.
However, the State Information Ministers Conference (SIMCON) held from time to time has taken some decisions, though these have seldom been implemented.
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