Four years of Modi sarkar: Making India an attractive destination to shoot films
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in the last four years has taken many initiatives with the objective to facilitate the growth of Media, Entertainment & Communication sector in the country. The aim has been to ensure Maximum Governance and Minimum Government.
The Ministry has been adopting new and innovative ways across platforms to reach out to people.
Let us have a look at its key achievements:
Film Facilitation Office (FFO)
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has put in place a dedicated web portal that will disseminate information on filming locations and the facilities available in India for production/post-production.
The portal will also help potential production companies looking to shoot in India to obtain permissions, explore potential benefits (tangible and non-tangible) and obtain an overview of various locations in India that could benefit the storyline of the film under consideration.
The portal would also provide information on locations and link to all State portals. It would capture detailed information pertaining to a particular location, resources or facilities available in a tandardised format that would include basic location description, map, best time to shoot, connectivity, photographs, digital walk tour, permissions required and previous movies shot.
E-Cinepramaan
Union
Minister
for
Information
and
Broadcasting
on
27
March
2017
had
launched
Online
Film
Certification
System
E-Cinepramaan
of
Central
Board
of
Film
Certification
(CBFC)
with
an
aim
to
promote
transparency
and
ensure
Clean
Cinema
Clean
India.
This
online
system
integrated
the
payments
made
by
the
producers
towards
certification
fees
with
Bharatkosh
portal,
a
system
for
all
non-tax
revenue
receipts.
Most Film Friendly State Award
The
Information
and
Broadcasting
Ministry
had
also
started
giving
away
award
for
the
Most
Film
Friendly
State
in
order
to
promote
India
as
a
filming
destination.
A
cash
component
of
Rs.
1
Crore
will
also
be
given
to
the
winning
state.
And
this
year,
Madhya
Pradesh
has
been
judged
the
best
in
the
'Most
Film
Friendly
Award
2017'
of
Ministry
of
Information
and
Broadcasting
beating
15
states,
including
Karnataka,
which
was
in
the
race.
New visas for foreign filmmakers to shoot in India
A new category of visa for foreign filmmakers was also introduced aimed at making India an attractive destination to shoot films.