Task
force set-up
to formulate aims
for film council

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and Broadcasting minister, Sushma Swaraj, appears to have meant what she
said on May 10. Within weeks of her epoch-making meet with the filmfolk,
when she granted industry status to the countrys filmdom, her ministry
has set up a three-member commitee comprising K Topa, additional general
secretary of FICCI, KD Shorey and Raghu Menon, joint secretary in the I&B
ministry and managing director of the National Film Development Corporation,
to prepare a comprehensive report identifying the issues to be tackled and
recommended to the government, and the size, aims and objecives of the proposed
Film Development Council. The task force will submit its report within three
months.
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