Uttarakhand: The dream of film city will come true- Special Principal Secretary Abhinav Kumar in the review meeting of the Information Department gave instructions to prepare an action plan for land selection, infrastructure development and to provide necessary facilities for shooting, production
Special Principal Secretary Abhinav Kumar took a review meeting of the Information Department in the auditorium located at the Chief Minister’s Camp Office. In the meeting, he said that land should be selected for film city in Uttarakhand and an action plan should be prepared for infrastructure development related to film industry and basic facilities related to film shooting and production should be provided in the film city.
Giving instructions, he said that a film training center should be opened in the state of Uttarakhand in the form of their branch by contacting the national level film training institute. He said that a scheme should be made to give subsidy for mobile theaters in hilly and marginal areas. He also said that if a film based on the dialect language of the state of Uttarakhand is selected for national and international level film festivals, then a special subsidy scheme should be made for incentives. Special Principal Secretary Abhinav Kumar gave instructions to start courses related to film and film making in the universities of Uttarakhand and to dispose of the departmental case related to CM Helpline on priority basis. He said that a proposal should be prepared for land selection and assessment for the construction of Haldwani Media Center. He said that the structure of the department in the form of e-office and most of the facilities should be made available on the digital platform.
In the meeting, Director General Information Ranveer Singh Chouhan said that general suggestions are being taken for formulation of new Press Recognition Manual through website and other means. Similarly, suggestions will be taken from the concerned stakeholders before making a new film policy. He said that a meeting with the Chief Minister is proposed soon regarding the Journalists Welfare Fund.
Additional Director Dr. Anil Chandola, Joint Director Ashish Tripathi and KS Chauhan, Deputy Director Manoj Shrivastava, Under Secretary Rajneesh Jain were present on this occasion.
