The Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce expressed happiness to the Central government for passing the Cinematograph Bill, 2023, in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. “We are thankful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and central ministers Anurag Thakur and L O Murugan for bringing in these necessary amendments,” TFCC said in a statement. The statement added, “These changes are bound to …
The Lok Sabha on July 31, 2023, passed the Cinematograph Bill, 2023, days after the draft law was cleared by the Rajya Sabha. A 2019 version of the Bill had faced stiff opposition from the film industry for re-introducing this requirement, which would allow the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to revoke a film’s certification and require it to be …
July 29, 2023 02:17 pm | Updated 04:38 pm IST The story so far: The Rajya Sabha on Thursday cleared the Cinematograph Bill, 2023 that introduces new age-based certification for films, separate certification for the exhibition of films on television and “other media,” and provides for stringent provisions to penalise piracy with a jail term and fine. In its present …
