Lok Sabha Question No. 142 (STARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Functioning of Film Institutes
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.*142 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2018

## FUNCTIONING OF FILM INSTITUTES

## *142.  SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE

Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

be pleased to state

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  reconstituted  an  expert  committee  which was set up to review the functioning of film institutes and if so, the details thereof  and the reasons therefor;
- (b) the details of number of film institutes functioning in the country, State/UTwise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  more  film  institutes  across the country;
- (d) If  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  funds  likely  to  be  allocated  for  the purpose; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)  IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING [COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)]:

- (a) to (e):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT AS REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *142 FOR ANSWER ON 20.12.2018

- (a) Ministry has constituted an expert committee to review the functioning of autonomous  bodies  under  film  wing  of  the  Ministry  which  includes  film institutes viz. Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata. This review of film institutes is as per  General  Financial  Rule  (GFR,)2017  Rule  229  (ix)  ,which  states  that Ministry  should  put  in  a  place  of  external  or  internal  peer  review  of autonomous organizations after every three or five year depending on the size and  nature  of  activity.  The  committee  has  been  reconstituted considering  the  availability  and  expertise  of  committee  members  in  film specific  issues  in  order  to  review  the  functioning  of  autonomous  bodies holistically. The details of committee members is placed at Annexure-I.
- (b) Currently,  there  are  two  Film  and  Television  Institute  viz.  Film  and Television  Institute  of  India  (FTII),  Pune  and  Satyajit  Ray  Film  and Television  Institute  (SRFTI),  Kolkata  under  the  purview  of  Ministry  of Information and Broadcasting.
- (c) to  (e) As  per  Budget  Speech  2015-16  Government  has  proposed  to establish  a  Film  and  Television  Institute  in  Arunachal  Pradesh  as  an extended campus of SRFTI, Kolkata to cater the need of North Eastern people. A Project Management Consultancy (PMC) is to be appointed for construction of Film and  Television Institute at Itanagar,  Arunachal Pradesh. Meanwhile, Ministry of I&B/SRFTI has started temporary campus at Itanagar where short term courses related to film and television sector are being conducted. The Standing Finance Committee (SFC) has approved the project which is estimated to be Rs. 204.32 crores.

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## DETAILS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

|   S. No. | Name                                                                 |             |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|        1 | Sh. Bimal Julka (former Secretary (I&B) (from 1/7/2013 to 31/8/2015) | Chairman    |
|        2 | Sh. Ali R. Rizvi, AS&FA                                              | Member      |
|        3 | Sh. T.S. Nagabharana, Film Maker                                     | Member      |
|        4 | Sh. Shyama Prasad, Film Maker                                        | Member      |
|        5 | Sh. A.K. Bir, Film Maker                                             | Member      |
|        6 | Sh. Rahul Rawail, Film Maker                                         | Member      |
|        7 | Sh. Ashok Parmar, JS(F)                                              | Member-Secy |

## Annexure-I