Lok Sabha Question No. 1414 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-12
Subject: 69th National Film Award
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Manjulata Mandal, C.N. Annadurai, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Amol Ramsing Kolhe

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1414 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2023

## 69th National Film Award

## 1414.  SHRIMATI MANJULATA MANDAL:

SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S.:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

## Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  69th  National  Film  Award  was  held  recently  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof along with the names of persons awarded the National Film Award;
- (b) the details of criteria followed for selection of films for grant of National Film Award;
- (c) the details of initiatives taken by the Government to encourage film tourism in the country and the extent of success achieved therefrom so far;
- (d) whether film tourism has not been fully developed in the country though India has vast potential, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether the Government has signed MoU/ agreement with various countries to develop film tourism and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f)  whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposal  from  various  States  and  Union Territories  including  Odisha,  Tamil  Nadu  and  Maharashtra  regarding  publicity  and promotion  of  documentary  films  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  response  of  the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

## THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING; AND MINISTER (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR):

(a)  &  (b)  Yes,  Sir.  The  69 th   National  Film  Awards  (NFA)  function  was organized by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting on 17.10.2023 at Vigyan  Bhawan,  New  Delhi.  The  gazette  notification  of  the  69 th   NFA winners and the regulations are available on the website https://mib.gov.in/films/films-documents.

(c)  to  (e)  The  primary  responsibility  of  promotion  and  development  of tourism,  including  film  tourism,  is  of  the  State  Governments.  However, Ministry  of  Tourism,  as  part  of  its  on-going  activities,  releases  global print, electronic and online media campaigns in important and potential markets  overseas,  under  the  'Incredible  India'  brand-line,  to  promote various  tourism  destinations  and  products  of  the  country.  In  order  to leverage the power of Film Tourism to promote destinations, an event on 'Promoting  Incredible  India  through  Film  Tourism'  was  organized  on 22.05.2023 on the side lines of third Tourism Working Group meeting, held at Srinagar. Further, in order to attract more foreign film production in the country, the Government of India had announced an incentive scheme for production  of  foreign  films  in  India  and  official  co-productions  under Audio-Visual Co-Production Treaty in 2022. The scheme has been further revised  and  enhanced  in  December  2023.  So  far,  the  Government  has signed bilateral Audio-visual Co-production agreements with 16 countries viz.  Australia,  Bangladesh,  Brazil,  Canada,  China,  France,  Germany, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Korea, Russia, Spain and UK.

(f) The promotion of film production, including documentary films, is done under  the  Central  Sector  Scheme  of  Development,  Communication  and Dissemination of Filmic Content (DCDFC) of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, through the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC).

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