Question : Functioning of Film Institutes

(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/UT-wise;
(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?

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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