Year End Review- Ministry of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

Year End Review- Ministry of I&B

Question: Ministry of I&B organized a 2 day State Information Ministers Conference (SIMCON) on 9-10 December, 2016 in which of the following city?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Ahemdabad
(c) Mumbai
(d) Chennai
Ans: (a)
Related facts:

  • On 23 December 2016; Ministry of Information & Broadcasting releasesd its Year End Review.
  • Following are the main highlights:
  • Ministry of I&B organized a two day State Information Ministers Conference 28th SIMCON after a gap of 7 years on 9-10 December, 2016.
  • It was organised to promote the vision of One Nation & Cooperative Federalism.
  • The theme of the conference was Reform, Perform and Transform: A New Dimension of Communication.
  • Ministry has also introduced a cash component of Rs. 1 Crore in the Most Film Friendly State Award to promote India as a Filming destination.
  • In a major push to Community radio Movement in the Country, I&B Minister announced increased subsidyfor setting up of Community Radio Stations from 50 % to 90% in the North Eastern States and 75% in other States, subject to a maximum limit of Rs. 7.5 lakhs.
  • Simplification of Annual Renewal process for existing TV channels as part of “Ease of Doing Business”.
  • A total of 170 channels have been given licences from Jun 2014 till Dec 2016. Of these, 25 licences are given to News channels and 145 licences have been to non-news channels.
  • Recently Ministry has extended the cutoff date for Phase IV to 31st March, 2017.
    Special 5 minutes Bulletin on Swachhta has been started on all weekdays.
  • Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival organized by the NFDC on behalf of the Ministry, has received over 4000 entries from across the country in various Indian languages on the theme of the Swachh Bharat Mission.
  • Young filmmaker Katyayan Shivpuri, from Maharashtra, won the first prize at the Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival for his work “Murga”.
  • The first ever BRICS Film Festival took place at Siri Fort auditorium in New Delhi from September 2-6, 2016.
  • European Union Film Festival took place at Siri Fort auditorium in New Delhi from 30 July to 6 August where a total of 23 movies from the European Union countries were showcased.
  • Iranian Film Festival (16-19 July 2016) took place at Siri Fort auditorium in New Delhi where 14 films of the acclaimed and award winning film makers from Iran were screened.
  • On the domestic policy front the Ministry organised Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival, Children’s Film Festival and the Patriotic Film Festival with theme Azaadi 70 Saal, Yaad Karo Qurbani.
  • The three-day National Children’s Film Festival (NCFF) was held from November 14 to 16 in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
  • National Film Heritage Mission (NFHM): It is a new Plan Scheme to restore, digitize and archive films and filmic material through National Film Archive of India.
  • National Film Archives of India in one of its rare discovery, NFAI acquired 20.43 minutes of the Indian Silent Film Bilwamangal (1919), thanks to the wonderful cooperation of the Cinematheque Francaise.
  • It is after 21 years that a silent film has entered NFAI vaults.
  • In order to promote transparency and accountability in issuing of Government advertisements in print media and weeding out ghost/irregular newspapers government launched New Print Media Advertisement Policy for DAVP.
  • 360 degree Multimedia Campaigns to give wide publicity to the schemes launched by the Government.
  • The activities range from holding of Press conferences, telecast/broadcast of special programmes on DD and AIR with experts, Multimedia Exhibitions, social media campaigns using Infographics, animations, graphic plates, short videos, live streaming of events /conferences.
  • Publications Division has released the E-version of the India/ Bharat-2016. Online payment and subscription services for popular journals and Employment News of Publications Division through Bharat Kosh Portal of Ministry of Finance.
  • Release of books on Rashtrapati Bhavan published by the Publications Division.
  • Some of the books are “Around India’s First Table: Dining and Entertaining at Rashtrapati Bhavan”, “The Arts and Interiors of Rashtrapati Bhavan: Lutyens and Beyond”, “Discover the Magnificent World of Rashtrapati Bhavan”, “A Work of Beauty: The Architecture and Landscape of Rashtrapati Bhavan”, “First Garden of the Republic: Nature in the President’s Estate” among others.
  • A book on Courts of India- Past to Present published by the Publications Division under the guidance of the Hon’ble Supreme Court was also released.

Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=155806
http://dff.nic.in/