Centre to Provide Incentives to Filmmakers to Promote Development in J&K and Ladakh

New Delhi, August 21, 2019:

In order to encourage production companies to take their projects to Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry is planning to provide several incentives.

The I&B Ministry has held closed-door consultations with representatives of the entertainment industry to chalk out a plan to encourage them to look at the region as a viable centre.

The government is also open to amend the radio guidelines for setting up new FM stations in the region. Currently, a small number of private FM channels are operating in the Valley.

A capital investment for erecting new screens other infrastructure required for film making is also on the plan.

It is to be mentioned that since the early 1990s when militancy destroyed peace in the Valley, the film crews had almost stopped shooting in the region.

After the abrogation of Article 370, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had appealed to filmmakers to see Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as potential work areas. He appealed to the representatives of Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu entertainment industry to look at Jammu and Kashmir as a destination for their projects. So, the government have taken the step to provide incentives.

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