The Chhattisgarh Film Industries Association (CFIA) has urged Chief Minister Raman Singh to exempt Chhattisgarhi films from payment of Good and Services Tax (GST) on the lines of Maharashtra and West Bengal. A delegation of Chhattisgarh Film Industries Association led by its President Yogesh Agrawal met Chief Minister Raman Singh at his official residence in Raipur on Tuesday and raised the demand.
The Chhattisgarh Government is betting big on promoting film industry by planning to develop world-class film production infrastructure in the State. last year, Chief Minister Raman Singh met a delegation of Chhattisgarh Film industry artists and technicians at his official residence here who expressed gratitude towards the Government recently deciding to form the ‘Chhattisgarh State Film Development Corporation’. The delegation comprised Prakash Awasti, Rajesh Awasti, Ashish Shandre, Siddarth Rajput, Ravi Sahu, Pushpendra Singh, Alka Chandrakar, Anikruti Chauhan, Pushpanjali Sharma and several other artists.
The Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) has earmarked 46.49 hectares of land for developing a Film City, officials stated.
On February 15 last year, Chief Minister Raman Singh had held a discussion with noted film producer Subhash Ghai in Mumbai regarding scope of film production, setting up of a Film City and Film Institute in Chhattisgarh.
It may be recalled that Naya Raipur is also among five other cities in the country chosen as ‘Demonstration Cities’ for the Centre’s ambitious Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP).
The final five cities participating as ‘Demonstration Cities’ under Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) are — Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Mysore (Karnataka), Naya Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad (Maharashtra). Detailed project profiles were prepared by all cities with the assistance of the SUTP Consultants and then endorsed by the SUTP Steering Committee to be included to SUTP as ‘City Demonstration Projects’, officials stated.
NRDA to cite an example is also going for an ‘Intelligent Rain Water Drainage System’ fixed with indicators to send alert before water logging or flood situation with option for automatic valve opening system, officials stated. It plans of developing a project comprising IT-enabled systems to manage a host of utilities using technology.