The Cinematograph Act relating to the certification of films by Film Production and Central Film Censor Board will be amended after taking consent of all the parties. The Government of India had constituted a committee headed by renowned filmmaker Shyam Benegal. Answering a question from MP Mahesh Poddar in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore gave the information.
The committee of experts headed by Shyam Benegal had given its preliminary report in April 2016 and final report in June 2016. The Ministry reviewed the Article-wise review of the report devoted by the Committee of Experts. Most of the recommendations given in the report were related to the amendment in Cinematograph Act and Rules. It was felt that compliance with these recommendations, especially the recommendations related to amendment in the Act / Rules would be preferable only after further discussion, the Minister said.
A meeting of ministers of Information and Broadcasting, Law and Justice, Finance and Human Resources was held on March 16, 2017 to discuss the proposed amendment in the Cinematograph Act. Another meeting for discussion on this issue was held in Mumbai on 06 June 2017 with the then Minister of Information and Broadcasting and the Chief Minister of Maharashtra and the representatives of the film industry. Despite this, the consensus on the many recommendations made by the committee has not been made, he further said.
In response to another question from Poddar, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Mahesh Sharma said that India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) related to providing cold-related housing to all the citizens of the country, including those with low income generation, Draft is in the stage. Its most important goal is to provide sustainable cooling facility to every citizen of the country, including the economically weaker section (EWS), low income group (LIGs), ensuring environment and socio-economic benefits to the society. A marked priority area of draft ICAP is to enable targeted programs to provide cooling for economically weaker sections.
In reply to another question of Poddar, the Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said that the age-related provisions in national level football competitions have been very strict and now fraud is not easy in these cases. He said that in the competitions run by the All India Football Federation (AIFF), an online player registration system called Central Registration System has been implemented where it is mandatory for all the clubs and the State Association to register their players. Each player is given a system-generated Unique Player ID number that stays with the entire sports career. In the competitions organized by AIFF, each player’s birth certificate issued within one year from his birth is accepted. In the event of not having this type of birth certificate, the player has to undergo medical examination to participate in the competition.
Recently, AIFF Sports Medical Committee has implemented a new scheme to prevent age-related fraud.
The new guideline related to the Bone-Age Determination method has been applied for selected junior and sub junior youth leagues from 2018-19. For such tournaments, AIFF will allow only those players who will be able to satisfy the scientific method chosen by AIFF for age determination.
All India Football Federation (AIFF) has informed that cases of age-related fraud have come to light in some parts of the country but it has not been fully found in the game of football. AIFF has informed that the age-related fraud in case only one professional football player has been found guilty.