I&B ministry to hold workshop on certification issues

MUMBAI: The information and broadcasting ministry will be organising a workshop to discuss issues related to certification.

The one-day workshop will be inaugurated tomorrow (5 July) by I&B minister Jaipal Reddy.

Prominent film producers, directors, animal rights activists, minority rights proponents and senior officers from the ministries of health and information and broadcasting will be taking part in the workshop.

The recent ban on smoking scenes in films and TV programmes, portrayal of women and under privileged sections in films; depiction and usage of animals in films and electronic media and concerns highlighted by wild life activists and portrayal of social evils, programmes encouraging social even and blind faith are the issues that would be taken up for deliberations during the workshop.

The deliberations have been planned in the backdrop of recent controversy over the screening of films despite having been certified by CBFC.