Date:29/12/2005 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2005/12/29/stories/2005122904630900.htm

National

PMO forms committee on media

Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has set up a Committee on Information, Communication and Entertainment to help players in these sectors grow to their full potential. It will be chaired by Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister T.K.A. Nair.

The other members are: Planning Commission Member Secretary; Secretaries to the Ministries of Information and Broadcasting, Telecommunications, Information Technology and Commerce and the Department of Economic Affairs; media advisor to the Prime Minister; and media personalities Shekhar Kapur, Kiran Karnik, Sashi Kumar, Ravi Vasudevan and Amit Khanna.

The committee will examine representations made by the Film and Television Producers Guild of India to the Prime Minister pertaining to commercial, legal, fiscal and other aspects of the status of the media and entertainment industry. Copyright and piracy issues will also be addressed; particularly the free downloads on the Internet that has been the bane of the music industry.