[cr-india] PMO consitutes ICE panel

[sajan venniyoor]

PMO constitutes panel on ICE
PTI, DECEMBER 28, 2005 

NEW DELHI: In a bid to promote the Indian media and entertainment industry, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has set up a high-powered Committee on Information, Communication and Entertainment (ICE). 

Headed by Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, the committee would identify new opportunities in the areas of information, communication and entertainment where the government is expected to play a pro-active role to promote Indian media and entertainment industry, PM's Media Adviser Sanjaya Baru said in a statement on Wednesday. 

The Committee would also examine various 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 in the country. 

The other members of the committee are Member Secretary, Planning Commission, Secretaries of Information and Broadcasting, Telecommunications, Information Technology, Department of Economic Affairs, Commerce, Media Adviser to PM, noted film director Shekhar Kapur, NASSCOM President Kiran Karnik, Shashi Kumar, Ravi Vasudevan and Amit Khanna. 

  
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