SANGSAD BHABAN, Feb 11, 2019 (BSS) – Information Minister Mohammad Hasan
Mahmud today said the government has provided a total of Taka 3.40 crore as
grant last year to encourage creative film production.
“A total of Taka 3.40 crore as grant was provided in 2017-18 fiscal year —
Taka 2.80 crore for making feature film and Taka 60 lakh in favour of short
film production,” the minister said this while responding to a query placed
by treasury bench lawmaker Nizam Uddin Hazari of Feni-2 in the Jatiya Sangsad
here.
Allocation of grant for 2018-19 fiscal year is now underway, said the
minister, adding that the government is providing grant every year to
encourage making of feature and short films.
Meanwhile, the government has formed ‘taskforce’ under the ministry of
Information since October 2, 2007 to resist production and display of vulgar
films and video piracy. The taskforce usually seizes the vulgar videos and
CD/DVDs of pirated films, said the minister in the JS with Deputy Speaker
Fazley Rabbi Mia in the chair.
The government has also formed monitoring cells for taking immediate action
against the production and display of vulgar film and video piracy, the
minister noted.