National Centre of Films For Children & Young People (N’CYP)

National Centre of Films For Children & Young People (N’CYP), earlier known as Children’s Film Society, India, was formed in 1955 with the aim of harnessing the medium of films to provide healthy entertainment to the children and young people, thereby providing an alternate to commercial cinema which is said to cause adverse impact on children. The aim and hope has been to contribute to the process of better upbringing of young generations, utilising this highly effective medium – Cinema and T.V. The present activities include: a) Production and procurement of films and T.V. serials and their dubbing in Indian languages. b) Exhibition of these through Theatres, Schools and T.V. c) Conduct of International Festival of Films for Children and Young People and participation in such festivals abroad. d) Production of animation films. Films produced by the Centre are entered in various National and Internatioanl Film Festivals. The Centre also organises its own International Film Festival which is held every alternate year.

Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Ltd

Broadcast Engineering Consultant India Ltd. (BECIL), a Govt. of India Enterprise, established in the year 1995, provides consultancy services in the specialized fields of Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology. BECIL has a vast reservoir of experts and integrates the expertise of All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD), the national broadcasting of India, which have built one of the largest Radio Network catering to nearly one billion people and the world's largest Terrestrial Television Network supplemnted by Analoue and Digital satellite Broadcasting services reaching out to millions of TV homes in India and Overseas. OBLECTIVES: To provide world class consultancy services and also undertakes turnkey jobs in the specialized fields of Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology. VISION: To facilitate the growth of Broadcasting in India and associated asian region.

National Film Development Corporation of India

National Film Development Corporation of India is the central agency established to encourage the good cinema movement in the country. The primary goal of the NFDC is to plan, promote and organize an integrated and efficient development of the Indian film industry and foster excellence in cinema. Over the years NFDC has provided a wide range of services essential to the growth of Indian cinema. The NFDC (and its predecessor the Film Finance Corporation) has so far funded / produced over 300 films. These films, in various Indian languages, have been widely acclaimed and have won many national and international awards.

Press Council of India

The Press Council of India was first set up in the year 1966 by the Parliament on the recommendations of the First Press Commission with the object of preserving the freedom of the press and of maintaining and improving the standards of press in India. The present Council functions under the Press Council Act 1978. It is a statutory, quasi judicial body which acts as a watchdog of the press. It adjudicates the complaints against and by the press for violation of ethics and for violation of the freedom of the press respectively. The Press Council is headed by a Chairman, who has by convention, been a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India. The Council consists of 28 other members of whom 20 represent the press and are nominated by the press organisations/news agencies recognised and notified by the Council as all India bodies of categories such as editors, working journalists and owners and managers of newspaper , 5 members are nominated from the two houses of Parliament and 3 represent cultural, literary and legal fields as nominees of the Sahitya Academy, University Grants Commission and the Bar Council of India. The members serve on the Council for a term of three years . The Council was last reconstituted on May 22, 2001. The Council is funded by revenue collected by it as fee levied on the registered newspapers in the country on the basis of their circulation. No fee is levied on newspapers with circulation less than 5000 copies. The deficit is made good by way of grant by the Central Government, through Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Complaints Procedure If you have a complaint against a newspaper, for any publication which you find objectionable and effects you personally, or non-publication of a material, you should first take it up with the editor or other representative of the publication concerned. If the complaint is not resolved to your satisfaction, you may refer it to the Press Council of India. The complaint must be specific and in writing and should be filed/lodged within two months of the publication of impugned news item in case of dailies and weeklies and four months in all other cases, along with the original/photostat copy of the impugned clipping ( English translation if the matter is in vernacular ). You must state in what manner the publication/non publication of the matter is objectionable within the meaning of the Press Council Act, 1978 and enclose a copy of your letter to the editor, pointing out why you consider the matter objectionable. His reply thereto or published rejoinder, if any, may also be attached to it. Declaration stating that the matter is not pending in any court of law is also required to be filed. If a newspaper or journalist is aggrieved by any action of any authority that may impinge on the freedom of the press, he can also file a complaint with the Council. The aggrieved newspaper or journalist may inform the Council about the possible reason for the action of the authorities against him i.e. if it is as a reprisal measure taken by the authorities due to critical writings or as a result of the policy that may effect the freedom of the press ( supporting documents, with English translation if they are in vernacular, should be filed ). Declaration regarding the non pendency of the matter in any court of law is also necessary. On receipt of a complaint made to it or otherwise, if the Council is prima facie satisfied that the matter discloses sufficient ground for inquiry, it issues show cause notice to the respondents and then considers the matter through its Inquiry Committee on the basis of written and oral evidence tendered before it. If on inquiry, the Council has reason to believe that the respondent newspaper has violated journalistic norms, the Council keeping in view the gravity of the misconduct committed by the newspaper, warns, admonishes or censures the newspaper or disapproves the conduct of the editor or the journalist as the case may be. It may also direct the respondent newspaper to publish the contradiction of the complainant or a gist of the Council’s decision in its forthcoming issue. Similarly, when the Council upholds the complaint of the aggrieved newspaper/journalist the Council directs the concerned government to take appropriate steps to redress the grievance of the complainant. The Council may, if it considers necessary , make such observations, as it may think fit, in any of its decisions or reports, respecting the conduct of any authority, including Government.

Registrar of Newspapers for India

The Office of the Registrar of Newspapers for India, popularly known as RNI came into being on 1st July, 1956, on the recommendation of the First Press Commission in 1953 and by amending the Press and Registration of Books Act (PRB Act) 1867. The Press and Registration of Books Act contains the duties and functions of the RNI. On account of some more responsibilities entrusted upon RNI during all these years the office is performing both statutory as well as non-statutory functions. Statutory functions:  Compilation and maintenance of a register of newspapers containing particulars about all the newspapers published in the country;  Issue of certificate of registration to the newspapers published under valid declaration;  Scrutiny and analysis of annual statements sent by the publishers of newspapers every year under Section 19-D of the Press and Registration of Books Act containing information on circulation, ownership etc;.  Informing the District Magistrates about availability of titles to intending publishers for filing declaration;  To ensure that newspapers are published in accordance with the provisions of the Press and Registration of Books Acts;  Verification under Section 19-F of the PRB Act of circulation claims furnished by the publishers in their Annual Statements; and  Preparation and submission to the Government on or before 30th September each year a report containing all available information and statistics about the press in India with particular reference to the emerging trends in circulation and in the direction of common ownership units etc. Non-statutory functions: Formulation of Newsprint Allocation Policy - guidelines and issue of Eligibility Certificate to the newspapers to enable them to import newsprint and to procure indigenous newsprint. Assessing and certifying the essential need and requirement of newspaper establishments to import printing and composing machinery and allied materials.

National Film Archive of India

The National Film Archive of India(NFAI) was establised as a media unit of the Ministry of information and Broadcasting in February 1964. Its three principal objectives are 1. to trace, acquire and preserve for posterity the heritage of Indian cinema; 2. to classify, document data and undertake research relating to films; 3. to act as a centre for the dissemination of film culture. With headquarters at Pune, NFAI has three regional offices at Bangalore, Calcutta and Thiruvananthapuram. NFAI's activities relating to dissemination of film culture are manifold. Its Distribution Library has about 25 active members througout the country and it also organises joint screening programmes on weekly, fortnightly and monthly basis in six important centres. Another important programme is the film teaching scheme comprising long and short term Film Appreciation courses conducted in collaboration with FTII and other educational and cultural institutions.At the International level, NFAI supplied several Indian classics for major screening programmes.

Directorate of Film Festivals

Directorate of Film Festivals was set up by the Government of India in 1973, to organise International and National Film Festivals within the country . It facilitates India's participation in festivals abroad, arrange programmes of Foreign Films in India, Indian Films abroad and holds the National Film Awards function. As a vehicle of cultural change, DFF promotes international freindship, provides access to new trends in world cinema, generates healthy competition and in the process, helps to improve the standards of Indian Cinema. The Objectives of the Directorate are:  Promote good Indian Cinema within the country and abroad.  Provide International exposure to outstanding Indian films.  Screen in festivals, films by outstanding International Directors. The Activities include  International Film Festival of India (IFFI)  National Film Awards and Festival (NFF)  Participation in festivals abroad  Cultural Exchange Programmes (CEP) in India & abroad  Other film programmes  Selection of Indian Panorama Films  Special programmes  Print collection & documentation. An advisory Committee guides the activities of DFF. Provides platform for the best in Indian cinema by organizing the National Film Awards, the Indian Panorama and the International Film Festovals of India every year.Promotes cultural understanding and friendship at international level. Makes latest trends in world cinema accessible to the public country.