Annual Report 2014-15 ANNUAL PB REPORT An Overview 1 Published by the Publications Division Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India Printed at Niyogi offset Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi 20 ANNUAL 2 REPORT An Overview 3 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Annual Report 2014-15 ANNUAL 2 REPORT An Overview 3 45th International Film Festival of India 2014 ANNUAL 4 REPORT An Overview 5 Contents Page No. Highlights of the Year 07 1 An Overview 15 2 Role and Functions of the Ministry 19 3 New Initiatives 23 4 Activities under Information Sector 27 5 Activities under Broadcasting Sector 85 6 Activities under Films Sector 207 7 International Co-operation 255 8 Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes 259 9 Representation of Physically Disabled Persons in Service 263 10 Use of Hindi as Official Language 267 11 Women Welfare Activities 269 12 Vigilance Related Matters 271 13 Citizens’ Charter & Grievance Redressal Mechanism 273 14 Right to Information Act, 2005 Related Matters 277 15 Accounting & Internal Audit 281 16 CAG Paras (Received From 01.01.2014 To 31.02.2015) 285 17 Implementation of the Judgements/Orders of CATs 287 18 Plan Outlay 289 19 Media Unit-wise Budget 301 20 Organizational Chart of Ministry of I&B 307 21 Results-Framework Document (RFD) for Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 315 2013-2014 ANNUAL 4 REPORT An Overview 5 ANNUAL 6 REPORT Highlights of the Year 7 Highlights of the Year INFORMATION WING advertisements. Consistent efforts are being made to ● In order to facilitate Ministries/Departments in promote and propagate Swachh Bharat Mission through registering their presence on Social media by utilizing Public and Private Broadcasters extensively. the services of the Communications Hub established ● The then Minister of Information & Broadcasting, by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Prakash Javadekar along with senior officials Ministry organized a half day training workshop on of the Ministry took part in the cleanliness drive 11th July, 2014 at the National Media Centre. About in the premises of Shastri Bhawan on the occasion 150 officers representing 59 Ministries/Departments of launch of Swachh Bharat Mission on 2nd October attended the workshop. 2014. The Minister released an audio track “Swachh ● The Office of Registrar of Newspapers for India, Bharat ka Irada Kar liya hum ne” specials composed by M/o I&B streamlined its Single Window Public Shri Prasoon Joshi besides administering pledge to dealing mechanism at its office. The software module all the staff. A section of the track was shown at the has been finalized for online filing of title verification India Gate Ceremony graced by the Hon'ble Prime application. Minister. ● The Ministry crowd sourced advertisement designs, ● The then Minister of Information and Broadcasting, for the 68th Independence Day through public Shri Prakash Javadekar, released the Publication participation (crowd sourcing). A huge number ‘Press in India 2013-14’ on 5th November 2014. of enthusiasts numbering 1000 responded to the The report, prepared on the basis of analysis of the advertisement issued by Directorate of Advertising annual statements filed by the registered publications, Visual Publicity on 18th June, 2014. Top 3 provides a broad analysis of the general trend of the advertisements were given `15,000 as a cash reward Indian Press. along with a letter of appreciation from the Ministry, ● Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, 7 designs chosen in the category of consolation Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore, released a souvenir prizes were awarded a cash prize of `3000 each along highlighting the role of Press Council of India in with a letter of appreciation. ensuring fair practices of journalism at a function on th ● Prime Minister’s greetings on the occasion of 16 November 2014 to commemorate ‘National Press Independence Day sent as an SMS by DAVP to about Day’, organized by the Press Council of India. The 25 crore recipients in all the states and a specially Minister also conferred National Awards in different designed exhibition on the initiatives of the new categories on print journalists for their outstanding government was mounted in Delhi from 11 to 14 contributions. August 2014. ● Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Shri ● The then Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Arun Jaitley released the official Calendar of the Shri Prakash Javadekar conferred the Bhartendu Government for the year 2015 along with its Digital th Harishchandra Awards for the years 2011 and 2012 version on 17 December 2014. Minister of State for to the recipients on 9th September 2014. Information and Broadcasting, Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore, Secretary (I&B) and other senior officials of ● The Ministry crowd sourced advertisement designs the I&B Ministry were also present on the occasion. for the Gandhi Jayanti and Swachh Bharat print The Calendar provides a platform for converging ANNUAL 6 REPORT Highlights of the Year 7 the two key flagship schemes of the Government - ● Prasar Bharati, India’s Public Service Broadcaster ‘Swachh Bharat’ and ‘Digital India’. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ● Minister of Information & Broadcasting Shri Arun with Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany’s Public Jaitley inaugurated the Multimedia Exhibition Service Broadcaster on 5th August 2014, to facilitate, mounted by DAVP on the occasion of 90th birthday the availability of Doordarshan programmes on of former Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. a ‘Free to Air’ basic package mode, on a DTH The exhibition was held from 20th to 25th December Platform. This would entail coverage of DD 2014 at Indra Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New through whole of Europe, Asia, North Africa and Delhi. Hon’ble MoS (I&B), Col. Rajyavardhan Singh even upto Australia and would provide a platform Rathore, Secretary (I&B) and other senior officials of to project India’s view point to a global audience in the Ministry were also present on the occasion. a cost effective manner. ● Press Information Bureau launched a webpage to ● The Ministry advised all News television channels mark ‘Good Governance Day’ on its website. The interested in carrying the live telecast of the webpage is one-stop information resource on the Independence Day Flag Hoisting ceremony and former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, commentary to carry the signals of ‘DD News’ with whose 90th birthday coincided with the Good sign language interpretation so as to enable people th Governance Day i.e. 25 December. with hearing impairment to witness the telecast of BROADCASTING WING Independence Day celebrations. ● Ministry of Information & Broadcasting constituted ● Shri Prakash Javadekar, the then Minister of a Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) for Information & Broadcasting launched the free News evaluation of technical bids and other allied activities SMS service of AIR News Services Division, in five in respect of e-auction for award of permission of Indian languages viz. Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit, Dogri FM Channel under FM Phase-III. and Nepali on 19th September 2014. The SMS service Exhibition on former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Bajpai on Good Governance Day ANNUAL 8 REPORT Highlights of the Year 9 aimed at providing important news to the subscribers ● The Ministry participated at the 67th Annual Cannes in their preferred language on their mobile phones Film Festival held from 14th to 25th May. The India and would enable a large cross section of society to Pavilion showcased Indian cinema across linguistic, access News on real time basis. cultural and regional diversity, with the aim of forging ● Dr. A. Surya Prakash has been appointed as an increasing number of international partnerships Chairman, Prasar Bharati Board for a term of three in the realm of distribution, production, filming years on the recommendation of the three member in India, script development and technology, and committee headed by the Hon’ble Vice President, promoting film sales and syndication, exploring the and consisting of Chairman, Press Council of India viability of the Single Window Clearance mechanism and the President's nominee, i.e. Secretery (I&B). and the possibility of enhanced cooperation within the domain of film archiving in the backdrop of the ● The Cabinet approved the proposal for Conduct of National Film Heritage Mission. auction of First Batch of FM Phase III in 69 existing cities for 135 channels on ascending e-auction ● A Resource guide on Films was also released at basis and migration (renewal) of Private FM Radio Cannes which aims to position India as a “Filming licenses from Phase-II to Phase-III as per the TRAI Destination”. The resource guide has catalogued recommendations. information on film policies, movies for sales and distribution. ● The Ministry has selected, following due transparent st prescribed procedure, an e-auctioneer. An agreement ● Directorate of Film Festivals, organised the 61 th has also been signed on 12th Septerber 2014 with National Film Festival 2014 in New Delhi from 29 nd the selected e-auctioneer for conducting e-auctions. June - 2 July 2014. All the National Award winning As per the Agreement, after the first batch, auctions films for the year 2013 were screened. The festival would be conducted from time to time within a screened 30 feature films and 23 non-feature films. period of one year, which may further be extended ● Films Division organized from 18th to 20th June 2014. by six months as per the decision of MIB. ‘MIFF in Arunachal Pradesh’ in which MIFF award ● The then Minister of Information & Broadcasting, winning films were screened. Shri Prakash Javadekar launched the free News on ● The Directorate of Film Festivals, in coordination with SMS service of News Services Division, All India North East Division (Home Ministry) & NEIim and Radio in four additional languages viz. Assamese, Ministry of Culture organized a three-day North East Gujarati, Tamil and Malayalam from 29th October Film Festival in New Delhi from 22-24 August 2014 2014 to provide instant communication to public in a on the theme of ‘Fragrances from the North East’.