Finance Minister announces single-window clearance for Indian filmmakers, anti-camcording provisions and reduction in GST on movie tickets
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Barely days after a delegation from the Indian film industry met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister (FM) Piyush Goyal announced a slew of benefits for the entertainment sector while presenting Budget 2019 on Friday. The biggest of them all was a single-window clearance for ease of shooting films to Indian filmmakers. So far, it was only available to foreigners. He also promised anti-camcording provisions in the Cinematograph Act to control the menace of piracy.