Govt creates task force to boost capacity in Animation and Gaming sector

The task force will be headed by I&B Secy, will submit first action plan within 90 days

The Centre has constituted an Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC) Promotion Task Force to recommend ways to realise and build domestic capacity for serving the country’s domestic market and the global demand. The task force will be headed by the Information & Broadcasting Secretary and will submit its first action plan within 90 days.

The task force will also have secretaries of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.

The task force’s mandate broadly includes the