AVGC task force calls for a national mission with budgetary outlay

Quantum of budget unknown; task force also recommends 'Create in India' campaign with exclusive focus on content 'For India and For the World'

The Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comic (AVGC) Task Force has, in its report released on Monday, called for the creation of a National AVGC-XR Mission with a budget outlay for the integrated promotion and growth of the sector. The quantum of the budget, however, remains unknown.

The task force also recommended a ‘Create in India’ campaign with exclusive focus on content ‘For India and For the World’.

Set up under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting with representatives from both the academic and industry quarters, the task force was announced in the union budget earlier this year to identify