The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has told a parliamentary committee that the number of film certifications has come down from 22,570 in the pre-pandemic year 2018-19 to 8,299 in the Covid year 2020-21.
The Committee, in its report tabled during the recently concluded Monsoon Session of the Parliament, said, “While citing the decline in the number of films seeking certification from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), the Ministry has It is said that this happened due to the Kovid-19 epidemic.
