The proposal has the backing of the Film Exhibitors’ United Organisation of Kerala (FEUOK), which has 350 screens in the state from a total of 650.

Despite a decline in the overall pay-TV accounts, pay-TV services revenue in Japan is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.2% over the forecast period 2020-2025 supported by increasing aggregate average revenue per user (ARPU), according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

The program will begin from Nagpur followed by other important cities in Maharashtra.

Including the already approved ₹42,068 crore in 2017, the total outlay for the project has now reached a sum of ₹61,109 crore.

The CCI is speeding up all cases involving big technology firms, by deploying additional officers for some cases and implementing more stringent internal deadlines to complete investigations.

Plans and timelines for all platforms have definitely been altered, with pipeline of new content likely to get affected. Though most services, especially foreign players, have exhaustive libraries of local and international programming.

A strong industry-government partnership will be required to build the right processes and a robust framework for higher accountability, Menon said.

Concentration of power when it comes to discourse—what is promoted, shared or suppressed—should be more worrying than concentration of wealth.

Speaking on the occasion, Gadkari told eminent SME leaders and industry stalwarts present at the conclave that the government is working towards increasing the contribution of SMEs to GDP from the current 30% to 40% and export from SMEs from 48% to 60% in the near future.