WELFARE SCHEMES FOR CINE WORKERS

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LOK SABHA

The National Film Development Corporation Ltd. has set up Cine Artistes Welfare Fund of India (CAWFI), registered as Public Charitable Trust, which extends financial help to needy film artistes of yester years. The Trust was set up from the funds received by way of 5 per cent of profit of the feature film Gandhi.

Replying a question by Shri V. Vetriselvan in Lok Sabha today, the Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad said that under the Cine Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1981, the cess collected from the producers of feature films is used for the welfare of cine workers on welfare activities like a Group Insurance Scheme for cine workers, health care facilities including financial assistance for treatment of heart diseases, kidney transplantation and treatment of cancer, and financial assistance for education of the children of cine workers from first standard to professional degree classes.

According to information received from the Ministry of Labour, there are approximately 64,483 cine workers in the country, the Minister added.