Budget 2026: Gaming industry welcomes proposal for creator labs in schools, collegesFM Sitharaman proposed government support for the Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT), Mumbai, to set up animation, visual eff...
01 Feb, 2026, 05.12 PM IST
Budget 2026: FM announces creator labs in 15,000 schools to boost India’s digital talentThe move is expected to boost education and jobs by giving students early, hands-on exposure to animation, gaming, VFX, and comics, helping...
01 Feb, 2026, 01.37 PM IST
Union Budget 2026 Speech PDF Download: FM Nirmala Sitharaman’s full budget textUnion Budget 2026 Speech PDF: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the Union Budget 2026-27. The budget focuses on accelerating eco...
01 Feb, 2026, 01.34 PM IST
India needs unified policy push to build USD 100 billion creative sector economy by 2030: CIIIndia's Media and Entertainment sector is poised for significant growth, projected to contribute over $100 billion to GDP and create five m...
01 Dec, 2025, 06.06 PM IST
Freed from real-money gaming shadow, esports companies seek rules, sops to up gameIndia's government banned real-money gaming. Industry leaders now urge focus on legitimate video gaming and esports. They seek fiscal incen...
09 Oct, 2025, 02.04 PM IST
Karnataka government selects 101 startups under Elevate, offers Rs 25 crore in seed fundingSo far, since its inception, the programme under the IT-BT department has disbursed Rs 249 crore, aiding 1,084 startups. A quarter of them ...
26 Mar, 2025, 08.38 PM IST
Gaming, animation, VFX market projected to touch $6.8 billion by 2026: reportThe Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics, and Extended Reality (AVGC-XR) sector, currently accounting for 20% of India's M&E industry,...
21 Aug, 2024, 10.57 PM IST
Centre mulling increasing filming incentives for global production, says I&B secretaryIndia is mulling increasing the incentives offered to international production houses for filming in the country and also grant one-off per...
08 Aug, 2023, 05.35 PM IST
AVGC task force to submit first action plan within 90 daysThe Ministry said that the terms of reference of the task force include framing of a national AVGC policy, recommend national curriculum fr...
08 Apr, 2022, 05.50 PM IST
I&B Ministry forms task force for animation, VFX sectorThe task force will submit its first action plan within 90 days and will also be responsible for framing a national AVGC policy. It will fa...
08 Apr, 2022, 11.58 AM IST
Centre for 'Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics' courses to be set up: Prakash Javadekar"We are a country where the growth of communication technology is phenomenal. This presents a tremendous scope for the entertainment and me...
16 Dec, 2020, 05.13 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union Budget for 2019-20: Key HighlightsAt first glance, it looked like Union Budget 2019 has disappointed Dalal Street.
05 Jul, 2019, 08.00 PM IST