JAMMU, NOVEMBER 25: The Jammu and Kashmir government, through Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), participated in 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) held at Goa.
The J&K Government was represented by Commissioner Secretary Information, M Raju; Director Information, Nitish Rajora; Joint Director Information (Hqrs), Dr. Zahoor Ahmad; Joint Director Information Jammu Deepak Dubey; Nodal Officer, J&K Film Policy Maheer Thakur and Cultural Officer Kashmir, Burhan Hussain at the grand film festival.
Speaking on the festival, Director Information Nitish Rajora said that the DIPR particularly promoted the J&K Film Policy 2024 during the festival, with main purpose of promoting Jammu &Kashmir as premier film shooting destination in the country and across the globe. He highlighted that the New Film Policy 2024 aims to promote large-scale Bollywood and international shoots in Kashmir.
During the knowledge series session on the sidelines of IFFI 2025, Director Information also interacted with the filmmakers and gave a presentation on J&K Film Policy 2024, to promote Film Tourism in Jammu and Kashmir.
Pertinently, through J&K Film Policy 2024, the government is promoting the UT as a prime shooting destination and woo the filmmakers to visit J&K for film shooting.
Under the J&K Film Policy, 2024, Film Permissions are being given through online single window portal. The J&K Government provides 5-10% subsidy for Films, 10-15% subsidy for Documentary/Web-Series and Extra Incentives for Films/Documentaries/Web-Series which promote Jammu and Kashmir or are of patriotic theme.