Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday met film industry delegation, accompanied by Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni, as part of his pre-Budget consultations."The delegation consisted of about 20 members, including Yash Chopra, Ramesh Sippy and Mukesh Bhatt, all representing Films and Producers Guild," an official statement said.
Besides, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry secretary general Amit Mitra, L Suresh, vice president of Film Federation of India, UTV Group chief financial officer Rajeev Waghle, chief financial officer of Reliance Big Films Subhashish Sarkar and Zee Tele films chief executive officer Puneet Goenka, among others, were also part of the delegation.
The representatives of different forums of film industry gave their suggestions for consideration and inclusion in the forthcoming General Budget for 2011-12, which is to be unveiled on February 28.
These consultations are an annual exercise conducted by the Finance Minister before the Budget.
Earlier this year, Mukherjee met finance ministers of states and representatives of India Inc, agriculturalists, economists, bankers,financial regulators, non-government organisations, among others to seek their inputs in formulating the Budget.
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