Overview

• District magistrate-chaired panels under the revenue department will immediately oversee licensing for cinema halls and theatres under the Cinematograph Act, 1952.
• The Lieutenant Governor has directed the Delhi Police to cease all cinema and theatre licensing and retain only arms, ammunition and explosives permits.
• Each multi-disciplinary committee includes representatives from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Public Works Department, Delhi Fire Service, power department and District Disaster Management Authority.
• This change completes the latest phase of LG V K Saxena’s reforms to shift non-core licensing duties from police to civil bodies in line with ease-of-doing-business goals.
• Cinema operators and industry insiders have welcomed the new single-window model for its clarity, predictability and reduced red tape.