The Confederation of Indian Industry, Mumbai has welcomed the report of AVGC Promotion land commending the Ministry of I&B on having released the report which contains several measures recommended for the growth of Animation, Visual effects, Gaming, Comics, and Extended Reality sector in India.<br />''<br />''As a member of this task force, CII has worked closely with the industry participants of the task force and its other stakeholders to recommend several initiatives which have been requested across industry and academia. This will help catapult the AVGC industry to be the US 100 million sectors that has been envisaged in several forums.<br />''<br />''CII has been driving the cause of the AVGC-XR industry through its dynamic National AVGC &XR subcommittee under the chairmanship of Mr. Biren Ghose the Country Head of Technicolor Creative Studios. The AVGC task force has shown great collaboration and synergy and has provided innovative suggestions for the strategy which has been incorporated in the draft national and state AVGC policies. <br />''<br />''The AVGC promotion task force was chaired and steered by the Secretary Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) and four subgroups were formed that applied future thought and insights addressing the objectives for skills and entrepreneurship, higher education and innovation, and start-ups in the industry. A special subgroup deliberated the recommendations for the gaming industry.<br />''<br />''These recommendations gleaned from committee deliberations and from 2 major national events – CII Summit FX 2022  and CII Big Picture Summit [national media & entertainment event across all media sectors] found their way into the report and draft policy. The government's intentions towards this AVGC were also signaled by the MIB at both these events. These initiatives include making India's presence at global market events, turbocharging skills development, and reforming education such that the arts discipline becomes an option to stream talent towards the visual arts from an early age.<br />''<br />''"The task force has extended valuable recommendations to create an enabling environment to catalyze the growth of the gaming sector in India. Its focus on market development, skilling, infrastructure development, easy access to funding and technologies, and high-quality content, among others, would take the Indian gaming industry to new heights if implemented properly," said Rajan Navani, Chair, CII Sub Committee on Gaming and Founder & CEO, JetSynthesys<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">CII will arrange industry consultation on the draft policies published in the report and work towards building a consensus to assist the government in issuing these expeditiously.</span><br />