FEFSI President handed over a Request Letter to Union Minister Mr. Pon Radhakrishnan
Posted on: 22/Feb/2016 12:48:16 PM
FEFSI President G.Siva handed over a Letter to Mr. Pon Radhakrishnan (Union Minister of Shipping, Highways and Transport) seeking free Medical aid, Education and Pension for film employees coming under Central govt recognition of prior learning (RPL) scheme.
Requests from FEFSI (Film Employees Federation of South India) to honrouble Prime Minister.
Film Employees Federation of South India is united body of 23 various artistic and productive departments of South Indian Film Industry.
Directly more than 40,000 workers are members in this body and approximately more than 2 Lakhs workers are living around with dependency on its functionality.
A total of 23 unions belonging to different trades in the Film and Television industry like Director, Cinematographers, Editors, Art Director, Writers, Makeup Artists, Costumers, Musicians, Light man, Stunt performers, Dancers, Dubbing Artists, Production Executives and Assistants, Setting workers, Technicians, Still Photographers, Cine Audiographers, Drivers, Junior Artists, Cine agents, Caterers, Cine Mahila members are affiliated to the FEFSI represented by President, Secretary, Treasurer of FEFSI and office bearers of 23 Film unions.
FEFSI`s requests are:
- Conducting RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) and issuing Skill Card under Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) to all the members of FEFSI.
- Issuing Free Medical card under Employees State Insurance(ESI) for health and medical needs.
- Issuing free life time insurance card to all the FEFSI members and their family under Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY).
- Implement Pension scheme to senior most members of FEFSI who contributed for global recognization to India and Indian Films.
- Recognising all the direct and in-direct workers of Film and television industry under small entrepreneurship to get the Mudhra loans of Government of India.
- Easy Educational loans for children of members of FEFSI.
- Grant reservations accordingly for children of members of FEFSI in schools like Kendriya Vidyalaya and other such schools.
- Allotting the residential homes under easy pay schemes for FILM and TELEVISION workers in major film capitals Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad.
- Establishing Film city in Chennai par to International Standards to invite Global Multinational Film Production companies.
- Granting discount card and easy access for FEFSI employees while shooting at tourists spots all over India to attract global film shooting teams to India.
- Giving preference to FEFSI employees in filming Government projects like "Swach Bharat Mission" through NFDC (National Film Development Corporation).
- Granting Special Prime Minister National Award yearly on the birthday of former Prime Minister of India Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee for a film technician who created film based on Indian Art and Culture.
