New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- Information and Broadcasting Secretary Chanchal Kumar on Wednesday stated that India's live events sector grew by 44 per cent over the past year, with around 34,000 events held across the country and the sector now supporting more than one crore livelihoods.

Addressing the 5th meeting of the Live Events Development Cell (LEDC), he said the Government has set an ambitious target of doubling the sector by 2030, with the potential to generate 15-20 million direct and ancillary jobs.

He described the LEDC as "one of the finest examples of cooperation between industry, States and the Centre".

Kumar further highlighted that the LEDC brings together 14 Central Ministries and Departments, 10 States and UTs and 21 industry ...