India, Oct. 30 -- The West Bengal government has issued an advisory aimed at ensuring fair wages, reasonable working hours, safety and professional dignity for artistes, technicians and other workers in the film and entertainment industry. The advisory, issued by the Information and Cultural Affairs Department on Thursday, covers film, television, OTT platforms, web series and digital content productions undertaken wholly or partly in the state, irrespective of the language of production.

A copy of the advisory was made available to PTI on Friday.

A senior information and cultural affairs official said the move was aimed at streamlining the industry's operations.

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