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CENTRAL RESOURCE CENTRE: The government was considering a proposal to set up a Central Resource Centre to quot;aid and advisequot; state governments, municipal corporations and other agencies on matters pertaining to horticulture. Minister for Urban Development Jagmohan said the ministry has initiated special measures to green urban India and it was in pursuance of this initiative that an All India Conference of Horticulture was convened in June this year.

FILM FESTIVALS: The dates of the International Film Festival of India have been changed from January to October from next year as the dates coincided with Christmas and New Year and participating film personalities expressed difficulty, the Upper House of Parliament was told. Though some organisations in the film industry had protested earlier, they now endorsed the government decision, Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley has said.