New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- The Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs, L Murugan, told the Parliament on Thursday that the "present average time" taken for certification of a film is 18 days against the prescribed time limit of 48 working days.

Murugan was replying to a question raised by the Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the Lok Sabha.

After the implementation of the "online Certification System, the present average time taken for certification is 18 working days for feature films and three working days for short films," he said as quoted in a press release by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB).

"The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) functions in accordance w...