Lok Sabha Question No. 2953 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-20
Subject: Vacancy in ASI
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, P. KARUNAKARAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2953 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.03.2017

## Vacancy in ASI

## 2953.`SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA: KARUNAKARAN:

Will the Minister of Culture be pleased to state:

- (a) whether his Ministry and other departments and bodies under its control are facing a shortage of manpower against their respective sanctioned strengths;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  the  posts  lying  vacant  in  various  organisations  under  the Ministry of Culture including the posts of archaeologists, organization-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  introduce  a  separate  cadre  and  selection process  for  recruitment  in  the  Archaeological  Survey  of  India  and  has  proposed any relaxation in the rules to recruit more archaeologist and conservationists and if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard along with the time by which the vacancies are likely to be filled up;
- (d) whether the National Culture Fund (NCF) has been able to mobilise funds for the purpose it was established; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the aims and objectives of the NCF?

## ANSWER MINISTRY OF CULTURE & TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) & (b) Yes, Madam.  As per statement attached.
- (c) There  is  no  such  proposal.  However,  various  steps  have  been  taken  by  the department  including  appropriate  amendments  in  the  recruitment  rules,  for ensuring timely filling up of the vacancies.
- (d)&(e) Yes,  Madam. Archaeological Survey of India has signed 18 Memorandum of Understanding with the different Public Sector Undertakings for the maintenance and renovation of Centrally Protected Monuments.  The objective of  the  Fund  is  to  administer  and  apply  the  money  of  Fund  for  conservation, restoration  and  environmental  development  of  protected  monuments  and  sites through  Public  Private  Partnership    under  the  aegis  of  National  Culture  Fund (NCF), a Trust under the Ministry of Culture.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2953 for 20.03.2017

| Name of the Organization                                | Posts lying vacant   |
|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
| Ministry of Culture (Proper)                            | 88                   |
| Archaeological Survey of India                          | 2995                 |
| National Museum                                         | 125                  |
| National Gallery of Modern Arts, New Delhi              | 48                   |
| National Gallery of Modern Arts, Mumbai                 | 21                   |
| National Gallery of Modern Arts, Bangaluru              | 33                   |
| Indian Museum                                           | 90                   |
| Victoria Memorial Hall                                  | 74                   |
| Salar Jung Museum                                       | 41                   |
| Allahabad Museum                                        | 22                   |
| National Council of Science Museums                     | 33                   |
| National Museum Institute, New Delhi                    | 4                    |
| National Research of Laboratory and Conservation        | 52                   |
| Gandhi Samriti and Darshan Samiti                       | 76                   |
| Nehru Memorial Museum and Library                       | 58                   |
| Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya              | 23                   |
| Asiatic Society                                         | 75                   |
| Anthropological Survey of India                         | 309                  |
| National Archives of India                              | 196                  |
| Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies      | 0                    |
| National School of Drama                                | 22                   |
| Sahitya Akademi                                         | 17                   |
| Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts                  | 27                   |
| Lalit Kala Akadem                                       | 65                   |
| Sangeet Natak Akademi                                   | 11                   |
| Kalakshetra Foundation                                  | 55                   |
| Centre for Cultural Resources and Training              | 29                   |
| Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Leh Ladakh       | 22                   |
| Central University of Tibetan Studies, Varanasi         | 98                   |
| Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies, Dabhung | 2                    |
| Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda                        | 30                   |
| West Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur                      | 9                    |
| North Central Zone Cultural Centre, Allahabad           | 16                   |
| North East Zone Cultural Centre, Dimapur                | 0                    |
| North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala                     | 8                    |
| East Zone Cultural Centre, Kolkata                      | 35                   |
| South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur              | 9                    |
| South Zone Cultural Centre,Thanjavur                    | 20                   |
| Kudha Baksh Oriental Public Library                     | 13                   |
| Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata           | 11                   |
| Central Secretariat Library                             | 28                   |
| Library                                                 | 31                   |
| Central Reference Delhi Public Library                  | 255                  |
| Rampur Raza Library                                     | 8                    |
| TOTAL                                                   |                      |
|                                                         | 5513                 |