Lok Sabha Question No. 968 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-08
Subject: Enhancement in Fee of Empanelled Artists
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: VIRENDER KASHYAP

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 968 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2018)

## ENHANCEMENT IN FEE OF EMPANELLED ARTISTS

## 968.  SHRI VIRENDER KASHYAP

## Will the MINISTER of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

- a) The number of empanelled artists in the country, State-wise;
- b) Whether the  Government  proposes  to  enhance  the  fee  of  empanelled  artists  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- c) Whether such artists are also sent to other countries for their functions/programmes; and
- d) If so, the number of such programmes for which the artists were sent abroad during the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING [COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)]

- (a)       Ministry of Information and Broadcasting through its Subordinate office Song and Drama Division  disseminates  information  on  government  programmes  and  policies  to  the  public  through medium  of  live  art  and  culture  utilizing  the  services  of  Departmental  Artists,  Private  Registered Troupes and Empanelled Artists.  The number of Private Registered Troupes and Individual Artists empanelled with Song and Drama Division (State-wise) as on 31.01.2018 is annexed.
- (b) The  fee  of  Private  Registered  Troupes  and  Individual  Artists  empanelled  with  Song  and Drama Division is under review.
- (c) No
- (d) Does not arise

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 968 FOR ANSWER ON 08.02.2018.

## Number of Private Registered Troupes & Individual Artistes empanelled with Song & Drama Division (as on 31.01.2018)

| States                             | Private Troupes   | Registered   | Individual Artistes   |
|------------------------------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
| Karnataka                          | 65                |              | -                     |
| Kerala                             | 16                |              | -                     |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 48                |              | -                     |
| Rajasthan                          | 70                |              | -                     |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 41                |              | -                     |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 12                |              | -                     |
| Jammu &Kashmir                     | 60                |              | -                     |
| Punjab {including Chandigarh (UT)} | 34                |              | -                     |
| Delhi                              | 47                |              | -                     |
| Haryana                            | 36                |              | -                     |
| Assam                              | 82                |              | -                     |
| Meghalaya                          | 01                |              | -                     |
| Manipur                            | 45                |              | -                     |
| Mizoram                            | 06                |              | -                     |
| Tripura                            | 10                |              | -                     |
| Nagaland                           | 05                |              | -                     |
| Odisha                             | 61                |              | -                     |
| West Bengal                        | 56                |              | -                     |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 102               |              | -                     |
| Uttarakhand                        | 31                |              | -                     |
| Gujarat                            | 35                |              | -                     |
| Maharashtra                        | 51                |              | -                     |
| Goa                                | 06                |              | -                     |
| Andhra Pradesh &Telengana          |                   | 33           | 11                    |
| Tamil Nadu & Puducherry (UT)       | 71                |              | 16                    |
| Bihar                              | 61                |              | 36                    |
| Total:                             | 1085              |              | 63                    |