Lok Sabha Question No. 3609 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-15
Subject: Setting up of Regional Centre of National School of Drama
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Raja Amareshwara Naik, Khagen Murmu, Sukanta Majumdar, Vinod Kumar Sonkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3609 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.07.2019

## SETTING UP OF REGIONAL CENTRE OF NATIONAL SCHOOL OF DRAMA

## 3609.  SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:; SHRI KHAGEN MURMU: DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:; SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Government has taken initiatives to attract the regional talent in the field of drama and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has any proposal to set up Regional Centre of National School of Drama at various places in the country;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  locations  identified  for  setting  up  of  these centres and the time by which they are likely to be set up;
- (d) the amount allocated and expenditure incurred on Bharat Rang Mahotsava organized by the National School of Drama during the last three years; and
- (e) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  for  development  of  Libraries  and Museums in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR CULTURE & TOURISM (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

- (a) Yes, National School of Drama (NSD), an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture,  enrolls  27  students  every  year  to  its  3  years'  Post  Graduate  Course  in Dramatics Arts through Selection process by conducting interview audition at 12 centres  all  over  the  country  to  attract  talent  from  all  regions  of  the  country. Further, NSD organizes various festivals and workshops to attract the talent in the field of drama and acting i.e; Bharat Rang Mahotsav and North East Festivals etc. Theatre-in-education company conducts workshops for children every year.
- (b)&(c)   The Broad-Based Committee (Vision Committee) set up by the National School of Drama (NSD) Society in February 2005, inter-alia, recommended opening of five regional centres of the NSD across the country including Bengaluru (Karnataka), and at Kolkata, Maharastra/Goa, Jammu & Kashmir and in the North East.

Now  at  present,  NSD  is  running  4  centers  under  consolidation  of  outreach program, which are in Gangtok, Bengaluru, Agartala and Varanasi, in addition to Delhi campus at Bahawalpur House.

## Established:

Bengaluru (Karnataka)

-  July, 1994

Gangtok (Sikkim)

-  July, 2011

Agartala (Tripura)

-  August, 2012

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

-  August, 2018

- (d) International Theatre Festival Bharat Rang Mahotsav:

(₹ in lakh)

| Year    | Allocation   | Expenditure   |
|---------|--------------|---------------|
| 2016-17 | 772.00       | 772.00        |
| 2017-18 | --           | --            |
| 2018-19 | 795.00       | 955.03        |

- (e) Raja Rammohun  Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF), Kolkata, an autonomous organization  under  Ministry  of  Culture  provides  assistance  for  development  of public  library  and  its  activities  on  the  basis  of  the  proposals  received  from  the respective  State/U.T.  library  authority  under  its  various  Matching  and  NonMatching Schemes. The details of assistance provided for Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal  by  RRRLF  is  enclosed  as  Annexure-A.  Also,  the  details  of  amount sanctioned  by  National  Missions  on  Libraries  (NML)  under  NML  Model  Library Schemes on the basis of the proposals received from the State Library Authority of West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh are mentioned below:

(₹ in lakhs)

| STATE         | LIBRARY NAME                      |   Amount Sanctioned |
|---------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------|
| West Bengal   | West Bengal State Central Library |              222.81 |
| West Bengal   | North Bengal State Library        |               86.98 |
| Uttar Pradesh | State Central Library             |              206    |
| Uttar Pradesh | Government District Library       |               87    |

Ministry  of  Culture  operates  a  Museum  Grant  Scheme  under  which  financial assistance  is provided for setting up of new Museums by State Governments and  Societies,  Autonomous  bodies,  Local  Bodies  and  Trusts  registered  under the  Societies  Act,  to  strengthen  and  modernize  the  existing  museums  at  the Regional,  State  and  District  level.    A  list  of  organizations  which  had  been granted financial assistance in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal from April, 2014 to June, 2019 is enclosed as Annexure-B.

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## Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation

Details  of  assistance  provided  by  RRRLF  for  Uttar  Pradesh  and  West  Bengal  under various Matching and Non-Matching schemes during last 3 years

Amount in Rupees

| State/UT    | 2018-19                  | 2018-19             | 2017-18                  | 2017-18             | 2016-17                  | 2016-17             |
|-------------|--------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
| State/UT    | Non- Matching Assistance | Matching Assistance | Non- Matching Assistance | Matching Assistance | Non- Matching Assistance | Matching Assistance |
| Uttar       | 8669994.79               | 2794821.00          | 6737024.55               | 29892634.00         | 13750745.94              | 16623979.00         |
| West Bengal | 8374265.09               | 12152487.00         | 10759473.57              | 62219128.00         | 15749462.95              | 24627141.00         |

## ANNEXURE-A

## ANNEXURE-B

List of organizations which had been granted financial assistance in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal from April, 2014 to June, 2019 for setting up of new Museums by State Governments and Societies, Autonomous bodies, Local Bodies and Trusts registered under the Societies Act:

|   S. No. | State         | Name of Organization                                                                                          | FY: 2014- 15   | FY: 2015- 16   | FY: 2016- 17   | FY: 2017- 18   | FY: 2018- 19   | 2019- 20 (till 14 June, 2019)   |
|----------|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------------------|
|        1 | Uttar Pradesh | La Martiniere Girls' College,Khursheed Manzil Museum, Box No. 33, Lucknow                                     | 53.116         | -              | 38.21 -        | 38.21          |                | -                               |
|        2 | Uttar Pradesh | Parshwanath Vidyapeeth, ITI Road, Karaundi, P.O. BHU, Varanasi                                                | 75.20          | -              | -              | -              | 37.60          | -                               |
|        3 | Uttar Pradesh | Bharat Kala Bhavan, BHU, Varanasi                                                                             | -              | -              | 200.00         | -              | -              | -                               |
|        4 | Uttar Pradesh | Office of Cantonment Board, Carriappa, Shahjahanpur                                                           | -              | -              | 10.00          |                | 190.72         | -                               |
|        5 | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad High Court, Allahabad , Uttar Pradesh                                                               | -              | -              | -              | 10.488         | -              | -                               |
|        6 | Uttar Pradesh | Ram Katha Museum and Digital Holographic Ram Leela (OAT), Ayodhya (District Faizabad), Govt. of Uttar Pradesh | -              | -              | -              | -              | 400.00         | -                               |
|        7 | Uttar Pradesh | Guru Gorakhnath Sewa Sansthan, Guru Gorakhnath Museum at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh                             | -              | -              | -              | -              | 250.00         | -                               |
|        8 | West Bengal   | Bagnan Ananda Niketan Kirtishala, District Museum, Po-Bagnan, Howrah                                          | -              | 52.215         | -              | 52.215         | -              | -                               |
|        9 | West Bengal   | Artsacer Foundation , BH-167 Lake Sector II Kolkata                                                           | 75.00          | 50.00          | -              | 10.00          | -              | -                               |
|       10 | West Bengal   | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Road, Kolkata - 700071                                                     | 50.00          | -              | -              | -              | -              | -                               |
|       11 | West Bengal   | Gaudiya Mission, Gaudiya Math, Kaliprasad Chakraborty Street, Bagbazar, Kolkata                               | -              | 75.00          | 175.00         | -              | 99.625         | -                               |
|       12 | West Bengal   | Centre For Studies In Social Sciences (Jadunath Sarkar), Baishnabghata Patuli Township , Kolkata              | 45.605         | 60.805         | 30.402         | -              | 25.108         | -                               |
|       13 | West Bengal   | Nehru Museum of Science & Technology, IIT, Kharagapur, West Bengal.                                           | -              | 32.932         | -              | -              | -              | -                               |
|       14 | West Bengal   | Rabindra Bharati University, B.T. Road, North 24 Parganas, Kolkata                                            | -              | 26.225         | -              | -              | 26.225         | -                               |
|       15 | West Bengal   | Natya Shodh Sansthan, EE-8, Sector- II, Bidhannagar, Kolkata                                                  | -              | 25.45          | 12.725         | 12.725         | 12.503         | -                               |
|       16 | West Bengal   | Netaji Research Bureau, Netaji Bhawan, Lala Lajpat Rai Saranai, Kolkata                                       | -              | 59.04          | -              | -              | 56.449         | -                               |
|       17 | West Bengal   | National Cultural Association, Nehru Children's Museum, Chowringhee Road, Kolkata , West Bengal               | -              | 15.16          | -              | 15.17          | -              | -                               |
|       18 | West Bengal   | Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan, West Bengal                                                          | -              | -              | -              | 273.91         | -              | -                               |
|       19 | West Bengal   | Ramakrishna Sarada Mission, Sister Nivedita Heritage Museum, Bosepara Lane, Baghbazar, Kolkata                | -              | 250.00         | -              | -              | 103.13 2       | -                               |