Lok Sabha Question No. 2117 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: Setting up of Regional Museums
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: K. C. VENUGOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2117 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## 'SETTING UP OF REGIONAL MUSEUMS'

## 2117.   SHRI  K. C. VENUGOPAL:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the actions taken by the Government under the scheme of Setting up, promotion and Strengthening of Regional museums in the country;
- (b) the details of financial assistance given to various regional museums under the scheme so far in various States including Kerala;
- (c) whether the Government of Kerala demanded any second instalment of funds under the scheme for the development of Hill Palace museums, Thrippunithura, Koyikkal Palace, Nedumangad and Pazhassi Raja Museum, Kozhikode; and
- (d) if so, the details of the funds given for these museums?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) CULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGES

## (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) & (b) Government has provided financial assistance under Museum Grant Scheme to 79 organizations  in  various  states  including  Kerala  for  setting  up  of  new  museums  and development of existing museums since 2015 -16.  The details are at Annexure - A.
- (c) & (d) Yes, Sir. Government of Kerala has demanded for second installment of funds for the development of Hill Palace museums, Thrippunithura, Koyikkal Palace, Nedumangad  and  Pazhassi  Raja  Museum,  Kozhikode.  The  details  of  fund  released  to these museum so far  under the Scheme is as under:

(Rs. In lakh)

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Organization/Museum   |   Details of fund Released | Released date   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------|
|         1 | Hill Palace Museum, Thripunithura |                     200    | 28.9.2012       |
|         2 | Koyikkal Palace, Nedumangad       |                     115    | 28.9.2012       |
|         3 | Pazhassi Raja Museum, Kozhikode   |                     109.96 | 28.9.2012       |

Referred in part (a) and (b) of  Lok Sabha unstarred  question no. 2117 due for answer on 24.12.2018 regarding setting up of regional museums

Details  of  financial  assistance  given  to  various  regional  museums  under  the scheme so far in various states.

(Rs. In Lakh)

| S.   | State             | Name of Organization                                                                                                                  | Financial Year   | Financial Year   | Financial Year   | Financial Year   |
|------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| No.  |                   |                                                                                                                                       | 2015-16          | 2016-17          | 2017-18          | 2018-19          |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | Government of Andhra Pradesh for setting up of Padamshree Kalluri Subbarao Memorial District Archaeological Museum Anantpur           | 252.777          | _                | _                | _                |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh    | Archaeological Museum, Eluru, West Godavari Dist. of Department of Archaeology & Museums, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh                     | _                | _                | 160.00           | _                |
| 3    | Andhra Pradesh    | Bapu Museum, M G Road, Vijayawada, Krishna Distt. Of Department of Archaeology & Museums, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh,                    | _                | _                | 320.00           | _                |
| 4    | Arunachal Pradesh | Mumpa Museum, Bright Future Society, Ziro,M.G. Road, Hapoli, P.O. Ziro (post box No. 44) lower subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh. | 53.985           | 26.9925          | _                | 26.9925          |
| 5    | Arunachal Pradesh | Arunodaya Welfare Society, Tawang Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                   | 49.5375          | 9.5375           | _                | _                |
| 6    | Arunachal Pradesh | Research Institute of World's Ancient Traditions Cultures and Heritage (RIWATCH), Lower Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh              | 34.375           | 35.4375          | 3.9375           | _                |
| 7    | Arunachal Pradesh | Siynik Museum, Bui Welfare Society, Daporjio Town, P.O. &P.S Daporjio, upper Subansiri, Dist. Arunachal Pradesh                       | _                | 138.15           | 69.075           | _                |
| 8    | Assam             | Padamshree Dr. Robin Banerjee Trust, Mission Road, Golaghat-785621 Assam                                                              | 19.567           | _                | 18.225           | _                |
| 9    | Goa               | Museum of Christian Art, Old Goa, Goa                                                                                                 | _                | 200.00           | _                | _                |
| 10   | Gujarat           | Gujrat Museum Society, (N.C. Mehta Gallery), L. D. Institute of indology Campus, Nr. Gujrat University, Ahmedabad                     | 2.10             | _                | _                | _                |
| 11   | Gujarat           | Lal Bhai Dalpat Bhai Museum,(A Division of Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Instt. of Indology) Near Gujrat University, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad      | _                | 18.72            | _                | _                |
| 12   | Haryana           | Centre for Art & Archaeology, 22, Sector- 32, Institutional Area, Gurgaon, Haryana- 122001                                            | 74.617           | _                | _                | 12.50            |

|   13 | Jammu and Kashmir   | Amar Mahal Museum and Library,(Hari tara Charitable Trust), The Palace, Jammu Tawi (J&K),                                      | _      | 4.80   | _      | _       |
|------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
|   14 | Jammu and Kashmir   | Cultural and Welfare Society, Tangste Gonpa, Leh-Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir                                                       | 4.708  | _      | _      | _       |
|   15 | Karnataka           | Shivappa Nayaka Museum & Research Bureau, Sri Bekkiinakalmatha, Karnataka                                                      | 10.00  | 140.00 | _      | _       |
|   16 | Karnataka           | Indian Music Experience Trust, MLR Bangalore, Karnataka                                                                        | 130.00 | 100.00 | 115.00 | _       |
|   17 | Karnataka           | Grama Karnataka Museum,Karnataka Janapada Vishwavidayala, Haveri District, Karnataka                                           | _      | 122.80 | _      | _       |
|   18 | Kerala              | Guru Gopinath National Dance Museum Natanagramam Society Vattiyoorkavu PO, Thiruvanathapuram Kerala                            | 120.00 | _      | 60.00  | _       |
|   19 | Kerala              | GALAXY, Karaunasai Road, Velland P.O Trivandrum, Kerala                                                                        | _      | _      | 32.426 | 67.573  |
|   20 | Madhya Pradesh      | Shri 1008 Digambar Jain Siddha Kshetra Aharji, Teekamgarh for upgradation of Shantinath Museum, Teekamgarh,                    | _      | _      | 50.68  | _       |
|   21 | Maharashtra         | Symbiosis Society' Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Museum & Memorial, Opp Sheti Mahamandal, Pune, Maharashtra                           | 109.48 | 31.28  | 31.28  | _       |
|   22 | Maharashtra         | Bombay High Court Museum, Mumbai                                                                                               | 31.605 | _      | _      | _       |
|   23 | Maharashtra         | Indian Numismatic, Historical and Cultural Research Foundation, Raheja Centre, Nariman Point, Mumbai                           | 200.00 | _      | _      | 183.21  |
|   24 | Maharashtra         | Funds & Properties of the Parsi Punchayet Bombay, of Framji Dadabhoy Alpiwalla Museum, Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji Road, Fort, Mumbai | _      |        | 200.00 | _       |
|   25 | Manipur             | The Public Museum, Jiribam, Emphal East, Manipur                                                                               | 21.797 | _      | _      | _       |
|   26 | Manipur             | Zogam Arts and Cultural Development Association,Thangzam Road, Hill Town, Churachandpur,                                       | _      | 9.278  | _      | 9.278   |
|   27 | Mizoram             | Mizoram State Museum, Director, Art & Culture Department, Aizwal, Mizoram                                                      | 50.00  | _      | 25.00  | _       |
|   28 | Nagaland            | Tribal Art and Textile Museum Society, Half Nagarjan , Dimapur, Nagaland (NE)                                                  | _      | 36.79  | _      | _       |
|   29 | Nagaland            | Heikhas Museum, Nourhe Society, C/o Dr. Kedozato Punyii Medplus Pharmacy, Kohima, Nagaland                                     | _      | 7.465  | 7.465  | _       |
|   30 | Nagaland            | State Museum, Kohima, Nagaland                                                                                                 | _      | 750.00 | _      | 365.667 |
|   31 | Nagaland            | Directorate of Art and Culture, Kohima, Nagaland for setting up of Chesore Museum in Tuesang Town Nagaland                     | _      | _      | 468.63 | _       |
|   32 | Nagaland            | North East Heritage Museum at North- East Zone Cultural Centre , Nagaland                                                      | 331.82 | _      | _      | _       |

|   33 |            | Kipi Qomi Welfare Society, Thilixu Village, Dimapur, Nagaland                                                                                                         | _      | 250.00   | 125.00   | _      |
|------|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------|----------|--------|
|   34 |            | Ayolta Human Resource Society, Orangkong Village, Longleng District                                                                                                   | _      | 250.00   | _        | 125.00 |
|   35 |            | Tenak Society, Mon District, Nagaland                                                                                                                                 | _      | 250.00   | _        | 125.00 |
|   36 |            | Vikehie Welfare Society, Viswema village, post jakhama Kohima, Nagaland                                                                                               | _      | _        | 50.00    | 25.00  |
|   37 |            | Charity Welfare Society-, Khezhakeno, Phek, Nagaland .                                                                                                                | _      | _        | 50.00    | 25.00  |
|   38 |            | Needy People Society, Mokokchung, Nagaland                                                                                                                            | _      | _        | 50.00    | 25.00  |
|   39 |            | Naga Traditional Museum, Khel, Kohima Village, Kohima, Nagaland                                                                                                       | _      | _        | 50.00    | 25.00  |
|   40 |            | Tesophenyu Light Bearer Youth Club Society , Teosophenyu Village Kohima, Nagaland                                                                                     | _      | _        | 50.00    | 24.33  |
|   41 | Odisha     | Purvasha Museum, Society for Development of Rural Literature for, P.O. Ashram Patna, Dist. Jagatsinghpur,                                                             | 75.00  | 15.00    | _        | _      |
|   42 | Odisha     | J. D CENTRE OF ART, VIP Colony, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar                                                                                                                | _      | _        | 217.56   | _      |
|   43 | Punjab     | Punjab War Memorial-cum-Museum (PWMCM), Amritsar-Attari Road, Punjab                                                                                                  | 97.22  | 305.58   | _        | _      |
|   44 | Rajasthan  | The City Palace Museum Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation, Complex,Udaipur-313001, Rajasthan                                                                     | _      | 125.00   | _        | _      |
|   45 |            | Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya Memorial Trust, 2564, Vijayvargiya Building, Choura Rasta, Jaipur-302003                                                                       | _      | 108.00   | _        | _      |
|   46 |            | Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Rajasthan i) Government Museum, Ahar, Udaipur (ii) Government Museum, Alwar and (iii) Government Museum, Dungarpur | 100.00 | _        | _        | _      |
|   47 |            | Vivekananda Museum, Ramakrishna Mission, Vivekananda Smriti Mandir, Khetri, Rajasthan                                                                                 | 102.45 | _        | _        | _      |
|   48 |            | Veer Shiromani Maharana Pratap Samiti, Udaipur                                                                                                                        | _      | 250.00   | _        | _      |
|   49 | Sikkim     | Museum in State Capital of Sikkim, Sikkim                                                                                                                             | _      | 500.00   | _        | _      |
|   50 | Tamil Nadu | The Madras Regiment Museum, Madras Regiment Centre Wellington (Nilgiris), Tamilnadu                                                                                   | 16.595 | _        | _        | _      |
|   51 | Tamil Nadu | High Court of Madras, Chennai                                                                                                                                         | _      | 38.00    | _        | _      |
|   52 | Tamil Nadu | Dakshinachitra Heritage Museum, Madras Craft Foundation, Besant Nagar,                                                                                                | _      | 20.86    | 18.071   | _      |

|    | Chennai       |                                                                                                                    |        |        |        |        |
|----|---------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 53 |               | Govt. Museum Thirugokarnam, Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu                                                                 | _      | _      | 160.00 | _      |
| 54 |               | Government Museum St. Mark Road, Samathanapuram Palayamkottai, Tiruneveli Distt.                                   | _      | _      | 90.572 | _      |
| 55 |               | Government Museum Trichy, Rani Managammal Palace , Dist. Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu                                 | _      | _      | 149.97 | _      |
| 56 |               | Government Museum Ooty, Stone House, Dist. Udhagamandalam, Tamil Nadu                                              | _      | _      | 46.00  | _      |
| 57 | Uttar Pradesh | La Martiniere Girls' College, Khursheed Manzil Museum, Lucknow                                                     | _      | 38.21  | _      | 38.21  |
| 58 |               | Parshwanath Vidyapeeth, ITI Road, Karaundi, P.O. BHU, Varanasi                                                     | _      | _      | _      | 37.60  |
| 59 |               | Bharat Kala Bhavan, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh                                                                   | _      | 200.00 | _      | _      |
| 60 |               | Office of Cantonment Board Shahjahanpur, UP Setting up of Shahjahanpur Freedom Fighters Museum                     | _      | 10.00  | _      | 190.72 |
| 61 |               | Allahabad High Court, Allahabad , Uttar Pradesh                                                                    | _      | _      | 10.488 | _      |
| 62 | Uttarakhand   | Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, Uttrakhand                                                                    | 10.00  | 190.00 | _      | _      |
| 63 |               | Sumitra Nandan Pant Mueum, Kausani Distt. Bageshwar, Uttrakhand of Tourism & Culture, Uttaranchal, Sectt, Dehradun | _      | _      | 20.888 | _      |
| 64 | West Bengal   | Bagnan Ananda Niketan Kirtishala, District Museum, Po-Bagnan, Howrah                                               | 52.215 | _      | 52.215 | _      |
| 65 |               | Artsacer Foundation , BH-167 Lake Sector II Kolkata 700091                                                         | 50.00  | _      | 10.00  | _      |
| 66 |               | Gaudiya Mission, Gaudiya Math, 16A, Kaliprasad Chakraborty Street, Bagbazar, Kolkata                               | 75.00  | 175.00 | _      | 49.666 |
| 67 |               | Sir Jadunath Sarkar Resource Historical Research Centre for Studies in socieal science, Kolkata                    | 60.805 | 30.402 | _      | 25.108 |
| 68 |               | Nehru Museum of Science & Technology, IIT, Kharagapur, West Bengal.                                                | 32.932 | _      | _      | _      |
| 69 |               | Rabindra Bharati University, B.T. Road, North 24 Parganas, Kolkata                                                 | 26.225 | _      | _      | _      |
| 70 |               | Natya Shodh Sansthan, EE-8, Sector-II, Bidhannagar, Kolkata                                                        | 25.450 | 12.725 | 12.725 | _      |
| 71 |               | Netaji Research Bureau, Netaji Bhawan, 38/2, Lala Lajpat Rai Saranai, Kolkata                                      | 59.04  | _      | _      | 56.449 |

|   72 |       | National Cultural Association, Nehru Children's Museum, Chowringhee Road, Kolkata                                          | 15.16   | _   | 15.17   | _   |
|------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|-----|---------|-----|
|   73 |       | Rabindra Bhawan, Vishva Bharati, Shantiniketan, West Bengal (i) Rabindra Bhavan Museum (RBM) (ii) Kala Bhawan Museum (KBM) | _       | _   | 273.91  | _   |
|   74 |       | Sister Nivedita heritage Museum and Knowledge Centre, Bosepara Lane, Bagh Bazar, Kolkata                                   | 250.00  | _   | _       | _   |
|   75 | Delhi | Heritage Transportation Trust, Apartment No. 85, Mayfair Gardens, New Delhi                                                | 2.35    | _   | _       | _   |
|   76 |       | Begum Abida Ahmad Ghalib Museum, Ghalib Institute, Aiwan-e-Ghalib Marg (Mata Sundari Lane),                                | 5.00    | _   | _       | _   |
|   77 |       | Srinivas Malliah memorial Theatre Crafts Trust, Kamaadevi Bhawan, 5, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg (Rouse Avenue) New Delhi     | 22.08   | _   | _       | _   |
|   78 |       | NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, Shahajhanabad Museum Lahori Gate Chowk Delhi                                            | _       | _   | 16.920  | _   |
|   79 |       | NSG Wives Welfare Association (NWYA), Manesar, Gurgaon                                                                     | _       | _   | 62.844  | _   |