Lok Sabha Question No. 3073 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Financial Assistance for Promotion of Arts and Culture
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Srinivas Kesineni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3073 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2021

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR PROMOTION OF ARTS AND CULTURE

## 3073: SHRI KESINENI SRINIVAS:

Will the MINISTER OF CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the objectives of Scheme for Financial Assistance for Promotion of Arts and Culture;
- (b)       the detailed State/UT-wise breakup of the NGOs given grants under the Cultural Function and Production Grant Scheme since 2014 inclusive of the amount being disbursed; and
- (c) the Budget Estimate allocated and Revised Estimate/Actuals expended for the above scheme every year since 2014 in the Budget?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)      The Scheme for Financial Assistance for Promotion of Art and Culture consists of 05 scheme components namely (i)  Repertory Grant; (ii) Financial Assistance to Cultural Organizations with National Presence; (iii) Cultural Function & Production Grant; (iv) Financial Assistance for Preservation and Development of Cultural Heritage of the Himalayas; and (v) Financial Assistance for Development of Buddhist/Tibetan Arts and Culture.
- The objectives of all the 05 above said scheme components are at Annexure-I .
- (b) The detailed State/UT-wise breakup of the NGOs given grant under the scheme component of Cultural Function & Production Grant since 2014 is at Annexure-II .
- (c)      The Budget Estimate / Revised Estimate / Actual expenditure regarding scheme of 'Financial Assistance for Promotion of Arts and Culture' since 2014 is at Annexure-III .

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## 1. SCHEME  OF  FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  ART  AND CULTURE: The scheme consists of five components. The objective of 05 scheme component are as given below: -

## (i) Repertory Grant

The objective of Repertory Grant Scheme Component is to provide financial support for all genres of performing arts activities like dramatic groups, theatre groups, music ensembles, children theatre etc.  and  imparting  training  of  artists  by  their  respective  Guru  on  regular  basis  in  line  with Guru-Shishya  Parampara.  As  per  the  scheme,  support  is  provided  to  1  Guru  and  maximum  18 Shishyas (in case of Theatre) and 01 Guru and 10 Shishyas (in case of Music and Dance categories).

Amount of Assistance - Guru Rs.10000/- p.m., Shishya - Rs.1000-6000/-p.m.

## (ii) Cultural organizations with National Presence

The objective of this scheme component is to provide support for cultural activities at Large scale National / International level. The Quantum of assistance under this scheme is up to Rs. 5 Cr.

## (iii) Cultural Function & Production Grant (CFPG)

The objective of this scheme component is to provide financial support to NGOs/ Societies/ Trusts/  Universities  etc.  for  Seminars,  Conference,  Research,  Workshops,  Festivals,  Exhibitions, Symposia, Production of Dance, Drama-Theatre, Music etc.  The maximum grants provided under CFPG is Rs.5 Lakh (Rs. 20 Lakh under exceptional circumstances)

## (iv) Financial Assistance for the  Preservation  & Development of Cultural Heritage of the Himalayas

The objective of this scheme component is to promote and preserve the cultural heritage of the Himalayas through research, training and dissemination through audio visual programmes. The financial support is provided to the organizations in the States falling under the Himalayan Region i.e.  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Uttarakhand,  Sikkim  and  Arunachal  Pradesh.    The quantum of funding is Rs. 10.00 lakhs per year for an organization which can be increased to Rs. 30.00 lakhs in exceptional cases.

## (v) Financial Assistance for the Preservation & Development of Buddhist/Tibetan Organization

Under this scheme component financial assistance is provided to the voluntary Buddhist/Tibetan  organizations  including  Monasteries  engaged  in  the  propagation  and  scientific development of Buddhist/Tibetan Cultural and tradition and research in related fields. The quantum of  funding under scheme component is Rs. 30.00 lakhs per year for an organization which can be increased to 1.00 crore in exceptional cases.

(Rs. in Lakh)

| State / UT        | Amount Disbursed (2014-15)   | Amount Disbursed (2015-16)   | Amount Disbursed (2016-17)   | Amount Disbursed (2017-18)   | Amount Disbursed (2018-19)   | Amount Disbursed (2019-20)   | Amount Disbursed (2020-21)   |
|-------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 34.80                        | 20.00                        | 14.84                        | 25.50                        | 15.25                        | 11.75                        | 30.50                        |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 5.50                         | --                           | 12.66                        | 9.70                         | 9.60                         | 1.00                         | 0.37                         |
| Assam             | 44.50                        | 35.00                        | 46.92                        | 106.45                       | 50.20                        | 16.45                        | 16.50                        |
| Bihar             | 77.90                        | 45.25                        | 62.09                        | 170.60                       | 105.00                       | 41.25                        | 32.00                        |
| Chandigarh        | 12.00                        | 8.50                         | 3.25                         | 17.75                        | 2.25                         | -                            | 2.50                         |
| Chhattisgarh      | 10.00                        | 13.00                        | 2.87                         | 8.43                         | 5.25                         | -                            | 5.25                         |
| Delhi             | 388.50                       | 308.95                       | 266.00                       | 419.20                       | 312.75                       | 172.25                       | 191.00                       |
| Goa               | 2.00                         | 1.00                         | 1.25                         | 0.50                         | 1.12                         | 37.27                        | 0.75                         |
| Gujarat           | 13.00                        | 7.50                         | 69.00                        | 31.0                         | 29.00                        | 84.00                        | 10.80                        |
| Haryana           | 15.00                        | 22.50                        | 26.50                        | 84.00                        | 57.00                        | 22.75                        | 25.50                        |
| Himachal          | 17.50                        | 15.00                        | 5.75                         | 12.50                        | 12.72                        | 4.75                         | 4.75                         |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 18.50                        | 15.50                        | 26.83                        | 54.00                        | 41.90                        | 15.25                        | 18.70                        |
| Jharkhand         | 8.00                         | 4.40                         | 4.62                         | 27.50                        | 14.50                        | 2.50                         | 5.00                         |
| Karnataka         | 129.80                       | 161.50                       | 136.60                       | 31.90                        | 375.40                       | 92.00                        | 192.00                       |
| Kerala            | 66.00                        | 54.00                        | 58.76                        | 92.80                        | 77.25                        | 26.00                        | 30.90                        |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 75.50                        | 62.75                        | 71.06                        | 65.00                        | 135.74                       | 38.00                        | 60.90                        |
| Maharashtra       | 58.25                        | 28.50                        | 57.96                        | 45.00                        | 99.00                        | 33.45                        | 55.40                        |
| Manipur           | 59.60                        | 55.25                        | 90.28                        | 152.30                       | 134.50                       | 53.50                        | 85.50                        |
| Mizoram           | --                           | --                           | --                           | -                            | -                            | -                            | 3.00                         |
| Meghalaya         | 1.50                         | --                           | --                           | -                            | 1.50                         | -                            | --                           |
| Nagaland          | --                           | 2.00                         | 0.50                         | -                            | -                            | 4.50                         | 1.03                         |
| Odisha            | 101.75                       | 100.00                       | 102.90                       | 151.60                       | 151.70                       | 59.00                        | 170.00                       |
| Puducherry        | 2.25                         | 1.00                         | 4.87                         | 0.50                         | 6.00                         | 2.37                         | --                           |
| Punjab            | 24.00                        | 14.25                        | 7.75                         | 10.90                        | 33.30                        | 12.25                        | 12.60                        |
| Rajasthan         | 48.75                        | 33.50                        | 23.85                        | 90.20                        | 86.00                        | 33.40                        | 26.50                        |
| Sikkim            | 3.50                         | 7.50                         | 3.00                         | 7.75                         | 2.25                         | 3.37                         | --                           |
| Tamilnadu         | 37.00                        | 31.00                        | 24.55                        | 36.25                        | 37.00                        | 12.42                        | 35.50                        |
| Telangana         | --                           | 3.50                         | 11.50                        | 66.80                        | 54.80                        | 4.75                         | 20.80                        |
| Tripura           | 9.75                         | 13.00                        | 7.50                         | 21.40                        | 45.00                        | 13.18                        | 15.00                        |
| Uttarakhand       | 17.75                        | 62.50                        | 7.70                         | 14.50                        | 14.76                        | 6.75                         | 6.75                         |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 120.09                       | 109.00                       | 121.50                       | 192.75                       | 373.00                       | 91.75                        | 103.25                       |
| West Bengal       | 350.50                       | 273.25                       | 289.60                       | 318.25                       | 368.80                       | 182.00                       | 190.65                       |
| Total             | 1753.19                      | 1509.1                       | 1562.46                      | 2265.03                      | 2652.54                      | 1077.91                      | 1353.40                      |

## Statement indicating the Budget Estimate (BE)/ Revised Estimate (RE) / Actual Expenditure (AE) in respect of Scheme of Financial Assistance for Promotion of Art & Culture

(Rs. in crores)

| Sl.   | Name of Scheme                                  | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2016-17           | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| No.   | Name of Scheme                                  | BE        | RE        | AE        | BE        | RE        | AE        | BE        | RE        | AE                | BE        | RE        | AE        |
| 1.    | Scheme of Financial Assistance for Promotion of | 63.15     | 57.83     | 60.06     | 32.00     | 32.00     | 72.04     | 56.42     | 56.42     | 67.73             | 71.73     | 76.73     | 97.53     |
| 1.    |                                                 | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2020-21           |           |           |           |
| 1.    | Art &Culture                                    | BE        | RE        | AE        | BE        | RE        | AE        | BE        | RE        | AE                |           |           |           |
| 1.    | Art &Culture                                    | 98.50     | 98.50     | 93.55     | 98.17     | 72.27     | 68.29     | 85.13     | 85.11     | 78.07 (till date) |           |           |           |

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