Lok Sabha Question No. 4652 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: Setting up of Centres to Create Awareness Among People About Indian Culture
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Ravi Kishan Shukla, Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4652 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD  MARCH, 2020

## SETTING UP OF CENTRES TO CREATE AWARENESS AMONG PEOPLE ABOUT INDIAN CULTURE

## †4652.  SHRI RAVI KISHAN: SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

## Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  any  centre  in  the  country  for  spreading  of awareness of the cultural heritage of India;
- (b)   if so, the State-wise/Union Territory-wise details thereof;
- (c)   if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the  steps  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  for  creating  awareness  about cultural heritage and values of India among the people in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) & (b) To  protect,  promote  and  preserve  various  forms  of  folk  art  and  for  spreading awareness of the cultural heritage of India throughout the country, the Government of India has already  set  up  seven  Zonal  Cultural  Centres  (ZCCs)  with  headquarters  at  Patiala,  Nagpur, Udaipur,  Prayagraj,  Kolkata,  Dimapur  and  Thanjavur.  The  member  States  of  these  ZCCs  are annexed (Annexure) .  These ZCCs organize various cultural activities and programmes all over the country on regular basis for which annual grant-in-aid is provided to them by the Government of India.

- (c) Does not arise.

(d) For  creating  awareness  about  cultural  heritage  and  values  of  India  among  the  people, Ministry of Culture, Government of India has organized Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsavs (RSMs) at New Delhi (November, 2015 and October, 2016), at Varanasi (December, 2016), at Bengaluru & Tawang  (March,  2017),  at  Gujarat  (October,  2017),  at  Karnataka  (January,  2018),  at  Madhya Pradesh  (February,  2018  &  October,  2019)  and  at  Tehri  (May,  2018)  and  some  other  major festivals  like  Sanskriti  Mahotsav  at  Varanasi,  Uttar  Pradesh  (February,  2018),  Kabir  Festival 'Anhaad Naad' at Maghar, Uttar Pradesh (June, 2018). Further, all the ZCCs participated in the Kumbh Mela, 2019 at Prayagraj from January to March, 2019 by providing cultural support which was organized by Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Besides,  all  the  ZCCs  organize  various  cultural  activities/programmes  as  per  their respective approved annual programme calendar, out of which several such activities/programmes are held in close collaboration with their member States.

## ANNEXURE

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †4652 for 23.03.2020

## Member States of Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs)

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Centre                 | Headquarte r   | Member States                                                                                                                        |
|-----------|------------------------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | North Zone Cultural Centre         | Patiala        | Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh               |
|         2 | West Zone Cultural Centre          | Udaipur        | Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Union Territory of Daman &Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                          |
|         3 | South Zone Cultural Centre         | Thanjavur      | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and Puducherry |
|         4 | South Central Zone Cultural Centre | Nagpur         | Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana                                                   |
|         5 | Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre      | Kolkata        | Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal and Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands            |
|         6 | North Central Zone Cultural Centre | Prayagraj      | Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and NCT of Delhi                                               |
|         7 | North East Zone Cultural Centre    | Dimapur        | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura                                                  |