Lok Sabha Question No. 203 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-18
Subject: National Mission on Cultural Mapping
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Raja Amareshwara Naik, Bhola Singh, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Sukanta Majumdar

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 203 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.11.2019

## NATIONAL MISSION ON CULTURAL MAPPING

## 203.  SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

DR. SUKNATA MAJUMDAR:

Will the Minister of  CULTURE be pleased to state :

- (a) whether  the  Government  had  launched  the  implementation  of  the  National Mission on Culture Mapping of India under 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat' scheme;
- (b) If  so,  the  details  and  the  salient  features  thereof  along  with  the  achievements made so far under this project;
- (c) whether the Government has plans to promote destinations that are associated with warriors;
- (d) If so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government for speedy creation of the warriors' circuit in the country ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM

## (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) and (b) Yes, Sir. National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM) has been set up by the  Ministry  of  Culture  in  2017.    Mission  will  compile  data  of  artist,  art  forms  &  geo location  with  inputs  from  Central  Ministries,  State  Governments  &  art/culture  bodies. Specially  designed  data  capture  form  with  technical  collaboration  of  National  EGovernance  Division (NEGD)/Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) has been formulated for data collection. Data from art & culture Akademies of the Ministry of Culture has been collected and will be entered into database after due correction.

Details and salient features of the National Mission on Cultural Mapping are available in the Mission document on Ministry of Culture's website.

(c) to (e) Ministry of Culture has not created any circuit related to warriors. However as a part of the commemorative activity, permanent infrastructure of public utility in the form of memorials, stadiums, auditoriums etc are created in the memory of the personality/event at places associated with the personality/event. Details are attached as Annexure.

## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXTURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) TO  (e) OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION 203 FOR 18.11.2019

Ministry  of  Culture  commemorates  birth  centenary  and  special  birth  anniversaries  such  as 125 th /150 th/ 175 th etc.  of  eminent  personalities  and    events  of  historical  importance  to  the country. As a part of the commemorative activity, permanent infrastructure of public utility in the form of memorial, stadium, auditorium etc are created in the memory  of the personality/event at places associated with the personality/event. Ministry of Culture has not created any circuit related to the warriors under commemorations.  Some of the infrastructure created/being  created  by  the  Ministry  in  the  past  under  various  commemorations  are  given below:

|   Sr. No. | Name of personality/event                                                                                 | Year    | Details of Infrastructure created                                                                                                                                      |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | 150 years of First war of Independence, birth centenary and 75 years of martyrdom of Shaheed Bhagat Singh | 2007-09 | A memorial of Shaheed Bhagat Singh has been constructed at his native village (Khatkarkalan) in Punjab.                                                                |
|         2 | Centenary of Komogata Maru incident                                                                       | 2014-15 | A memorial is being built at Budge- Budge in West Bengal in the memory of the incident under its centenary commemoration.                                              |
|         3 | 150 th Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai                                                               | 2015-16 | An auditorium at Moga (Punjab) and laying of astroturf in hockey stadium at birth place of Lala Lajpat Rai has been under taken as part of the commemorative activity. |
|         4 | 475th Birth Anniversary of Maharana Pratap                                                                | 2015-16 | A multi-purpose indoor stadium in the name of Maharana Pratap is being built at Khelgaon, Udaipur, Rajasthan.                                                          |
|         5 | Birth Centenary of Rani Gaidinliu                                                                         | 2015-16 | Rani Gaidinliu Cultural Centre is being built at Peren district in Nagaland.                                                                                           |
|         6 | 200th Birth Anniversary of Tatya Tope                                                                     | 2015-16 | A Memorial in his name is being built at Yeola in Nasik, Maharashtra.                                                                                                  |

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