Lok Sabha Question No. 3273 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-09
Subject: Scholarship to Artists
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Jyotirmay Singh Mahato

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3273 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2019

## SCHOLARSHIP TO ARTISTS

## 3273:   SHRIJYOTIRMAY  SINGH MAHATO:

Will the MINISTER OF CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  scheme  at  present  for providing scholarship to artists in the field of Traditional Art forms and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  any  criteria  has  been  fixed  by  the  Government  for  providing  financial assistance under the said scheme and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) theArt-wise and State-wise details of the amount of scholarship being provided to the States including West Bengal?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)Yes,  Sir.  The  Government  is  implementing  the  scheme  component  of  'Scholarships  to Young Artistes in Different Cultural Fields (SYA)' to grant Scholarship to Artistes in different  cultural  fieldsincluding  traditional  arts  forms  for  undergoing  advanced training in their respective fields.
- (b) Yes, Sir.  Under the above said scheme component, a Scholarship of Rs. 5,000/- per month  is  provided  to  selected  Scholars  for  a  period  of  02  years  in  four  equal  six monthly installments. The selected scholars should be in the age group of 18 years to 25  years  and  have  been  undergoing  training  under  any  Guru  or  Institution  for  a minimum of 5 years. The Scholars are selected on the basis of their performance in personal interview / interaction before an Expert Committee for Scholarship constituted by the Ministry.
- (c)The  Art-wise  and  State-wise  details  of  selections  made  under  the  Scholarship  scheme component  including  the  State  of  West  Bengal  for  the  year  2016-17,  2017-18  and 2018-19 are at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.

## Art-wise details

|         |                                       | NUMBER OF SELECTIONS   | NUMBER OF SELECTIONS   | NUMBER OF SELECTIONS   |
|---------|---------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Sl. No. | Fields                                | 2016-17                | 2017-18                | 2018-19                |
| 1.      | Indian Classical Music                | 55                     | 90                     | 81                     |
| 2.      | Indian Classical Dance/ Dance Music   | 95                     | 80                     | 80                     |
| 3.      | Theatre                               | 47                     | 38                     | 59                     |
| 4.      | Visual Arts                           | 71                     | 54                     | 78                     |
| 5.      | Light Classical Music                 | 10                     | 22                     | 14                     |
| 6.      | Folk, Traditional and Indigenous Arts | 34                     | 31                     | 72                     |
| Total=  | Total=                                | 312                    | 315                    | 384                    |

## Annexure-I

Annexure-II STATE WISE BREAK-UP OF THE SCHOLARSHIP TO YOUNG ARTISTES IN

## DIFFERENT CULTURAL FIELDS (SYA*) for the last 03 years.

| Sl No          | State             | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |
|----------------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.             | Andaman &Nicobar  | --        | --        | --        |
| 2.             | Andhra Pradesh    | 07        | 02        | 06        |
| 3.             | Arunachal Pradesh | --        | 02        | 04        |
| 4.             | Assam             | 14        | 12        | 19        |
| 5.             | Bihar             | 11        | 10        | 14        |
| 6.             | Chandigarh        | 01        | --        | 01        |
| 7.             | Chhattisgarh      | 08        | 08        | 14        |
| 8.             | Delhi             | 16        | 14        | 21        |
| 9.             | Goa               | 01        | 01        | 01        |
| 10.            | Gujarat           | 04        | 09        | 08        |
| 11.            | Haryana           | 06        | 07        | 06        |
| 12.            | Himachal Pradesh  | 01        | 01        | 01        |
| 13.            | Jammu and Kashmir | 02        | 02        | 06        |
| 14.            | Jharkhand         | 07        | 01        | 05        |
| 15.            | Karnataka         | 26        | 25        | 24        |
| 16.            | Kerala            | 18        | 20        | 23        |
| 17.            | Madhya Pradesh    | 37        | 28        | 35        |
| 18.            | Maharashtra       | 33        | 26        | 42        |
| 19.            | Manipur           | 03        | 09        | 09        |
| 20.            | Meghalaya         | --        | --        | --        |
| 21.            | Mizoram           | 01        | --        | --        |
| 22.            | Nagaland          | --        | --        | --        |
| 23.            | Odisha            | 20        | 22        | 22        |
| 24.            | Puducherry        | 02        | --        | --        |
| 25.            | Punjab            | 02        | 06        | 04        |
| 26.            | Rajasthan         | 03        | 04        | 08        |
| 27.            | Sikkim            | --        | --        | 01        |
| 28.            | Tamil Nadu        | 03        | 10        | 08        |
| 29.            | Telangana         | 01        | 05        | 02        |
| 30.            | Tripura           | --        | 01        | 01        |
| 31.            | Uttar Pradesh     | 38        | 43        | 38        |
| 32.            | Uttarakhand       | 01        | 07        | 01        |
| 33.            | West Bengal       | 46        | 40        | 60        |
| Total Awardees | Total Awardees    | 312       | 315       | 384       |