Lok Sabha Question No. 3602 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-16
Subject: Grant to Private Institutions for Promotion of Tribal Culture
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3602

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2020

## GRANT TO PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS FOR PROMOTION OF TRIBAL CULTURE 3602.  SHRIMATI  POONAM  MAHAJAN:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  schemes  run  by  Government  for  promotion  of  tribal culture, tribal museums, etc. in the States and the financial assistance for the purpose;
- (b) the details of the funds/grants provided to various organizations/institutions for the said  purpose during the current year, institution-wise; and
- (c) whether the Government has received any requests/proposals from the States including Maharashtra for grant of assistance to the private institutions for the said purpose and if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c): There is no separate scheme in the Ministry of Culture for promotion of tribal  culture,  tribal  museums,  etc.  The  details  of  cultural  activities  alongwith expenditure incurred by Ministry of Tribal Affairs is given in the annexure.

## ANNEXURE IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3602 FOR 16.03.2020

Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs,  in  association  with  Tribal  Cooperative  Marketing  Development Federation of India (TRIFED) organises national tribal festival/carnival annually at Delhi and other part of the country to showcase glimpses of rich cultural heritage of tribal people across the country through unique forms of folk dances, songs, cuisine, exhibition and demonstration of traditional skill in painting, art and craft, medicinal practices etc. Details of national tribal festival organised at Delhi is as below:

|   Year | Theme                                    | period                    | Venue                                                     |
|--------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|   2015 | National Tribal Festival-Vanaj           | 13th - 18th February,2015 | Indira Gandhi Art and Cultural Centre, NewDelhi           |
|   2016 | National Tribal Carnival - 2016          | 25th - 28th October,2016  | Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium and Pragati Maidan, NewDelhi |
|   2017 | National Tribal Festival (Aadi Mahotsav) | 16-30 November,2017       | Dilli Haat, INA, Central Park, etc, NewDelhi              |
|   2018 | National Tribal Festival (Aadi Mahotsav) | 16-30 November,2017       | Dilli Haat, INA, Central Park, etc, NewDelhi              |

During  the  current  financial  year,  besides  the  festival  being  organised  at  New  Delhi  (16-30 November 2019), the Ministry and and TRIFED has so far organised eight such festivals at Ooty, Leh,  Shimla,  Vishakhaptnam,  Noida,  Pune,  Indore  and  Bhubaneswar,Varanasi,  Goa,  Ranchi, Jaipur, Lucknow, Bhopal, Puducherry, Prayagraj, Bangalore, Patna, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad. A total of Rs. 11.75 crore has already been released to TRIFED during 2019-20 Government has established Tribal Research Institutes in 24 States and 2 UT. Core responsibility of TRIs is to function as a body of knowledge & research and as a think tank for tribal development and preservation  of  art  and  culture  of  tribal  people.  Within  the  set  of  TRIs,  there  are  cultural museum, library, training centre, research wing etc. Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) provides funds to State Governments under the Scheme 'Support to Tribal Research Institute (TRI)' for the functioning of TRIs. The annual outlay of the Scheme has been enhanced from Rs. 21.00 crore in 2016-17 to Rs. 80.00 crore in 2017-18, Rs. 100.00 crore in 2018-19, Rs. 110.00 crore in 2019-20.

Further,  MoTA  has  developed  a  digital  repository  with  web  address  http://tribal.nic.in/ repository  where  documents,  folks  songs,  photos/videos  regarding  thei  revolution,  place  of origin,  lifestyle,  eating  habits,  architecture,  education  level,  traditional  art,  folk  dances  and other  anthropological  details  of  the  tribes  in  India  are  stored.  The  repository  currently  has more than 10,000 photographs, videos and publications which are mostly done by TRIs.