Lok Sabha Question No. 3522 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-16
Subject: Opening of New Cultural Centres in North East Delhi
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Nishikant  Dubey, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Ravindra Kushawaha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3522 TH

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 MARCH, 2020

## OPENING OF NEW CULTURAL CENTRES IN NORTH EAST DELHI

## 3522.   SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes  to set up  Cultural  Centres  in the  entire country including Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi NCR for promotion of cultural heritage of India and its values among the youth;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government has any proposal to open a New Cultural Centre in North East Delhi constituency area; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## 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 cultural  heritage  of  India  throughout  the  country  including  Jharkhand,  Uttar Pradesh and Delhi NCR, the Government of India has already set up seven Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs) with headquarters at Patiala, Nagpur, Udaipur, Prayagraj, Kolkata,  Dimapur  and  Thanjavur.  These  ZCCs  organize  various  cultural  activities and programmes all over the country on regular basis. The member States of these ZCCs are annexed (Annexure) .  Out  of  these  ZCCs,  Eastern  Zonal  Cultural  Centre (EZCC), Kolkata caters to the cultural need of Jharkhand and North Central Zone Cultural Centre (NCZCC), Prayagraj that of Uttar Pradesh and Delhi NCR.

- (c) & (d) No such proposal is  under  the  consideration  of  the  Government  of India.

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3522 for 16.03.2020

## Member States of Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs)

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Centre                 | Headquarter   | 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                                                  |