Lok Sabha Question No. 105 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-18
Subject: Status of CCRT
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Faizal P.P. Mohammed, Saikia Dilip, Parvesh Sahib Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 105 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.11.2019

## STATUS OF CCRT

## †105. SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK: MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.: SHRI DILIP SAIKIA: SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH VERMA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  establish  Rashtriya  Centre  for  Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) to promote lndian Culture and if so, the details thereof and the present status of CCRT;
- (b) whether the Government is considering to implement certain special schemes in several States including Haryana, Assam and other North Eastern States and if so, the details thereof along with the number of schools and colleges likely to benefit through these schemes;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any steps to make people explore and understand the  unknown  aspects  of  India's  lesser  known  places  and  their  rural  and  semi-urban culture and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government is planning to launch e-portal named 'Digital Bharat Digital Sanskriti'  and  a  YouTube  channel for  CCRT  to  promote  Indian Culture  and  if  so,  the details thereof along with the salient features of the e-portal of CCRT and the budget allocated for the purpose; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  entered  into  any  agreements  with  companies  or YouTubers for running its CCRT YouTube channel and if so, the details thereof along with the funds allocated in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR CULTURE & TOURISM (PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

- (a): Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT), an autonomous institution working under  the  aegis  of  Ministry  of  Culture,  Government  of  India  is  one  of  the  premier institutions working in the field of Linking Education with Culture in the country. The CCRT,  set  up  in  the  seventies as a  result  of  the  efforts  of  Smt.  Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay  and  Dr.  (Mrs.)  Kapila  Vatsyayan,  is  working  in  the  field  of  linking education with culture.

Over  the  years,  it  has  conducted  research  and  has  worked  out  methodologies  for providing  a  cultural  component  in  classroom  teaching,  thereby  to  some  extent, achieving the objectives of the integrated approach to education using a culture base to understand the various school disciplines. The mission of the CCRT is to infuse into teachers  and  students  awareness  of  the  importance  and  plurality  of  the  regional cultures  of  India,  and  the  need  to  conserve  and  preserve  our  natural  and  cultural heritage, and thereafter to integrate this knowledge with school education.

- (b): At present and during the financial year 2019-20, there is no special schemes to be implemented  in  several  States  by  CCRT  including  Haryana,  Assam  and  other  NorthEastern States. However, all the regular schemes of this Ministry including CCRT are being implemented all over the country including these States also.
- (c): The CCRT has started publishing books from the series 'Untold Tales of India' to make people aware and understand the unknown aspects of India's lesser known places and their culture. Till now CCRT has published 04 books on such places namely:-
- (a) Kalpi
- (b) Chamba
- (c) Hamara Saharanpur
- (d) Devas Ki Sanskritik Parampara

Books to be published in the year 2019-20:

- (a) Aranama
- (b) Suryadeha Ka Surat Aur Surat Ke Heera
- (c) Chitrakoot
- (d) Santo Ka Sahar Hoshiarpur
- (e) Sikar
- (f) Pithoragarh
- (g) Champavat Ka Sanskritik Vaibhav.
- (d): The Hon'ble Minister of Tourism and Culture, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel has launched Eportal  and  CCRT  You-tube  official  channel  titled  'Digital Bharat-Digital  Sanskriti'  in  a function held on October 21, 2019 at CCRT, New Delhi. The E-portal has connected the CCRT Headquarter at Delhi with all the three Regional Centres located at Hyderabad, Udaipur and Guwahati respectively in its Phase-I. Besides this,  the 09 Interpretation Centres set up by CCRT under the Sanskriti Project implemented at Varanasi are also being linked through this E-portal.

The CCRT trained teachers, teacher educators, District Resource Persons, Scholarship holders  and  Fellows  have  been  requested  to  send  their  02  to  05  minutes  videos  on Indian Arts and Culture for uploading/posting in CCRT official You-tube Channel. The Documentation  Section  of  CCRT  is  getting  several  such  Videos  since  its  launch  and after a close scrutiny, the selected Videos are being uploaded on the channel besides the other Audio -Visual material developed by CCRT from its achieves.

There is no separate budget allocated for this purpose.

- (e): The  CCRT  has  not  entered  into  any  agreements  with  companies  or  You-Tubers  for running its  You-tube channel  as  it  is  managed in-house by  the  CCRT  documentation team. However, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with Routes
- 2 Roots, a non- profit NGO to provide its technical expertise  and inputs for running CCRT E-portal from time to time without any financial amount given to NGO.
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