Lok Sabha Question No. 150 (STARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: Assistance/Incentive Package to Artists in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Vijay Kumar Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *150

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023

## ASSISTANCE/INCENTIVE PACKAGE TO ARTISTS IN UTTAR PRADESH

## † * 150 SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY

## Will the MINISTER OF CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has identified the artists in Uttar Pradesh who have become jobless due to COVID-19;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to launch any assistance/incentive package for the artists in Uttar Pradesh; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 150 FOR 13.02.2023

(a), (b) & (c):  No Sir, Ministry of Culture has not undertaken any exercise to identify the artists of any state including Uttar Pradesh who have become jobless due to COVID-19 Pandemic. However,  it  has  been  continuous  endeavour  of  the  Ministry  of  Culture  to  provide  financial assistance  to  individuals/group  of  individuals/cultural  organizations  working  in  the  field  of promotion  and  development  of  art  and  culture  through  various  schemes  administered  by  it whose  beneficiaries  are  selected  by  Expert  Committee  on  the  basis  of  their  cultural profile/proposals.  All  efforts  were  made  to  ensure  speedy  disbursal  of  grants/financial assistance  to  beneficiaries  during  the  COVID period.  In  this  regards,  Ministry  also  took  the following initiatives to support artists of all genres during COVID-19 pandemic throughout the country including Uttar Pradesh:

-  Artists/organizations  that  had  already  been  sanctioned  grant  under  various  schemes  of 'Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana (KSVY)' were allowed to conduct events in virtual mode so as to  enable  them  to  avail  benefits  and  tide  over  the  crisis  arisen  due  to  the  spread  of COVID-19 pandemic.
-  Exemption was granted to organizations from mandatory inspection for release of yearly grants under the scheme of Repertory Grant.
-  One-time  exemption  was  granted  to  the  organizations  from  filing  the  expenditure  in Expenditure Advance Transfer (EAT) module for release of 1 st instalment to the grantees of  43 rd and  previous  meetings  under  Cultural  Function  &  Production  Grant  Scheme (CFPG).
-  Selection of Senior Fellows for the Batch Year 2019-20 & mid-term and final evaluation of 06  monthly  reports  of  earlier  batches  (upto  Batch  Year  2017-18)  in  respect  of  both Junior/Senior  Fellows  was  held  through  virtual  mode  and  financial  assistance  were released to the selected beneficiaries under the scheme for the Award Of Fellowship To Outstanding Persons in The Field Of Culture
-  One  time  exemption  was  granted  to  the  veteran  artists  from  submitting  the  mandatory annual income certificate under the scheme of Financial Assistance to Veteran Artists.

-  The seven Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs) provided financial assistance of Rs. 927.83 lakh to  the  artists  during  Covid-19  pandemic  from  April  2020  to  mid  2022.  Details  of programmes/activities organized by ZCCs are as under:-
-  Seven  Zonal  Cultural  Centres  (ZCCs)  under  Ministry  of  Culture  including  North Central  Zonal  Cultural  Centre  (NCZCC),  Prayagraj,  of  which  Uttar  Pradesh  is  a member state, organized online programmes wherein folk and tribal artists from all over the country including the state of Uttar Pradesh were provided an opportunity to  showcase  their  talents  through  webinars,  workshops,  live  performances  which were documented  and  broadcasted on various social media  platforms like Facebook  and  YouTube.  These  artists  were  paid  remuneration  for  their  online performances.
-  Zonal  Cultural  Centres  (ZCCs)  encouraged  the  folk  artists  to  get  registered themselves with their member States in order to avail the schemes announced by the States.

All  these  efforts  by  Ministry  of  culture  resulted  in  an  increase  in  the  number  of beneficiaries and amount disbursed under various schemes especially Financial Assistance for Promotion of Guru-Shishya Parampara (Repertory Grant), Scheme of Financial Assistance for  Veteran  Artists,  Cultural  Function  and  Production  Grant,  Financial  Assistance  for  the Preservation and Development of Cultural Heritage of the Himalayas, Financial Assistance for the Preservation & Development of Buddhist/Tibetan Organization and Scheme  for Scholarships  to  Young  Artistes  in  Different  Cultural  Fields.  The  same  may  be  seen  in Annexure - I .

(d) & (e): Financial assistance under various schemes being administered by this Ministry is already being provided to the artists/organizations of all states/UTs including Uttar Pradesh. Therefore, there is no proposal to launch any specific Assistance/incentive package for the artists  of  Uttar  Pradesh.  As  stated  above,  the  financial  assistance  provided  under  various schemes during the last three years and the current year in the state of Uttar Pradesh is given in Annexure - II . From the Annexure, it may be seen that there is an increase in the number of  beneficiaries  and  amount  disbursed  in  the  state  of  Uttar  Pradesh  under  almost  every scheme such as Scheme of Financial Assistance for Veteran Artists, Cultural Function and Production Grant, Financial Assistance for the Preservation & Development of Buddhist/Tibetan Organization and Scheme for Scholarships to Young Artistes.

## ANNEXURE - I

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a), (b) & (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 150 for 13.02.2023

## (Amount: Rs. in lakhs)

| Name of Scheme                                                                | 2019-2020                                                   | 2019-2020   | 2020-2021                                                   | 2020-2021   | 2021-2022                                                   | 2021-2022   | 2022-2023 (till date)                                       | 2022-2023 (till date)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| Name of Scheme                                                                | Number of Benefic- iaries (Indivi- duals / Organi- zations) | Amount      | Number of Benefic- iaries (Indivi- duals / Organi- zations) | Amount      | Number of Benefic- iaries (Indivi- duals / Organi- zations) | Amount      | Number of Benefic- iaries (Indivi- duals / Organi- zations) | Amount                  |
| Financial Assistance for Promotion of Guru- Shishya Parampara                 | 574                                                         | 3995.74     | 529                                                         | 3480.15     | 573                                                         | 4248.58     | 1012                                                        | 6690.52                 |
| Grant) Scheme of Financial Assistance for Veteran Artists                     | 3188                                                        | 1817.60     | 2000                                                        | 871.31      | 3020                                                        | 1542.16     | 2555                                                        | 1344.00                 |
| Scheme for the Award of Fellowship to Outstanding Persons in the Field of     | 974                                                         | 832.20      | 982                                                         | 888.60      | 346                                                         | 509.00      | 908                                                         | 1305.6                  |
| Culture Scheme for Scholarship to Young Artistes in Different Cultural Fields | 1086                                                        | 325.80      | 1265                                                        | 379.50      | 1206                                                        | 390.00      | 395                                                         | 118.50                  |
| Tagore National Fellowship for Cultural Research                              | 5                                                           | 20.73       | 7                                                           | 28.25       | 7                                                           | 52.25       | -                                                           | -                       |

| Financial Assistance to Cultural Organizations with National Presence             |   8 |   701.03 | 6    | 930.46   | 6    | 758.24   | 15   | 907.90   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|----------|------|----------|------|----------|------|----------|
| Cultural Function and Production                                                  | 975 |  1199.35 | 1468 | 1651.90  | 1615 | 2331.00  | 1942 | 2936.26  |
| Financial Assistance for the Preservation and Development of Cultural Heritage of |  96 |   229.95 | 128  | 336.00   | 203  | 473.97   | 233  | 466.00   |
| Financial Assistance for the Development of Buddhist/ Tibetan                     | 142 |   704.97 | 276  | 1607.99  | 367  | 2206.66  | 398  | 2579     |
| Culture & Art Financial Assistance for Building Grants including Studio Theatres  |  26 |   273    | 29   | 193.46   | 22   | 133.04   | 18   | 115.39   |
| Financial Assistance for Allied Cultural Activities                               |  20 |   754    | -    | -        | -    | -        | -    | -        |
| Financial Assistance for Construction of Tagore Cultural Complexes (TCC)          |   4 |  1757    | 1    | 596.00   | 2    | 349.02   | -    | -        |

## ANNEXURE - II

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) & (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 150 for 13.02.2023

## (Amount: Rs. in lakhs)

|                                                                                   | 2019-2020                                                   | 2019-2020   | 2020-2021                                                   | 2020-2021   | 2021-2022                                                   | 2021-2022   | 2022-2023 (till date)                                       | 2022-2023 (till date)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| Name of the Scheme                                                                | Number of Benefic- iaries (Indivi- duals / Organi- zations) | Amount      | Number of Benefic- iaries (Indivi- duals / Organi- zations) | Amount      | Number of Benefic- iaries (Indivi- duals / Organi- zations) | Amount      | Number of Benefic- iaries (Indivi- duals / Organi- zations) | Amount                  |
| Financial Assistance for Promotion of Guru- Shishya Parampara (Repertory          | 39                                                          | 242.84      | 33                                                          | 161.57      | 26                                                          | 195.32      | 48                                                          | 245.20                  |
| Grant) Financial Assistance for Veteran Artists                                   | 8                                                           | 3.20        | 9                                                           | 5.12        | 46                                                          | 13.08       | 36                                                          | 6.04                    |
| Scheme For The Award 0f Fellowship to Outstanding Persons in The Field Of Culture | 52                                                          | 41.40       | 114                                                         | 100.80      | 103                                                         | 167.20      | 117                                                         | 151.80                  |
| Scheme for Scholarship to Young Artists in Different Cultural Fields              | 132                                                         | 39.60       | 134                                                         | 40.20       | 153                                                         | 45.90       | 34                                                          | 10.20                   |
| Financial Assistance to Cultural Organizations with National Presence             | 1                                                           | 12.50       | 1                                                           | 45.00       | 1                                                           | 12.50       | 2                                                           | 93.75                   |

|                                                                                                  | 2019-2020                                                   | 2019-2020   | 2020-2021                                                   | 2020-2021   | 2021-2022                                                   | 2021-2022   | 2022-2023 (till date)                                       | 2022-2023 (till date)   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| Name of the Scheme                                                                               | Number of Benefic- iaries (Indivi- duals / Organi- zations) | Amount      | Number of Benefic- iaries (Indivi- duals / Organi- zations) | Amount      | Number of Benefic- iaries (Indivi- duals / Organi- zations) | Amount      | Number of Benefic- iaries (Indivi- duals / Organi- zations) | Amount                  |
| Cultural Function & Production Grant                                                             | 131                                                         | 126.78      | 202                                                         | 167.15      | 235                                                         | 274.55      | 263                                                         | 334.59                  |
| (CFPG) Financial Assistance for the Preservation & Development of Buddhist/ Tibetan Organization | 3                                                           | 6.90        | 12                                                          | 50.53       | 19                                                          | 110.31      | 27                                                          | 195.28                  |