Lok Sabha Question No. 3614 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: Promotion of Classical Art Forms and Culture
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3614

TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 th AUGUST, 2022

## PROMOTION OF CLASSICAL ART FORMS AND CULTURE

## 3614. COL.  RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE:

Will the MINISTER OF CULTURE be pleased to state :

- (a) the details of  the  scholarships  and  fellowships  provided  by  the  Ministry  for promotion of Indian traditional and classical art forms, artists and culture;
- (b) the  State-wise  distribution  of  scholarship  awardees  of  the  various  scholarships provided by the Ministry of Culture for promotion of Indian traditional art forms and artists for the past five years; and
- (c) the  Year-wise  number  and  percentage  (out  of  the  national  total)  of  scholarship awardees from Rajasthan during the last five years?

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

- (a)The Ministry of Culture administers a Scheme by the name of Scheme of Scholarship &  Fellowship  for  Promotion  of  Art  and  Culture  including  Indian  traditional  and classical art forms having following three components:-
- (i)  'Award  of  Scholarships  to  Young  Artists  in  Different  Cultural  Fields  (SYA)'. Scholarship of Rs.5000/- per month is provided to selected beneficiaries in the age group of 18 -25 years, in four equal six monthly installments for a period of 2 years. The candidates should have undergone training under any Guru or Institution for a minimum period of five years. The scholars are selected for Scholarship on the basis of their performance in a personal interview/interaction before an Expert Committee duly constituted by the Ministry.
- (ii)  Award  of  Senior/Junior  Fellowships  to  outstanding  persons  in  different  cultural fields -  Senior Fellowship is provided to selected Fellows in the age group of forty years  and  above  in  four  equal  6  monthly  installments  @  Rs.20,000/-  p.m    for  02 years for cultural research.

Junior Fellowship is provided to selected Fellows in the age group of twenty  five to forty years in four equal 6 monthly installments @ Rs.10,000/- p.m for 02 years. Upto 400 Senior & Junior Fellowships are awarded in one  batch  year. The Fellows are selected by an Expert Committee duly constituted by the Ministry for Senior/Junior Fellowship.

( iii) Award of Tagore National Fellowship for Cultural Research - The candidates are selected under two categories viz. Tagore National Fellowship and Tagore Research Scholarship  to  work  on  cultural  research  by  affiliation  under  different  participating institutions  in  4  different  groups.    The  final  selection  is  made  by  the  National Selection Committee (NSC) duly constituted by the Ministry.

- (b)The  selection  of  Scholars  under  the  Scheme  of  Scholarship  to  Young  Artists  in Different Cultural Fields (SYA) including Indian traditional art forms is made on merit and  there  is  no  selection  based  on  State-wise  criteria.  However,  the  details  of scholarship awardees selected from different States for the past the past five years is Annexed .
- (c)  The  Year-wise  number  and  percentage  (out  of  the  national  total)  of  scholarship awardees from Rajasthan during the last five years is given below:-

|   Sl. No. | Batch Year   |   No. of Selected Scholars |   Percentage (%) |
|-----------|--------------|----------------------------|------------------|
|         1 | 2015-16      |                         04 |             1.41 |
|         2 | 2016-17      |                         03 |             0.96 |
|         3 | 2017-18      |                         04 |             1.26 |
|         4 | 2018-19      |                         08 |             2.08 |
|         5 | 2019-20      |                         10 |             2.5  |

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## Annexure referred to in Reply to Part (b) of the LokSabhaUnstarred Q. No. 3614 for 08-08-2022

State-wise selected scholars under the Scheme of Scholarship to Young Artistes in Different Cultural Fields (SYA*) during last 05 years.

| Sl No          | State             | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |
|----------------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.             | Andaman &Nicobar  | --        | --        | --        | --        | --        |
| 2.             | Andhra Pradesh    | 07        | 07        | 02        | 06        | 3         |
| 3.             | Arunachal Pradesh | --        | --        | 02        | 04        | 1         |
| 4.             | Assam             | 13        | 14        | 12        | 19        | 27        |
| 5.             | Bihar             | 11        | 11        | 10        | 14        | 16        |
| 6.             | Chandigarh        | 01        | 01        | --        | 01        | 3         |
| 7.             | Chhattisgarh      | 07        | 08        | 08        | 14        | 11        |
| 8.             | Delhi             | 22        | 16        | 14        | 21        | 24        |
| 9.             | Goa               | --        | 01        | 01        | 01        | 2         |
| 10.            | Gujarat           | 05        | 04        | 09        | 08        | 6         |
| 11.            | Haryana           | 06        | 06        | 07        | 06        | 5         |
| 12.            | Himachal Pradesh  | 02        | 01        | 01        | 01        | --        |
| 13.            | Jammu and Kashmir | 05        | 02        | 02        | 06        | 1         |
| 14.            | Jharkhand         | 05        | 07        | 01        | 05        | 8         |
| 15.            | Karnataka         | 13        | 26        | 25        | 24        | 28        |
| 16.            | Kerala            | 11        | 18        | 20        | 23        | 20        |
| 17.            | Madhya Pradesh    | 12        | 37        | 28        | 35        | 26        |
| 18.            | Maharashtra       | 36        | 33        | 26        | 42        | 42        |
| 19.            | Manipur           | 10        | 03        | 09        | 09        | 8         |
| 20.            | Meghalaya         | --        | --        | --        | --        | --        |
| 21.            | Mizoram           | --        | 01        | --        | --        | --        |
| 22.            | Nagaland          | --        | --        | --        | --        | --        |
| 23.            | Odisha            | 11        | 20        | 22        | 22        | 25        |
| 24.            | Puducherry        | 01        | 02        | --        | --        | --        |
| 25.            | Punjab            | 04        | 02        | 06        | 04        | 4         |
| 26.            | Rajasthan         | 04        | 03        | 04        | 08        | 10        |
| 27.            | Sikkim            | --        | --        | --        | 01        | 1         |
| 28.            | Tamil Nadu        | 05        | 03        | 10        | 08        | 18        |
| 29.            | Telangana         | 01        | 01        | 05        | 02        | 3         |
| 30.            | Tripura           | 02        | --        | 01        | 01        | 2         |
| 31.            | Uttar Pradesh     | 32        | 38        | 43        | 38        | 36        |
| 32.            | Uttarakhand       | 01        | 01        | 07        | 01        | 3         |
| 33.            | West Bengal       | 56        | 46        | 40        | 60        | 67        |
| Total Awardees | Total Awardees    | 283       | 310       | 317       | 384       | 400       |

* Under this scheme financial assistance is given to selected young artistes of outstanding promise in the age group of 18-25 years for advanced training within India in the field of Indian Classical Music, Indian Classical Dance, Theatre, Mime, Visual art, Folk, Traditional and Indigenous Arts and Light Classical Music etc. @ Rs. 5,000/- p.m. for 2 years.