Lok Sabha Question No. 3591 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: Folk Culture and Folk Artists of Bundelkhand and Uttarakhand
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3591 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  AUGUST, 2022

## FOLK CULTURE AND FOLK ARTISTS OF BUNDELKHAND AND UTTARAKHAND

## † 3591. SHRIMATI MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH: SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  made  efforts  to  preserve  the  folk  culture  and  to promote and protect the folk artists of Bundelkhand and Uttarakhand; and
- (b) if  so,  the details thereof and the expenditure incurred towards the said purpose during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Yes, Sir. To preserve the folk culture and to promote and protect the folk artists of  the  country  including  Bundelkhand  and  Uttarakhand,  the  Government  has  set  up seven Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs) with headquarters at Patiala, Thanjavur, Nagpur, Dimapur, Udaipur, Prayagraj and Kolkata.
- (b) Bundelkhand Region falls under the jurisdiction of North Central Zone Cultural Centre  (NCZCC),  Prayagraj  and  South  Central  Zone  Cultural  Centre  (SCZCC), Nagpur.  Uttarakhand  is  the  member  State  of  North  Zone  Cultural  Centre  (NZCC), Patiala and NCZCC, Prayagraj.  These ZCCs organize cultural activities/ programmes on regular basis throughout the year for which they engage folk artists including artists from  Bundelkhand  Region  and  the  State  of  Uttarakhand.  These  artists  are  paid honorarium, TA/DA, boarding & lodging, local transportation etc. by the ZCCs.

Details of expenditure incurred by NCZCC, SCZCC and NZCC to preserve the folk culture and to promote and protect the folk artists of Bundelkhand Region and the State of Uttarakhand during the last five years are as under:-

|   Sl. No. | Year    |   Expenditure incurred by NCZCC & SCZCC in Bundelkhand Region (Rs. in lakh) |   Expenditure incurred by NCZCC and NZCC in the State of Uttarakhand (Rs. in lakh) |
|-----------|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | 2017-18 |                                                                      131.08 |                                                                              17.85 |
|         2 | 2018-19 |                                                                       13.68 |                                                                              23.07 |
|         3 | 2019-20 |                                                                       11.93 |                                                                              21.04 |
|         4 | 2020-21 |                                                                       50.92 |                                                                              12.34 |
|         5 | 2021-22 |                                                                       13.43 |                                                                              20.48 |