Lok Sabha Question No. 1296 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-06
Subject: Funds to States to Organise Fairs and Festivals
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Jual Oram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1296 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## FUNDS TO STATES TO ORGANISE FAIRS AND FESTIVALS

## 1296. SHRI JUAL ORAM:

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

- (a)  whether the Government is providing funds to the States to organize fairs and festivals and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)   whether the assistance is extended to the States to promote tribal culture also; and
- (c)   if so, the fund provided to different States during the last three years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) No, Sir. State/ UT-wise funds are not released by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India to organize fairs and festivals.

The  Ministry  of  Culture  organizes  National  Level  Festivals  like  Rashtriya  Sanskriti Mahotsavs (RSMs) through its Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs) where a large number of artists from all  over  India  are  engaged  to  showcase  their  talents.  Besides,  RSMs,  ZCCs  also  organize Regional Festivals alongwith other cultural activities/ programmes for promotion of culture every year as per their programme calendar. The grant-in-aid released to these ZCCs during the last five years for organizing their activities including Regional Festivals and RSMs is as under:

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | Year    |   Amount released for organizing activities including Regional Festivals |   Amount released for organizing RSMs |
|-----------|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| i.        | 2016-17 |                                                                  6085.07 |                               2318    |
| ii.       | 2017-18 |                                                                  4689.71 |                                967.5  |
| iii.      | 2018-19 |                                                                  5952.69 |                                375    |
| iv.       | 2019-20 |                                                                  5732.95 |                                996    |
| v.        | 2020-21 |                                                                  4009.38 |                                694.68 |

(b) & (c) Since  2007,  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs,  Government  of  India  is  running  a  special scheme called Conservation cum Development Plan (CCD), meant for the 75 identified Particularly Vulnerable  Tribal  Groups  (PVTG)  in  the  Country.  Under  this  centrally  sponsored  scheme,  the grants  are  given  to  States  and  Union  Territories  inhabited  by  such  tribal  groups  to  ensure  that along with development interventions, the culture of such communities is also preserved, protected and  promoted.  The  Ministry  allocates  annual  budgetary  provision  to  the  States/UTs  where  the PVTGs inhabit. Details of funds released  to  the  State  Governments  during  the  last  three  years under the scheme of 'Development of PVTGs' are as under:

(Rs. in lakh)

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State   |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh      |   1837    |   3713.43 |   1245.51 |
|         2 | Chhattisgarh        |   1051.5  |   1311.35 |    989.32 |
|         3 | Gujarat             |    604    |    429.05 |    552.2  |
|         4 | Jharkhand           |   3295.79 |    847    |   1777.29 |

| 5     | Karnataka      |   460.00 |   1933.01 |   438.46 |
|-------|----------------|----------|-----------|----------|
| 6     | Kerala         |     0    |      0    |    88    |
| 7     | Madhya Pradesh |  7998.09 |   8064.89 |  2188.11 |
| 8     | Maharashtra    |  1230.26 |   2510    |  1411.66 |
| 9     | Manipur        |  1157.55 |      0    |     0    |
| 10    | Odisha         |  3626    |    976.38 |  1202    |
| 11    | Rajasthan      |  1008    |    968.1  |   968    |
| 12    | Tamil Nadu     |     0    |    819.48 |   551.08 |
| 13    | Telangana      |   533    |    538.5  |  1460.5  |
| 14    | Tripura        |   789.53 |   1960.82 |   231.43 |
| 15    | Uttar Pradesh  |     0    |      0    |    82.04 |
| 16    | Uttarakhand    |   565.86 |    489.53 |   295    |
| 17    | West Bengal    |   843.42 |    437.47 |   519.4  |
| Total | Total          | 25000    |  24999    | 14000    |

Further  27  Tribal  Research Institutes (TRI) have been set up across the country with an objective to act as a think tank and become repository of information on tribal communities. Under the scheme 'Support to TRIs', the Ministry of Tribal Affairs provides funds to TRIs for undertaking studies and documentation on life and culture of tribal communities including tribes of North East. TRIs  have  conducted  documentation  (Audio-Video,  photos  and  documentation  in  written  and published  form)  of  indigenous  knowledge  systems  practices,  cultures  and  customs  of  the  tribal communities. Details of funds released to the State Governments during the last three years under the Scheme of 'Support to Tribal Research Institutes' are as under:

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | State               |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar |     99    |      0    |      0    |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh      |    749.58 |    500    |    455    |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh   |    253.01 |    923.85 |    184.15 |
| 4         | Assam               |    198.75 |    235.64 |      0    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        |    504.49 |      0    |      0    |
| 6         | Gujarat             |      0    |   1719.06 |      0    |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh    |    106.8  |     68.05 |     50    |
| 8         | Jammu And Kashmir   |     97    |    308.84 |    206.51 |
| 9         | Jharkhand           |   1211.83 |   1654.5  |      0    |
| 10        | Karnataka           |    106    |    185.5  |     26.35 |
| 11        | Kerala              |    401.25 |      0    |      0    |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh      |    738.34 |      0    |    447    |
| 13        | Maharashtra         |    485.01 |    141    |      0    |
| 14        | Manipur             |    530.11 |    877    |      0    |
| 15        | Mizoram             |    564.36 |   1512    |   1178.22 |
| 16        | Nagaland            |    825    |    275    |      0    |
| 17        | Odisha              |    819.07 |    780.04 |    503    |
| 18        | Rajasthan           |    214    |      0    |      8.89 |
| 19        | Sikkim              |    194.5  |     82.5  |    144    |
| 20        | Tamil Nadu          |    177.25 |      0    |      0    |
| 21        | Telangana           |    454    |    557.25 |    375.75 |
| 22        | Tripura             |    316.14 |    335.52 |      0    |
| 23        | Uttar Pradesh       |      0    |      0    |     35.15 |
| 24        | West Bengal         |    380.15 |    149.25 |      0    |
| 25        | Meghalaya           |    574.35 |      0    |      0    |
| 26        | Uttarakhand         |      0    |    693    |   2183.48 |
| 27        | Goa                 |      0    |      0    |    202.5  |
| Total     | Total               |  10000    |  10998    |   6000    |