Lok Sabha Question No. 759 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-07
Subject: Functions of Indian Institute of Culture and National Centre for Performing Arts
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Sanjay Bhatia

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.759 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2022

## FUNCTIONS OF INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CULTURE AND NATIONAL CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTS

## †759. SHRI SANJAY BHATIA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the 100 experiential museums that the Government is planning to develop to promote tourism in India;
- (b) whether any of these museums is located in Panipat, Karnal and Kurukshetra and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  details  of  the  historical  sites  selected  for  the  authentic  reconstruction  five year plan to promote tourism in Karnal, Haryana; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  structure  and  function  of  the  proposed  Indian  institute  of Culture and National Centre for Performing Arts?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)&(b):  Ministry of Culture has developed two Virtual Experiential Museums:- Man Mahal at Varanasi and Ajanta Caves at National Museum, Delhi. Ministry of Culture also proposes  to  set  up  a  National  Virtual  Experiential  Site  Museum  at  Vadnagar, Gujarat.  At present, there is no Virtual Experiential Museum in Panipat, Karnal and Kurukshetra.
- (c): Ministry of Tourism under its schemes of 'Swadesh Darshan' and 'Development of Iconic sites', has developed tourism infrastructure at various heritage destinations. Under both these schemes, the primary objective is to develop the identified destinations as benchmark tourist destinations in terms of comprehensive development of infrastructure & services.

Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned following one project under Swadesh Darshan Scheme in Haryana:

(Amt. in crore)

|   S. No. | Name of State   | Name of Circuit & Year    | Project Name                                                                                               |   Amt. Sanctioned |   Amt. Released |
|----------|-----------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|        1 | Haryana         | Krishna Circuit (2016-17) | Development of Tourism Infrastructures at Brahmsarovar, SanhitSarovar, Narkatari, Jyotisar in Kurukshetra. |             97.35 |           77.88 |

- (d): Indian Institute of Culture/Heritage: The government has decided to set up the 'Indian  Institute  of  Heritage'  at  Noida,  Gautam  Buddha  Nagar  as  world  class university. This will promote higher education and research in the fields related to  rich  Indian  heritage  and  its  conservation.  Indian  Institute  of  Heritage  would offer  Masters  and  Ph.D  courses  in  History  of  Arts,  Conservation,  Museology, Archival Studies, Archaeology, Preventive Conservation, Epigraphy and Numismatics, Manuscriptology etc. as well as conservation training facilities to inservice employees and the students of the Indian Institute of Heritage.

The Institute is being set up as Deemed to be University by integrating Institute of  Archaeology  (Pt.  Deendayal  Upadhyaya  Institute  of  Archaeology),  School  of Archival  Studies  under  National  Archives  of  India,  New  Delhi,  the  National Research  Laboratory  for  Conservation  of  Cultural  Property  (NRLC),  Lucknow, National  Museum  Institute  of  History  of  Art,  Conservation  and  Museology (NMIHACM) and Academic Wing  of Indira  Gandhi  National  Centre  for  the  Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi.

The  Registrar  of  Societies  vide  Order  dated  22nd July,  2021  has  approved  the renaming of the Society from NMIHACM  to  Indian  Institute of Heritage (IIH) w.e.f. 22.07.2021 under the Registration Act, 1860, along with the Memorandum of  Association  (MoA).  Ministry  of  Education  vide  its  letter  dated 10th September, 2021 has given in-principle approval for changing the name of NMIHACM to Indian Institute of Heritage (IIH).

National  Centre  for  the  Performing  Art  (NCPA):  NCPA  had  been  planned  to  be located  within  the  premises  of  Indira  Gandhi  National  Centre  for  the  Arts (IGNCA).  Since  IGNCA  is  being  re-located,  the  NCPA  project  is  not  being pursued.

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