Lok Sabha Question No. 5206 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-03
Subject: Special Programmes Organised for Conservation and Promotion of Art and Culture
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Jyotsna Charandas Mahant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5206(H)

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.04.2023

## SPECIAL PROGRAMMES ORGANISED FOR CONSERVATION AND PROMOTION OF ART AND CULTURE

## 5206(H). SHRIMATI JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any plan keeping in view the persons from the field of art, literature and culture affected due to the serious impact in the said fields of work during the critical period of Covid-19;
- (b)   whether there are any special programmes organised by the Union Government for the conservation and  promotion  of  art  and  culture  of  various  genres  as  well  as  exchange  of  regional  language  and culture;
- (c) whether recognition is granted to artists and litterateurs of various local and acclaimed genres of the States in the above programmes and if any amount is granted for contribution of said persons; and
- (d) if  so,  the  category-wise  and  amount-wise  details  of  programmes  organized  in  the  States  including Chhattisgarh, State-wise?

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

## ANSWER

- (a) Government has taken a number of initiatives for the persons affected due to the serious impact of Covid-19, during the critical period, in the fields of art, literature and culture.
- (b) Union Government has organized programmes for conservation and promotion of art and culture of various genres as well as exchange of regional language and culture. The Ministry of Culture through its  autonomous  organizations  viz.  Sangeet  Natak  Akademi,  Sahitya  Akademi,  National  School  of Drama,  Centre  for  Cultural  Resources  and  Training,  Lalit  Kala  Akademi,  Kalakshetra  Foundation, Indira  Gandhi  National    Centre  for  the  Arts  have  organized  programmes  for  the  conservation  and promotion of art and culture of various genres as well as exchange of regional language and culture.

The  Sangeet  Natak  Akademi  (SNA)  organizes  Festivals  all  over  the  country.  The  akademi  gives grants-in-aid  for  research,  documentation,  and  publishing  in  the  performing  arts.  SNA  also  offers financial support to cultural institutions across the country. The Akademi's archives carefully preserve recordings of the eminent and upcoming artists.

Sahitya Akademi annually organizes more than 500 literary programmes, publishes around 500 literary books  and  organizes/participates  in  nearly  150-200  book  fairs  and  exhibitions.  During  the  last  five years, the Sahitya Akademi has been intensely promoting Indian literature in all 24 languages through conferment of Awards (96 per annum), programmes ( about 500 per annum), publications (about 500 per annum) and by participating in the book fairs and exhibitions across the country.

National  School  of  Drama  (NSD)  conducts  various  Theatre  activities,  i.e.  Rashtriya  Poorvottar Samaroh, Bharat Rang Mahotsav, Poorvottar Natya Samaroh, Poorvottar Rashtriya Samaroh, Classical Theatre  Festival,  National  Tribal  Festival  of  Theatre,  Music  &  Art  and  organized  3  days  theater festival under 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' on the occasion of 75 th Anniversary of Independence.

Centre  for  Cultural  Resources  and  Training  (CCRT)  organizes  in-service  Orientation  Courses  and Thematic Workshops for Government and Government aided school teachers and teacher educators throughout the year, for preservation and promotion of Indian art, literature and culture at the national level.

Lalit Kala Akademi (LKA) is working for the development of visual arts in India and has conducted a number of Exhibitions and Workshops across the country.

The Kalakshetra Foundation conducted various Arts festivals such as Kathakali, Annual Art Festival, Trinity  Festivals,  Remembering Rukamani Devi Festival, Kalasibiram, KalaSambrakshana, Dhrupad Festival,   International Dance festivals and Vitasta festival etc.

Ministry  of  Culture  is  also implementing  Kala  Sanskriti  Vikas Yojana (KSVY)  scheme through which cultural  organizations are given financial assistance for the promotion  of art and  culture.

- (c)  & (d) Sangeet Natak Akademi gives its Fellowship (Ratna) which is the highest honor conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi. The Akademi has honored 153 eminent personalities as Akademi Fellows (Akademi Ratna). The Akademi Fellowship carries purse money of Rs. 3.00 lakhs, a Tamrapatra and an  Angavastram. Also,  SNA  awards  are  conferred  to  the  large  body  of  practitioners,  gurus  and scholars in the performing arts who represent the nation's highest achievement in music, dance and drama. Till date, over 1298 artists have been honored by the SNA awards which carry purse money of Rs. 1.00 lakh, a Tamrapatra and an Angavastram. SNA had also conferred Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar and Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Award: which carries a purse money of Rs. 25,000/- and Rs. 1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh) respectively.

Similarly, Sahitya Akademi had conferred awards namely Sahitya Akademi awards, Sahitya Akademi Prize  for  Translation,  Yuva  Puraskar,  Bal  Sahitya  Puraskar,  Sahitya  Akademi  Bhasha  Samman  to eminent litterateurs. Sahitya Akademi award and Bhasha Samman carries award money of Rs. 1 lakh/and rest awards carries award money of Rs. 50,000/-.

Lalit Kala Akademi has also conferred 50 National Akademi Awards for 2019, 2020, 2021 to varied artists of the country. The award carries a token money of Rs. 2 lakh. Print Biennale Awards for the years 2018 and 2021 were also presented to 10 eminent persons of the field with an award money of Rs. 2 lakh each.

Centre  for  Cultural  Resources  and  Training  (CCRT),  autonomous  body  of  M/o  Culture)  has  given recognition to Resource Persons, Experts, Craft Persons who are invited from all over the country in various training programmes, workshops, festivals organized by CCRT by felicitating them. Number of  teachers  trained  by  CCRT  in  various  training  programmes  in  the  last  05  years  from  all  over  the country including the state of Chhattisgarh are annexed as Annexure-A .

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## ANNEXURE-A

| State/UTs           | No. of Partici pants in Orient ation Course   | No. of Parti cipan ts(Re fresh er Cour se)   | Teache rs Traine d Throu gh Master Traine rs   | No. of Part icip ants in Ori enta tion Cou rse   | No. of Partici pants( Refres her Course )   | Teachers Trained Through Master Trainers   | No. of Parti cipan ts in Orien tation Cour se   | No. of Parti cipan ts(Re fresh er Cour se)   | Teache rs Traine d Throu gh Master Traine rs   | No. of Participan ts (E- learning Workshop *   | No. of Parti cipan ts (Orie ntatio n Cour se)   | No. of Parti cipan ts (Refr esher Cour se)   | No. of Particip ants (E- learning Worksh op)   |
|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Year                | 2017-18                                       | 2017-18                                      | 2017-18                                        | 2018-19                                          | 2018-19                                     | 2018-19                                    | 2019-20                                         | 2019-20                                      | 2019-20                                        | 2020-21 2021-22                                | 2020-21 2021-22                                 | 2020-21 2021-22                              | 2020-21 2021-22                                |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 35                                            | 12                                           | 327                                            | 24                                               | 17                                          | 360                                        | -                                               | 03                                           | 109                                            | 94                                             | 10                                              | -                                            | 12                                             |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | -                                             | -                                            | 80                                             | 04                                               | 01                                          | 40                                         | 05                                              | -                                            | -                                              | 7                                              | -                                               | -                                            | -                                              |
| Assam               | 04                                            | 25                                           | 408                                            | 15                                               | 10                                          | 292                                        | 18                                              | 04                                           | 80                                             | 155                                            | 19                                              | 07                                           | 337                                            |
| Bihar               | 10                                            | 14                                           | 40                                             | 19                                               | 19                                          | 80                                         | 32                                              | 01                                           | -                                              | 32                                             | 03                                              | 01                                           | 10                                             |
| Chhattisgarh        | 40                                            | 10                                           | 134                                            | 16                                               | 10                                          | 218                                        | 11                                              | 02                                           | 119                                            | 121                                            | 22                                              | 04                                           | 82                                             |
| Goa                 | 05                                            | -                                            | 40                                             | 05                                               | 01                                          | 40                                         | 06                                              | -                                            | -                                              | 05                                             | 03                                              | -                                            | -                                              |
| Gujarat             | 65                                            | 33                                           | 120                                            | 43                                               | 20                                          | 40                                         | 37                                              | 15                                           | 82                                             | 140                                            | 82                                              | 04                                           | 216                                            |
| Haryana             | 43                                            | 16                                           | 321                                            | 16                                               | 10                                          | 160                                        | 05                                              | 06                                           | 40                                             | 89                                             | 13                                              | 13                                           | 13                                             |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 39                                            | 05                                           | 72                                             | 41                                               | 04                                          | 74                                         | 25                                              | 01                                           | -                                              | 92                                             | -                                               | 05                                           | 5                                              |
| Jammu & Kashmir(UT) | 134                                           | 10                                           | 206                                            | 60                                               | 04                                          | 320                                        | 64                                              | -                                            | 40                                             | 71                                             | 07                                              | 01                                           | 21                                             |
| Jharkhand           | 19                                            | -                                            | -                                              | 07                                               | 09                                          | -                                          | 08                                              | -                                            | -                                              | 10                                             | -                                               | -                                            | -                                              |
| Karnataka           | 147                                           | 34                                           | 553                                            | 209                                              | 23                                          | 565                                        | 42                                              | 05                                           | 126                                            | 170                                            | 10                                              | -                                            | 106                                            |
| Kerala              | 15                                            | 06                                           | 126                                            | 05                                               | -                                           | 80                                         | 11                                              | 05                                           | -                                              | 32                                             | -                                               | -                                            | 36                                             |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 09                                            | 03                                           | 248                                            | 03                                               | 02                                          | 158                                        | 05                                              | 09                                           | -                                              | 52                                             | -                                               | 04                                           | 4                                              |
| Maharashtra         | 190                                           | 203                                          | 802                                            | 144                                              | 25                                          | 587                                        | 65                                              | 10                                           | 167                                            | 349                                            | 33                                              | -                                            | 48                                             |
| Manipur             | -                                             | -                                            | -                                              | -                                                | -                                           | -                                          | -                                               | -                                            | -                                              | 25                                             | -                                               | -                                            | 15                                             |
| Meghalaya           | -                                             | -                                            | -                                              | -                                                | 01                                          | -                                          | -                                               | 03                                           | -                                              | 5                                              | -                                               | -                                            | -                                              |

| Mizoram       | 02   | -   | -    | -   | -   | -    | 06   | -   | -    |   02 | -   | -   | -    |
|---------------|------|-----|------|-----|-----|------|------|-----|------|------|-----|-----|------|
| Nagaland      | 01   | -   | -    | -   | -   | -    | -    | -   | -    |   10 | -   | -   | -    |
| Odisha        | 13   | 26  | 292  | 02  | 11  | 200  | 07   | -   | 120  |  139 | -   | 03  | 64   |
| Punjab        | 11   | 09  | 81   | -   | 02  | -    | -    | 06  | -    |   94 | 28  | -   | 67   |
| Rajasthan     | 34   | 41  | 251  | 13  | 02  | 107  | 13   | 03  | 35   |  126 | 153 | 05  | 283  |
| Sikkim        | 02   | -   | -    | -   | -   | -    | -    | -   | -    |   41 | 36  | -   | 10   |
| Tamil Nadu    | 241  | 44  | 445  | 104 | 46  | 402  | 88   | 12  | 159  |  264 | -   | -   | 181  |
| Telangana     | 12   | 01  | 81   | 07  | -   | 82   | 02   | 02  | -    |   68 | 4   | -   | 142  |
| Tripura       | -    | -   | -    | 10  | -   | -    | -    | -   | -    |    8 | -   | -   | 33   |
| Uttarakhand   | 21   | 52  | 188  | 27  | 14  | 205  | 09   | -   | 82   |   68 | 09  | 10  | 5    |
| Uttar Pradesh | 116  | 03  | 154  | 51  | 03  | 126  | 30   | 05  | 40   |   33 | 10  | 11  | 14   |
| West Bengal   | 33   | 20  | 559  | 56  | 04  | 489  | 08   | -   | 118  |  126 | 31  | -   | 33   |
| Chandigarh    | 01   | -   | -    | -   | -   | -    | -    | -   | -    |   10 | 14  |     | 65   |
| Delhi         | 01   | -   | -    | 03  | -   |      | 02   | -   | -    |   06 | -   | -   | -    |
| Puducherry    | 02   | -   | -    | -   | -   | -    | 10   | -   | -    |   57 | 10  | -   | 118  |
| TOTAL         | 1245 | 567 | 5528 | 884 | 238 | 4625 | 509  | 92  | 1317 | 2501 | 497 | 68  | 1920 |