Lok Sabha Question No. 4002 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Protection and Promotion of Indian Art, Literature and Culture
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Bhavana Gawali (Patil), Krupal Balaji Tumane

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4002

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF INDIAN ART, LITERATURE AND CULTURE

## 4002. SHRI VINAYAK RAUT: SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI: SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

(a) the steps taken by the Government for the protection and promotion of Indian art,  literature  and  culture  in  the  country  including  Ramtek  in  Nagpur  district during the last three years;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has prepared any new programme for the protection of ancient and medieval literature of Indian languages and to spread awareness and if so, the details thereof;

- (d) whether  the  Government  has  earmarked  any  funds  for  the  preservation  and promotion of ancient and medieval Indian literature, art and culture and creation of awareness in this regard during the said period; and

(e) if  so,  the  State-wise/UT-wise details thereof including Ramtek in Nagpur district and the details of funds released to various agencies and NGOs for this purpose?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM & DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION

## (G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) & (b)  The  Government of India through its autonomous bodies organizes courses, programmes, and workshops, to preserve, protect, and promote Indian Art, literature  and  culture  in  the  county.  Regular  fellowships,  scholarships  and training programmes are organized by the autonomous bodies of the Ministry of Culture.

National  School  of  Drama  (NSD),  an  autonomous  organization  under  the Ministry of Culture conducts a 3-year diploma course and one year certificate course  in  Dramatic  Arts.  The  organization  has  organized  multiple  festivals during  the  last  three  years  such  as  Bharat  Rang  Mahotsav,  National  tribal Festival  of  Theatre,  Music  &  Art,  and  Rashtriya  Poorvottar  Rang  Utsav.

Centre  for  Cultural  Resources  and  Training  (CCRT),  another  autonomous organization  under  the  Ministry,  organizes  thematic  training  programme  on Indian  Art,  culture  for  teachers  and  students.  It  also  organizes  various educational activities for school children. Since its inception, the institute has trained  2,10,907  in  service  teachers  and  10,03,0495  students  of  creative activities  across the country. It runs a scholarship scheme called 'Award of Scholarships  to  Young  Artistes  (SYA)  in  Different  Cultural  Fields  (18-25 Years)'.  The  institute  has  decided  to  develop  all  its  campuses  at  Delhi, Hyderabad and Udaipur as 'Sanskriti Haat' making them cultural hubs of the respective  cities.    A  collaborative  workshop  on  public-Private  partnership (PPP)  model  was  organized  by  the  institute  with  Sharda  University  on 'Understanding  Indian  Culture  through  the  Prism  of  Education-Creating Possibilities  of  Cultural  integration  in  Higher Education' in October 2021 for training Professors/Lecturers.

Kalakshetra Foundation (autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture) has a unit named Rukmini Devi College of Fine Arts where training is imparted in the different classical art forms of South India like Bharatanatyam, Carnatic music and fine arts.

Lalit  Kala  Akademi  provides  scholarships  to  40  young  artists  every  year.  All these academic programs not only help the youth to find employment in their area of interest, but also inspire young artists to pursue opportunities in the field of art, literature and culture. An Art Exhibition as a part of Octave 2018 at  South  Zonal  Culture  Centre  at  Nagpur  was  organized  by  the  Lalit  Kala Akademi from 1st to 4th December, 2018.

Sangeet Natak Akademi is working towards the preservation and promotions of  the  performing  arts  forms.  It  organizes  festivals/programmes  of  music, dance,  drama  folk  &  tribal  and  puppetry  throughout  the  country.  Swar Sangam  Sanskrutik  Manch  for  training  in  Bharatnatyam  was  organized  by Sanget Natak Akademi in Nagpur in the year 2015-16.

Sahitya Akademi has organized following events in the district of Nagpur, for the promotion of Indian literature.

1.  Symposium on different forms of Sindhi plays (2016-2022)
2.  Seminar on Gandhi and Marathi Literature
3.  Symposium on Faces and Phases in the Last five years of Sindhi poetry
4.  Literary Forum Programme with noted Sindhi writers
5.  Kathasandhi Programme with Ms. Jaya Jadwani
6.  Meet the Author programme with Sri Bharat Sasne, Marathi writer
7.  Seminar on Dehibaad aani Marathi Kadambari

Kala  Nidhi  under  Indira  Gandhi  National  Centre  for  the  Arts  (IGNCA),  an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture regularly organizes various events of  book  release,  conferences,  seminars,  webinars,  workshops,  exhibitions  and collaborative academic research projects with international organizations like the UNESCO. The institute remained involved in the  preservation  and  promotion  of Indian Art and Culture relentlessly by organizing virtual webinars and other online events.

- (c) Yes Sir. Sahitya Akademi, the autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture is engaged in preserving, protecting, and enriching literature in India. Akademi has broadened the scope of Bhasha Samman, which was instituted in 1996, and made it  available  for  scholars  with  valuable  contributions  in  classical  and  medieval literature.    So  far  Akademi has presented 106 Bhasha Samman in Classical and Medieval Literature as well as in unrecognized languages of India.

Besides, the Akademi has published ancient medieval and modern classics in each of its 24 recognized languages, some of which are mentioned below:

1. A critical inventory of Ramayana Studies in the World
2. Asian Variation in Ramayana
3. Mrichchhakatika
4. The Mahabharat Revisited
5. Meghaduta
6. Guru Nanak: A Reader
7. Tarjuman-Ul-Quran
8. Kabir Vachawali
9. Jain Sangraha

Kala  Nidhi  under  Indira  Gandhi  National  Centre  for  Arts  (IGNCA),  along  with UNESCO Cluster Office, New Delhi, has taken up a project of preparing a book on the Indigenous / tribal languages in India. This is dones as part of the decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032) Being celebrated by UNESCO.

IGNCA  being  the  Nodal  Agency  for  UNESCO's  memory  of  the  World  Project facilitated  and  worked  towards  submitting  two  nominations,  namely  the  'Natya Shastra of Bharat Muni and 'Abhinavgupta Collection of manuscripts of his works for  the  memory  of  the  World  International  register  for  the  2022-2032  Project cycle.

- (d)&(e) Yes Sir. The Government of India has set up seven Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs)  with  headquarters  at  Patiala,  Nagpur,  Udaipur,  Prayagraj,  Kolkata, Dimapur, and  Thanjavur. These  ZCCs  organize cultural activities and programmes on a regular basis in the country for which annual grant-in-aid is provided by the Government. Furthermore, under 'Financial Assistance for Promotion of Art and Culture', the Government provides financial assistance to individuals and organizations in the field of Art and Culture.  The Statewise/UT-wise details of funds released under the scheme is detailed below.

## Details of funds released under the scheme of 'Financial assistance for promotion of Art & Culture'

(Rs .in lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT              | 2018-2019    | 2018-2019   | 2019-2020    | 2019-2020   | 2020-2021    | 2020-2021   |
|-----------|-----------------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT              | Nos. of Orgs | Amount      | Nos. of Orgs | Amount      | Nos. of Orgs | Amount      |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh        | 3            | 9.48        | -            | -           | 2            | 4.18        |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh     | 1            | 8.40        | -            | -           | 1            | 4.80        |
| 3.        | Assam                 | 18           | 182.16      | 11           | 108.90      | 7            | 53.4        |
| 4.        | Bihar                 | 21           | 137.82      | 23           | 151.74      | 33           | 181.60      |
| 5.        | Chandigarh (UT)       | 7            | 55.20       | -            | -           | 1            | 14.16       |
| 6.        | NCT of Delhi          | 68           | 409.68      | 43           | 348.66      | 54           | 439.60      |
| 7.        | Gujarat               | 5            | 37.20       | 4            | 13.20       | 8            | 44.96       |
| 8.        | Haryana               | 1            | 1.32        | 11           | 49.68       | 4            | 21.94       |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh      | -            | -           | 5            | 52.32       | 1            | 9.84        |
| 10.       | UT of Jammu & Kashmir | 6            | 40.56       | 7            | 23.28       | 9            | 59.58       |
| 11.       | Jharkhand             | 5            | 37.20       | 2            | 13.02       | 1            | 2.64        |
| 12.       | Karnataka             | 53           | 272.49      | 76           | 624.30      | 47           | 291.94      |
| 13.       | Kerala                | 14           | 107.70      | 15           | 115.20      | 9            | 90.6        |
| 14.       | Madhya Pradesh        | 21           | 149.04      | 33           | 231.33      | 42           | 294.12      |
| 15.       | Maharashtra           | 26           | 167.10      | 26           | 197.76      | 23           | 156.04      |
| 16.       | Manipur               | 64           | 404.94      | 49           | 382.38      | 62           | 420.52      |
| 17.       | Mizoram               | 2            | 9.60        | 1            | 5.52        | -            | -           |
| 18.       | Odisha                | 29           | 142.68      | 18           | 91.62       | 22           | 107.08      |
| 19.       | Pondicherry (UT)      | 2            | 9.60        | 2            | 11.28       | 2            | 12.72       |
| 20.       | Punjab                | 3            | 14.64       | 4            | 17.40       | 3            | 24.48       |
| 21.       | Rajasthan             | 5            | 20.40       | 5            | 31.80       | 2            | 16.32       |
| 22.       | Tamil Nadu            | 5            | 14.40       | 5            | 26.59       | 10           | 49.54       |
| 23.       | Telangana             | 13           | 93.24       | 10           | 62.14       | 7            | 75.00       |
| 24.       | Tripura               | -            | -           | 4            | 24.96       | 1            | 6.36        |
| 25.       | Uttarakhand           | 5            | 24.12       | 6            | 9.72        | 6            | 20.86       |
| 26.       | Uttar Pradesh         | 27           | 146.52      | 39           | 242.84      | 33           | 161.57      |
| 27.       | West Bengal           | 141          | 851.88      | 175          | 1160.10     | 139          | 916.30      |
|           | Total                 | 545          | 3347.37     | 574          | 3995.74     | 529          | 3480.15     |