Lok Sabha Question No. 3439 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Welfare Schemes for Musicians
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3439

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08.2021

## WELFARE SCHEMES FOR MUSICIANS

## 3439: SHRI N. REDDEPPA:

Will the MINISTER OF CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  schemes  and  welfare  provisions  by  which  the  Ministry  has  supported  the  musical  talent  of musicians in the Carnatic, Hindustani and Western traditions in India during the past seven years;
- (b) whether musicians in the Western tradition from Andhra Pradesh and the North Eastern States have represented India abroad in international cultural events and competitions;
- (c) if so, the details of these musical performances including the date and location of the parent events; and
- (d) the  State-wise  and  genre-wise  number  of  musicians  who  performed  abroad  representing  India during each of the last seven years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d)     Ministry of Culture administers various schemes under the umbrella schemes of  (i) Scheme of Scholarship  and  Fellowship  for  Promotion  of  Art  and  Culture  (ii)  and  Scheme  of  Financial Assistance for Promotion of Art and Culture etc. under which financial support in the form of grant such  as  Repertory  Grant,  Cultural  Function  &  Production  Grant,  Grant  to  Organisations  with National Presence and Scholarship / Fellowship is being provided to support all categories of artists including musicians in different cultural fields as well as categories of music including Carnatic, Hindustani etc. during the past seven years and beyond.

Further, the Ministry has supported the musical talent of musicians under the Scheme 'Festival of India Abroad'. Festival of India is organized in other countries and the musicians are supported for their participation by way of providing for travel/stay/transportation etc. & also performance fee in accordance with the Guidelines of the scheme.

The details of the participation of musicians for last Seven years from various categories, region, name of the Country and date of last performance by the artist is given at Annexure .

## Annexure

|   S.No. | Name/Group of Music                      | Category                | State            | Country Name               | Date of Last performance                 |
|---------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Dr. Kumud Diwan                          | Hindustani Vocal        | Delhi            | Afghanistan                | 6 Sep - 10 Sep 2017                      |
|       2 | Sumitra Guha                             | Hindustani Vocal        | Delhi            | France                     | 23 Jan - 29 Jan 2018                     |
|       3 | Malvika Nirajan                          | Hindustani Vocal        | Karnataka        | New Zealand                | 18 Aug - 20 Aug 2017                     |
|       4 | Dhananjay Kaul                           | Hindustani Vocal        | Delhi            | Senegal                    | 15 Feb - 19 Feb 2017                     |
|       5 | Dr. Soma Ghosh                           | Hindustani Vocal        | Maharashtra      | Oman                       | 24 Jan - 29 Jan 2017                     |
|       6 | Malini Awasthi                           | Hindustani Vocal        | Uttar Pradesh    | Trinidad and Tobago        | 10 Nov -13 Nov. 2017                     |
|       7 | Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar                | Hindustani Vocal        | Delhi            | Switzerland& Liechtenstein | Nov 7-11, 2018                           |
|       8 | Shreyas &Abhas                           | Hindustani Vocal        | Maharashtra      | South Africa               | 22-26 Sept 2019                          |
|       9 | Ms. Sunanda Sharma                       | Hindustani Vocal        | Uttar Pradesh    | South Africa               | 23-27 Sept 2019                          |
|      10 | Smita Nagdev                             | Hindustani Instrumental | Madhya Pradesh   | Kazakhstan                 | 6 Oct - 11 Oct. 2016                     |
|      11 | Dr. Bipul Kumar Ray                      | Hindustani Instrumental | Delhi            | Russia                     | 4 Sep - 9 Sep. 2016 21 Mar - 28 Mar 2019 |
|      12 | Subash Ghosh                             | Hindustani Instrumental | Chandigarh (U.T) | Netherlands                | 3 Mar - 10 Mar. 2017                     |
|      13 | R Sridhar                                | Hindustani Instrumental | Delhi            | Iran                       | 14 Aug - 16 Aug.2017                     |
|      14 | Pt. Keshab Kanti Chowdhury               | Hindustani Instrumental | Delhi            | Ukraine                    | 19 Oct - 23 Oct, 2017                    |
|      15 | Pandit Vikash Maharaj (Sarod Player)     | Hindustani Instrumental | Uttar Pradesh    | Brunei Darussalam          | 13 Aug - 17 Aug. 2017                    |
|      16 | Maestro. Anupriya Deotale                | Hindustani Instrumental | Delhi            | Croatia                    | 7 Nov - 10 Nov. 2017                     |
|      17 | Dr. Varsha Agrawal, Vibration Group      | Hindustani Instrumental | Madhya Pradesh   | Mexico                     | 30 Nov 2019 to 06 Dec 2019               |
|      18 | Pandit Prateek Chaudhuri                 | Hindustani Instrumental | Delhi            | Norway                     | 14 Aug - 16 Aug 2017                     |
|      19 | Pandit Prof. Dr. Yella Venkateshwara Rao | Hindustani Instrumental | Hyderabad        | Nepal                      | 21-23 February, 2019                     |
|      20 | Anuradha Pal                             | Hindustani Instrumental | Maharashtra      | Qatar                      | 27 Feb to 3 March, 2019                  |
|      21 | Dr. M. Narmadha                          | Hindustani Instrumental | Tamil Nadu       | Russia                     | 13 Dec -19 Dec 2018                      |

|   22. | Nizami Brothers                                 | Thumari/Dadra/K ajri, Ghazal, Geet, Bhajan, Sufi etc.   | Delhi        | Mauritius                                                     | Oct 2015 to Dec, 2016   |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|    23 | Dr Mamta Rani Alias Dr Mamta Joshi/ Mohan Joshi | Thumari/Dadra/K ajri, Ghazal, Geet, Bhajan, Sufi etc.   | Punjab       | Ghana                                                         | 9 Feb - 13 Feb 2017     |
|    24 | MELODY MAGIC Deepak Mehtaa                      | Thumari/Dadra/K ajri, Ghazal, Geet, Bhajan, Sufi etc.   | Delhi        | Senegal                                                       | 5 Feb - 9 Feb 2017      |
|    25 | Bharati Bandhu                                  | Thumari/Dadra/K ajri, Ghazal, Geet, Bhajan, Sufi etc.   | Chhattisgarh | Russia                                                        | 04 Oct - 12 Oct 2018    |
|    26 | Haji Mohammad Idris (Qutbi Brothers Qawwal)     | Thumari/Dadra/K ajri, Ghazal, Geet, Bhajan, Sufi etc.   | Delhi        | Kenya                                                         | 22 Nov - 26 Nov 2016    |
|    27 | Greeshma Prasad                                 | Fusion/Jugalbandi /Talvadhya                            | Kerala       | Russia                                                        | 8 Nov - 16 Nov 2018     |
|    28 | Peravali Jaya Bhaskar                           | Fusion/Jugalbandi /Talvadhya                            | Hyderabad    | Croatia                                                       | 24- 28 Feb, 2019        |
|    29 | Sanatomba Rajkumar                              | Folk Music                                              | Manipur      | Laos                                                          | 19 Aug - 21 Aug 2017    |
|    30 | Anuj Sharma                                     | Folk Music                                              | Chhattisgarh | Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, Vanuatu, Nauru, Tuvalu and Cook Island | 16 Mar - 18 Mar. 2018   |
|    31 | Abiogenesis                                     | Folk Music                                              | Nagaland     | Tunisia                                                       | 3 Aug. - 8Aug. 2018     |
|    32 | Melita Pinto e Gomes                            | Folk Music                                              | Goa          | Tunisia                                                       | 6 Sept. - 11 Sept. 2018 |

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