Lok Sabha Question No. 2492 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-01
Subject: Funds to States to Organise Fairs and Festivals
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Rajashree Mallick

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2492 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 ST  AUGUST, 2022

## FUNDS TO STATES TO ORGANISE FAIRS AND FESTIVALS

## 2492.  SHRIMATI RAJASHREE MALLICK:

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

- (a) whether the Union Government is providing funds to the States to oraganise 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  details  thereof  along  with  the  funds  provided  to  different  States during the last three years including Odisha?

## 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  three  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.        | 2019-20 |                                                                  5732.95 |                                996    |
| ii.       | 2020-21 |                                                                  4009.38 |                                694.68 |
| iii.      | 2021-22 |                                                                  5881.48 |                                916.6  |

(b) & (c) To promote tribal  culture,  Ministry of  Tribal  Affairs,  Govt.  of  India  has set up 27 Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) 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  including  Odisha under the Scheme of 'Support to Tribal Research Institutes' are as under:

## (Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | State               |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh      |    500    |    455    |    432.75 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh   |    923.85 |    184.15 |      0    |
| 4         | Assam               |    235.64 |      0    |      0    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        |      0    |      0    |    189.04 |
| 6         | Gujarat             |   1719.06 |      0    |      0    |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh    |     68.05 |     50    |    114.1  |
| 8         | Jammu and Kashmir   |    308.84 |    206.51 |    200    |
| 9         | Jharkhand           |   1654.5  |      0    |     13.92 |
| 10        | Karnataka           |    185.5  |     26.35 |    184.25 |
| 11        | Kerala              |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh      |      0    |    447    |    484.58 |
| 13        | Maharashtra         |    141    |      0    |      0    |
| 14        | Manipur             |    877    |      0    |      0    |
| 15        | Mizoram             |   1512    |   1178.22 |    766.65 |
| 16        | Nagaland            |    275    |      0    |     85    |
| 17        | Odisha              |    780.04 |    503    |    644.76 |
| 18        | Rajasthan           |      0    |      8.89 |    215.34 |
| 19        | Sikkim              |     82.5  |    144    |    273.3  |
| 20        | Tamil Nadu          |      0    |      0    |    135.09 |
| 21        | Telangana           |    557.25 |    375.75 |    548.95 |
| 22        | Tripura             |    335.52 |      0    |     44.29 |
| 23        | Uttar Pradesh       |      0    |     35.15 |     89.25 |
| 24        | West Bengal         |    149.25 |      0    |      0    |
| 25        | Meghalaya           |      0    |      0    |     66.22 |
| 26        | Uttarakhand         |    693    |   2183.48 |   1400.75 |
| 27        | Goa                 |      0    |    202.5  |    111.75 |
| Total     | Total               |  10998    |   6000    |   6000    |