Lok Sabha Question No. 1886 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: Kala Utsav under RMSA
Ministry: Education
Asked by: P.P. Chaudhary, Pratap Chandra Sarangi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1886 ANSWERED ON 13.03.2023

## Kala Utsav under RMSA

## 1886. SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY: SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI :

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether the Kala Utsav initiative is still going on under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA);
- (b)   if so, the details of events and activities undertaken under Kala Utsav during the last 5 years especially in Pali, Rajasthan; and
- (c)   the  details  of  total  number  of  schools  covered  under  the  initiative,  State-wise  including Rajasthan?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a)  to  (c)  Kala  Utsav  is  an  ongoing  programme  of  the  Department  of  School  Education  and Literacy,  Ministry  of  Education,  Government  of  India,  under  the  Samagra  Shiksha  Scheme  in which students of schools of all States/UTs/Kendriya Vidyalayas/Navodaya Vidyalayas participate.  The  first  level  of  Kala  Utsav  competitions  takes  place  at  district-level,  where participants represent their respective schools. At the second level, the winners from the districts compete at the State/UT level. The subsequent winners of the second level are invited to compete at  the  finals  held  at  the  national  level.  The  various  categories  of  activities  undertaken  in  Kala Utsav at various levels including District/State-UT/National levels during the last five years are Vocal Music-Classical, Vocal Music-Traditional Folk, Instrumental Music-Percussive, Instrumental Music-Melodic, Dance-Classical, Dance-Folk, Visual Arts (2-dimensional), Visual Arts (3-dimensional), Indigenous Toys and Games, Drama-Solo Acting and Painting. The information regarding state-wise participation of schools under Kala Utsav is not maintained. However,  details  of  participation  of  children  at  National  level,  State-wise,  for  Kala  Utsav 2022-23 is annexed.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1886  FOR  13.03.2023  ASKED  BY  SHRI  P.P. CHAUDHARY,  HON'BLE  MP  AND  SHRI  PRATAP  CHANDRA  SARANGI, HON'BLE MP REGARDING 'KALA UTSAV UNDER RMSA'.

## National Participation Details State Wise in Kala Utsav 2022-23

| Sr. No.   | State/UT/KVS/NVS                         |   Boys |   Girls |   Total No. of Students |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|--------|---------|-------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT)           |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                           |      9 |      10 |                      19 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                        |      4 |       5 |                       9 |
| 4         | Assam                                    |      9 |      10 |                      19 |
| 5         | Bihar                                    |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 6         | Chandigarh (UT)                          |      9 |       8 |                      17 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                             |     10 |       9 |                      19 |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu (UT) |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 9         | Delhi (UT)                               |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 10        | Goa                                      |      9 |      10 |                      19 |
| 11        | Gujarat                                  |      9 |      10 |                      19 |
| 12        | Haryana                                  |      9 |      10 |                      19 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                         |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 14        | Jammu & Kashmir (UT)                     |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                                |      8 |      10 |                      18 |
| 16        | Karnataka                                |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 17        | Kerala                                   |      8 |       6 |                      14 |
| 18        | Lakshadweep (UT)                         |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 19        | Ladakh (UT)                              |      8 |       8 |                      16 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                           |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                              |      9 |       9 |                      18 |
| 22        | Manipur                                  |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                                |      3 |       4 |                       7 |
| 24        | Mizoram                                  |     10 |       9 |                      19 |
| 25        | Nagaland                                 |      7 |       7 |                      14 |
| 26        | Odisha                                   |      9 |      10 |                      19 |
| 27        | Puducherry (UT)                          |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 28        | Punjab                                   |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                                |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 30        | Sikkim                                   |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                               |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 32        | Telangana                                |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 33        | Tripura                                  |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                            |     10 |       8 |                      18 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                              |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 36        | West Bengal                              |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 37        | KVS                                      |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
| 38        | NVS                                      |     10 |      10 |                      20 |
|           | Total                                    |    350 |     353 |                     703 |

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