Lok Sabha Question No. 19 (STARRED), answered on 2025-02-03
Subject: Cultural Function and Production Grant Scheme
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Shri Anurag Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *19

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2025

## CULTURAL FUNCTION AND PRODUCTION GRANT SCHEME

## *19. Shri Anurag Sharma:

Will the MINISTER OF CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  Cultural  Function  and  Production  Grant  Scheme  (CFPGS) including  eligibility  criteria,  types  of  activities  supported  and  the  quantum  of assistance provided thereunder;
- (b) the  details  of  the  number  of  applications  received  and  approved  under  the  said scheme during the last three years, State-wise;
- (c) the measures taken by the Government to promote and support cultural functions and productions particularly in rural and underserved areas;
- (d) the  details  of  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  transparency  and accountability  in  the  selection  process  and  utilization  of  funds  under  the  said scheme; and
- (e) the  plans  of  the  Government  to  expand  and  strengthen  the  CFPGS  including increasing  funding  and  supporting  more  diverse  range  of  cultural  activities thereunder?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE & TOURISM (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

(a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *19  FOR  REPLY  ON  03.02.2025  REGARDING CULTURAL FUNCTION AND PRODUCTION GRANT SCHEME BY SHRI ANURAG SHARMA.

(a) The scheme of Cultural Function and Production Grant (CFPG) covers all 'not-for-profit' organizations, NGOs, Societies, Trusts and Universities for supporting the Seminars, Conference, Research,  Workshops,  Festivals,  Exhibitions,  Symposia,  Production  of  Dance,  Drama-Theatre, Music  etc.  and  small  research  projects  on  different  aspects  of  Indian  Culture.  As  per  the guidelines of CFPG scheme, the following is the eligibility criteria:-

- (i) The Organization  should  have  been  functioning  and  registered  under  the  Societies Registration Act (XXI of 1860), Trusts Act, Companies Act or any Central or State Act for at least three years.
- (ii) The  applicant  organizations  that  are  voluntary  organizations  or  NGOs,  should,  in order  to  qualify  for  the  grant,  have  a  properly  constituted  managing  body  with  its powers,  duties  and  responsibilities  clearly  defined  and  laid  down  in  the  form  of  a written constitution.
- (iii) The applicant organizations that are voluntary organizations or NGOs must register themselves on the NGO Darpan Portal of NITI Aayog and obtain a Unique ID from the Portal. The organizations are required to intimate the Unique ID as obtained from NGO Darpan Portal and PAN Number of the organization while applying under the Scheme.
- (iv) The Organization must have tied up or planned the matching resources at least to the extent of 25 % of the project cost.
- (v) The Organization should have facilities, resources, personnel and experience to take up the event/ project for which a grant is required.
- (vi) Past experience of holding such functions, as applied for, would be given preference.

Quantum of financial assistance under the scheme is restricted to 75% of the expenditure of the proposed project, subject to a maximum of Rs.5.00 lakhs. However, the Ministry may in exceptional  circumstances  increase  the  assistance  to  any  project  of  outstanding  merit  and relevance upto  Rs. 20.00 lakhs, with the approval of Competent Authority. The grant is being released in two installments of 75% and 25%.

(b) Details of number of applications received and approved under the said scheme during the last three years; State-Wise is annexed.

(c)&(d) In order to promote and support cultural functions and productions particularly in rural and  underserved  areas,  Ministry  of  Culture  is  administering  two  schemes  namely  'Cultural Function & Production Grant' and 'Financial Assistance to Cultural Organizations with National Presence'  which  envisages  staging  of  production,  festivals  etc.  in  different  genres  of  arts  and culture across the country including rural and underserved areas. Brief of these schemes is given at Annexure-I . Under these schemes, applications are invited yearly for fresh production, festival from cultural organizations for placing the same before the duly constituted Expert Committee. The Expert Committee evaluates these applications and recommends financial assistance based on  their  cultural  profile,  quality  of  proposal  and  submission  of  other  requisite  mandatory documents by these organizations as laid down in the guidelines of these schemes. Thereafter, recommendation given by the Expert Committee are approved by the Competent Authority in the Ministry.

The financial assistance to the approved beneficiaries is released in two instalments i.e. 1 st Instalment  (75%)  provided  in  advance  for  staging  the  production/festival/seminar  etc.  as recommended  by  the  Expert  Committee  and  2 nd Instalment  (remaining  25%)  is  provided  on submission  of  requisite  mandatory  documents  viz.  utilization  certificate  of  the  1 st received instalment, photographs of the staged, press clipping etc.

- (e) No such proposal is under consideration of the Government.

## Annexure

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NUMBER *19 FOR 03.02.2025

(Cultural Function and Production Grant Scheme)

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        | Financial Years      | Financial Years   | Financial Years      | Financial Years   | Financial Years      | Financial Years   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|           |                   | 2020-21              | 2020-21           | 2021-2022            | 2021-2022         | 2022-23              | 2022-23           |
|           |                   | Total Received Cases | Approved Cases    | Total Received Cases | Approved Cases    | Total Received Cases | Approved Cases    |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    | 147                  | 27                | 165                  | 60                | 133                  | 27                |
| 2.        | Andman Nicobar    | 01                   | 00                | 000                  | 00                | 000                  | 00                |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh | 07                   | 00                | 000                  | 00                | 02                   | 00                |
| 4.        | Assam             | 30                   | 23                | 36                   | 31                | 39                   | 29                |
| 5.        | Bihar             | 96                   | 69                | 113                  | 91                | 122                  | 87                |
| 6.        | Chandigarh        | 02                   | 02                | 02                   | 02                | 02                   | 01                |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh      | 06                   | 03                | 10                   | 03                | 22                   | 08                |
| 8.        | Delhi             | 127                  | 94                | 140                  | 115               | 149                  | 112               |
| 9.        | Goa               | 00                   | 00                | 01                   | 01                | 01                   | 01                |
| 10.       | Gujarat           | 13                   | 11                | 07                   | 04                | 10                   | 07                |
| 11.       | Haryana           | 30                   | 20                | 29                   | 28                | 26                   | 25                |
| 12.       | Himachal Pradesh  | 05                   | 01                | 17                   | 13                | 12                   | 11                |
| 13.       | Jammu& Kashmir    | 36                   | 23                | 53                   | 38                | 33                   | 26                |
| 14.       | Jharkhand         | 14                   | 07                | 15                   | 10                | 09                   | 08                |
| 15.       | Karnataka         | 411                  | 161               | 382                  | 215               | 376                  | 165               |
| 16.       | Kerala            | 27                   | 26                | 18                   | 17                | 33                   | 26                |
| 17.       | Madhya Pradesh    | 131                  | 92                | 151                  | 116               | 162                  | 126               |
| 18.       | Maharashtra       | 80                   | 53                | 89                   | 41                | 67                   | 29                |
| 19.       | Manipur           | 123                  | 93                | 152                  | 131               | 183                  | 111               |
| 20.       | Meghalaya         | 01                   | 01                | 000                  | 00                | 000                  | 00                |
| 21.       | Mizoram           | 05                   | 01                | 000                  | 00                | 03                   | 00                |
| 22.       | Nagaland          | 09                   | 06                | 02                   | 01                | 01                   | 00                |
| 23.       | Odisha            | 159                  | 109               | 185                  | 131               | 249                  | 164               |
| 24.       | Pondicherry       | 00                   | 00                | 000                  | 00                | 02                   | 02                |
| 25.       | Punjab            | 10                   | 08                | 14                   | 08                | 14                   | 10                |
| 26.       | Rajasthan         | 34                   | 32                | 36                   | 36                | 46                   | 42                |
| 27.       | Sikkim            | 000                  | 00                | 03                   | 03                | 02                   | 01                |
| 28.       | Tamil Nadu        | 17                   | 12                | 16                   | 14                | 24                   | 12                |
| 29.       | Telangana         | 32                   | 12                | 43                   | 18                | 51                   | 17                |
| 30.       | Tripura           | 10                   | 08                | 15                   | 12                | 14                   | 09                |
| 31.       | Uttar Pradesh     | 563                  | 159               | 310                  | 197               | 660                  | 207               |
| 32.       | Uttarakhand       | 24                   | 19                | 27                   | 20                | 25                   | 14                |
| 33.       | West Bengal       | 307                  | 242               | 366                  | 271               | 380                  | 232               |
|           | Total             | 2457                 | 1314              | 2397                 | 1627              | 2852                 | 1509              |

## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c)&(d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NUMBER *19 FOR 03.02.2025

(Cultural Function and Production Grant Scheme)

1. Cultural  Function  &  Production  Grant  (CFPG): The  objective  of  this  scheme component is to provide financial support to NGOs/ Societies/ Trusts/ Universities etc. for Seminars, Conference, Research, Workshops, Festivals, Exhibitions, Symposia, Production of Dance, Drama-Theatre, Music etc.  The maximum grants provided under CFPG is Rs.5 Lakh for an organization which can be increased to Rs. 20.00 lakhs in exceptional cases. Details of year-wise release of fund along with number of beneficiaries supported under the scheme during last 5 and current financial year are given in the table below:

|   Sl. No. | Financial Year             |   Fund Released (Rs. In crore) |   Number of beneficiaries |
|-----------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|         1 | 2019-20                    |                          11.99 |                       975 |
|         2 | 2020-21                    |                          16.51 |                      1471 |
|         3 | 2021-22                    |                          23.3  |                      1615 |
|         4 | 2022-23                    |                          32.75 |                      2135 |
|         5 | 2023-24                    |                          24.55 |                      2242 |
|         6 | 2024-25 (as on 30.01.2025) |                          20.21 |                       999 |

2.   Financial Assistance to Cultural organizations with National Presence: To promote and support cultural organisations with national presence involved in promotion of art and culture throughout the country, this grant is given to such organisations that have a properly constituted managing body, registered in India; having a pan-India character with national presence in its operation; adequate working strength; and have spent 1 crore or more during 3 of the last 5 years on cultural activities. The quantum of grant under this scheme is Rs. 1 crore  which  can  be  increased  to  Rs.  5  crore  in  exceptional  cases.  Details  of  year-wise release  of  fund  (alongwith  funds  released  to  R.K.  Mission)  along  with  number  of beneficiaries supported under the scheme are given in the table below:

|   Sl. No. | Financial Year             | Number of beneficiaries   | Fund Released (Rs. in Crores)   |
|-----------|----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|         1 | 2019-20                    |                           |                                 |
|         2 | 2020-21                    | 6                         | 9.03                            |
|         3 | 2021-22                    | 6                         | 7.58                            |
|         4 | 2022-23                    | 15                        | 11.60                           |
|         5 | 2023-24                    | 24                        | 12.57                           |
|         6 | 2024-25 (as on 29.01.2025) | 10                        | 6.73                            |

## NOTE FOR SUPPLEMENTARY

## Brief of Cultural Function and Production Grant

Objective: The objective of the scheme component is to provide financial assistance to  'not-for-profit'  organizations,  NGOs,  Societies,  Trusts,  Universities  by  giving financial  assistance  for  conduct  of  Festivals,  Seminars,  Function,  Conference, Research, Workshops, Exhibitions, Symposia, Production of Dance, Drama-Theatre, Music etc. and small research projects on different aspects of Indian Culture.

Quantum of Assistance :  The quantum of financial assistance under the scheme is restricted  to  75%  of  the  expenditure,  subject  to  a  maximum  of  Rs.  5.00  lakh  per project. However, the Ministry in exceptional circumstances, increase the assistance to  any  project  of  outstanding  merit  and  relevance  upto  Rs.  20.00  lakh  with  the approval of Hon'ble Minister of Culture. The Grant is released in two instalments of 75% and 25%.

## Fund released during last 5 and current financial year

Details  of  year-wise  release of  fund  along  with  number  of  beneficiaries  supported under the scheme are given in the table below:

|   Sl. No. | Financial Year             |   Fund Released (Rs. In crore) |   Number of beneficiaries |
|-----------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|         7 | 2019-20                    |                          11.99 |                       975 |
|         8 | 2020-21                    |                          16.51 |                      1471 |
|         9 | 2021-22                    |                          23.3  |                      1615 |
|        10 | 2022-23                    |                          32.75 |                      2135 |
|        11 | 2023-24                    |                          24.55 |                      2242 |
|        12 | 2024-25 (as on 30.01.2025) |                          20.21 |                       999 |

## STATE/UT-WISE DETAIL OF FUNDS RELEASED UNDER VARIOUS SCHEMES/SCHEME COMPONENT DEALT IN S&F SECTION

## Cultural Function & Production Grant (CFPG)

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                          | 2019-2020    | 2019-2020   | 2020-2021    | 2020-2021   | 2021-22      | 2021-22   | 2022-23      | 2022-23   | 2023-24      | 2023-24   | 2024-25 (as on   | 2024-25 (as on     |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-----------|--------------|-----------|--------------|-----------|------------------|--------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                          | Nos. of Orgs | Amount      | Nos. of Orgs | Amount      | Nos. of Orgs | Amount    | Nos. of Orgs | Amount    | Nos. of Orgs | Amount    | Nos. of Orgs     | 30.01.2025) Amount |
| 1.        | Andaman &Nicobar                  | -            | -           | -            | -           | -            | -         | -            | -         | -            | -         | -                | -                  |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                    | 16           | 13.75       | 34           | 23.06       | 54           | 66.67     | 65           | 62.85     | 83           | 80.70     | 29               | 55.88              |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh                 | 02           | 1.00        | 1            | 0.375       | 1            | 2.25      | -            | -         | -            | -         | -                | -                  |
| 4.        | Assam                             | 20           | 20.13       | 35           | 30.12       | 25           | 34.66     | 48           | 96.21     | 68           | 114.11    | 19               | 25.33              |
| 5.        | Bihar                             | 43           | 52.18       | 51           | 42.94       | 67           | 95.26     | 123          | 203.20    | 126          | 161.00    | 36               | 63.55              |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                        | -            | -           | 7            | 11.75       | 4            | 8.25      | 01           | 0.50      | 3            | 21.69     | 01               | 10.00              |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                      | -            | -           | 6            | 8.75        | 6            | 13.03     | 03           | 5.50      | 4            | 7.50      | 03               | 6.42               |
| 8.        | Delhi                             | 102          | 195.13      | 144          | 263.21      | 119          | 263.42    | 167          | 408.06    | 204          | 370.03    | 81               | 215.25             |
| 9.        | Goa                               | 1            | 0.375       | 1            | 0.75        | 2            | 3.75      | 1            | 0.625     | 1            | 1.50      | 01               | 0.625              |
| 10.       | Gujarat                           | 7            | 8.50        | 13           | 18.43       | 11           | 19.12     | 17           | 23.40     | 16           | 12.34     | 02               | 1.04               |
| 11.       | Haryana                           | 18           | 24.18       | 28           | 43.26       | 24           | 42.43     | 28           | 62.59     | 36           | 74.72     | 23               | 78.56              |
| 12.       | Himachal Pradesh                  | 5            | 5.96        | 7            | 4.20        | 14           | 21.91     | 08           | 11.00     | 15           | 25.75     | 08               | 6.50               |
| 13.       | Union Territory of Jammu &Kashmir | 12           | 16.32       | 32           | 28.31       | 41           | 43.63     | 52           | 50.33     | 49           | 33.76     | 14               | 9.84               |
| 14.       | Union Territory of Ladakh         | -            | -           | -            | -           | -            | -         | -            | -         | -            | -         | -                | -                  |
| 15.       | Jharkhand                         | 2            | 2.50        | 1            | 0.50        | 6            | 11.37     | 11           | 14.26     | 7            | 8.00      | 05               | 8.75               |
| 16.       | Karnataka                         | 146          | 121.78      | 194          | 205.70      | 203          | 284.60    | 218          | 349.42    | 221          | 208.22    | 141              | 319.84             |
| 17.       | Kerala                            | 16           | 28.00       | 23           | 37.03       | 28           | 57.52     | 30           | 48.38     | 30           | 40.27     | 14               | 47.13              |
| 18.       | Madhya Pradesh                    | 51           | 47.59       | 77           | 79.78       | 94           | 200.12    | 141          | 264.90    | 161          | 155.17    | 49               | 96.82              |
| 19.       | Maharashtra                       | 21           | 38.97       | 34           | 56.27       | 27           | 63.63     | 56           | 104.12    | 34           | 29.64     | 14               | 34.13              |
| 20.       | Manipur                           | 60           | 63.11       | 112          | 112.69      | 93           | 115.04    | 162          | 196.17    | 237          | 249.25    | 66               | 63.10              |
| 21.       | Meghalaya                         | -            | -           | -            | -           | -            | -         | -            | -         | -            | -         | -                | -                  |
| 22.       | Mizoram                           | -            | -           | 2            | 3.00        | 2            | 1.50      | -            | -         | -            | -         | -                | -                  |
| 23.       | Nagaland                          | 3            | 4.50        | 3            | 1.04        | 2            | 2.25      | 5            | 4.62      | 4            | 1.35      | 01               | 0.25               |
| 24.       | Odisha                            | 55           | 64.79       | 131          | 173.81      | 149          | 182.99    | 180          | 296.88    | 168          | 269.71    | 120              | 354.15             |
| 25.       | Pondicherry                       | 2            | 2.37        | -            | -           | 1            | 3.00      | -            | -         | -            | -         | -                | -                  |
| 26.       | Punjab                            | 8            | 14.87       | 5            | 8.60        | 13           | 22.21     | 12           | 23.27     | 11           | 22.65     | 07               | 17.50              |
| 27.       | Rajasthan                         | 34           | 40.70       | 38           | 28.31       | 33           | 63.81     | 48           | 81.16     | 57           | 46.28     | 20               | 30.80              |
| 28.       | Sikkim                            | 1            | 3.37        | -            | -           | -            | -         | -            | -         | 1            | 3.75      | -                | -                  |
| 29.       | Tamil Nadu                        | 8            | 14.58       | 27           | 46.15       | 21           | 34.84     | 15           | 18.87     | 11           | 10.73     | 07               | 22.75              |
| 30.       | Telangana                         | 7            | 6.30        | 16           | 19.77       | 9            | 13.87     | 16           | 16.87     | 16           | 9.61      | 14               | 26.34              |
| 31.       | Tripura                           | 7            | 13.19       | 4            | 6.50        | 5            | 5.75      | 16           | 16.15     | 23           | 24.94     | 05               | 3.25               |
| 32.       | Uttarakhand                       | 7            | 7.77        | 14           | 14.36       | 16           | 14.78     | 24           | 28.11     | 31           | 21.91     | 10               | 12.00              |
| 33.       | Uttar Pradesh                     | 131          | 126.78      | 202          | 167.15      | 235          | 274.55    | 278          | 343.33    | 268          | 244.07    | 128              | 226.84             |
| 34.       | West Bengal                       | 190          | 260.66      | 229          | 216.09      | 310          | 364.14    | 410          | 544.44    | 357          | 206.86    | 181              | 285.26             |
| Total     | Total                             | 975          | 1199.35     | 1471         | 1651.90     | 1615         | 2330.35   | 2135         | 3275.21   | 2242         | 2455.51   | 999              | 2021.90            |