Lok Sabha Question No. 1251 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-02
Subject: Financial Assistance to Artists
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, T. RADHAKRISHNAN

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1251 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.05.2016

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ARTISTS

1251:  SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL

VIJAYSINHSHANKARRAO:

SHRI RAJEEV SATAV:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

Will the MINISTER OF CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is implementing schemes to grant scholarship/financial assistance to artists in the field of performing arts;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  criteria  fixed  for  providing  financial assistance under the schemes;
- (c) the  amount  of  scholarship/financial  assistance  being  provided  to  each artist under the scheme, art and state-wise;
- (d) the funds allocated and the expenditure incurred on the schemes along with the number of persons benefited under the scheme during each of the last three years; and
- (e) the  remedial  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  preserve  and  promote various traditional folk and tribal arts across the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR CULTURE & TOURISM AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR CIVIL AVIATION (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) Yes  Madam.  The  Government  is  implementing  two  Schemes  namely 'Scholarships  to  Young  Artistes in Different Cultural Fields' to  grant scholarship/financial assistance to artists in the field of performing arts in order to promote them in their respective fields and 'Scheme for Award of Fellowship to Outstanding Persons in the Field of Culture' for research oriented projects in various fields of Art and Culture.
- (b) Under the scheme of Scholarship, up-to 400 scholarships are given every year to young artistes in the age group of 18-25 year for advance training in the field of Indian Classical Music, Dance, Theatre, Visual Art, Folk and traditional and indigenous Art etc.

Under the scheme of Fellowship up-to 400 (200 Junior in the age group of 25-40  years  and  200  Senior  in  the  age  group  of  above  40  years) Fellowships are given every year to outstanding persons in the fields of art and culture.  For  both  the  Schemes  online  application  are  invited  every year  and  meritorious  candidates  are  selected  on  the  basis  of  their performance/interview  by  the  Expert  Committee  constituted  by  the Ministry.

- (c) Under the Scheme of Scholarship each selected artist is given scholarship of Rs. 5000/- per month for a period of two years. Under the Scheme of Fellowship each selected Junior Fellow is given fellowship @ 10,000/- per month  and  Senior  Fellow  @  Rs.  20,000/-  per  month  for  a  period  of  two years. There is no art and state-wise quota in both the Schemes.
- (d) The funds allocated and the expenditure incurred on both the Schemes along with the number of persons benefitted under the schemes during each of the last three years are as under:-
- (e) The  Government  has  set-up  seven  Zonal  Cultural  Centres  having  their headquarters  at  Patiala,  Udaipur,  Allahabad,  Kolkata,  Dimapur,  Nagpur and Thanjavur with objective to preserve, promote and disseminate the traditional folk and tribal arts and culture of all the states/union territories. The Government  has been  carrying out various activities and organising programmes  at  the  national,  Zonal  and  local  levels  through  their  Zonal Cultural  Centres  to  preserve  and  promote  various  folk  and  tribal  arts across the country.

| Year    |   No. of persons benefitted under Scholarship |   No. of persons benefitted under Fellowship |   Amount allocated (In lakh) |   Expenditure incurred (In lakh) |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2013-14 |                                           400 |                                          377 |                        776   |                            776   |
| 2014-15 |                                           400 |                                          398 |                       1123.3 |                           1123.3 |
| 2015-16 |                                           212 |                                          177 |                       1835   |                           1835   |