Lok Sabha Question No. 5000 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-23
Subject: Allocation of Funds to KSVY
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Ms. Mahua Moitra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5000 ANSWERED ON 23.03.2026

## ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO KSVY

## 5000. Ms. Mahua Moitra:

Will the MINISTER OF CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  reason  for  the  reduction  in  the  funds  allocated  towards  the  Kala  Sanskriti Vikas Yojana (KSVY) by almost 60 per cent in Budget Estimate (BE) 2026-27, as compared to Revised Estimate (RE) 2025-26;
- (b) the details of allocation and utilisation of funds towards each of the sub-schemes under the KSVY, since 2014, scheme and year-wise;
- (c) the details of beneficiaries under the sub-scheme of Financial Assistance for Construction of Tagore Cultural Complexes (TCC), since 2014, year and State/UT-wise; and
- (d) the details of religious institutions benefited under the sub-scheme of Seva Bhoj Yojana, since inception of the scheme, year and State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)        There  is  no  proposal  under  consideration  to  reduce  the  funds  allocated  to  the  Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana (KSVY).
- (b)    The  KSVY  scheme  came  into  existence  as  an  umbrella  scheme  from  Financial  Year 2017-18.  This  Ministry  doesn't  maintain  utilization  of  funds  sub-scheme/  component  wise, however, overall allocation & expenditure from FY 2017-18 onward is as follows:-
- (c) The details of beneficiaries under the sub-scheme of Financial Assistance for Construction of Tagore Cultural Complexes (TCC), since 2014, year and State-wise is given at AnnexureI.
- (d)   Seva Bhoj Yojna was launched by the Ministry of Culture in August, 2018. The details of amount reimbursed to the religious institutions under Seva Bhoj Yojna since its inception, year-wise and state-wise, is given at Annexure -II.

| Financial Year   | Funds Allocated (Rs. In Cr.)   | Actual Expenditure (Rs. In Cr.)   |
|------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 2017-18          | 250.00 176.09                  |                                   |
| 2018-19          | 237.83                         | 201.54                            |
| 2019-20          | 174.62                         | 164.13                            |
| 2020-21          | 139.77                         | 122.40                            |
| 2021-22          | 177.30                         | 156.46                            |
| 2022-23          | 214.32                         | 213.76                            |
| 2023-24          | 218.65                         | 218.36                            |
| 2024-25          | 207.24                         | 201.67                            |

## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in Reply to Part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5000 due for 23-3-2026

| Statement regarding details of funds released to different NGOs/State Governments etc. Under the Scheme of Tagore Cultural Complexes (TCC) in lakhs)   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| 11    | Nagalan d     | 1                             | 416.4   | 0   | 0      | 1   | 449.5 5   | 1   | 450     | 1   | 166.5 6   | 1   | 450   | 0   | 0       | 0   | 0      | 0   | 0     | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0 0   | 0   |
|-------|---------------|-------------------------------|---------|-----|--------|-----|-----------|-----|---------|-----|-----------|-----|-------|-----|---------|-----|--------|-----|-------|--------|-----|-----|-------|-----|
| 12    | Puduche rry   | 0                             | 0       | 0   | 0      | 0   | 0         | 1   | 249. 55 | 1   | 195.3 6   | 0   | 0     | 0   | 0       | 0   | 0      | 0   | 0 0   | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0     | 0   |
| 13    | Rajastha n    | 1                             | 389.9 1 | 0   | 0      | 2   | 895.4 9   | 1   | 94.5    | 0   | 0         | 0   | 0     | 0   | 0       | 1   | 94.5 0 | 0   | 1     | 54.91  | 0   | 0   | 0     | 0   |
| 14    | Tamil Nadu    | 0                             | 0       | 0   | 0      | 0   | 0         | 0   | 0       | 0   | 0         | 0   | 0     | 1   | 596. 43 | 0   | 0 0    | 0   | 0     | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0     | 0   |
| 15    | Uttar Pradesh | 1                             | 90      | 0   | 0      | 0   | 0         | 0   | 0       | 0   | 0         | 0   | 0     | 0   | 0       | 0   | 0 0    | 0   | 1     | 369.57 | 0   | 0   | 0     | 0   |
| 16    | West Bengal   | 1                             | 446.5   | 0   | 0      | 0   | 0         | 0   | 0       | 0   | 0         | 0   | 0     | 0   | 0       | 0   | 0 0    | 0   | 0     | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0     | 0   |
|       |               | 2251.3 1525. 1757. 596.4 349. |         |     |        |     |           |     |         |     |           |     |       |     |         |     |        |     |       |        |     |     |       |     |
| Total |               | 12                            | 1       | 9   | 2440.5 | 4   | 04        | 6   | 1816    | 2   | 361.92    | 4   | 07    | 1   | 3       | 2   | 2      | 1   | 500 4 | 1556   | 1   | 300 | 0     | 0   |

## Annexure referred to in Reply to Part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5000 due for 23-3-2026

|   Sl. No. | Financial Year   | Name of Organizations                                     | State          |   Fund Released (Rs. in lakhs) |
|-----------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------|--------------------------------|
|         1 | 2019-2020        | Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), Amritsar | Punjab         |                         171    |
|         1 | 2019-2020        | Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, Tirupati                  | Andhra Pradesh |                          19.63 |
|         1 | 2019-2020        | Sri Venkateswara Annaprasadam Trust, Tirupati             | Andhra Pradesh |                           5.27 |
|         2 | 2020-2021        | Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)           | Punjab         |                         159.39 |
|         2 | 2020-2021        | Dreams &Beauty Charitable Trust, Ludhiana                 | Punjab         |                           1.22 |
|         2 | 2020-2021        | Durgiana Temple, Amritsar                                 | Punjab         |                           8.84 |
|         3 | 2021-2022        | Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)           | Punjab         |                         149.83 |
|         3 | 2021-2022        | Dreams &Beauty Charitable Trust, Ludhiana                 | Punjab         |                           0.28 |
|         3 | 2021-2022        | Durgiana Temple, Amritsar                                 | Punjab         |                           4.81 |
|         4 | 2022-2023        | Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)           | Punjab         |                         140.44 |
|         4 | 2022-2023        | Dreams &Beauty Charitable Trust, Ludhiana                 | Punjab         |                           0.8  |
|         4 | 2022-2023        | Durgiana Temple, Amritsar                                 | Punjab         |                           1.76 |
|         5 | 2023-2024        | Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)           | Punjab         |                         142.12 |
|         5 | 2023-2024        | Durgiana Temple, Amritsar                                 | Punjab         |                           3.88 |
|         6 | 2024-2025        | Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)           | Punjab         |                         128.71 |
|         6 | 2024-2025        | Durgiana Temple, Amritsar                                 | Punjab         |                          15.53 |
|         6 | 2024-2025        | Dreams &Beauty Charitable Trust, Ludhiana                 | Punjab         |                           1.3  |