Lok Sabha Question No. 302 (STARRED), answered on 2016-08-08
Subject: Development of Cultural Centres
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: SHARAD TRIPATHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 302 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH AUGUST, 2016

## DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL CENTRES

## † *302.  SHRI SHARAD TRIPATHI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any action plan for the development of cultural centres in the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the financial assistance given to such centres for their development, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh; and
- (c)    whether the Government proposes to grant assistance to the State Governments for organising a three-day programme to commemorate the memory of Sant Kabir, and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

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

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 302 FOR 8 TH AUGUST, 2016

(a) To protect, preserve and promote various forms of folk art and culture throughout  the  country,  the  Government  of  India  has  set  up  seven  Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs) in the country as per the details given below:

|   Sl. No. | ZCC                                        | Headquarter   | Member States                                                                                                                 |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | North Zone Cultural Centre (NZCC)          | Patiala       | Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Union Territory of Chandigarh.                 |
|         2 | Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC)       | Kolkata       | Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal and the Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands.  |
|         3 | South Zone Cultural Centre (SZCC)          | Thanjavur     | Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar, Lakshadweep and Puducherry. |
|         4 | West Zone Cultural Centre (WZCC)           | Udaipur       | Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Union Territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.                            |
|         5 | South Central Zone Cultural Centre (SCZCC) | Nagpur        | Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Telangana.                                           |
|         6 | North Central Zone Cultural Centre (NCZCC) | Allahabad     | Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, NCT of Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand.                                       |
|         7 | North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC)    | Dimapur       | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.                                          |

The Zonal Cultural Centre at Allahabad caters to the need of the people of the zone including Uttar Pradesh.

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(b) The Ministry of Culture does not release funds to the State Governments and Union Territories.  The  Ministry  of  Culture  releases  annual  grant-in-aid  to the seven ZCCs for organizing various cultural activities/ programmes throughout the country including Uttar Pradesh. The details of funds released to the ZCCs during the last three years is as under:

( ` in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | Name of ZCC      |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |
|-----------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | NZCC, Patiala    |    612.35 |    433.39 |  1412.5   |
| 2         | WZCC, Udaipur    |    429.35 |    652.39 |   885.15  |
| 3         | SZCC, Thanjavur  |    830.66 |    336.1  |   560.56  |
| 4         | EZCC, Kolkata    |    537.36 |    456.54 |   813.659 |
| 5         | SCZCC, Nagpur    |    544.19 |    319.61 |  1115     |
| 6         | NCZCC, Allahabad |    520.37 |    345.07 |   517.37  |
| 7         | NEZCC, Dimapur   |    771.94 |   1431.78 |  1530.1   |
| Total     | Total            |   4246.22 |   3974.88 |  6834.33  |

(c) There is no such proposal under the consideration of the Government of India in this regard.