Chief Ministergi Artistessingi Tengbang - Assistance To The Cultural Group For Training With New Production
Category: Sports & Culture, Social welfare & Empowerment, Skills & Employment
Level: State | State: Manipur

Details:
Manipur is widely known for its varied traditions and culture belonging to different communities that have been passed on from generation to generation through practice and oral traditions. The scheme &quot;Chief Ministergi Artistessingi Tengbang - Assistance to the Cultural Group for Training with New Production&quot; by the Department of Art and Culture, Govt. of Manipur aims at providing financial assistance to registered cultural groups that have been relentlessly working on providing training to the younger generation with new products to enrich the traditions, art forms, and culture.
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Benefits:
Category (A) (For Registered Groups above 25 Years with a minimum of 15 productions) 
Theatres: Traditional / Modern / Shumang Leela
Dance: Classical / Folk / Tribal Dance
Music: Hindustani / Sankirtana / Folk / Tribal Music 
Visual Arts: Painting / Sculpture / Graphic 
Literature:

Category (B) (For Registered Groups above 3 years and below 25 Years) 
Theatres: Traditional/Modern/Shumang Leela: 
Dance: Classical/Folk/Tribal Dance 
Music: Hindustani/Sankirtana/Folk/Tribal Music 
Visual Arts: Painting / Sculpture / Graphic 
Literature:
Research & Book Publication (For individual)
Training on Instrument Making / Costume Making (For individuals)

Mode of Release of Assistance:
The amount of Assistance will be released to the account of the applicant/organization through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).

Eligibility Criteria:
***Only the residents/domiciles of the state of Manipur are eligible to apply to this scheme.*** > **Eligibility: (Category A)**


1. Registered Groups (for all categories mentioned above) should have already made a minimum of 15 remarkable productions in the last 25 years.
1. Registered Groups (for all categories mentioned above) should have given a performance/show in at least 3 or 4 National Festivals and participated in 3 or 4 State Level Programme.
1. The applicant group (for all categories mentioned above) should not receive any kind of assistance from any other sources for the same purpose. > **Eligibility: (Category B)**


1. Registered Groups (for all categories mentioned above) should have already made a minimum production of their organization as below:
1. Minimum 5 remarkable productions for the registered group of 3 above 15 years. 
1. Minimum 6-10 remarkable production for the registered group of 15 above 25 years. 
1. Registered Groups (for all categories mentioned above) should have given performance/show in at least 3 or 4 State Level or National Level Programme
1. The applicant group (for all categories mentioned above) should not receive any kind of assistance from any other sources for the same purpose
1. For Visual Art, Research & Book Publication, and Instrument / Costume Making, individual artists/artists/writers/artisans who have enough knowledge in their respective fields will be eligible. Research & Book Publication should be based on Manipuri culture and also the translation of (a) old manuscripts to modern Manipuri language only (b) the books of other languages on art & culture to Manipuri language which may be used as reference. > **Method of Selection:**

The selection of artists/groups will be done by a Screening / Selection Committee constituted by the Government.