Scheme to Provide Special Financial Assistance for Organizing Cultural Events
State: Goa
Ministry: null
Department: Art, Culture and Museums Department
Category: Sports & Culture
Beneficiary Type: Individual, University / Institution, NGO

"Scheme to Provide Special Financial Assistance for Organizing Cultural Events" is a Grant-In-Aid to the NGOs designed to provide financial support to institutions, cultural groups and individuals to organize/conduct various types of Cultural Events/Programmes/ Exhibitions/Festivals/Workshops.

Benefits:
1. Financial grant maximum upto **₹  5,00,000 or 80% of the expenditure** incurred for organizing the cultural events, whichever is less, based on the nature of the cultural events. 1. However, in the case where the Directorate of Art &amp; Culture suo-moto identifies any institution or group or individual person to organize any Cultural Event/Programme/Exhibition/Festival/Camp &amp; Workshop for the Department of Art &amp; Culture then the grant a maximum upto **₹  5,00,000 or 100% of the expenditure** incurred for organizing the event, whichever is less shall be granted for this purpose.
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[**NOTE:** The applicant shall get the financial grant to the extent decided by the Department of Art &amp; Culture/ Government based on the nature and scope of the proposed cultural event and the reputation, standing and eligibility of the applicant.]

Eligibility:
1. The applicant should be an individual or a cultural group/organization/institution, registered or unregistered.
1. The applicant should have experience organizing cultural events/programmes/ exhibitions/festivals.
1. The applicant should not be a defaulter of the Directorate of Art &amp; Culture for non-submission of utilization certificate or statement of accounts for any other grant received by the applicant. 

**NOTE:** The Directorate of Art &amp; Culture, may also suo-moto identify any institution/cultural group or individual person to organize any Cultural Event/Programme/Exhibitions/Festival/Camp/Workshop for the Department of Art &amp; Culture.
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> **Reservation / Preference / Priority**

Preference will be given to registered institutions/organizations.

Application Process:
[Offline]
Step 1: The interested applicant should visit the Directorate Of Art & Culture, Government of Goa, 5th Floor, Shram Shakti Bhavan, Panaji, Patto, Panaji, Goa - 403001
Step 2: Take a print of the proforma of the application form, or request a hard copy from the concerned authority.
Step 3: In the application form, fill in all the mandatory fields, paste the passport-sized photograph (signed across), and attach copies of all the mandatory documents (self-attest if required).
Step 4: Submit the duly filled and signed application form along with the documents to the Director or to the ACO-II, Directorate of Art & Culture, Phone: 0832-2404623, Email: aco3-dac.goa@nic.in

Documents Required:
Copy of Registration Certificate, if applicable.
Copy of Detail Estimated Expenditure of the Said Event. 
Affidavit (to Be Executed on Appropriate Non-judicial Stamp Paper Duly Notarized/countersigned by Mamlatdar as Per Enclosed Sample Copy)
Programme Details i.e. Artist (Goan & Non-Goan) & Performing Group Details. 
If the Grant Was Sanctioned in Preceding Years, an Original Copy of the Audited Utilization Certificate and Income and Expenditure Statement of the Event Duly Certified by the Chartered Accountant Along With the Photographs, Paper Cuttings Etc. 
Bank Details (Only Nationalised or Scheduled Bank) With the Cancelled Cheque and Passbook Copy as Per the Name Proposed in the Application)
Identity Proof i.e. Aadhar Card, in Case of Individual Applicants.
NOTE: All the enclosures are to be submitted by the Institution/Individual duly signed along with the seal.