Question : Poor State of Museums

(a) whether the Government has taken note of the poor state of museums in the country and historical artifacts preserved there and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Government has initiated agenda on museum reforms in an effort to bring qualitative changes in museums in India in order to keep pace with the international development in the field and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the time by which the condition of the museums is likely to be improved;

(d) whether the Government has introduced any special programme/scheme/package in this regard; and

(e) if so, the details thereof along with the amount allocated for preservation of museums and artifacts during the last three years, State/UT and Year-wise?

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) CULTURE & TOURISM
AND
MINISTER OF STATE FOR CIVIL AVIATION

(DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a) There are various national level museums, namely National Museum (New Delhi), 3 wings of National Gallery of Modern Art (Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai), Indian Museum (Kolkata), Victoria Memorial Hall (Kolkata), Salarjung Museum (Hyderabad), 23 Science Centre under National Council of Science Museum (Kolkata) and Allahabad Museum (Allahabad), which are directly under the administrative control of the Ministry of Culture. Besides, there are forty four site museums under the control of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). These museums have a large collection of artefacts, paintings, sculptures, coins etc. Upgradation and modernization of these museums are taken up by the Government from time to time. These museums are in good condition.

(b) to (d) The Government has initiated 14 point agenda on museum reforms in 2009 as a continuous process to bring qualitative changes in museums in India to keep pace with the international developments in the field. The condition of the museums is upgraded/modernized periodically in a time bound manner.

(e) Details of fund allocated for maintaining the above museums and the funds sanctioned for various other museums under the Museum Grant Scheme is at Annexure.



Annexure

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN PART (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1330 FOR 02.05.2016 REGARDING POOR STATE OF MUSEUMS

The Amount Allocated for Preservation of Museums and Artifacts during the Last Three Years, State/UT and Year-wise
(Rs. in lakh)
S. No. State 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
1. Andhra Pradesh 76.69 45.50 349.81
2. Jammu & Kashmir 313.25 - 252.77
3. Himachal Pradesh58.14 10.25 3.20
4. Madhya Pradesh 365.43 307.28 84.17
5. Mizoram - - 50.00
6. Punjab 9.00 30.50 105.57
7. Rajasthan 147.65 65.12 249.35
8. Telangana 10.00 325.08 -
9. Uttarakhand 7.20 466.13 6.77
10. Arunachal Pradesh129.1 99.665 469.714
11. Haryana 173.74 55.15 85.61
12. Kerala 295.48 103.25 148.50
13. West Bengal 448.59 239.19 801.70
14. Assam 16.15 47.46 32.56
15. Gujarat 38.43 33.00 31.6
16. Karnataka 64.93 62.51 209.9
17. Manipur 41.09 - 21.79
18. Maharashtra 300.00 46.92 341.085
19. Nagaland 9.93 36.79 -
20. Odisha 119.4 38.30 116.1
21. Tamilnadu 112.57 80.22 91.59
22. Uttar Pradesh 127.65 450.77 288.55
23. Bihar 38.81 41.00 68.07
24. Goa 22.50 20.25 14.00

S.No. UT 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
1. Delhi 125.7 107.00 110.75