(a) the schemes including welfare schemes running for theatre and Artists related to theatrics in the country;
(b) the State/UT-wise details of the financial assistance provided to these Artists under such schemes during the last three years and the current year, year– wise; and
(c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government for the revival of conventional theatres in the country?
MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM
(SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)
(a) & (b) Ministry of Culture administers various Schemes for providing financial assistance to artists of different cultural fields including inter-alia the artists related to theatrics, given as under
i) Repertory grant.
ii) Scheme for pension and Medical Aid to Artistes.
iii) Cultural Function Production Grant Scheme.
iv) Scholarship & Fellowship.
All Schemes are Central Sector Schemes and no financial assistance is routed through States/UTs. However, the details of financial assistance provided to artists under the aforesaid Schemes during the last three years are Annexed.
(c) National School of Drama (NSD), an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture organizes various theatre festival for revival of theatre in the country (i) International Theatre Festival of India (Bharat Rang Mahotsav) in which opportunity is provided to theatre groups to participate. Theatre groups participating in these festivals include various forms such as contemporary, classical, folk based, modern etc. Besides other allied activities like director meet, ambience performance, seminars, theatre forums, master classes, living legends, etc, (ii) National Theatre Festival for Children (Jashnebachpan & Bal Sangam), a mela of children practicing traditional performing arts from tribal/rural areas of country, (iii) Indian Classical Theatre Festivals where theatre in Indian classical forms are invited to participate in the festival by NSD. So far NSD has organized Classical Theatre Festival in Varanasi, Udaipur, Aurangabad, Goa, Indore, Ujjain & Sangli in which classical theatre performances from different parts of the country were invited to perform in each of the festival venue and (iv) Adirang Mahotsav is a National Tribal Festival of Theatre, Dance, Music, Crafts & Seminars on tribal theme organized by NSD. About 30 such festivals at Shantiniketan, Raipur, Khairagarh, Port Blair, Surat, Nasik, Goa, Kendujhar, Chaibasa, Tinsukiya, Mumbai & Daman with more than 17000 tribal artists/craftsmen have already been organized.
Annexure – I
Annexure referred to in reply to part(a) and (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2292 for 2.12.2019
1. Repertory Grant
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No. Financial Year Assistance provided
(in crores) Number of Artists/Organizations covered
1. 2016-2017 Rs.40.13 564
2. 2017-2018 Rs.41.89 564
3. 2018-2019 Rs.33.47 545
4. 2019-2020 (as on 26th November, 2019) Rs22.95 350
Scheme for Pension & Medical Aid to Artistes
Expenditure in last 3 years(in Crores)
FY Budget Expenditure Number of Beneficiaries Benefited
2016-17 18 13.17 3376
2017-18 18 15.3 3376
2018-19 25 19.73 4120
2019-20 25.5 17.00 (Upto 31st Oct. 2019) 3070
Cultural Function & Production Grant (CFPG)
State 2016-17 (Amount in lakhs) 2017-18 (Amount in lakhs) 2018-19 (Amount in lakhs) 2019-20 (till date) (Amount in lakhs)
Andhra Pradesh 32.75 39.25 19.00 8.37
Arunachal Pradesh 27.50 16.00 6.50 0.25
Assam 97.50 184.75 42.50 8.51
Bihar 101.75 347.00 91.00 18.62
Chandigarh 20.50 10.50 3.00 ---
Chhattishgarh 9.00 10.00 -- ---
Delhi 654.15 497.35 263.00 40.61
Gujarat 11.00 29.00 15.50 8.50
Goa -- 24.30 1.50 0.37
Haryana 44.50 149.85 32.50 9.52
Himachal Pradesh 14.50 26.00 4.50 0.46
Jammu & Kashmir 57.25 72.35 41.50 4.85
Jharkhand 10.50 52.80 11.50 2.50
Karnataka 255.00 671.60 221.50 61.30
Kerala 107.00 95.50 58.25 6.75
Madhya Pradesh 118.00 265.50 100.50 22.98
Maharashtra 133.00 96.35 100.50 26.12
Manipur 185.25 272.30 169.50 28.85
Meghalaya --- -- --- ---
Nagaland --- 3.10 --- ---
Odisha 171.75 168.30 158.25 21.91
Pudducherry 5.50 5.00 3.00 0.87
Punjab 24.50 16.00 21.00 3.00
Rajasthan 51.50 208.00 55.50 16.30
Sikkim 8.50 14.00 --- ---
Tamilnadu 52.50 44.80 37.00 9.32
Telengana* 6.75 99.30 39.00 4.80
Tripura 7.50 2.00 12.50 2.68
Uttar Pradesh 312.50 536.80 239.25 49.81
Uttarakhand 18.50 40.50 11.50 1.44
West Bengal 481.00 574.55 276.45 47.58
STATE-WISE AND YEAR-WISE DETAILS OF JUNIOR FELLOWS* UNDER THE SCHEME OF FELLOWSHIP TO OUTSTANDING PERSONS IN THE FIELD OF CULTURE for the last 3 years
Sl No State No. of Junior Fellows No. of Junior Fellows No. of Junior Fellows
2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
1. Andhra Pradesh 1 1 4
2. Arunacahal Pradesh -- 1 --
3. Assam 10 13 13
4. Bihar 7 5 4
5. Chandigarh 0 0 1
6. Chhattisgarh 5 8 3
7. Delhi 13 21 20
8. Gujarat 6 1 2
9. Goa 1 1 --
10. Haryana 5 3 5
11. Himachal Pradesh 0 0 --
12. Jammu & Kashmir 1 4 2
13. Jharkhand 1 5 5
14. Karnataka 10 7 12
15. Kerala 8 11 11
16. Madhya Pradesh 14 9 9
17. Maharashtra 18 22 22
18. Manipur 6 8 10
19. Meghalya 0 0 1
20. Nagaland 0 0 1
21. Odisha 20 17 16
22. Pudducherry 0 1 1
23. Punjab 4 2 3
24. Rajasthan 4 5 4
25. Sikkim 0 0 --
26. Tamil Nadu 1 3 3
27. Telangana 4 3 5
28. Tripura 1 3 2
29. Uttar Pradesh 17 17 25
30. Uttarakhand 4 2 2
31. West Bengal 17 19 14
Total= 178 192 200
*There is no state-wise Junior Fellowship given under the scheme. Junior Fellowships are awarded to outstanding persons in the age group of 25 to 40 years in different cultural fields @ of Rs. 10,000/- p.m. for the period of 2 years for cultural research. The selection for batch year 2019-20 is under process.
STATE-WISE AND YEAR-WISE DETAILS OF SENIOR FELLOWS** UNDER THE SCHEME OF FELLOWSHIP TO OUTSTANDING PERSONS IN THE FIELD OF CULTURE for the last 3 years
Sl No State No. of Senior Fellows No. of Senior Fellows No. of Senior Fellows
2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
1. Andhra Pradesh 1 3 2
2. Arunacahal Pradesh 1 0 --
3. Assam 3 5 10
4. Bihar 1 7 9
5. Chandigarh 0 0 --
6. Chhattisgarh 2 1 3
7. Delhi 17 23 30
8. Gujarat 0 3 7
9. Goa 0 1 1
10. Haryana 2 4 6
11. Himachal Pradesh 0 0 1
12. Jammu & Kashmir 0 3 1
13. Jharkhand 3 4 4
14. Karnataka 6 8 14
15. Kerala 7 12 10
16. Madhya Pradesh 10 14 15
17. Maharashtra 11 12 11
18. Manipur 7 6 9
19. Meghalya 0 0 --
20. Nagaland 0 0 --
21. Odisha 13 18 25
22. Pudducherry 0 2 1
23. Punjab 0 0 1
24. Rajasthan 7 7 5
25. Sikkim 0 0 --
26. Tamil Nadu 2 3 2
27. Telangana 5 2 2
28. Tripura 0 1 --
29. Uttar Pradesh 22 13 17
30. Uttarakhand 1 3 2
31. West Bengal 12 21 9
Total= 133 176 197
**There is no state-wise Senior Fellowship given under the scheme.Senior Fellowships are awarded to outstanding persons in the age group, above 40 years in different cultural fields @ of Rs. 20,000/- p.m. for the period of 2 years for cultural research. The selection for batch year 2019-20 is under process.
STATE WISE BREAK-UP OF THE SCHOLARSHIP TO YOUNG ARTISTES IN DIFFERENT CULTURAL FIELDS (SYA*) for the last 03 years.
Sl No State 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
1. Andaman & Nicobar -- -- --
2. Andhra Pradesh 07 02 06
3. Arunachal Pradesh -- 02 04
4. Assam 14 12 19
5. Bihar 11 10 14
6. Chandigarh 01 -- 01
7. Chhattisgarh 08 08 14
8. Delhi 16 14 21
9. Goa 01 01 01
10. Gujarat 04 09 08
11. Haryana 06 07 06
12. Himachal Pradesh 01 01 01
13. Jammu and Kashmir 02 02 06
14. Jharkhand 07 01 05
15. Karnataka 26 25 24
16. Kerala 18 20 23
17. Madhya Pradesh 37 28 35
18. Maharashtra 33 26 42
19. Manipur 03 09 09
20. Meghalaya -- -- --
21. Mizoram 01 -- --
22. Nagaland -- -- --
23. Odisha 20 22 22
24. Puducherry 02 -- --
25. Punjab 02 06 04
26. Rajasthan 03 04 08
27. Sikkim -- -- 01
28. Tamil Nadu 03 10 08
29. Telangana 01 05 02
30. Tripura -- 01 01
31. Uttar Pradesh 38 43 38
32. Uttarakhand 01 07 01
33. West Bengal 46 40 60
Total Awardees 312 315 384
* There is no state-wise scholarship given under the scheme. Under this scheme financial assistance is given to selected young artistes of outstanding promise in the age group of 18-25 years for advanced training within India in the field of Indian Classical Music, Indian Classical Dance, Theatre, Mime, Visual art, Folk, Traditional and Indigenous Arts and Light Classical Music etc. @ Rs. 5,000/- p.m. for 2 years.The selection for batch year 2019-20 is under process.