MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR CULTURE & TOURISM
(SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)
(a) Yes, National School of Drama (NSD), an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, enrolls 27 students every year to its 3 years’ Post Graduate Course in Dramatics Arts through Selection process by conducting interview audition at 12 centres all over the country to attract talent from all regions of the country. Further, NSD organizes various festivals and workshops to attract the talent in the field of drama and acting i.e; Bharat Rang Mahotsav and North East Festivals etc. Theatre-in-education company conducts workshops for children every year.
(b)&(c) The Broad-Based Committee (Vision Committee) set up by the National School of Drama (NSD) Society in February 2005, inter-alia, recommended opening of five regional centres of the NSD across the country including Bengaluru (Karnataka), and at Kolkata, Maharastra/Goa, Jammu & Kashmir and in the North East.
Now at present, NSD is running 4 centers under consolidation of outreach program, which are in Gangtok, Bengaluru, Agartala and Varanasi, in addition to Delhi campus at Bahawalpur House.
Established:
Bengaluru (Karnataka) - July, 1994
Gangtok (Sikkim) - July, 2011
Agartala (Tripura) - August, 2012
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) - August, 2018
(d) International Theatre Festival Bharat Rang Mahotsav:
(? in lakh)
Year Allocation Expenditure
2016-17 772.00 772.00
2017-18 -- --
2018-19 795.00 955.03
(e) Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF), Kolkata, an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture provides assistance for development of public library and its activities on the basis of the proposals received from the respective State/U.T. library authority under its various Matching and Non-Matching Schemes. The details of assistance provided for Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal by RRRLF is enclosed as Annexure-A. Also, the details of amount sanctioned by National Missions on Libraries (NML) under NML Model Library Schemes on the basis of the proposals received from the State Library Authority of West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh are mentioned below:
(? in lakhs)
STATE LIBRARY NAME Amount Sanctioned
West Bengal West Bengal State Central Library 222.81
West Bengal North Bengal State Library 86.98
Uttar Pradesh State Central Library 206.00
Uttar Pradesh Government District Library 87.00
Ministry of Culture operates a Museum Grant Scheme under which financial assistance is provided for setting up of new Museums by State Governments and Societies, Autonomous bodies, Local Bodies and Trusts registered under the Societies Act, to strengthen and modernize the existing museums at the Regional, State and District level. A list of organizations which had been granted financial assistance in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal from April, 2014 to June, 2019 is enclosed as Annexure-B.
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ANNEXURE-A
Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation
Details of assistance provided by RRRLF for Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal under various Matching and Non-Matching schemes during last 3 years
Amount in Rupees
State/UT 2018-19 2017-18 2016-17
Non-Matching Assistance Matching Assistance Non-Matching Assistance Matching Assistance Non-Matching Assistance Matching Assistance
Uttar Pradesh 8669994.79 2794821.00 6737024.55 29892634.00 13750745.94 16623979.00
West Bengal 8374265.09 12152487.00 10759473.57 62219128.00 15749462.95 24627141.00
ANNEXURE-B
List of organizations which had been granted financial assistance in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal from April, 2014 to June, 2019 for setting up of new Museums by State Governments and Societies, Autonomous bodies, Local Bodies and Trusts registered under the Societies Act:
S. No. State Name of Organization FY: 2014-15 FY:
2015-16 FY: 2016-17 FY:
2017-18 FY: 2018-19 2019-20
(till 14 June, 2019)
1. Uttar Pradesh La Martiniere Girls’ College,Khursheed Manzil Museum, Box No. 33, Lucknow 53.116 - 38.21 - 38.21 -
2. Parshwanath Vidyapeeth, ITI Road, Karaundi, P.O. BHU, Varanasi 75.20 - - - 37.60 -
3. Bharat Kala Bhavan, BHU, Varanasi - - 200.00 - - -
4. Office of Cantonment Board, Carriappa, Shahjahanpur - - 10.00 190.72 -
5. Allahabad High Court, Allahabad , Uttar Pradesh - - - 10.488 - -
6. Ram Katha Museum and Digital Holographic Ram Leela (OAT), Ayodhya (District Faizabad), Govt. of Uttar Pradesh - - - - 400.00 -
7. Guru Gorakhnath Sewa Sansthan, Guru Gorakhnath Museum at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh - - - - 250.00 -
8. West Bengal Bagnan Ananda Niketan Kirtishala, District Museum, Po-Bagnan, Howrah - 52.215 - 52.215 - -
9. Artsacer Foundation , BH-167 Lake Sector II Kolkata 75.00 50.00 - 10.00 - -
10. Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Road, Kolkata – 700071 50.00 - - - - -
11. Gaudiya Mission, Gaudiya Math, Kaliprasad Chakraborty Street, Bagbazar, Kolkata - 75.00 175.00 - 99.625 -
12. Centre For Studies In Social Sciences (Jadunath Sarkar), Baishnabghata Patuli Township , Kolkata 45.605 60.805 30.402 - 25.108 -
13. Nehru Museum of Science & Technology, IIT, Kharagapur, West Bengal. - 32.932 - - - -
14. Rabindra Bharati University, B.T. Road, North 24 Parganas, Kolkata - 26.225 - - 26.225 -
15. Natya Shodh Sansthan, EE-8, Sector-II, Bidhannagar, Kolkata - 25.45 12.725 12.725 12.503 -
16. Netaji Research Bureau, Netaji Bhawan, Lala Lajpat Rai Saranai, Kolkata - 59.04 - - 56.449 -
17. National Cultural Association, Nehru Children’s Museum, Chowringhee Road, Kolkata , West Bengal - 15.16 - 15.17 - -
18. Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan, West Bengal - - - 273.91 - -
19. Ramakrishna Sarada Mission, Sister Nivedita Heritage Museum, Bosepara Lane, Baghbazar, Kolkata - 250.00 - - 103.132 -
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