(a) whether the Government proposes to set up Cultural Centres in the entire country including Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi NCR for promotion of cultural heritage of India and its values among the youth;
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
(c) whether the Government has any proposal to open a New Cultural Centre in North East Delhi constituency area; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM
(SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)
(a) & (b) To protect, promote and preserve various forms of folk art and cultural heritage of India throughout the country including Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi NCR, the Government of India has already set up seven Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs) with headquarters at Patiala, Nagpur, Udaipur, Prayagraj, Kolkata, Dimapur and Thanjavur. These ZCCs organize various cultural activities and programmes all over the country on regular basis. The member States of these ZCCs are annexed (Annexure). Out of these ZCCs, Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC), Kolkata caters to the cultural need of Jharkhand and North Central Zone Cultural Centre (NCZCC), Prayagraj that of Uttar Pradesh and Delhi NCR.
(c) & (d) No such proposal is under the consideration of the Government of India.
ANNEXURE
Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3522 for 16.03.2020
Member States of Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs)
Sl. No. Name of the Centre Headquarter Member States
1. North Zone Cultural Centre Patiala Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh
2. West Zone Cultural Centre Udaipur Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Union Territory of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli
3. South Zone Cultural Centre Thanjavur Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and Puducherry
4. South Central Zone Cultural Centre Nagpur Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana
5. Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre Kolkata Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal and Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
6. North Central Zone Cultural Centre Prayagraj Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and NCT of Delhi
7. North East Zone Cultural Centre Dimapur Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura