KALA SANSKRITI VIKAS YOJNA
- Context: The Ministry of Culture implements the Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana (KSVY), under which financial assistance is provided to eligible cultural organizations and individual artists including tribal and rural artists engaged in performing arts across the country, including the state of Assam and Himachal Pradesh.
About KALA SANSKRITI VIKAS YOJNA
- Recently, the Ministry of Culture has launched a Scheme of Financial Assistance for the Development of Buddhist/Tibetan Culture and Art under “Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojna (KSVY)”.
- Under this scheme, financial assistance is provided to the voluntary Buddhist and Tibetan Organizations including Monasteries engaged in the propagation and scientific development of Buddhist/ Tibetan Culture and tradition, located in any part of the country. The quantum of funding is Rs.30 lakhs per year for an organization.
- The Government promotes and preserves tribal art, folk traditions, music, dance, cultural festivals and cultural heritage through the Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana (KSVY).
- Further, to protect, promote and preserve various forms of folk/ tribal art & culture throughout the country, the Government of India has 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 on regular basis all over India for which annual grant-in-aid is provided to them.
