Ministry of Culture (India)
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The Ministry of Culture is the Indian government ministry charged with preservation and promotion of art and culture of India.
Agency overview | |
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Jurisdiction | Republic of India |
Headquarters | C-wing Shastri Bhawan New Delhi |
Annual budget | ₹2,687.99 crore (US$380 million) (2021–22 est.)[1] |
Ministers responsible |
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Website | www |
G. Kishan Reddy is the current Minister of Culture. Recently the government has established the National Mission on Libraries India under this ministry.[2]
OrganisationEdit
- Attached offices
- Archaeological Survey of India
- Central Secretariat Library
- National Archives of India
- Subordinate offices
- Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata
- Central Reference Library, Kolkata
- National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property, Lucknow
- National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
- National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
- National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru
- National Library of India, Kolkata
- National Museum, New Delhi
- Autonomous organisations
- National Mission for Manuscripts, Delhi
- Allahabad Museum, Allahabad
- Asiatic Society, Kolkata
- Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Jammu and Kashmir
- Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS)
- Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, New Delhi
- Delhi Public Library, Delhi
- Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi
- Indian Museum, Kolkata
- Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi
- Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manava Sangrahalaya, Bhopal
- Kalakshetra Foundation, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai
- Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library, Patna
- Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), Kolkata
- National Council of Science Museums, Kolkata
- National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology (NMIHACM), Delhi
- National School of Drama, New Delhi
- Nav Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda, Bihar
- Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi (Teen Murti Bhavan)
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata, registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961[3]
- Raza Library, Rampur
- Sahitya Akademi (SA), New Delhi
- Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
- Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA), New Delhi
- Saraswathi Mahal Library, Tanjore
- Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
- Zonal Cultural Centers (based on Cultural Zones of India)
Ministers of CultureEdit
No. | Name | Term of office | Political Party | Prime Minister | ||
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1 | Ananth Kumar[4] | 13 October 1999 | 1 September 2001 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
2 | Maneka Gandhi (MoS, Independent Charge) |
1 September 2001 | 18 November 2001 | Independent (National Democratic Alliance) |
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3 | Jagmohan | 18 November 2001 | 22 May 2004 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
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4 | S. Jaipal Reddy | 23 May 2004 | 29 January 2006 | Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance) |
Manmohan Singh | |
5 | Ambika Soni | 29 January 2006 | 23 May 2009 | |||
6 | Manmohan Singh | 23 May 2009 | 19 January 2011 | |||
7 | Kumari Selja | 19 January 2011 | 28 October 2012 | |||
8 | Chandresh Kumari Katoch | 28 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | |||
9 | Shripad Naik (MoS, Independent Charge) |
26 May 2014 | 12 November 2014 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Narendra Modi | |
10 | Mahesh Sharma (MoS, Independent Charge) |
12 November 2014 | 30 May 2019 | |||
11 | Prahlad Singh Patel (MoS, Independent Charge) |
30 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | |||
12 | G Kishan Reddy | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent |
List of Ministers of StateEdit
Minister of state | Portrait | Political party | Term | Years | ||
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Arjun Ram Meghwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 294 days | ||
Meenakshi Lekhi | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 294 days |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Budget data". 2021.
- ↑ "About : NML". Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ↑ "About RRRLF". Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ↑ "Council of Ministers" (PDF).