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{{Short description|Ministry of India}}
{{Short description|Government ministry of India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox government agency
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|minister1_name  = [[G. Kishan Reddy]]
| minister2_pfo  = Minister of State
|minister1_pfo  = Cabinet Minister
| website        = {{URL| http://www.indianculture.gov.in/ }}
|minister2_name  = [[Meenakshi Lekhi]]
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The '''Ministry of Culture''' is the [[Government of India|Indian government]] [[Ministry (government department)|ministry]] charged with preservation and promotion of [[art]] and [[culture]] of India.
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The '''Ministry of Culture''' is the [[Government of India|Indian government]] [[Ministry (government department)|ministry]] charged with preservation and promotion of [[Indian art|art]] and [[culture of India]].


[[G. Kishan Reddy]] is the current Minister of Culture. Recently the government has established the [[National Mission on Libraries India]] under this ministry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaculture.nic.in/nml/index.html|url-status= dead|title=About : NML|access-date=28 October 2012<!-- found the access date from the article's revision history search tool at http://wikipedia.ramselehof.de/wikiblame.php?lang=en and the nearest archived article date was 1 nov -->|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101174109/http://indiaculture.nic.in/nml/index.html|archive-date=1 November 2012}}</ref>
[[Gajendra Singh Shekhawat]] is the current Minister of Culture. Recently the government has established the [[National Mission on Libraries India]] under this ministry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaculture.nic.in/nml/index.html|url-status= dead|title=About : NML|access-date=28 October 2012<!-- found the access date from the article's revision history search tool at http://wikipedia.ramselehof.de/wikiblame.php?lang=en and the nearest archived article date was 1 nov -->|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101174109/http://indiaculture.nic.in/nml/index.html|archive-date=1 November 2012}}</ref>
 
==History==
The body now known as the Ministry of Culture was originally established as the Department of Culture in 1971.
 
For its first 14 years, it was administered as a department under the Ministry of Education and Social Welfare (later the [[Ministry of Education and Culture]]).
 
In 1985, as part of a government-wide administrative re-organisation, the Department of Culture was moved and placed under the newly created [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]] (HRD).
 
This arrangement continued until 1999, when the department was separated from the HRD Ministry and briefly merged with another portfolio to form the [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Ministry of Tourism and Culture]].
 
This combined ministry was bifurcated on 27 May 2006, leading to the creation of a standalone, cabinet-level Ministry of Culture and a separate [[Ministry of Tourism]]. Since 2006, the Ministry of Culture has functioned as an independent ministry within the [[Government of India]].
 
==Characteristics==
The restoration of ancient idols smuggled out of India comes under the Ministry of Culture.
 
As of 1 October 2021, the Government of India has recovered 211 idols.<ref name="pp">{{cite web | url=https://thefederal.com/news/in-7-years-modi-govt-brought-back-198-ancient-artefacts-from-abroad | title=In 7 years, Modi govt brought back 198 ancient artefacts from abroad | date=October 2021 }}</ref>
Till 2014 only 13 idols were recovered. 198 idols have been restored since 2014.
 
In June 2022, more than 10 idols were recovered and handed over to the Tamil Nadu Idol Rescue Unit. 228 idols have been recovered till 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1883396 | title=Year End Review 2022: Ministry of Culture }}</ref>
 
{{Bar chart
| title      = Total no of recovered Artifacts <ref name="pp" />
| bar_width  = 20
| float      = vertical
| width_units = em
| label_type  = [[Year]]
| label1  = 1976
| label2  = 1979
| label3  = 1986
| label4  = 1990
| label5  = 1991
| label6  = 1999
| label7  = 2000
| label8  = 2001
| label9  = 2013
| label10 = 2014
| label11 = 2015
| label12 = 2016
| label13 = 2017
| label14 = 2018
| label15 = 2019
| label16 = 2020
| label17 = 2021
| label18 = 2022
 
| data_type = Total No of Artifacts
| data_max  = 300
| data1  = 1
| data2  = 1
| data3  = 3
| data4  = 1
| data5  = 2
| data6  = 2
| data7  = 1
| data8  = 1
| data9  = 1
| data10 = 2
| data11 = 3
| data12 = 14
| data13 = 9
| data14 = 2
| data15 = 2
| data16 = 8
| data17 = 158
| data18 = 30
}}


==Organisation==
==Organisation==
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*'''Subordinate offices'''
*'''Subordinate offices'''
**[[Anthropological Survey of India]], [[Kolkata]]
**[[Anthropological Survey of India]], [[Kolkata]]
**Central Reference Library, [[Kolkata]]
**[[Central Reference Library]], [[Kolkata]]
**National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property, [[Lucknow]]
**National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property, [[Lucknow]]
**[[National Gallery of Modern Art|National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi]]
**[[National Gallery of Modern Art|National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi]]
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*'''Autonomous organisations'''
*'''Autonomous organisations'''
** [[National Mission for Manuscripts]], Delhi
** [[National Mission for Manuscripts]], Delhi
** [[Allahabad Museum]], [[Allahabad]]
** [[Allahabad Museum]], [[Prayagraj]]
**[[Asiatic Society]], [[Kolkata]]
**[[Asiatic Society]], [[Kolkata]]
**[[Central Institute of Buddhist Studies]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
**[[Central Institute of Buddhist Studies]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
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**[[Indian Museum]], [[Kolkata]]
**[[Indian Museum]], [[Kolkata]]
**[[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]] (IGNCA), New Delhi
**[[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]] (IGNCA), New Delhi
**Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manava Sangrahalaya, [[Bhopal]]
**[[Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya|Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manava Sangrahalaya]], [[Bhopal]]
**[[Kalakshetra|Kalakshetra Foundation]], Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai
**[[Kalakshetra|Kalakshetra Foundation]], Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai
**[[Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library]], [[Patna]]
**[[Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library]], [[Patna]]
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**[[National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology]] (NMIHACM), [[Delhi]]
**[[National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology]] (NMIHACM), [[Delhi]]
**[[National School of Drama]], New Delhi
**[[National School of Drama]], New Delhi
**Nav Nalanda Mahavihara, [[Nalanda]], [[Bihar]]
**[[Nava Nalanda Mahavihara]], [[Nalanda]], [[Bihar]]
**[[Nehru Memorial Museum and Library]], New Delhi ([[Teen Murti Bhavan]])
**[[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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rrrlf.gov.in/about_rrrlf.asp|title=About RRRLF|access-date=11 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911074213/http://www.rrrlf.gov.in/about_rrrlf.asp|archive-date=11 September 2013}}</ref>
**Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation, [[Kolkata]], registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rrrlf.gov.in/about_rrrlf.asp|title=About RRRLF|access-date=11 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911074213/http://www.rrrlf.gov.in/about_rrrlf.asp|archive-date=11 September 2013}}</ref>
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**[[Victoria Memorial (India)|Victoria Memorial Hall]], [[Kolkata]]
**[[Victoria Memorial (India)|Victoria Memorial Hall]], [[Kolkata]]
*'''Zonal Cultural Centers (based on [[Cultural Zones of India]])'''
*'''Zonal Cultural Centers (based on [[Cultural Zones of India]])'''
**[http://ezccindia.org/ Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre], [[Kolkata]]
**{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080627190228/http://www.ezccindia.org/ Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre]}}, [[Kolkata]]
**[http://www.nczccindia.in/ North Central Zone Cultural Centre], [[Allahabad]]
**[http://www.nczccindia.in/ North Central Zone Cultural Centre], [[Allahabad]]
**[[North East Zone Cultural Centre]]
**[[North East Zone Cultural Centre]]
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**[[South Zone Culture Centre]], [[Tanjavur]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
**[[South Zone Culture Centre]], [[Tanjavur]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
**[[West Zone Cultural Centre]]
**[[West Zone Cultural Centre]]
*'''Public Sector Undertakings'''
**[[National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation]]


== Ministers of Culture ==
==List of ministers==
{| class="wikitable"
<!-- ''Updated list of ministers will be added soon'' -->
|+
 
!No.
=== Cabinet Ministers ===
!Name
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2"|Term of office
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Portrait
! colspan=2|Political Party
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em" |Minister<br>{{small|(Birth-Death)<br>Constituency}}
!Prime Minister
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! rowspan="2"| Ministry
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister
|-
|-
|1
!style="width:6em"| From
|[[Ananth Kumar]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/759802/1/Council_of_Ministers_English.pdf|title=Council of Ministers}}</ref>
!style="width:6em"| To
|13 October 1999
!Period
|1 September 2001
|rowspan=1|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
|rowspan=3|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|-
|2
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Maneka Gandhi]] <br>''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
|[[File:The Leader of Opposition, BThe Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on January 08, 2015 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|1 September 2001
|'''[[Ananth Kumar]]'''<br>{{small|(1959{{ndash}}2018)<br>MP for [[Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency|Bangalore South]]}}
|18 November 2001
|{{small|13 October}}<br>1999
|rowspan="1"|[[Independent politician|Independent]]<br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
|{{small|1 September}}<br>2001
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" rowspan=1|
!{{ayd|1999|10|13|2001|9|1}}
|rowspan="3"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="3" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|-
|3
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Jagmohan]]  
|[[File:Maneka-Gandhi.jpg|70px]]
|18 November 2001
|'''[[Maneka Gandhi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1956)<br>MP for [[Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency|Pilibhit]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|22 May 2004
|{{small|1 September}}<br>2001
|rowspan=1|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
|{{small|18 November}}<br>2001
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
!{{ayd|2001|9|1|2001|11|18}}
|-
|-
|4
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[S. Jaipal Reddy]]
|[[File:Jagmohan.jpg|70px]]
|23 May 2004
|'''[[Jagmohan]]'''<br>{{small|(1927{{ndash}}2021)<br>MP for [[New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|New Delhi]]}}
|29 January 2006
|{{small|18 November}}<br>2001
|rowspan=5|[[Indian National Congress]]<br><small>([[United Progressive Alliance]])</small>
|{{small|22 May}}<br>2004
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=5|
!{{ayd|2001|11|18|2004|5|22}}
|rowspan=5|[[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
|-
|5
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Ambika Soni]]  
|[[File:Jaipal Sudini Reddy - Kolkata 2004-11-10 03212 Cropped.jpg|70px]]
|29 January 2006
|'''[[Jaipal Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(1942{{ndash}}2018)<br>MP for [[Miryalguda Lok Sabha constituency|Miryalguda]]}}
|23 May 2009
|{{small|23 May}}<br>2004
|{{small|29 January}}<br>2006
!{{ayd|2004|5|23|2006|1|29}}
|rowspan="5"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan I''']]
|rowspan="5"| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
|-
|6
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Manmohan Singh]]  
|[[File:Ambika Soni.jpg|70px]]
|23 May 2009
|'''[[Ambika Soni]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1942)<br>MP for [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
|19 January 2011
|{{small|29 January}}<br>2006
|{{small|22 May}}<br>2009
!{{ayd|2006|1|29|2009|5|22}}
|-
|-
|7
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Kumari Selja]]  
|[[File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg|70px]]
|19 January 2011
|'''[[Manmohan Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(1932{{ndash}}2024)<br>MP for [[Assam]] (Rajya Sabha)}}<br>(Prime Minister)
|28 October 2012
|{{small|22 May}}<br>2009
|{{small|19 January}}<br>2011
!{{ayd|2009|5|22|2011|1|19}}
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan II''']]
|-
|-
|8
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Chandresh Kumari Katoch]]  
|[[File:Kumari Selja.jpg|70px]]
|28 October 2012
|'''[[Selja Kumari]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1962)<br>MP for [[Ambala Lok Sabha constituency|Ambala]]}}
|26 May 2014
|{{small|19 January}}<br>2011
|{{small|28 October}}<br>2012
!{{ayd|2011|1|19|2012|10|28}}
|-
|-
|9
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Shripad Naik]] <br> ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
|[[File:Chandresh Kumari Katoch assuming office in 2012 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|26 May 2014
|'''[[Chandresh Kumari Katoch]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1944)<br>MP for [[Jodhpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jodhpur]]}}
|12 November 2014
|{{small|28 October}}<br>2012
|rowspan=4|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
|{{small|26 May}}<br>2014
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=4|
!{{ayd|2012|10|28|2014|5|26}}
|rowspan=4|[[Narendra Modi]]
|-
|-
|10
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Mahesh Sharma]] <br>''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
|[[File:Shripad Yasso Naik - Kolkata 2014-10-12 7755.JPG|70px]]
|12 November 2014
|'''[[Shripad Naik]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1952)<br>MP for [[North Goa Lok Sabha constituency|North Goa]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|30 May 2019
|{{small|26 May}}<br>2014
|{{small|9 November}}<br>2014
!{{ayd|2014|5|26|2014|11|9}}
|rowspan="5"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]'''
|rowspan="5"| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
|-
|11
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Prahlad Singh Patel]]<br>''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
|[[File:Mahesh Sharma January 2015.jpg|70px]]
|30 May 2019
|'''[[Mahesh Sharma]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1959)<br>MP for [[Gautam Buddh Nagar Lok Sabha constituency|Gautam Buddh Nagar]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|7 July 2021
|{{small|9 November}}<br>2014
|{{small|30 May}}<br>2019
!{{ayd|2014|11|9|2019|5|30}}
|-
|-
|12
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[G Kishan Reddy]]
|[[File:Prahlad Singh Patel.jpg|70px]]
|7 July 2021
|'''[[Prahlad Singh Patel]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1960)<br>MP for [[Damoh Lok Sabha constituency|Damoh]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|{{small|31 May}}<br>2019
|{{small|7 July}}<br>2021
!{{ayd|2019|5|31|2021|7|7}}
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:G. Kishan Reddy in 2025.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[G. Kishan Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1964)<br>MP for [[Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency|Secunderabad]]}}
|{{small|7 July}}<br>2021
|{{small|11 June}}<br>2024
!{{ayd|2021|7|7}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in June 2019 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Gajendra Singh Shekhawat]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1967)<br>MP for [[Jodhpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jodhpur]]}}
|{{small|11 June}}<br>2024
|''Incumbent''
|''Incumbent''
! '''{{ayd|11 Jun 2024}}'''
|style="background:#FFA551;"| [[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]
|-
|}
|}


== List of Ministers of State ==
=== Ministers of State ===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible style=" ;"sortable mw-collapsible"
 
|+Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! [[Minister of state]]
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Portrait
! Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em" |Minister<br>{{small|(Birth-Death)<br>Constituency}}
! colspan=2| Political party
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan="2" | Term
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! Years
! rowspan="2"| Ministry
|-align=center
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister
|[[Arjun Ram Meghwal]]
|-
|[[File:Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal taking charge as the Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, in New Delhi on September 04, 2017.jpg|100px]]
!style="width:6em"| From
|Rowspan=2|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
!style="width:6em"| To
|Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#FF9933|
!Period
|7 July 2021
|-
|''Incumbent''
|bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"|
|{{Age in years and days|2021|07|07}}
|[[File:Kanti Singh in 2008 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|-align=center
|'''[[Kanti Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1957)<br>MP for [[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency|Arrah]]}}
|[[Meenakshi Lekhi]]
|{{small|6 April}}<br>2008
|[[File:Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi in July 2021.jpg|100px]]
|{{small|22 May}}<br>2009
|7 July 2021
!{{ayd|2008|4|6|2009|5|22}}
|''Incumbent''
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|{{Age in years and days|2021|07|07}}
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan I''']]
|[[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Arjun Ram Meghwal 2017 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Arjun Ram Meghwal]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1953)<br>MP for [[Bikaner Lok Sabha constituency|Bikaner]]}}
|rowspan="2"| {{small|7 July}}<br>2021
|rowspan="2"| {{small|11 June}}<br>2024
!rowspan="2"|
{{ayd|2021|7|7|2024|6|11}}
|rowspan="3"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Narendra Modi]]
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|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Meenakshi Lekhi with PM Modi (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Meenakshi Lekhi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1967)<br>MP for [[New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|New Delhi]]}}
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|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Rao Inderjit Singh taking over as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning in May 2014 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Rao Inderjit Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1951)<br>MP for [[Gurgaon Lok Sabha constituency|Gurgaon]]}}
|{{small|11 June}}<br>2024
|''Incumbent''  
!{{ayd|2024|6|11}}
|bgcolor="#FFA551"| [[Third Modi ministry|'''Modi III''']]
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==See also==
* [[Directorate of Language Planning and Implementation]]


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.indiaculture.nic.in/ Official website]
*[https://culture.gov.in/ Official website]
*[https://gyanbharatam.com/ Gyan Bharatam]


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Ministry of Culture (India)
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Culture
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersC-wing
Shastri Bhawan
New Delhi
Annual budget₹3,399.65 crore (US$480 million) (2023-24 est.)[1]
Ministers responsible
Websitewww.indianculture.gov.in

The Ministry of Culture is the Indian government ministry charged with preservation and promotion of art and culture of India.

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat is the current Minister of Culture. Recently the government has established the National Mission on Libraries India under this ministry.[2]

History[edit | edit source]

The body now known as the Ministry of Culture was originally established as the Department of Culture in 1971.

For its first 14 years, it was administered as a department under the Ministry of Education and Social Welfare (later the Ministry of Education and Culture).

In 1985, as part of a government-wide administrative re-organisation, the Department of Culture was moved and placed under the newly created Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD).

This arrangement continued until 1999, when the department was separated from the HRD Ministry and briefly merged with another portfolio to form the Ministry of Tourism and Culture.

This combined ministry was bifurcated on 27 May 2006, leading to the creation of a standalone, cabinet-level Ministry of Culture and a separate Ministry of Tourism. Since 2006, the Ministry of Culture has functioned as an independent ministry within the Government of India.

Characteristics[edit | edit source]

The restoration of ancient idols smuggled out of India comes under the Ministry of Culture.

As of 1 October 2021, the Government of India has recovered 211 idols.[3] Till 2014 only 13 idols were recovered. 198 idols have been restored since 2014.

In June 2022, more than 10 idols were recovered and handed over to the Tamil Nadu Idol Rescue Unit. 228 idols have been recovered till 2022.[4]

Total no of recovered Artifacts [3]
Year Total No of Artifacts
1976
1
1979
1
1986
3
1990
1
1991
2
1999
2
2000
1
2001
1
2013
1
2014
2
2015
3
2016
14
2017
9
2018
2
2019
2
2020
8
2021
158
2022
30

Organisation[edit | edit source]

List of ministers[edit | edit source]

Cabinet Ministers[edit | edit source]

Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Ananth Kumar
(1959–2018)
MP for Bangalore South 		13 October
1999 		1 September
2001 		1 year, 323 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Maneka Gandhi
(born 1956)
MP for Pilibhit
(MoS, I/C) 		1 September
2001 		18 November
2001 		78 days
Jagmohan
(1927–2021)
MP for New Delhi 		18 November
2001 		22 May
2004 		2 years, 186 days
Jaipal Reddy
(1942–2018)
MP for Miryalguda 		23 May
2004 		29 January
2006 		1 year, 251 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
Ambika Soni
(born 1942)
MP for Punjab (Rajya Sabha) 		29 January
2006 		22 May
2009 		3 years, 113 days
Manmohan Singh
(1932–2024)
MP for Assam (Rajya Sabha)
(Prime Minister) 		22 May
2009 		19 January
2011 		1 year, 242 days Manmohan II
Selja Kumari
(born 1962)
MP for Ambala 		19 January
2011 		28 October
2012 		1 year, 283 days
Chandresh Kumari Katoch
(born 1944)
MP for Jodhpur 		28 October
2012 		26 May
2014 		1 year, 210 days
Shripad Naik
(born 1952)
MP for North Goa
(MoS, I/C) 		26 May
2014 		9 November
2014 		167 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
Mahesh Sharma
(born 1959)
MP for Gautam Buddh Nagar
(MoS, I/C) 		9 November
2014 		30 May
2019 		4 years, 202 days
Prahlad Singh Patel
(born 1960)
MP for Damoh
(MoS, I/C) 		31 May
2019 		7 July
2021 		2 years, 37 days Modi II
G. Kishan Reddy
(born 1964)
MP for Secunderabad 		7 July
2021 		11 June
2024 		5 years, 34 days
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
(born 1967)
MP for Jodhpur 		11 June
2024 		Incumbent 2 years, 60 days Modi III

Ministers of State[edit | edit source]

Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Kanti Singh
(born 1957)
MP for Arrah 		6 April
2008 		22 May
2009 		1 year, 46 days Rashtriya Janata Dal Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
Arjun Ram Meghwal
(born 1953)
MP for Bikaner 		7 July
2021 		11 June
2024

2 years, 340 days

Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II Narendra Modi
Meenakshi Lekhi
(born 1967)
MP for New Delhi
Rao Inderjit Singh
(born 1951)
MP for Gurgaon 		11 June
2024 		Incumbent 2 years, 60 days Modi III

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "The annual outlay for Ministry of Culture in FY 2023-24 increased by 12.97% to Rs. 3,399.65 Crore".
  2. ↑ "About : NML". Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "In 7 years, Modi govt brought back 198 ancient artefacts from abroad". October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Year End Review 2022: Ministry of Culture".
  5. ↑ "About RRRLF". Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2014.

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