Ministry of Culture (India)

Ministry of Culture (India)

Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Republic of India
Headquarters	C-wing Shastri Bhawan New Delhi
Annual budget	₹2,687.99 crore (US$310 million) (2021–22 est.)
Ministers responsible	G. Kishan Reddy, Cabinet Minister Meenakshi Lekhi, Minister of State
Website	www.indiaculture.nic.in

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

Organisation

• 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
  • 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)
  • Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata
  • North Central Zone Cultural Centre, Allahabad
  • North East Zone Cultural Centre
  • North Zone Cultural Centre
  • South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur
  • South Zone Culture Centre, Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu
  • West Zone Cultural Centre

Ministers of Culture

No.	Name	Term of office		Political Party		Prime Minister
1	Ananth Kumar	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)
3	Jagmohan	18 November 2001	22 May 2004	Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance)
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 State

Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture

Minister of state	Portrait	Political party		Term		Years
Arjun Ram Meghwal		Bharatiya Janata Party		7 July 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 238 days
Meenakshi Lekhi				7 July 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 238 days

External links

• Official website