2017-18 Annual Report
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Annual Report 2017-18 Annual Report 2017-18 Ministry of Culture Government of India Contents Ministry of Culture Contents 1. Ministry of Culture - An Overview 1 2. Tangible Cultural Heritage 3 2.1 Archaeological Survey of India 5 2.2 Museums 21 2.2a National Museum 21 2.2b National Gallery of Modern Art 24 2.2c Indian Museum 31 2.2d Victoria Memorial Hall 33 2.2e Salar Jung Museum 35 2.2f Allahabad Museum 39 2.2g National Council of Science Museum 42 2.3 Capacity Building in Museum related activities 45 2.3a National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation and Museology 45 2.3.b National Research Laboratory for conservation of Cultural Property 47 2.4 National Culture Fund (NCF) 48 2.5 International Cultural Relations (ICR) 51 2.6 UNESCO Matters 53 2.7 National Monuments Authority 55 2.8 National Missions 57 2.8a National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities 57 2.8b National Mission for Manuscripts 58 2.8c National Mission on Libraries 60 2.8d National Mission on Gandhi Heritage Sites 62 3. Intangible Cultural Heritage 63 3.1 National School of Drama 66 3.2 Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts 68 3.3 Akademies 73 iii Contents 3.3a Sahitya Akademi 73 3.3b Lalit Kala Akademi 78 3.3c Sangeet Natak Akademi 81 3.4 Centre for Cultural Resources and Training 83 3.5 Kalakshetra Foundation 87 Ministry of Culture 3.6 Zonal cultural Centres 90 3.6a North Zone Cultural Centre 90 3.6b Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre 93 3.6c South Zone Cultural Centre 96 3.6d West Zone Cultural Centre 100 3.6e South Central Zone Cultural Centre 102 3.6f North Central Zone Cultural Centre 104 3.6g North East Zone Cultural Centre 109 4. Knowledge Resources Heritage 115 4.1 Institutions 117 4.1a National Archives of India 117 4.1b Anthropological Surveys of India 120 4.1c Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti 123 4.1d Nehru Memorial Museum and Library 127 4.1e Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya 130 4.1f The Asiatic Society 134 4.1g Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies 137 4.1h Central University of Tibetan Studies 140 4.1i Central Institute of Buddhist Studies 147 4.1j Nava Nalanda Maha Vihara 150 4.1k Central Institute of Himalayan Cultural Studies 153 4.2 Libraries 156 4.2a National Library 156 iv Contents Ministry of Culture 4.2b Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation 159 4.2c Delhi Public Library 162 4.2d Rampur Raza Library 166 4.2e Central Reference Library 169 4.2f Khudabaksh Oriental Public Library 172 4.2g Central Secretariat Library 175 5. Other 179 5.1 Centenaries and Anniversaries 181 5.2 Dandi Memorial 185 5.3 Gandhi Peace Prize and Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony 186 5.4 Performing Arts 187 5.5 Scholarship & Fellowship 191 5.6 Budget and Expenditure of the Ministry 193 5.6a Budget Estimates/ Expenditure 193 5.6b Statement showing recurring/ non-recurring grants received by various 195 organizations from 10 lakhs to 50 lakhs 6. Miscellaneous 225 6.1 Initiative in North East Region 227 6.2 Right to Information Act 229 6.3 Vigilance 249 6.4 Pending Audit Paras 250 6.5 Progressive use of Hindi 251 6.6 Staff Welfare 253 6.7 Activities for differently abled persons 254 6.8 Citizen’s Charter 256 6.9 Action on Swachh Bharat Mission 273 6.10 Media Cell 274 v Ministry of Culture Ministry of Culture 1 An Overview The primary mandate of Ministry of Culture is recognizing excellence in the field of art and culture preservation and conservation of ancient cultural by way of awards given by institutions like Sahitya heritage and promotion of tangible and intangible art Akademi and Sangeet Natak Akademi. The National and culture. Headed by Secretary, the administrative School of Drama is involved in promoting a vibrant set up consists of 5 Bureaus and Divisions. The theatre movement of contemporary relevance in the Ministry has two attached offices, six subordinate context of our traditions and cultural diversity. offices and thirty five autonomous organisations, The Ministry is the custodian of all the major which are fully funded by the Government which libraries in the country. It frames policies and include seven Zonal Cultural Centres. There are provides grants-in-aid for library development. also four missions namely, the National Misssion Through National Archives of India, Ministry is for Manuscripts, National Mission for Monument responsible for maintenance of all archival records and Antiquities, National Mission on Libraries, and Gandhi Heritage Sites Mission. of the country. The Ministry protects and promotes Buddhist and Tibetan Culture through institutions Broadly, this Ministry is working on the protection, located at Sarnath, Varanasi and Leh. Capacity- development and promotion of the country’s building programme in the field of Indian art and tangible heritage, intangible heritage and knowledge culture is promoted through institutions like the heritage. In addition, the Ministry also harbours the School of Archaeology, School of Archives, National responsibility of nurturing Gandhian heritage and Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation commemoration of important historical events and and Museology, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute centenaries of great personalities. The Ministry of Asian Studies. The courses offered by National manages all the centrally protected monuments School of Drama and Kalakshetra Foundation are of national importance, through the Archeologival also some of the examples of capacity building Survey of India. It supports museum movement programmes of the Ministry. in the country and majority of the museums are under its administrative control. The ministry also On the international front, the Ministry is promotes regional museums through grant-in-aids. responsible for implementation of various UNESCO In the field of intangible heritage, the Ministry conventions and for entering into Cultural Exchange extends financial support to individuals, group of Agreements with partnering countries. Presently, individuals and cultural organizations involved with India has Cultural Agreements with 107 countries the performing, visual and literary arts. Similarly, and agreeements relating to Cultural Exchange the Ministry through its organizations, is engaged in Programmes have been signed with 69 countries. 1 Tangible Cultural 2 Heritage Archaeological Survey of India Archaeological Survey 4 Archaeological of India Archaeological Survey 2.1 Survey of India 2.1 Archaeological Survey of India 2.2 In the calendar year 2017, recommendations of Staff Selection Commission were received for The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) was filling up vacancies in various cadres in ASI as under: established in 1861. It is an attached office of the Ministry of Culture. ASI is engaged in the protection, Sl. No. Name of post No. of posts preservation and conservation of all the centrally 1 Assistant Archaeologist 68 protected monuments of national importance and excavations of historical sites in the country in terms 2 Assistant Archaeological 18 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites Chemist and Remains Act, 1958. ASI is also administering 3 Stenographer 15 the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972 and 4 Lower Division Clerk 80 Indian Treasure Trove Act, 1878. 5 Assistant Epigraphist 01 2. ASI has 29 Circles which functions under (Dravidian Inscriptions) the charge of a Superintending Archaeologist, 3 Total 182 Mini Circles (Delhi, Leh and Hampi) located in the various States and Union Territories and 5 Regional 2.3 In the year 2017, recruitment rules of 19 Directorates (located at Delhi, Kolkatta, Mumbai, different cadres were got notified in the official Bangalore, and Bhopal). In addition, there are 6 gazette. Excavation Branches, 2 Temple Survey Projects, 1 Building Survey Project, 1 Prehistory Branch, 2.4 Construction of new building for ASI 1 Science Branch, 2 Epigraphy Branches (one for Headquarters at 24, Tilak Marg, New Delhi being Sanskrit and Dravidian at Mysore and the other for executed by CPWD at a total Project cost of Rs.45.5 Arabic and Persian at Nagpur), and 1 Horticulture crore was completed and the office has been shifted Branch with 4 Divisions at Agra, Delhi, Mysore and to the new building in November, 2017. Bhubaneswar. 2.5 E-GOVERNANCE: For introduction of 2.1 CADRE STRENGTH OF ASI: The details of E-governance in ASI, the process of preparing SRS grade-wise sanctioned strength of posts in ASI are and development of proto-types (Phase-I) was as under:- completed through NIC. ASI is presently in the process of awarding the work for development of Sl. No. Classification of posts Sanctioned software (Phase-II) and final implementation of the Strength Project. 1 Group ‘A’ 233 3. PROTECTION OF MONUMENTS: Under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and 2 Group ‘B’ 519 Remains (AMASR) Act, 1958, the ASI has under its 3 Group ‘C’ 1530 protection 3686 monuments and archaeological sites of National Importance in the country which 4 Group ‘C’ (MTS- erstwhile 6152 include 22 cultural sites inscribed in the World Group’ D’ post) Heritage List by UNESCO. Besides, proposals for Total 8434 protection of seven sites/monuments are under process. 5 3.1 So far as declaration of ancient monument 3.7 E-Ticketing: There are 116 and 46 ticketed as of National Importance is concerned preliminary monuments and site museums in ASI and E-ticketing Notification with respect to following two monuments has been implemented in ASI replacing the previous have been issued inviting objections/ suggestion module in which pre-printed ticket were issued from public: to the visitors at the ticketed monuments and museums. During the year 2017, E-ticketing facility (i) Old High Court Building at Nagpur has been extended to 53 Monuments and 20 (Maharashtra) Museums.