Ministry of Culture (India)
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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 |
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.[2]
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[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)
- 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 | ||
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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 State[]
Minister of state | Portrait | Political party | Term | Days | ||
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Arjun Ram Meghwal | ![]() |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 60 days | |
Meenakshi Lekhi | ![]() |
7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 60 days |
References[]
- ^ "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).
External links[]
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