STUDY OF INDIGENOUS CULTURE
STUDY OF INDIGENOUS CULTURE
To protect, promote and preserve various forms of folk art and culture throughout the country including indigenous culture, the Government of India has set up seven Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs) in the country during the year 1985-86 with headquarters at Patiala, Nagpur, Udaipur, Prayagraj, Kolkata, Dimapur and Thanjavur. These ZCCs organize various cultural activities and programmes on regular basis in the country for which annual grant-in-aid is provided to them.
Further, to preserve traditional knowledge, the Ministry of Culture has set up Regional Centres and Project Offices under its various autonomous bodies which inter-alia work for the upliftment and preservation of the culture and heritage including indigenous culture.
Such Centres set up during the last 10 years are as under:
Sl. No.
Autonomous Body
Regional Centres/
ProjectOffices
Year of Establishment
i.
Centre for Cultural Resources and Training
Damoh
2022
ii.
National School of Drama
Varanasi
2018
Srinagar
2021
iii.
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
Puducherry
2017
Ranchi
2017
Guwahati
2017
Thrissur
2018
Vadodara
2018
Goa
2021
iv.
Lalit Kala Akademi
Ahmedabad
2018
Agartala
2018
v.
Sangeet Natak Akademi
Agartala
(Documentation Centre)
2016
JharkhandChandankiyari,
Chhau Kendra
2018
vi.
Sahitya Akademi
Oral and Tribal Literature Centre in Delhi
2014
This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.