Ministry of Culture (India)

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Jurisdiction India		Minister of state independent charge Mahesh Sharma

Annual budget ₹2,738.47 crore (US$410 million) (2017-18 est.) Minister responsible Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Website www.indiaculture.nic.in Headquarters C Wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi Programs Artists Pension Scheme and Welfare Fund Profiles Twitter YouTube Facebook

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

Mahesh Sharma 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, Thiruvanmayur, 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

References

Ministry of Culture (India) Wikipedia

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