Ministry of Culture (India)

Ministry of Culture (India)

Emblem of India
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Republic of India
Headquarters	C-wing Shastri Bhawan New Delhi
Annual budget	₹3,042.05 crore (US$380 million) (2019-20 est.)
Minister responsible	Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State (Independent Charge)
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. .

Prahlad Singh Patel 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

• Ananth Kumar - (13 October 1999 - 2 February 2000)
• Maneka Gandhi - (1 September 2001 - 18 November 2001) (MoS, Independent Charge)
• S. Jaipal Reddy - (23 May 2004 - 29 January 2006)
• Ambika Soni - (29 January 2006 - 23 May 2009)
• Manmohan Singh - (23 May 2009 - 19 January 2011)
• Kumari Selja - (19 January 2011 - 28 October 2012)
• Chandresh Kumari Katoch - (28 October 2012 - 26 May 2014)
• Shripad Naik - (26 May 2014 - 12 November 2014) (MoS, Independent Charge)
• Mahesh Sharma - (12 November 2014 - 31 May 2019) (MoS, Independent Charge)
• Prahlad Singh Patel - (31 May 2019 - Incumbent) (MoS, Independent Charge)

External links

• Official website