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New Delhi : The Government had launched a scheme ‘National Mission on Cultural Mapping and Roadmap’ on March 29, 2017, with the main objectives of talent hunt as well as collection of database of artists, artisans and various art forms across the country by organizing various activities envisaged under its components. The total fund allocated for its implementation is Rs 469.404 crore spread over a period of three years from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
Till date, profiles of about 6,000 artistes have been recorded in the database of Cultural Mapping of India Project. Apart from the said database of Cultural Mapping of India, various programmes under the aforesaid mission have been successfully conducted on pilot basis under five blocks viz. Govardhan & Chauri Chaura (Uttar Pradesh), Seraikella (Jharkhand), Thanesar (Haryana), and Shimoga (Karnataka) whereby around 944, 654, 1,208, 1,315 and 2,404 artistes respectively have been registered for recording in the said database of Cultural Mapping of India Project.
This information was given by Minister of State (IC) for Culture and Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change Mahesh Sharma in a written reply in Lok Sabha on January 2, 2018, according to a PIB release.
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