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Rajya Sabha
Government has drawn up various schemes to take care of and promote the classical, folk and tribal artifacts. The Scheme for promotion and dissemination of Tribal/Folk Art and Culture provides grants and subsidies for undertaking projects for (i) documentation, research, survey and photographic record of artistic manifestations of tribal art; (ii) identify systems of formal and non-formal education to disseminate awareness of the richness of the tribal culture and life; and (iii) preservation and propagation of tribal art, crafts, oral traditions and other facets of tribal and rural culture.
Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs) have been taking effective steps to preserve and promote folk/tribal artifacts through Shilp Mela and workshop-cum-exhibitions. Besides this, ZCCs operate two schemes: Documentation of Vanishing Art Forms and Guru Shishya Parampara to preserve and promote folk/tribal art.
The scheme for financial assistance for ‘Promotion and Strengthening of Regional and Local Museums’ provides, inter-alia, grant for the professional development of museums for the promotion and preservation of artifacts including antiquities, numismatics, paintings, ethnological collections, folk art etc.
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs provides grants to the State Governments for Tribal Research Institutes for research, evaluation studies, seminar/workshops, training programmes and museums, which includes the exhibition and preservation/conservation of tribal artifacts.
Apart from these schemes, the major museums also ensure the preservation and conservation of artifacts in their possession.
This information was given by Minister of Information & Broadcasting and Culture, Shri S. Jaipal Reddy in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
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