Ministry of Culture (India)

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

Ministry of Culture (India)
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersC-wing
Shastri Bhawan
New Delhi
Annual budget3,399.65 crore (US$430 million) (2023-24 est.)[1]
Ministers responsible
Websitewww.indianculture.gov.in

G. Kishan Reddy is the current Minister of Culture. Recently the government has established the National Mission on Libraries India under this ministry.[2]

Characteristics

The restoration of ancient idols smuggled out of India comes under the Ministry of Culture.

As of 01 October 2021, the Government of India has recovered 211 idols.[3] Till 2014 only 13 idols were recovered. 198 idols have been restored since 2014.

In June 2022, more than 10 idols were recovered and handed over to the Tamil Nadu Idol Rescue Unit. 228 idols have been recovered till 2022.[4]

Total no of recovered Artifacts [3]
Year Total No of Artifacts
1976
1
1979
1
1986
3
1990
1
1991
2
1999
2
2000
1
2001
1
2013
1
2014
2
2015
3
2016
14
2017
9
2018
2
2019
2
2020
8
2021
158
2022
30

Organisation

Ministers of Culture

No. Name Term of office Political Party Prime Minister
1 Ananth Kumar[6] 13 October 1999 1 September 2001 Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2 Maneka Gandhi
(MoS, Independent Charge)
1 September 2001 18 November 2001 Independent
(National Democratic Alliance)
3 Jagmohan 18 November 2001 22 May 2004 Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance)
4 S. Jaipal Reddy 23 May 2004 29 January 2006 Indian National Congress
(United Progressive Alliance)
Manmohan Singh
5 Ambika Soni 29 January 2006 23 May 2009
6 Manmohan Singh 23 May 2009 19 January 2011
7 Kumari Selja 19 January 2011 28 October 2012
8 Chandresh Kumari Katoch 28 October 2012 26 May 2014
9 Shripad Naik
(MoS, Independent Charge)
26 May 2014 12 November 2014 Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance)
Narendra Modi
10 Mahesh Sharma
(MoS, Independent Charge)
12 November 2014 30 May 2019
11 Prahlad Singh Patel
(MoS, Independent Charge)
30 May 2019 7 July 2021
12 G Kishan Reddy 7 July 2021 Incumbent

List of Ministers of State

Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
Minister of state Portrait Political party Term Years
Arjun Ram Meghwal Bharatiya Janata Party 7 July 2021 Incumbent 1 year, 315 days
Meenakshi Lekhi 7 July 2021 Incumbent 1 year, 315 days

Department of Culture (State Ministers)

S.No State Name Party
1. Andhra Pradesh R.K Roja YSRCP
2. Arunachal Pradesh Taba Tedir BJP
3. Assam Nandita Garlosa BJP
4. Bihar Jitendra Kumar Ray RJD
5. Chhattisgarh Amarjeet Bhagat INC
6. Delhi Manish Sisodia AAP
7. Goa Govind Gaude BJP
8. Gujarat Mulu Ayar Bera BJP
9. Haryana Kanwar Pal Gujjar BJP
10. Himachal Pradesh Mukesh Agnihotri INC
11. Jharkhand Hafizul Hasan JMM
12. Karnataka V. Sunil Kumar BJP
13. Kerala V. N. Vasavan CPI(M)
14. Madhya Pradesh Usha Thakur BJP
15. Maharashtra Sudhir Mungantiwar BJP
16. Manipur Incumbent BJP
17. Meghalaya Sanbor Shullai NPP
18. Mizoram R Lalzirliana MNF
19. Nagaland Incumbent NDPP
20. Odisha Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi BJD
21. Puducherry Chandira Priyanga NRC
22. Punjab Harjot Singh Bains AAP
23. Rajasthan B. D. Kalla INC
24. Sikkim Incumbent SKM
25. Tamil Nadu Thangam Thennarasu DMK
26. Telangana Incumbent BRS
27. Tripura Sushanta Chowdhury IPFT
28. Uttar Pradesh Jaiveer Singh BJP
29. Uttarakhand Satpal Maharaj BJP
30. West Bengal Indranil Sen AITC

References

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