Ministry of Culture
Conditions of Various Museums in India
Posted On:
05 APR 2017 6:58PM by PIB Delhi
There are a number of museums, namely National Museum (New Delhi), 3 wings of National Gallery of Modern Art (Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai), Indian Museum (Kolkata), Victoria Memorial Hall (Kolkata), Salarjung Museum (Hyderabad), 23 Science Centre under National Council of Science Museum (Kolkata) and Allahabad Museum (Allahabad), which are directly under the administrative control of the Ministry of Culture. Besides, there are forty four site museums under the control of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). These museums have a large collection of artefacts, paintings, sculptures, coins etc. Upgradation and modernization of these museums are taken up by the Government on a continuous basis to maintain them in good condition.
The Government has taken up a 14 point museum reforms agenda for implementation on a continuing basis to bring about qualitative changes in museums in India keeping pace with the international developments in the field.
Details of the amount sanctioned to various museums during the last three financial years and the current financial year, amount spent and surrendered is at given below:-
|
Name of Organizat-ion
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2013-14
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2014-15
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2015-16
|
2016-17
|
|
|
Amount
Sanctio-ned
|
Expendi-ture
|
Surren-der
|
Amount
Sanctio-ned
|
Expendi-ture
|
Surren-der
|
Amount
Sanctio-ned
|
Expendi-ture
|
Surren-der
|
Amount
Sanctio-ned
|
Expendi-ture
|
Surren-der
|
|
Allahabad Museum
|
551.58
|
429.26
|
122.32
|
714.00
|
560.00
|
154.00
|
875.00
|
570.00
|
305.00
|
1020.425
|
549.9
|
470.53
|
|
Indian Museum
|
1301.82
|
1517.00
|
Nil
|
2274.33
|
2045.93
|
Nil
|
2124.26
|
1699.76
|
Nil
|
990.48
|
1509.14
|
Nil
|
|
National Museum
|
2116.80
|
2062.88
|
53.92
|
3028.00
|
2908.89
|
119.11
|
3525.75
|
3036.60
|
489.15
|
3019.00
|
2553.66
|
463.34
|
|
NGMA
|
1789.60
|
1645.31
|
Nil
|
2235.00
|
1928.36
|
198.73
|
2633.05
|
1794.97
|
584.67
|
1735.00
|
1500.85
|
287.85
|
|
NCSM
|
6589.00
|
903.00
|
Nil
|
7945.00
|
10065.00
|
Nil
|
805.00
|
10831.00
|
Nil
|
9382.00
|
10093.00
|
Nil
|
|
SJM
|
2252.00
|
2252.00
|
Nil
|
2449.50
|
2449.50
|
Nil
|
2400.00
|
2223.72
|
176.28
|
2670.00
|
2310.00
|
Nil
|
|
VMH
|
1041.98
|
1041.98
|
Nil
|
3408.78
|
3408.78
|
Nil
|
4784.18
|
4758.73
|
25.45
|
918.50
|
1332.03
|
Nil
|
This information was given by Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge) in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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Sanjay Kumar/jk/Parl. No. 1/05-04-2017
(Release ID: 1486809)
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