Scheme for Scholarship and Fellowship

The Ministry of Culture implemented a scheme which name “Scheme of Scholarship and Fellowship for Promotion of Art and Culture, which consistently three components i.e. (i) Award of Scholarships to Young Artists in Different Cultural Fields, (ii) Award of Senior/Junior Fellowship to Outstanding Persons in the Fields of Culture and (iii) Tagore National Fellowship for Cultural Research. For more details of this scheme, read the below:

Ministry of Culture

Scheme for Scholarship and Fellowship

02 MAR 2020

The Ministry of Culture implements a Scheme namely, ‘Scheme of Scholarship and Fellowship for Promotion of Art and Culture’, which consists of three components viz (i) ‘Award of Scholarships to Young Artists in Different Cultural Fields’, (ii) ‘Award of Senior/Junior Fellowships to Outstanding Persons in the Fields of Culture’ and (iii) ‘Tagore National Fellowship for Cultural Research. The details in respect of aforesaid three components are at Annexure I

The detail of the total number of Artists selected during the last three years, year-wise and State-wise is at Annexure II, III & IV.

Annexure I

Details of three components of the Scheme of Scholarship and Fellowship for Promotion of Art and Culture

Under this scheme component,up to 400 scholarships (in a Batch Year) are awarded to persons of outstanding promise in the age group of 18-25 years. An amount of Rs. 5,000/- p.m. is given for 2 years for advanced training within India.

    2. Component II:Award of Senior/Junior Fellowships to Outstanding Persons in The Fields of Culture:

Under this scheme component,up to 400 Senior/Junior Fellowships (in a Batch Year) are awarded to outstanding persons in the age group above 40 years (Sr.) and 25 to 40 years (Jr.) respectively. An amount of 20,000/-p.m. and Rs. 10,000/- p.m. is given to Senior/Junior Fellows respectively for 2 years for cultural research.

     3. Component III:Tagore National Fellowship for Cultural Research:

Under this scheme component,up to 25 Scholarships and 15 Fellowships (in a Batch Year) are awarded to outstanding personsin order to invigorate and revitalise the various institutions under the Ministry of Culture (MoC) and other identified cultural institutions in the country, by encouraging scholars/ academicians to affiliate themselves with these institutions to work on projects of mutual interest. An honorarium of Rs. 80,000/- p.m. plus contingencies and Rs. 50,000/-p.m.plus contingencies is given to Fellows and Scholars respectively for 2 years.

Annexure-II

Year-wise and State wise break –up of The Total Number of Scholarships awarded under the Scheme Component of Scholarships to Young Artistes in Different Cultural Fields (SYA) during last 03 years

Under this scheme, young artistes of outstanding promise in the age group of 18-25 years are assisted financially an amount ofRs. 5,000/- p.m. for 2 years.

Annexure III

Year-wise and State wise break –up of The Total Number of fellowships awarded under the Scheme of Award of Sr./Jr. Fellowship to Outstanding Persons in the Fields of Culture during Last Three Years

Sr. No.	STATE/UTs	No. of Fellowship Awarded
		2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
1	ANDHRA PRADESH	02	04	06
2	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	01	01	—–
3	ASSAM	13	18	23
4	BIHAR	08	12	13
5	CHHATTISGARH	07	09	06
6	CHANDIGARH	—–	—–	01
7	DELHI	30	44	50
8	GUJARAT	06	04	09
9	GOA	01	02	01
10	HARYANA	07	07	11
11	HIMACHAL PRADESH	—–	—–	01
12	JAMMU & KASHMIR	01	07	03
13	JHARKHAND	04	09	09
14	KARNATAKA	16	15	26
15	KERELA	15	23	21
16	MADHYA PRADESH	24	23	24
17	MAHARASHTRA	29	34	33
18	MANIPUR	13	14	19
19	MEGHALAYA	—–	—–	01
20	NAGALAND	—–	—–	01
21	ODISHA	33	35	41
22	PUNJAB	04	02	04
23	PUDUCHERRY	—–	03	02
24	RAJASTHAN	11	12	09
25	TAMILNADU	03	06	05
26	TELENGANA	09	05	07
27	TRIPURA	01	04	02
28	UTTAR PRADESH	39	30	42
29	UTTARAKHAND	05	05	04
30	WEST BENGAL	29	40	23
	TOTAL:	311	368	397

Under this scheme,Senior/Junior Fellows of age above 40 years and in the age of 25-40 years respectivelyare assisted financially an amount ofRs. 20,000/- p.m. and Rs. 10,000/- respectively for 2 years.

Annexure IV

Year-wise and State wise break –up of The Total Number of fellowships/scholarships awarded under Tagore National Fellowship for Cultural Research Statement during last 03 years

Sl No	State/UT	No. of Fellows/Scholars	No. of Fellows/Scholars	No. of Fellows/Scholars
		2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
	Delhi	—	—	20
	Maharashtra	—	—	04
	Madhya Pradesh	—	—	01
	Nagaland	—	—	01
	Punjab	—	—	01
	Tamil Nadu	—	—	03
	Telangana	—	—	04
	Uttar Pradesh	—	—	02
	West Bengal	—	—	07
Total		—	—	43*

 Under this scheme, the selected Fellows/Scholars are released honorarium ofRs. 80,000/- and of Rs. 50,000/- per month respectively for period of 02 years.

This information was given by the Minister of State (I/c) of Culture and Tourism, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

Source: PIB

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