Welfare Schemes

Ministry of Culture has been administering Scheme of Financial Assistance to Persons Distinguished in Letters, Arts and Such other Walks of life who may be in indigent circumstances and their dependents since 1961. The scope of the Scheme is being extended to provide for a “NATIONAL ARTISTES WELFARE FUND” that ...

The scheme shall be known as ‘Artistes Pension Scheme and Welfare Fund’. The Scheme will cover the following two types of requests: Existing beneficiaries under the 1961 Scheme; and Fresh cases of writers, artists, etc. who are eligible for a grant under the Scheme. Eligibility: To be eligible for assistance ...

Objective: To give financial assistance to the voluntary Buddhist/Tibetan organizations including Monasteries engaged in the propagation and scientific development of Buddhist/Tibetan culture, tradition and research in related fields. Eligibility Criteria: The voluntary Institutions/Organizations and Societies should be registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act (XXI of 1860) or ...

Objective: The objective of the Scheme is to support voluntary cultural organizations and government-aided cultural organizations in their efforts to create appropriately equipped training, rehearsal and performance spaces for artistes. Eligible Projects: Conventional Cultural Spaces for Performing Arts Flexible Spaces, i.e., Studio Theatres, etc.: Non-proscenium rehearsal-cum-performance spaces, referred to as ...

Definitions: Agri-Clinics: Agri-Clinics are envisaged to provide expert advice and services to farmers on various technologies including soil health, cropping practices, plant protection, crop insurance, post harvest technology and clinical services for animals, feed and fodder management, prices of various crops in the market etc. which would enhance productivity of ...

Name of the scheme: Textile Industry Workers’ Hostel Purpose:  The main purposes are- Provide a safe and secured accommodation for the workforce. Ensure better retention of the work force by way of decent accommodation in/vicinity of the textile parks, thereby improving the productivity. Project The Project aims to establish workers’ ...

Given a huge thrust on skill development in recent years, a need is felt to provide institutional credit to individuals for taking skill development courses aligned to National Occupations Standards and Qualification Packs and leading to a certificate/diploma/degree by the training institutes as per National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF). Thus, ...

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) is the nodal Ministry in the Government of India to take care of the development of sports and games in the country. The Ministry is operating various schemes to achieve broad-basing of sports and excellence in sports. The ‘Scheme relating to Talent ...

Name of the scheme: Digitization of Museum Collection Purpose: The main purpose of this scheme is to digitize management system of the museums over the country with a view to modernizing the collections management system of these museums. Eligibility: All museums under the State Governments, Registered Societies, voluntary institutions, trusts ...

The main aim of the programme is to provide IT training to 10 lakh persons in every eligible household in selected blocks in each State/UT relevant to the need of the trainee, which would enable the beneficiaries to use IT and related applications to participate effectively in the democratic process ...