KALA SANSKRITI VIKAS YOJNA

The Ministry of Culture implements the Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana (KSVY), under which financial assistance is provided to eligible cultural organizations and individual artists including tribal and rural artists engaged in performing arts across the country, including the state of Assam and Himachal Pradesh.

Being a Central Sector Scheme, funds to the eligible beneficiaries are released from Consolidated Funds of India through annual budget allocated under the KSVY. The brief of the various scheme components under KSVY are given at Annexure-I.

No district-wise, category-wise and constituency-wise data is maintained under KSVY. However, the details of projects sanctioned and financial assistance provided to artists, cultural organizations, (including Yakshgana groups in Dakshina Kannada, and performing arts groups, including tribal groups) along with the number of beneficiaries across the country, including the State of Assam and Himachal Pradesh, during the last five years and the current financial year are provided at Annexure-II.

The Government promotes and preserves tribal art, folk traditions, music, dance, cultural festivals and cultural heritage through the Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana (KSVY). Further, to protect, promote and preserve various forms of folk/ tribal art & culture throughout the country, the Government of India has set up seven Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs) with headquarters at Patiala, Nagpur, Udaipur, Prayagraj, Kolkata, Dimapur and Thanjavur. These ZCCs organize various cultural activities and programmes on regular basis all over India for which annual grant-in-aid is provided to them. (UPDATED ON 20TH JULY 2026)