Ministry of Culture (India)


The Ministry of Culture is the Indian government ministry charged with preservation and promotion of art and culture of India.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat is the current Minister of Culture. Recently the government has established the National Mission on Libraries India under this ministry.
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History

The body now known as the Ministry of Culture was originally established as the Department of Culture in 1971.
For its first 14 years, it was administered as a department under the Ministry of Education and Social Welfare.
In 1985, as part of a government-wide administrative re-organisation, the Department of Culture was moved and placed under the newly created Ministry of Human Resource Development.
This arrangement continued until 1999, when the department was separated from the HRD Ministry and briefly merged with another portfolio to form the Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
This combined ministry was bifurcated on 27 May 2006, leading to the creation of a standalone, cabinet-level Ministry of Culture and a separate Ministry of Tourism. Since 2006, the Ministry of Culture has functioned as an independent ministry within the Government of India.

Characteristics

The restoration of ancient idols smuggled out of India comes under the Ministry of Culture.
As of 1 October 2021, the Government of India has recovered 211 idols.
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.

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