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Govt compiling National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage: Patel

 

By TIOL News Service

NEW DELHI, FEB 11, 2020: SANGEET Natak Akademi (SNA), an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Culture, is the nodal agency for the Scheme for ‘Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage and Diverse Cultural Traditions of India'. As of now, SNA is collaborating with Zonal Cultural Centers of Ministry, collating and preparing a list of ICH elements for National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. List of ICH elements is being compiled and at least 100 elements will be documented by March, 2020 and the aim is to document at least 20 new elements in ICH list every year. Along with this establishment of an ‘Indian Institute for Culture' is at conceptual stage and a mission called National Culture Mapping portal is being conceptualized for aggregating art forms and artists. It is in pilot phase.

This information was given by the Minister of State of Culture and Tourism, Mr Prahlad Singh Patel, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha yesterday.


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