2016 panel to study Indian culture

Subject – Art and Culture

Context – 2016 panel to study Indian culture did not submit report: ASI

Concept –

A committee formed in 2016 to “study evolution of Indian culture from 12,000 years ago” did not submit any report to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the government body said in a Right to Information (RTI) reply recently.
- An expert panel had been set up for the “holistic study of origin and evolution of Indian culture since 12,000 years ago”.
Few leadershad raised the lack of diversity on the panel, calling for scholars from southern States to be included.
On July 17, Culture Minister G. Kishan Reddy told the Lok Sabha that, “It has been decided to reconstitute the committee. While reconstituting the committee, all the suggestions on diversity in membership would be given due consideration.”