National Mission on Cultural Mapping

  • September 27, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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National Mission on Cultural Mapping

Subject – Art and Culture

Context – Cultural mapping of 75 villages soon

Concept –

  • National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM) has been set up by the Ministry of Culture in 2017.
  • Mission will compile data of artists, art forms & geo location with inputs from Central Ministries, State Governments & art/culture bodies.
  • The Culture Ministry had approved the mission in 2017 with a ₹469 crore budget from 2017-18 to 2019-20, according to the administrative approval for the project.
  • National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM) has now been handed over to the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), which is gearing up for a trial run in 75 villages in October.
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