Ministry of Culture (India)

Ministry of Culture (India)
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersC-wing
Shastri Bhawan
New Delhi
Annual budget3,399.65 crore (US$430 million) (2023-24 est.)
Ministers responsible
Websitewww.indianculture.gov.in

The Ministry of Culture is the Indian government ministry charged with preservation and promotion of art and culture of India.

G. Kishan Reddy is the current Minister of Culture. Recently the government has established the National Mission on Libraries India under this ministry.

Characteristics

The restoration of ancient idols smuggled out of India comes under the Ministry of Culture.

As of 01 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.

Total no of recovered Artifacts
Year Total No of Artifacts
1976
1
1979
1
1986
3
1990
1
1991
2
1999
2
2000
1
2001
1
2013
1
2014
2
2015
3
2016
14
2017
9
2018
2
2019
2
2020
8
2021
158
2022
30

Organisation

List of ministers

Cabinet Ministers

  • Note: MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Ananth Kumar
(1959–2018)
MP for Bangalore South
13 October
1999
1 September
2001
1 year, 323 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Maneka Gandhi
(born 1956)
MP for Pilibhit

(MoS, I/C)
1 September
2001
18 November
2001
78 days
Jagmohan
(1927–2021)
MP for New Delhi
18 November
2001
22 May
2004
2 years, 186 days
Jaipal Reddy
(1942–2018)
MP for Miryalguda
23 May
2004
29 January
2006
1 year, 251 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
Ambika Soni
(born 1942)
MP for Punjab (Rajya Sabha)
29 January
2006
22 May
2009
3 years, 113 days
Manmohan Singh
(born 1932)
MP for Assam (Rajya Sabha)

(Prime Minister)
22 May
2009
19 January
2011
1 year, 242 days Manmohan II
Selja Kumari
(born 1962)
MP for Ambala
19 January
2011
28 October
2012
1 year, 283 days
Chandresh Kumari Katoch
(born 1944)
MP for Jodhpur
28 October
2012
26 May
2014
1 year, 210 days
Shripad Naik
(born 1952)
MP for North Goa

(MoS, I/C)
26 May
2014
9 November
2014
167 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
Mahesh Sharma
(born 1959)
MP for Gautam Buddh Nagar

(MoS, I/C)
9 November
2014
30 May
2019
4 years, 202 days
Prahlad Singh Patel
(born 1960)
MP for Damoh

(MoS, I/C)
31 May
2019
7 July
2021
2 years, 37 days Modi II
G. Kishan Reddy
(born 1964)
MP for Secunderabad
7 July
2021
Incumbent 2 years, 143 days

Ministers of State

Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Kanti Singh
(born 1957)
MP for Arrah
6 April
2008
22 May
2009
1 year, 46 days Rashtriya Janata Dal Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
Arjun Ram Meghwal
(born 1953)
MP for Bikaner
7 July
2021
Incumbent 2 years, 143 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II Narendra Modi
Meenakshi Lekhi
(born 1967)
MP for New Delhi

Department of Culture (State Ministers)

S.No State Name Party
1. Andhra Pradesh R.K Roja YSRCP
2. Arunachal Pradesh Taba Tedir BJP
3. Assam Nandita Garlosa BJP
4. Bihar Jitendra Kumar Ray RJD
5. Chhattisgarh Amarjeet Bhagat INC
6. Delhi Manish Sisodia AAP
7. Goa Govind Gaude BJP
8. Gujarat Mulu Ayar Bera BJP
9. Haryana Kanwar Pal Gujjar BJP
10. Himachal Pradesh Mukesh Agnihotri INC
11. Jharkhand Hafizul Hasan JMM
12. Karnataka V. Sunil Kumar BJP
13. Kerala V. N. Vasavan CPI(M)
14. Madhya Pradesh Usha Thakur BJP
15. Maharashtra Sudhir Mungantiwar BJP
16. Manipur Incumbent BJP
17. Meghalaya Sanbor Shullai NPP
18. Mizoram R Lalzirliana MNF
19. Nagaland Incumbent NDPP
20. Odisha Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi BJD
21. Puducherry Chandira Priyanga NRC
22. Punjab Harjot Singh Bains AAP
23. Rajasthan B. D. Kalla INC
24. Sikkim Incumbent SKM
25. Tamil Nadu Thangam Thennarasu DMK
26. Telangana Incumbent BRS
27. Tripura Sushanta Chowdhury IPFT
28. Uttar Pradesh Jaiveer Singh BJP
29. Uttarakhand Satpal Maharaj BJP
30. West Bengal Indranil Sen AITC

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