Chandigarh, March 13 -- The central government has provided financial assistance of Rs.2.53 crore to cultural organisations of Haryana in the past three years under central schemes aimed at promoting art and culture, Union minister of culture and tourism, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

Shekhawat told the upper house that under the Centre's Cultural Function and Production Grant (CFPG) scheme, as many as 29 cultural organisations from Haryana have received grants worth Rs.89.89 lakh in 2024-25, 36 organisations got Rs.74.72 lakh in 2023-24, and 28 organisations received Rs.62.59 lakh in 2022-23. Only one Haryana organisation having national presence received Rs.26.25 lakh in 2024-25.

Shekhawat, who was respon...