India, March 23 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The Government has taken several policy and programme initiatives to make culture a source of livelihood, employment and social empowerment, in line with the Panch Pranas.
The Ministry of Culture runs the following Schemes for promotion of both tangible and intangible art and culture to link folk art, tribal traditions, handicrafts, traditional knowledge and Indian languages with education, skill development, tourism and the digital economy, thereby ensuring income and livelihoods for artists and communities:
All these schemes are implemented through a network of 43 field organizations of Ministry.
The Ministry has established seven Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs) headquarte...