India, Feb. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Sl. No.

Year

Amount released

1.

2020-21

4721.88

2.

2021-22

6838.08

3.

2022-23

6572.07

4.

2023-24

11967.59

5.

2024-25

11121.66

To protect, promote and preserve various forms of folk art & culture throughout the country, the Government of India has set up seven Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs) with headquarters at Patiala, Nagpur, Udaipur, Prayagraj, Kolkata, Dimapur and Thanjavur. These ZCCs organize various cultural activities and programmes on regular basis in their member States.

These ZCCs also undertake documentation of vanishing art forms, folklores, oral traditions and practices in the form of audio, video and written materials. Documentation and digitizat...