Financial Assistance For Promotion Of Guru-Shishya Parampara (Repertory Grant)

What is Financial Assistance For Promotion Of Guru-Shishya Parampara (Repertory Grant)?

The scheme “Financial Assistance for Promotion of Guru-Shishya Parampara (Repertory Grant)” was launched by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

Benefit

1. Under the scheme, financial assistance of ₹15,000/- per month will be given to each Guru/Director. 1. Financial assistance to each Shisya/Artist will be given as under: **Sl. No.****Categories of Shisya/Artist****Age Group****Amount of Assistance/ Honorarium Per Month**1Adult Shisya/Artist(18 years age & above)₹10,000/- (Rupees Ten thousand only)2A category child Shisya/Artist(12 years age & above but less than18 years age)₹7,500/- (Rupees seven thousand five hundred only)3B category child Shisya/Artist(6 years age & above but less than 12 years age)₹3,500/- (Rupees three thousand and five hundred only)4C category child Shisya/Artist(3 years age & above but less than 6 years age)₹2,000/- (Rupees two thousand only)**Note 01:** The expenditure under this Scheme should be limited to the allocated outlay under the Scheme. **Note 02:** Payment to the applicant Organisations shall be invariably made through Electronic mode/RTGS, as per practice in vogue.

Level

Central

Ministry / Dept.

Ministry Of Culture

Benefit type

cash

Key eligibility

1. The arts activities performing organizations having dramatic groups, theatre groups, music ensembles, and children's theatre are eligible to apply under the scheme. 1. The group ensembles to be assisted with the scheme will be expected to have a repertoire of adequate number and quality a

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Benefits

1. Under the scheme, financial assistance of ₹15,000/- per month will be given to each Guru/Director. 1. Financial assistance to each Shisya/Artist will be given as under: **Sl. No.****Categories of Shisya/Artist****Age Group****Amount of Assistance/ Honorarium Per Month**1Adult Shisya/Artist(18 years age & above)₹10,000/- (Rupees Ten thousand only)2A category child Shisya/Artist(12 years age & above but less than18 years age)₹7,500/- (Rupees seven thousand five hundred only)3B category child Shisya/Artist(6 years age & above but less than 12 years age)₹3,500/- (Rupees three thousand and five hundred only)4C category child Shisya/Artist(3 years age & above but less than 6 years age)₹2,000/- (Rupees two thousand only)**Note 01:** The expenditure under this Scheme should be limited to the allocated outlay under the Scheme. **Note 02:** Payment to the applicant Organisations shall be invariably made through Electronic mode/RTGS, as per practice in vogue.

Eligibility

Documents Required

How to Apply

1. Step 1: Offline application — step 1

   Application Process:

2. Step 2: Offline application — step 2

   Step 01: An advertisement will be placed annually on the Website of the National School of Drama, New Delhi and Ministry of Culture. The application form and full details of the Scheme are available on the website of the Ministry of Culture. Step 02: The Organizations may submit the applications for the coming financial year, before last date of advertisement, which will be evaluated periodically by the Expert Committee set up for the purpose. Step 03: The hard copy of the application along with all the necessary enclosures as mentioned in the scheme and application form & check-list should be sent to “The Director, National School of Drama, Bahawalpur House, Plot No. 1, Bhagwan Das Road, New Delhi-110001” Note 01: The application should be duly recommended by concerned State Governments /U.T. Administrations or any of the State Academies or National Academies including National School of Drama (NSD), Kalakshetra Foundation, Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT), Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), Zonal Cultural Centers (ZCCs) and bodies of similar stature. Note 02: All registered organizations that want to apply under the Scheme are required to first sign up/register with NGO-PS Portal(NGO-DARPAN): https://ngodarpan.gov.in/ mandatorily to obtain a system generated Unique ID and must include ‘Art and Culture’ in their key working areas. Note 03: The organisations already registered with NGODARPAN portal are requested to add/update their information in the said portal with Aadhaar & PAN Numbers of their Board members/Office bearers, if not done already. Note 04: The application must be accompanied by all the relevant documents. Any application submitted without these documents is liable to be rejected. Note 05: The envelope super scribed as “Application for renewal/enhancement/fresh category under the scheme of Financial Assistance for Promotion of Guru-Shishya Parampara (Repertory Grant) for the financial year .........” within the prescribed date (as mentioned in advertisement published by NSD) for submission of application under the Scheme.

3. Step 3: Offline application — step 3

   Note 06: National School of Drama (NSD) under Ministry of Culture will notify the 'Scheme' annually through NSD's/Ministry's websites: https://nsd.gov.in/delhi/ Note 07: Separate application may be submitted for Renewal and Enhancement of Repertory Grant, but both the applications should be submitted together in a single envelope. Note 08: The application for enhancement of artists will be considered only if sufficient justification with necessary supporting documents is furnished for this and the applications for renewal and enhancement are received together. Mode of Selection: 1. Financial Assistance under the scheme will be considered and recommended by the Expert Committee constituted for the purpose. The constitution of the Expert Committee will be approved by the Ministry. The Expert Committee will give justification on case to case basis for its recommendations. 2. The scrutiny of applications by the Expert Committee will be done periodically subject to the availability of funds and applications for the grant. 3. Initially the scheme for new organizations may be for one Guru and two Artists which may be gradually increased up to one Guru and eighteen Artists. However, the increase should not be more than 100% of the existing strength at any point of time and for dance and music, it should not exceed one Guru and ten Artists. 4. Keeping in view the budgetary constraints and in order to give opportunity to new Artists group/organizations, 10% of the existing organizations getting financial assistance under the scheme may be phased out every year. Criteria of phasing out may be past performance, reputation, art of working (rare/ traditional / experimental /innovative/original/endangered art form etc.). 5. There will be personal interaction for renewal of scheme proposals.

Sources & References

• Official scheme website ↗
• Source record ↗
• Information is summarised from official government sources. Verify all details on the official website before applying.