Ministry of Culture (India)

The body now known as the Ministry of Culture was originally established as the Department of Culture in 1971. For its first 14 years, it was administered as a department under the Ministry of Education and Social Welfare (later the Ministry of Education and Culture). In 1985, as part of a government-wide administrative re-organisation, the Department of Culture was moved and placed under the newly created Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD). This arrangement continued until 1999, when the department was separated from the HRD Ministry and briefly merged with another portfolio to form the Ministry of Tourism and Culture. This combined ministry was bifurcated on 27 May 2006, leading to the creation of a standalone, cabinet-level Ministry of Culture and a separate Ministry of Tourism. Since 2006, the Ministry of Culture has functioned as an independent ministry within the Government of India. ==Characteristics==

The restoration of ancient idols smuggled out of India comes under the Ministry of Culture. As of 1 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. == Divisions ==

• Creative Economy • Museums • Libraries & Archives • Akademies & Training Institutes • Buddhist Tibetan Institutes • Research & Technology • Archaeology • Performing Arts ==Organisation==

• Attached offices • Archaeological Survey of India • Central Secretariat Library • National Archives of India • Subordinate offices • Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata • Central Reference Library, Kolkata • National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property, Lucknow • National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi • National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai • National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru • National Library of India, Kolkata • National Museum, New Delhi • National Monuments Authority • Autonomous organisations • National Mission for Manuscripts, Delhi • Allahabad Museum, Prayagraj • Asiatic Society, Kolkata • Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Jammu and Kashmir • Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS) • Central Universities of Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, Varanasi - Buddhist Institutes • Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, New Delhi • Delhi Public Library, Delhi • Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi • Indian Museum, Kolkata • Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi • Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manava Sangrahalaya, Bhopal • Kalakshetra Foundation, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai • Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library, Patna • Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi • Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), Kolkata • National Council of Science Museums, Kolkata • National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology (NMIHACM), Delhi • National School of Drama, New Delhi • National Culture Fund • Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies, Arunachal Pradesh - Buddhist Institutes • Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda, Bihar • Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi (Teen Murti Bhavan) • Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata, registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961 • Raza Library, Rampur • Sahitya Akademi (SA), New Delhi • Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad • Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA), New Delhi • Saraswathi Mahal Library, Tanjore • Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata • Zonal Cultural Centers (based on Cultural Zones of India) • , Kolkata • North Central Zone Cultural Centre, Allahabad • North East Zone Cultural Centre • North Zone Cultural Centre • South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur • South Zone Culture Centre, Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu • West Zone Cultural Centre • Public Sector Undertakings • National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation ==List of ministers==

Cabinet Ministers Ministers of State ==See also==