The Ministry of Culture implements the Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana (KSVY), a Central Sector Scheme funded through the Consolidated Fund of India, which provides financial assistance to eligible cultural organizations and individual artists including tribal and rural artists engaged in performing arts across the country. The scheme aims to promote and preserve tribal art, folk traditions, music, dance, cultural festivals, and cultural heritage through various components with specific financial allocations.
Scheme Components and Financial Structure
The KSVY comprises multiple components with distinct objectives and funding limits: Financial Assistance for Promotion of Guru-Shishya Parampara provides monthly support of ₹15,000 for Gurus and ₹2,000-10,000 for Shishyas; Financial Assistance to Cultural Organizations with National Presence offers grants of ₹1-5 crore; Cultural Function & Production Grant provides ₹5-20 lakh for cultural events; Preservation & Development of Cultural Heritage of the Himalayas offers ₹10-30 lakh for Himalayan states; Buddhist/Tibetan Organization support provides ₹30 lakh to ₹1 crore; Building Grants including Studio Theatres offer up to ₹50 lakh in metro cities and ₹25 lakh in non-metro cities; Tagore Cultural Complexes provide up to ₹15 crore with 90:10 funding ratio for NER projects and 60:40 for others; Scholarship and Fellowship schemes offer monthly stipends of ₹5,000-20,000 for 2 years; and Veteran Artists support provides up to ₹6,000 per month for artists aged 60+ with annual income below ₹72,000.
Financial Disbursements and Beneficiary Data
During the last five years and current financial year, the scheme disbursed a total of ₹16.82 crore across 9,675 beneficiaries. The Cultural Function and Production Grant component alone disbursed ₹23.30 crore in 2021-22, ₹32.75 crore in 2022-23, ₹24.56 crore in 2023-24, ₹32.26 crore in 2024-25, and ₹41.35 crore in 2025-26 to organizations across all states and union territories. West Bengal received the highest allocation at ₹614.44 lakh in 2025-26, followed by Uttar Pradesh (₹566.95 lakh) and Madhya Pradesh (₹414.86 lakh).
Application Processing and Rejection Rates
During financial year 2025-26, the scheme processed a significant number of applications with varying rejection rates across components: Financial Assistance for Promotion of Guru Shishya Parampara had 910 sanctioned and 966 rejected applications; Cultural Organizations with National Presence had 30 sanctioned and 141 rejected; Cultural Function and Production Grant had 692 sanctioned and 3,688 rejected; Preservation of Himalayan Cultural Heritage had 44 sanctioned and 22 rejected; Buddhist/Tibetan Culture development had 216 sanctioned and 74 rejected; Tagore Cultural Complexes had 0 sanctioned and 5 rejected; Fellowships had 2,609 sanctioned and 400 rejected; Scholarships had 400 sanctioned and 2,438 rejected; and Veteran Artists support had 388 sanctioned and 2,003 rejected applications.
Institutional Framework and Outreach
The Government has established seven Zonal Cultural Centres with headquarters at Patiala, Nagpur, Udaipur, Prayagraj, Kolkata, Dimapur, and Thanjavur to organize cultural activities nationwide. The Ministry has been disseminating scheme information through advertisements, website, social media, ZCCs, and Akademies. Additionally, the Ministry has formulated the Rachnatmak Bharat initiative to promote the cultural and creative economy through capacity building, market access, innovation, digital enablement, and institutional strengthening. Through Zonal Culture Centres and Akademies, emerging artists are provided platforms in cultural programmes, festivals, workshops, and exhibitions with honorarium, TA/DA, boarding, lodging, and local transport support to supplement their income and encourage sustainable livelihood in arts.