Deadline: 23 September 2016
The Ministry of Culture is currently inviting applicants from the Cultural Organizations with National Presence for sanction of grant under the Scheme of “Financial Assistance to Cultural Organizations with National Presence” 2016-17 with an aim to provide the expenditure to be incurred on the cultural programmes.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant Organization should, in order to qualify for grant, have a properly constituted managing body or governing body or governing council with its powers, duties and responsibilities clearly defined and laid down in the form of written constitution.
- It should have facilities, resources, personnel and experience to take up the project for which grant is required.
- The Applicant Organization should be registered in India having an all India Character with national presence and should have operational presence at national/international level.
- The activities of the organization should be primarily or significantly Cultural.
- The Organization should have capacity to do at least 20 events/programmes in a year.
- The Organization should have adequate working strength artistes/staff/volunteers.
- The Organization should have spent Rs.1 crore or more during 3 of the last 5 years on cultural activities.
- Financial assistance will be given for all or any of the items listed below:
- Normally upto 25% of total Govt. grant may be utilized for Maintenance (Salary of staff, Office Expenses, Miscellaneous Expenses) and Construction/Repairs/Extension/Restoration/Renovation of the Building of the Institute/Organization/Culture focused on promotion of Art & Culture.
- Normally upto 75% of the total Govt. grant should in any case be utilized for Payment of Honorarium and other miscellaneous expenses on showcasing/production of events important to the preservation or promotion of cultural heritage and arts including Research Projects on promotion of Art & Culture.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit their applications with following documents via post at the address given on the website.
- Constitution of the Organization.
- Constitution of the Board of Management of Governing Body and particulars of each member.
- Copy of the latest available Annual Report.
- A detailed project report including:
- Description of the project for which assistance is required along with its duration.
- Financial statement of the project giving item wise details of recurring and non recurring expenditure separately, and
- The source(s) from which counterpart funds will be obtained.
- A statement of income and expenditure of the applicant organization for the previous three years and a copy of the balance sheet for the previous.
- An Indemnity Bond in the prescribed Performa on a stamp paper of appropriate denomination.
- Details of the bank account in the prescribed proforma to enable electronic transfer of sanctioned grant.
Eligible Country: India
For more information, please visit Call for Applications.