No district-wise data on tribal culture projects in Madhya Pradesh, answer states

Asked and answered by: Asked by Shri Ganesh Singh; Answered by the Ministry of Culture (Minister Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat).

What the government said

• Seven Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs) were established to organize cultural activities.
• From 2014-15 to 2025-26, ZCCs organized 14,230 cultural programmes/festivals.
• A total of 757,581 artists benefited from ZCC activities during the specified period.
• Expenditure on artists by ZCCs totaled Rs. 49,669.93 lakh from 2014-15 to 2025-26.
• 203 art forms were documented by ZCCs during the period.
• 14 Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsavs (RSMs) and 4 Zonal Level RSMs were organized since 2015.
• Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA) runs schemes for 'Training and Preservation of Traditional, Folk & Tribal Performing Arts' and 'Survey, Research, Documentation, Dissemination & Publication'.
• SNA presented over 2,500 folk and tribal artists at the Republic Day Parade 2025.
• 50 Gond Tribe artists from Gadchiroli-Chimur were engaged for the Republic Day Parade 2026.

Also in the document

• The answer provides no district-wise details for Madhya Pradesh as requested in part (c) of the question.
• The answer does not explicitly state whether financial assistance was sanctioned for the Vindhya region or Satna Lok Sabha Constituency as requested in part (d), though it mentions 50 Gond artists from Gadchiroli-Chimur (a district in the Vindhya region) participating in the 2026 Republic Day Parade.
• The answer states that a Statement was laid on the Table of the House, but the provided text only contains the content of that statement regarding national initiatives and does not include specific district-wise data for Madhya Pradesh.