Cultural Function And Production Grant Scheme

The grant for specific projects shall be restricted to 75% of the expenditure, subject to a maximum of ₹5.00 lakhs per project as recommended by the Expert Committee.

The Ministry may in exceptional circumstances, increase the assistance to any project of outstanding merit and relevance up to ₹20 Lakhs with the approval of Hon’ble Minister of Culture.

The applicant organizations that are voluntary organizations or NGOs, should, in order to qualify for the grant, have a properly constituted managing body with its powers, duties and responsibilities clearly defined and laid down in the form of a written constitution.

The Organization should have been functioning and registered under the Societies Registration Act (XXI of 1860), Trusts Act, Companies Act, or any Central or State Act for at least three years.

The applicant organizations that are voluntary organizations or NGOs must register themselves on the NGO Darpan Portal of NITI Aayog and obtain a Unique ID from the Portal. The organizations are required to intimate the Unique ID as obtained from the NGO Darpan Portal and PAN Number of the organization while applying under the Scheme.

The Organization must have tied up or planned the matching resources at least to the extent of 25 % of the project cost.

The Organization should have facilities, resources, personnel, and experience to take up the event/project for which a grant is required.

Note 01: Past experience of holding such functions, as applied for, would be given preference.

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Application Process:

Step 01: Applications are invited for financial assistance under the scheme from Not-For-Profit Organizations including Societies, Trusts, Companies, and Universities for supporting the seminars, research, workshops, festivals, production and exhibitions, etc. organized by them on different aspects of Indian Culture.

Step 02: Applicant Organization may send the completely documented applications, in the prescribed proforma, along with the recommendation of any of the National Academies, any culture-related organization under the Government of India, or by State Government/UT Administration/ State Academies.

Step 03: The application should be addressed to The Director, North Central Zone Cultural Centre (NCZCC), 14, CSP Singh Marg, Allahabad-211001. Telephone No. 0532-2421855, 0532-2423698.

Note 01: For any clarification please contact Section Officer, (S&F) Section at Telephone No. 011-24642157 and Director, North Central Zone Cultural Centre (NCZCC) at Telephone No. 0532-2421855, 0532-2423698.

Note 02: Organizations may apply for financial assistance under the scheme throughout the year.

Mode of Selection:

The grant under the scheme will be considered and recommended by the Expert Committee constituted for the purpose.

The scrutiny of applications by the Expert Committee will be done in its meetings held from time to time throughout the year subject to the availability of funds and applications for the grant.

The same Expert may not be allowed to recommend the proposal of the organization of which he is the Office bearer or in any other way related to the organization.

All the Expert Committee Members are required to give an undertaking that he/she is neither an office-bearers nor in any other way related to any of the organizations being considered for a grant in that CFPG meeting.

If an Expert is found to have recommended the proposal of his/her organization, the Expert and his/her organization may be debarred from selection in that particular meeting.

Constitution of the Organization with appropriate details

Constitution of the Board of Management or Governing Body or particulars of each member (in the case of NGOs/VOs)

Copy of the latest available Annual Report or similar documents

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 year certified by a Chartered Accountant or a Government Auditor

An Indemnity Bond in the prescribed proforma on a stamp paper of appropriate denomination

Details of the bank account in the prescribed proforma to enable the electronic transfer of sanctioned funds

A detailed project report including:

Description of the project for which assistance is requested along with its duration and qualifications and experience of the staff to be employed for the project;

Item-wise details of recurring and non-recurring expenditures separately, and

the source(s) from which counterpart funds will be obtained