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• The National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM) has now been handed over to the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), which is gearing up for a trial run in 75 villages in October 2021.

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• The Culture Ministry approved the mission in 2017.
• Culture Ministry was working on the cultural mapping mission to build a comprehensive database of artists, art forms and other resources from organisations under the Ministry.
• So far 14.53 lakh artists/artisans have been registered on NMCM portal through secondary sources State/Union Territory-wise.
• However, no direct benefit or assistance has been extended through this Mission to the registered artists/institution.
• The work on creating a database for folk arts and mapping of heritage of villages would be carried out over five years.
• While the entire project would take five years and a budget of ₹89 crore had been approved for it, the IGNCA would aim to complete mapping in 5,000 villages by the end of financial year 2021-2022.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ignca-to-start-cultural-mapping-in-75-villages-soon/article36651942.ece

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