Financial Assistance for Allied Cultural Activities

What it is

Create audio-visual assets that improve live cultural spectacles and visitor experience in open or closed spaces where large numbers of visitors attend regularly or during major events and festivals.

What you get

• Up to 90% of approved cost; ceiling INR 1 crore for audio or INR 1.5 crore for audio plus videoUp to ₹1,50,00,000

Who it is for

• not-for-profit organization must have been engaged for at least three years in the specified allied cultural activities
• not-for-profit organization must be registered as a society, trust or not-for-profit company for at least three years
• applicant organization must submit the prescribed recommendation from the District Authority
• State Governments, Union Territories and District Authorities may apply where the project and executing agency satisfy the scheme boundary
• project must concern eligible audio or audio-video equipment for cultural spectacles and include a plan for operation and maintenance
• organization must provide the required matching share and comply with the prescribed noise, inspection, reporting and asset conditions

How to apply

1. 1
   Confirm the institutional scope

   Verify that the applicant and cultural spectacle fit the not-for-profit, State/UT or District Authority boundary and that the proposal is for eligible audio or audio-video equipment.

2. 2
   Prepare equipment and matching-share plan

   Prepare branded-equipment specifications, sufficient quotations, itemized cost, five-year operation and maintenance plan, completion schedule and matching-share evidence.

   Official step
3. 3
   Obtain recommendation and complete dossier

   Secure the prescribed District Authority recommendation where required and assemble registration, NGO Darpan, PAN, accounts, board resolution, bond and bank authorization records.

   Official step
4. 4
   Submit through the current notification

   Verify the live notification and cut-off, then submit the prescribed form and enclosures to the National Science Centre through the notified route.

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