OREANDA-NEWS. The Government is implementing two schemes namely “Scholarships to Young Artistes in Different Cultural Fields” to grant scholarship/financial assistance to artists in the field of performing arts in order to promote them in their respective fields and “Scheme for Award of Fellowship to Outstanding Persons in the Field of Culture” for research oriented projects in various fields of Art and Culture.

Under the scheme of Scholarships, up to 400 scholarships are given every year to young artistes in the age group of 18-25 year for advance training in the field of Indian classical Music, Dance, Theatre, Visual Art, Folk and traditional and indigenous Art etc. Under the scheme of Fellowships, up to 400 (200 Junior in the age group of 25-40 years and 200 Senior in the age group of above 40 years) fellowships are given every year to outstanding persons in the fields of art and culture. For both the schemes, online applications are invited every year and meritorious candidates are selected on the basis of their performance/interview by Expert Committees constituted by the Ministry.