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Akademies Likely to Be in For a Culture Shock
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Culture min readies terms of engagement; review of
ச ோதணன வெற்றி
memorandums
இணைய ெழி ரயில்
The
டிக்வகட்
முன்பதிவுக்கோன
ச ணெ ெரி இன்று முதல் ரத்து
of
association
envisages
better
accountability for autonomous organizations culture
ministry
is
preparing
new
terms
of
engagement with all autonomous cultural akademies in its bid to curtail their `discretionary powers' and bring in more checks and balances, a year after it took over the administration of the Lalit Kala Akademi amid charges of irregularities. Various cultural akademies have come on the PMO radar, with a meeting late last month by the
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PMO to review them. The culture ministry is quietly putting together a plan to review the Memorandums of Associations with all cultural akademies organisations that it funds. The first off the block will be Lalit Kala Akademi and the new MoA being drafted for it is being envisaged as a model MoA. This model MoA aims at bringing in better accountabili ty across the autonomous organisations, a ministry insider told ET.
இன்றைய தினம்…
The move also comes at a time when the finance ministry has asked all government departments and
உலகப்புகழ் பெற்ை எழுத்தாளரும்
ministries to assess all funded autonomous institutions
சிந்தறனயாளருமான ப ால்டு தால்
under them and review the applicability of user charges
இங்கிலாந்தின் சவுத் வேல்ஸ்
there.
ெகுதியில் ெிைந்தார்! இன்று!
There
are
organisations
a
number
-akademies,
of
autonomous
museums,
cultural
libraries
and
cultural centres -under the aegis of the culture ministry
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and most are fully funded by it. The functions of the organisation are set down in the MoA. The government feels the scope of discretionary powers given to the organisation through the existing MoA
is
not
adequately
balanced
through
better
accountability mechanisms. Many of these organisation
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are even caught in legal tussles due to these issues,
The Lalit Kala Akademi has been most in news. The
sources said.
ministry took over the administration of the Akademi on April 1, 2015, citing complaints of administrative and
The MoA typically grants the akademi substantial
financial irregularities.
independence in taking decisions related to national and international exhibitions, events as well as providing
While a joint secretaryadditio nal secretary from the
financial assistance to artists and art organisations
ministry has held charge of the Akademi so far, recently,
through scholarships and grants.
the ministry appoin ted a new administrator for it -an arrangement that could last until 2018 if the government
Among the prominent akademies under the ministry are Lalit Kala Akademi, Sahitya Aakdemi, Sangeet Natak
does not go ahead with a full-fledged selection process to reinstall the usual ad ministrative structure.
Akademi and the National School of Drama. Source | Economic TImes | 22 November 2016
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