Ministry of Culture (India)

Ministry of Culture (India)
	Emblem of India
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Republic of India
Headquarters	C-wing; Shastri Bhawan; New Delhi
Minister responsible	Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (Independent Charge);
Website	www.indiaculture.nic.in

The Ministry of Culture is the Indian government ministry charged with preservation and promotion of art and culture.

Mahesh Sharma is the current Minister of Culture. Recently government has started National Mission on Libraries India under this ministry.^[1]

Organisation[edit]

Attached offices
- Archaeological Survey of India
- Central Secretariat Library
- National Archives of India
Subordinate offices
- Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata
- Central Reference Library, Kolkata
- National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property, Lucknow
- National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
- National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
- National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru
- National Library of India, Kolkata
- National Museum, New Delhi

Autonomous organisations
- National Mission for Manuscripts, Delhi
- Allahabad Museum, Allahabad
- Asiatic Society, Kolkata
- Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Jammu and Kashmir
- Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS)
- Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, New Delhi
- Delhi Public Library, Delhi
- Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi
- Indian Museum, Kolkata
- Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi
- Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manava Sangrahalaya, Bhopal
- Kalakshetra Foundation, Thiruvanmayur, Chennai
- Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library, Patna
- Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), Kolkata
- National Council of Science Museums, Kolkata
- National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology (NMIHACM), Delhi
- National School of Drama, New Delhi
- Nav Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda, Bihar
- Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi (Teen Murti Bhavan)
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata, registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961^[2]
- Raza Library, Rampur
- Sahitya Akademi (SA), New Delhi
- Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
- Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA), New Delhi
- Saraswathi Mahal Library, Tanjore
- Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
Zonal Cultural Centers (based on Cultural Zones of India)

^ "About : NML". Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
^ "About RRRLF". Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2014.