Sports & Culture Government Schemes
260 government schemes in the sports & culture category, including 28 central schemes. Open any scheme for eligibility, benefits and how to apply.
Check which ones you are eligible for →Adivasi Sanskriti Evam Kala Kendra/Majhi Bhavan, Manki Munda Bhavan, Parha Bhavan, Pargana Bhavan, Dumkuria Bhavan Evam Gosade Nirman Tatha Majhi Than Shed Nirman Yojana
The "Adivasi Sanskriti Evam Kala Kendra/Majhi Bhavan, Manki Munda Bhavan, Parha Bhavan, Pargana Bhavan, Dumkuria Bhavan Evam Gosade Nirman Tatha Majhi Than Shed Nirman Yojana" by the Welfare Department, Jharkhand, aims to preserve & develop tribal culture & traditions by providing essential cultural
Akhil Bharatiya Civil Services Pratiyogita
The scheme aims to provide an opportunity for personnel from various government departments of the state to participate annually in the All-India level competitions in various sports, organized by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India.
All Goa One-Act Play Competition in Konkani
The scheme aims to attract youth towards dramatic activities and promote Goan culture through Konkani theatre. It provides cash awards, mementos, and certificates for best One-Act Play performances along with individual category awards for youth, clubs, and associations.
Ambubhai Purani Award
The scheme "Ambubhai Purani Award" by the Sports, Youth and Cultural Activities Department, Gujarat, aims to recognize outstanding contributions in the field of gymnasiums (Akhadas) through the conferment of the Gymnasium Jyotirdhar Ambubhai Purani Award and financial assistance of ₹51,000/-.
Appointment of Contract Sports Coaches
The scheme facilitates the annual appointment of contract-based sports coaches to conduct various local training camps across Uttarakhand, thereby promoting employment opportunities and strengthening the state’s grassroots sports infrastructure.
Art Exhibition Assistance in the State
The scheme "Art Exhibition Assistance in the State" by the Sports, Youth and Cultural Activities Department, Government of Gujarat aims to promote visual arts by supporting local artists through financial assistance.
Artist Honor (Gaurav Award)
The scheme aims to recognize and honor artists who have made a lifetime contribution in the field of fine arts, specifically in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts, and have achieved outstanding accomplishments.
Assistance for Exhibitions Abroad and Out of State
The scheme aims to promote fine arts by providing financial assistance of up to ₹1,00,000 to artists from Gujarat for organizing art exhibitions abroad and in other states of India.
Assistance for Purchase of Spectacles - Folk Artists
The "Assistance for Purchase of Spectacles" scheme was launched by the Art and Culture Department, Government of Tamil Nadu. Under this scheme, the Tamil Nadu Folk Artiste's Welfare Board provides financial assistance for the purchase of spectacles to registered folk artists.
Assistance for Purchase of Traditional Musical Instruments and Costumes for Scheduled Caste/Tribe Individuals
The scheme aims to support scheduled caste and scheduled tribe individuals whose livelihood depends on traditional arts by providing them with essential musical instruments and costumes.
Assistance to Trusts/Institutions for Setting Up Cultural Centers/Auditoriums in the Municipal Area
The scheme "Assistance to Trusts/Institutions for Setting Up Cultural Centers/Auditoriums in the Municipal Area" aims to promote cultural infrastructure through financial assistance to trusts and institutions for building or renovating cultural centres within municipal areas.
Assistance to Women for Trainer and Coaches Training Course
The scheme “Assistance to Women for Trainer and Coaches Training Course” by the Sports, Youth and Cultural Activities Department, Government of Gujarat aims to encourage women's participation in sports by providing financial assistance for diploma courses in sports education.
Award of Fellowship to Most Eminent Artist
The scheme aims to honor senior eminent artists through the provision of financial assistance in the form of a monthly fellowship of ₹5,000/- for one year to support their continued contribution to the field of plastic arts.
Award of Puduvai Kalaimamani
The "Award of Puduvai Kalaimamani" scheme was launched by the Arts and Culture Department, Puducherry. The scheme aims to provide prizes and awards to artists or authors/writers in the fields of Literature, Music, Dance, Drama, Painting and Sculpture, and Folk arts.
Award Of Scholarships To Young Artists In Different Cultural Fields
This Scheme seeks to give assistance to young artistes of outstanding promise for advanced training within India in the field of Indian Classical Music, Indian Classical Dance, Theatre, Mime, Visual art, Folk, Traditional and Indigenous Arts and Light Classical Music.
Award Winning Tiatr Festival
The scheme aims to popularize award winning tiatrs by organizing annual festivals in various Talukas of Goa. It provides financial remuneration to directors/producers of prize-winning tiatrs for staging performances.
Awarding of Tamil Mamani, Telugu Ratna and Malayala Ratna
The Arts and Culture Department of Puducherry launched the "Awarding of Tamil Mamani, Telugu Ratna and Malayala Ratna" scheme with the aims to provide a cash award to the author/writer who have published books.
Best Book Award
The scheme "Best Book Award" by the Sports, Youth and Cultural Activities Department, Government of Gujarat aims to promote literary excellence by providing cash awards, certificates, and shields to authors of outstanding books published in Gujarat.
Bhajan Pakhawaj Workshops
The objective of the scheme is to provide knowledge of appropriate and traditional Bhajan Singing and Pakhawaj playing to Bhajan performers through experts from the respective field. Applications are invited by announcement in local print & electronic media. Certificates are awarded to participants.
Biju Patnaik Sports Award for Best Contribution to promotion of Sports and Games
The award is given the individuals who have substantially contributed in various ways such as Sports Administration & sports Support Staff (other than Coaches) and also to organizations that have substantially contributed by recruiting sportspersons, providing financial support to sportspersons etc.
Biju Patnaik Sports Award for Excellence in Coaching
The award is given to the coaches who have devoted their career to imparting Coaching in any of the major sports disciplines and have coached Sportspersons achieving excellence at National and International levels.
Biju Patnaik Sports Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism
The award is given to the journalists who have done significant work in the sphere of journalism for the promotion and popularization of sports and games as well as fighting for the causes of sports and sportspersons in the State of Odisha.
Biju Patnaik Sports Award for Lifetime Achievement in Promotion of Sports & Games
The award is given to the sportspersons who have not only good performances at National and International levels but also have continued to contribute to the promotion of sports and games in his/her individual capacity even after retirement from an active sporting career.
Biju Patnaik Sports Award for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games for the Year
The award is given to the sportspersons of Odisha who have achieved outstanding performance in any of the recognized sports during the year making the State of Odisha and India proud.
Bima Yojana - Direct Benefit to Artisan
Launched on 15th August 2022, the scheme "Bima Yojana - Direct Benefit to Artisan (BYDBTA)" is a Social Welfare Scheme by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.
Cash Amount for Encouraging Scheduled Tribe Sportsperson Students
Under this scheme, cash awards, certificates, and mementos are provided as a form of encouragement to Scheduled Tribe sportsperson students who secure the top three positions in national and international sports events.
Cash Award to Women Players of the State
The scheme "Cash Award to Women Players of the State" by the Sports, Youth and Cultural Activities Department, Government of Gujarat, aims to encourage and support talented female athletes through annual cash scholarships for those who excel at state and national level competitions.
Cash Incentive Award to Bonafede Meritorious Sportspersons
The Government of Sikkim has been providing Cash Incentive Awards to Meritorious Sports persons of Sikkim who have won Gold, Silver, Bronze in the respective sports disciplines at the Zonal Level competitions and above, and have represented Sikkim in international competitions as National team(s).
Cash Prize to Players and their Coaches for Winning Medals in National and International Competitions
The scheme aims to recognize and honor players and their coaches from the state who have achieved remarkable success and won medals at the national and international level in the field of sports. There is a provision to award prize money ranging from a minimum of ₹10,000/- to a maximum of ₹2 crore.
Chetan Chauhan Labor Sports Promotion Scheme
The Chetan Chauhan Shramik Krida Protsahan Yojana (CCSKPY) is a scheme launched by the Uttar Pradesh government in 2022 to provide financial assistance to the children of construction workers for participating in sports
Chief Ministergi Artistesinggi Tengbang (CMAT) - Scheme For Award To Distinguished Artistes
The scheme "CMAT - Scheme for Award to Distinguished Artistes" is a scheme by the Dept. of Art & Culture, Govt. of Manipur, to encourage and felicitate the artistes (in the field of culture) belonging to different fields for their achievements such as winning National Awards namely Padma Award, etc.
Chief Ministergi Artistesinggi Tengbang (CMAT) – Artiste’s Pension
The scheme "Chief Ministergi Artistesinggi Tengbang (CMAT) – Artiste’s Pension" by the Dept. of Art and Culture, Govt. of Manipur provides a monthly pension of up to ₹ 4,000/- to the aged reputed artists who have contributed to making the tradition, culture, and art forms of Manipur more vibrant.
Chief Ministergi Artistesinggi Tengbang (CMAT) – Scheme Of Festival Assistance For Participating In International & National Festival
Through the scheme "Chief Ministergi Artistesinggi Tengbang (CMAT)-Scheme of Festival Assistance for Participating in International & National Festival", the artists will be extended a sum of financial assistance to meet their travel costs and journey costs to participate in International Festivals.
Chief Ministergi Artistesinggi Tengbang (CMAT): Support For Purchase Of Instruments / Equipment
The scheme "CMAT: Support for Purchase of Instruments / Equipment" aims to support many talented students and budding artistes, who are economically well but in need of instruments/equipment for their learning and performance purpose to help them groom towards professionalism.
Chief Ministergi Artistessingi Tengbang - Assistance To The Cultural Group For Training With New Production
"CMAT - Assistance to the Cultural Group for Training with New Production" by the Dept. of Art and Culture, Govt. of Manipur aims at providing financial assistance to registered cultural groups that have been relentlessly working on providing training to the younger generation with new products.
Children's Tiatr Competition
The scheme aims to encourage the development of Tiatr by providing a platform for children aged up to 16 years to participate in traditional Konkani theatre productions. The scheme benefits Educational Institutions, Sports and Cultural Associations, and Individual Producers.
Commemoration of Jubilees/Birth Anniversaries of Tiatr Artistes of Yesteryears
The scheme aims to commemorate the significant contributions of deceased Tiatr artistes, making the younger generation aware of their legacy. It provides financial assistance, publicity, and venue support for organizing cultural programmes celebrating jubilee/birth anniversaries of these pioneers.
Competition of Zomnivoilo Khell
The scheme aims to preserve and promote the traditional folk theatre of Goa called 'The Khell'. It provides financial assistance to participating theatre troupes in annual competitions organized across Goa. The applications for this scheme are accepted offline through prescribed application forms.
Concession in Railway Travel
The scheme "Concession in Railway Travel" was launched by the Dept. of Art & Culture, Tamil Nadu. Under the scheme, individual artists and troupes are allowed to travel in the train on concession by the Railways. A concession certificate will be issued by Mandram.
Construction of Sports Infrastructure Facilities (Badminton, Table Tennis, Squash, Indoor Cricket, Basketball, Volleyball, Football, Hockey, and Swimming) in Private Sector
The scheme aims to provide grants of 25% of the total cost, up to a maximum of ₹50.00 lakh, for the construction of sports infrastructure facilities in the private sector, including Badminton, Table Tennis, Squash, Indoor Cricket, Basketball, Volleyball, Football, Hockey, and Swimming.
Cultural Function And Production Grant Scheme
The scheme covers all ‘not-for-profit’ organizations, NGOs, Societies, Trusts, and Universities for supporting Seminars, Conference, Research, Workshops, Festivals, Exhibitions, Symposia, Drama-Theatre, Music, etc., and small research projects on different aspects of Indian Culture.
D. D. Kosambi Research Fellowship Scheme
The scheme "Goa State Best Library and Best Librarian Award" has been designed by the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of Goa to encourage Goan Scholars to undertake research in the field of Goan history, culture, arts, social studies etc. Three fellowships shall be awarded.
District Level Sports School
The scheme "District Level Sports School" by the Sports, Youth and Cultural Activities Dept., Government of Gujarat, aims to identify and nurture sporting talent through scientifically designed training, education, and sports facilities in residential and non-residential schools across the state.
Divisional Tripartite Competition
The scheme aims to promote theatrical arts and drama performances across Gujarat by organizing competitive events at divisional and state levels. Individual performers and theatre organizations receive cash prizes based on their performance rankings in state-level competitions.
Documentation And Research Assistantship Scheme
The scheme aims to encourage documentation and digitisation of valuable Tiatr-related materials to prevent their loss to posterity. It provides assistance and incentives to holders of such materials and pays honorarium to documentation assistants.
Documentation of Tiatr through Research Work
The scheme aims to encourage research work in the field of Tiatr and facilitate writers to take up research work in different aspects of Tiatr, its Song & Music. Research work will be published in book form with remuneration provided to researchers.
Education Assistance - Folk Artist
The "Education Assistance - Folk Artist" scheme was launched by the Art and Culture Department, Government of Tamil Nadu. The scheme provides financial assistance for the education of children of registered folk artistes.
Exhibition of Books on Tiatr, Its Song and Music
The scheme aims to help Roman Script Konkani writers and publishers who face difficulties in marketing their books related to Tiatr, its song and music, while promoting Tiatr culture among enthusiasts. The scheme provides bulk purchase of books at 80% of the fixed rate and organizes book exhibition.
Film Finance Scheme
The Film Finance Scheme of Assam is an initiative by the Assam government to support the development and growth of the film industry in the state. This scheme aims to provide financial assistance to filmmakers and production houses to encourage the production of quality films in Assam.
Financial Assistance and Grants to Sports Associations/ Clubs/ Sports Committees of Uttarakhand
The scheme aims to provide financial support or grants to recognized sports associations, clubs, and committees in the state for organizing sports competitions and for purchasing sports equipment for associations and players at the national, state, and district levels.
Financial Assistance For Allied Cultural Activities
The scheme provide financial assistance for creating infrastructure and assets that enhance audio-visual experiences for cultural activities, enabling regular live performances and festivals at locations that attract large numbers of tourists and visitors.
Financial Assistance For Cultural Activities In Performing Arts For Building Grants Including Studio Theatres
The scheme “Financial Assistance for Cultural Activities in Performing Arts for Building Grants Including Studio Theatres” was launched by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
Financial Assistance For Development Of Buddhist/Tibetan Arts And Culture
The scheme “Financial Assistance for Development of Buddhist/Tibetan Arts and Culture” was launched by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India to provide financial assistance to voluntary Buddhist/Tibetan organizations including Monasteries.
Financial Assistance for encouraging production of Traditional Khell-Tiatr
The scheme aims to encourage and preserve the traditional Khell-Tiatr folk musical drama of Goa by promoting quality productions. It offers financial assistance and infrastructure support for staging shows, including video documentation, benefiting dramatic troupes and individuals.
Financial Assistance for Encouraging Worker's Children's Participation in Cultural Activities- Haryana Labour Welfare Board
Under this scheme, financial assistance is provided to the children of the workers working in the industrial and commercial establishments of the state of Haryana for participating in cultural competitions so that the children of the workers can also become good artists.
Financial Assistance for Encouraging Worker's Children's Participation in Sports Activities- Haryana Labour Welfare Board
Under this scheme, financial assistance is provided to the children of the workers working in the industrial and commercial establishments of the state of Haryana for participating in sports competitions so that the children of the workers can also become good sportspersons.
Financial Assistance for Preparation of Training Camp and Participation in Land, Mountain & Sea Adventure Sports Competitions
The scheme aims to promote youth participation in adventure sports by providing financial assistance for training, workshops, and competitions.
Financial Assistance For Promotion Of Guru-Shishya Parampara (Repertory Grant)
This scheme provides financial support to organizations preserving traditional performing arts through the Guru–Shishya tradition and ensures continuity of cultural heritage through training and mentorship.
Financial Assistance for Scaling Mount Everest and Other Inaccessible Mountains of the World
The scheme "Financial Assistance for Scaling Mount Everest and Other Inaccessible Mountains of the World" aims to promote mountaineering by providing financial aid to successful climbers, including up to ₹15,00,000 for those who scale Mt. Everest.
Financial Assistance for Tagore Cultural Complexes (TCC)
This scheme promotes cultural activities across states and fosters unity while providing opportunities for creative expression and learning, especially for the youth.
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