Center for Cultural Innovation and Economics

24/12/2016

Study by FICCI & EY : Creative arts in India: Theater, dance and crafts industry. Refer FICCI website.

08/10/2016

UN first online free course on creative economy. Apply and join us at UNITAR - United Nations Institute for Training and Research http://www.unitar.org/ksi/crea4dev

16/02/2016

http://culture360.asef.org/news/unescos-work-on-culture-and-sustainable-development-evaluation-of-a-policy-theme-report/

unescologoUNESCO has published a report 'UNESCO’s Work on Culture and Sustainable Development Evaluation of a Policy Theme'. This constitutes an evaluation of work undertaken by UNESCO in the Culture and Sustainable Development field.

16/01/2016

Any update on setting up National Centre of Performing Arts at New Delhi as suggested by Working group on Arts and Culture for XII Plan (2012-2017) ?!

http://planningcommission.gov.in/aboutus/committee/wrkgrp12/wg_tourist0202.pdf

01/04/2015

https://www.change.org/p/the-prime-minister-of-india-save-hall-of-nations-halls-of-industries-and-nehru-pavilion-at-pragati-maidan-new-delhi-india-from-demolition-and-also-to-allow-these-buildings-to-be-put-to-active-public-use

Honorable Prime Minister Modi, With deep anguish we have learnt of mindless efforts to demolish the Halls of Nations, Halls of Industries Complex and the Nehru Pavillion at Pragati Maidan, Delhi. We appeal to you to channel all authority vested in you to save the Hall of Nations, Halls of Industri…

01/03/2015

The scheme of Financial Assistance for promotion of Art and Culture has been brutally axed with money allocations reduced from 59.33 crore to 3.20 crore.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/minor-changes-in-budget-for-culture-ministry-115022801053_1.html

There was a meagre 0.46 percent increase in the budgetary allocation for the ministry of culture for 2015-2016 as compared to last year.

25/02/2015

- Dramatic Performance Act, Act 19 of 1876

22/02/2015

Especially ART Sector NGOs needs to be transparent !

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-10-21/news/34607676_1_ngos-cag-audit-transparency

By: Sowmya Kidambi As civil society organisations and nascent political formations increasingly demand transparency and accountability from the political establishment and executive, it is...

08/12/2014

Its time that Arts and Culture sector NGO's should open up their account to public review. Organizations running like individual-centric, gulping the entire fund given by government for said goal should be open to scrutiny. The sole aim of registering as society is to conduct its activity for welfare and if anyone wants profit then it should be registered as profit making body.

RTI Act applies on NGOs substantially financed by Government

A bench of Justice K S Radhakrishnan and Justice A K Sikri observed that although the “Government may not have any statutory control over the NGOs, as such, still it can be established that a particular NGO has been substantially financed directly or indirectly by the funds provided by the appropriate government, in such an event, that organisation will fall within the scope of Section 2(h)(d)(ii) of the RTI Act (definition of public authority).”

15/11/2014

Details coming soon !

11/11/2014

Art & Culture : There are 23122 VOs/NGOs signed up on the NGO-Partnership System with Government of India.

06/10/2014

Time when theatre has become part of our education, then why this ACT, We cannot teach criminal offence to students..right? so why his ACT?

Please sign !

-The Government of Uttar Pradesh filed a case against this production under the Drama Performance Act of 1876. In 1956 Justice Anandnarayan Mulla rejected the case on the grounds that it violated the right to expression granted by India's constitution and decided that the Drama Performance Act be declared null and void in independent India.
-West Bengal from where the law originated, has repealed the Dramatic Performances Act in the year 1962.
-Delhi repealed it in 1993.
-The India Code Compilation of Unrepealed Central Acts declared in 1993 that the Act is one of the "obsolete laws" that exists in India today.
-20th Law Commission have suggested its repeal to present govt.
Give your support to this opportunity !

https://www.change.org/p/mr-ravi-shankar-prasad-to-consider-repeal-of-dramatic-performances-act-act-19-of-1876-which-is-suggested-by-law-commission-of-india

As our honourable Prime Minister is in favour of getting outdated laws scraped, by signing this petition we give support to Law Commission's...