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Organisation : Lalit Kala Akademi Rabindra Bhavan New Delhi
Scholarship Name : Financial Assistance To Art Organisation

Website : http://lalitkala.gov.in/
Application Form : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/12860-Art.pdf

Financial Assistance:

Financial Assistance to Art Organisations Rules 2015.

Related : LKA 2017-18 Lalit Kala Akademi Scholarship : www.scholarships.net.in/12858.html

Eligibility:
‘Art Organisation’ includes organisations which are constituted or controlled by Government, associations of artists, voluntary organisations, NGOs, faculties of fine art in universities, art colleges and schools, art galleries, which promote, support and provide a platform to foster excellence in various dimensions of visual art of any type/form.

Scope of works for which financial assistance will be given:
For organizing following art promotional programmes, the Lalit Kala Akademi will be giving financial assistance to the art organisations as per the prescribed eligibility criteria form:

1. Camps
2. Workshops
3. Residency programmes
4. Seminars
5. Exhibitions
6. International art and cultural exchanges including solo exhibitions

Quantum of Assistance:
The Lalit Kala Akademi may sanction assistance to art organisations up to Rs. 5 lacs for the mentioned art promotional programmes. The amount of Rs. 5 lacs could be enhanced up to Rs. 10 lacs in exceptional cases and in case of international events it could be higher depending on the total budget. However, the sanctioned amount by the Lalit Kala Akademi will not exceed 75% of the total project cost. (90% in case of North east art organisations)

Procedure for application:
i. The Lalit Kala Akademi will award assistance only to those registered organisations that have been active for over three years.
ii. The organisations will have to submit a copy of their Registration Certificate and Memorandum of Association along with the detailed proposal inclusive of expenditure details of the programme for which they are requesting the Lalit Kala Akademi to release financial assistance.
iii. The Organisations will have to submit copies of their Annual Reports for the last three years along with their audited statement of accounts.

Mode and conditions for release of financial assistance:
i. The scheme is open throughout the year. There will be no fixed date for receiving the proposals. However the proposal must reach the Akademi 3 months before the scheduled date of the event.
ii. The financial assistance shall be given based on the appraisal of applications and recommendation by the Expert Advisory Committee and thereafter administrative approval and financial concurrence of competent authorities in the Lalit Kala Akademi.
iii. The art organisations can evolve their own system of mutual cooperation with the Corporate Sector in organizing the above mentioned art promotional programmes. The Lalit Kala Akademi, in cases where the credentials of the art organisations are well established and the artist invited in the activities are also the artists of recognition and repute can also come forward for cobranding such activities without any financial assistance.
iv. An organisation in receipt of financial assistance under the scheme shall be open to inspection by an officer of the Lalit Kala Akademi.
v. The organisations must use the logo of the Lalit Kala Akademi for printing all their publicity material for which they are given financial assistance by the Lalit Kala Akademi. Five copies of the Invitation card, brochure, catalogue, pamphlet, any other literature if published, and media reports should be submitted to the Lalit Kala Akademi. In the case of catalogues or books the quality to be given to the Lalit Kala Akademi may be mutually decided.
vi. The organisations will have to submit Utilisation Certificate, as per GFR Form 19-A (format enclosed as Annexure-I), duly signed by their Chartered Accountant or Company Secretary within nine months of the end of the financial year in which the assistance was given by the Lalit Kala Akademi.
vii. The organization seeking financial assistance has to submit an undertaking as per the format given in Annexure-II.
viii. New proposals from an organisation will be considered only after settlement of previous dues in respect of any programme conducted previously under the Financial Assistance to Art Organisations scheme of the Lalit Kala Akademi.
ix. Unspent portion of the assistance will be refunded by the organization to the Lalit Kala Akademi.
x. In the event of violation of any of the terms and conditions of sanction, the organisation will have to refund the entire amount sanctioned, to the Lalit Kala Akademi along with penal interest, as per the government rates. The organisation will also be blacklisted for misuse of funds, fake registration certificate, etc.
xi. The Lalit Kala Akademi will be free to impose any conditions/restrictions for utilizing the funds, which shall be used only for the purposes for which they are being sanctioned.

Incomplete Applications:
Incomplete applications not supported by the required documents will not be considered and summarily rejected.

Special Provision:
In case of North East and Tribal art related organisations, any of the above requirement can be relaxed by the Lalit Kala Akademi.

Mode of payment:
The payment of the financial assistance will be released through electronic transfer. The organisation will have to submit a blank cancelled cheque to the Akademi for the electronic transfer.