India, Dec. 15 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Financial Year
Allocated Budget (in Lakh)
Expenditure (in Lakh)
2021-22
919.22
842.22
2022-23
539.00
465.48
2023-24
454.07
412.78
2024-25
419.72
403.68
2025-26
488.00
293.53
S.No
Project Title
Nature of objects
No of objects conserved
Year 2020-2021
Conservation Project at SMM Theatre crafts museum, New Delhi.
Collection mainly contains polychrome wooden masks, leather puppets, wooden artifacts, paper materials etc. related to Indian folklore arts.
101
Conservation Projects of
Cloths, Water pots, stoves etc.
1358
Conservation project at Shree Maruti Temple Project, KR Nagar, Karnataka-
The paintings were used for worship during the Ramanavami festival procession. They have great artistic and cultural significance in traditional Mysore painting.
02
2021-2022
Conservation Project at Maharajadhiraj Laxmeshwar Singh Museum, Darbhanga, Bihar
Collection is made of ivory, silver, bone and wooden artifacts
176
Conservation of different types of objects of Patna Museum, Patna
Manuscripts of Rahul Sankrityayan, silica paintings, glass paintings, cloths
500 folios of manuscripts, 12 silica paintings 6 glass paintings
2022-2023 & 2023-2024
Conservation Project at Sultanpur Museum, Uttar Pradesh
Collection of sculptures from 12th to 17th Century and paintings of different styles, wooden sculptures of Ganesha.
76
Conservation Project of Golden Chariot at Sri Chitra Enclave, Trivandrum, Zoo campus
18th century Golden Chariot of Travancore royal family used by Kings for Dushera festivals. It is huge chariot of 18x9x23 feet in dimension. beautifully decorated with gold foil and silver thread
01
2023-24-25
Conservation Project at J.J college of arts, Mumbai
Paintings of contemporary artists of Maharashtra states
100
Conservation Project at J.J college of arts, Mumbai
Books related to Fine arts
100
Conservation Project at Sri Ambujavalli Temple, Mysore Karnataka- Sri Varahaswami and Ambujavalli temples, located within the Mysore Palace premises,
Feature exquisite mural paintings and architecture resembling the temples of Belur and Somnathpura. Inscriptions suggest construction between 1672-1704 AD. Historical records note that Sri Chikkadevaraja Wadiyar brought the Varahaswami deity from Srirangapatna in 1809 and commissioned this temple in Hoyasala style. The Ambujavalli temple was built during the reign of Mummadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, marking the peak of Mysore's traditional art. Temple construction dates are known but the painting dates remain unrecorded.
350 Sq. foot
2024-2025
Conservation Project at Shree Maruti temple project, KR Nagar, Karnataka
According to the temple trust, the paintings are over ninety years old and they are used for worship during the Ramanavami festival procession. They have great artistic and cultural significance in traditional Mysore painting.
02
Conservation Project of Oil paintings of Begam Samruat Rajbhawan Lucknow.
Oil paintings were made of Begam Samru, paintings were decorated with beautiful frames with original gold paint which was hidden under several layers of commercial gold paint. Joanna Nobilis Sombre (c. 1753 - 27 January 1836), popularly known Begum Samru, a convert Catholic Christian, started her career as dancing girl in 18th-century India, and eventually became the ruler of Sardhana a small principality near Meerut.
02
Year
Name of the course/Practical training course/workshop
Number of participants
2020-21
Six months course in conservation of cultural property.
07
2021-22
Six months course in conservation of cultural property
05
Two weeks practical training in conservation of art objects for the students M.A. Museology of department of museology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
12
Two weeks practical training course in conservation of museum objects for the students of Post Graduate Diploma in Museology and Archaeology of Sampurnanand University, Varanasi
22
Two weeks practical training course in conservation of museum objects for the master students of Museology of Rabindra Bharti University, Kolkata
10
2022-23
Six months course in conservation of cultural property
09
Practical training course in Conservation Oil Paintings
11
Practical training course in Conservation Wall Paintings
07
Two weeks practical training course in conservation of museum objects for the master students of Museology of Rabindra Bharti University, Kolkata
23
Two weeks practical training course in conservation of museum objects for the students of Post Graduate Diploma in Museology and Archaeology of Sampurnanand University, Varanasi
26
Two weeks practical training in conservation of art objects for the students M.A. Museology of department of museology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
10
2023-24
Six months course in conservation of cultural property
11
Two weeks practical training course in conservation of museum objects for the students of Post Graduate Diploma in Museology and Archaeology of Sampurnanand University, Varanasi
16
Two weeks practical training in conservation of art objects for the students M.A. Museology of department of museology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
08
Two weeks practical training in conservation of paintings for the students M.A. Museology of department of M.A. Conservation of School of Heritage research &Management, New Delhi.
06
Two weeks practical training in conservation of paintings for the students M.A. Museology of department of M.A. Museology of department of museology, Maharaja Saijirao Gaykwad University, Vadodara
06
Two weeks practical training course in conservation of museum objects for the master students of Museology of Rabindra Bharti University, Kolkata
25
2024-25
Six months course in conservation of cultural property
29
Two weeks practical training in conservation of Museum objects for the students M.A. Museology of department of M.A. Conservation of School of Heritage research & Management, New Delhi
15
Two weeks practical training in conservation of art objects for the students M.A. Museology of department of museology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
08
Two weeks practical training course in conservation of museum objects for the students of Post Graduate Diploma in Museology and Archaeology of Sampurnanand University, Varanasi
26
Two weeks practical training course in conservation of museum objects for the master students of Museology of Rabindra Bharti University, Kolkata
33
2025 -26
One week international workshop by NRLC on Conservation of Paintings practices in India at National Gallery of Fine Arts, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia
28
Six months course in conservation of cultural property
24
(up to 30.11.2025)
personal belongings of Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar at NIT, Nagpur
(7x4 ft size )
The details of the activities of the National Research Laboratory for conservation of cultural property during the last five years are attached as Annexure-I.
Details of fund allocation for its activities during the last five years as under: -
This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Lok Sabha today
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