Context:
President of India conferred Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (AkademiPuraskar) for the years 2022 and 2023
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship:
- Also called – Akademi Ratna
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship – It is the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi
- Restricted to – 40 numbers at any given time.
- Includes -Purse money of Rs. 3.00 lakhs, a Tamrapatra and an Angavastram.
Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards:
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards – Awards given to the artists from the field of Music, Dance, Theatre, Traditional/Folk/Tribal Music/Dance/Theatre, Puppetry and Overall contribution/scholarship in the Performing Arts etc.
- Includes – Purse money of Rs. 1.00 lakh, a Tamrapatra and an Angavastram.
Sangeet Natak Akademi:
- Sangeet Natak Akademi – It is India’s national academy for music, dance and drama.
- Created by – A resolution of Ministry of Education in 1952
- Present Status – An Autonomous Body of the Ministry of Culture
- Important institutions functioning under the Akademi –
- National School of Drama, New Delhi
- Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, Imphal
- Kathak Kendra (National Institute of Kathak Dance), New Delhi
- Funding – Fully funded by the Government
Source: PIB
Previous Year Question
Consider the following statements:
1. The National School of Drama was set up by Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1959.
2. The highest honour conferred by the Sahitya Akademi on a writer is by electing him its Fellow.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[UPSC Civil service Exam – 2009 Prelims]
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: (c)
