Port Blair, July 31: The Department of Art and Culture, A&N Administration has invited applications from the local cultural institutions to seek financial assistance as Grant-in-aid for the year 2013-14.
As per the notified Grant-in -aid rules all registered organizations having its registered office in Andaman and Nicobar Islands with its objective of propagation of art, culture, national integration and communal harmony and are active in such work for a period of not less than one year shall be considered eligible under these rules.
Socio-Cultural Organization may send application in a plain paper enclosing i) Utilization Certificate in GFR-19 A for the GIA released during the previous year. ii) The receipt & payment statement of accounts iii) The Income & expenditure statement of accounts iv) The balance sheet v) List of present office bearers of the Association along with postal address and contact number vi) Performance -cum- achievement report for the year 2012-13. Incomplete application shall not be entertained.
A Committee shall scrutinize the application. The Committee shall draw up a list of cultural institutions found eligible for the financial assistance and recommend the same to the Administration for release of Grant-in-aid. All the applications should reach the Directorate of Art and Culture on or before 30th August 2013. Details in this regard can be obtained over phone no. 230117.