National Museum

In the project, the ministry of health is expected to collaborate with the ministry of culture

The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has suggested that the government should come up with substantive criteria and a detailed procedure for declaring monuments to be of national importance. In a report titled 'Monuments of National Importance - Urgent Need for Rationalisation', the EAC-PM pointed out that expenditure on the conservation and maintenance of monuments of national importance is inadequate. "Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) should come up with substantive criteria and a detailed procedure for declaring monuments to be of national importance. "It also should publish a book of notifications with detailed information about the provenance of all Monuments of National Importance (MNI)," the report said. India currently has 3,695 MNI that are under the protection of ASI. The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act (AMASR Act), 1958, (amended in 2010) provides for the declaration and conservation of ancient and historical monumen

The 'Chitram Vastram' exhibition held in the National Museum here, records the journey of the Indian textile industry and sartorial styles through Jain manuscript paintings

Besides other flaws, why should such a project be executed in the midst of a pandemic when every rupee that can be spared should go into improving India's medical capabilities, wonders T N Ninan

The exhibition titled 'Maharaja of the Skies - An Indian Heritage' is being organised by the Society for Culture and Environment at the Nehru Centre in Mumbai

The idea began around 2003, and after several false starts, has worked its way slowly out of red tape