Q. National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM), recently seen in the news, is a scheme administered by which ministry?
Answer:
Ministry of Culture
Notes: The National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM), overseen by the Ministry of Culture, aims to catalog the cultural heritage of 6.5 lakh villages across India. This initiative includes creating a comprehensive database of artists, art forms, and resources on an IT-enabled platform. Objectives include raising cultural heritage awareness, mapping villages' cultural profiles, creating national artist registers, and developing a web portal and mobile app for cultural engagement.