Port Blair, Aug 17: The Department of Art and Culture, A&N Administration invites application from the local cultural institutions to seek financial assistance for the year 2016-17. As per the notified Grant-in -aid rules all registered organizations having their 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 shall send application in the prescribed format enclosing i) Utilization Certificate in GFR-19A 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) Performance -cum- achievement report for the year 2015-16. Preference will be given to upcoming and new cultural associations from the rural and tribal areas with good track record. Incomplete application shall not be entertained. The prescribed format can be collected from the office of the Director (Art & Culture) or download from the website www.andaman.gov.in.
All the applications should reach the Directorate of Art and Culture at Cellular Jail Complex on or before 15.09.2016.
