Panaji: Art and Culture Minister Govind Gawade has said that the budget is department may be cut by almost 30 per cent, while disapproving the demands of professional artists to pay them the rumuneration for the loses during lockdown period.
He said that the budget for his department will be slashed by almost 30 per cent when State government will work out fiscal measures to bring economy back on track.
“The current ban on holding any events as a part of social distancing measure has cancelled all the festivals that were organised by the department,” he said.
He said that the events like dramas and other entertainment platforms will resume only after the rains, somewhere in September-October.
State run Kala Academy, located in Panaji, will also restart after the monsoon season.
The South West monsoon sets in on Goa in first week of June every year.
The minister said that state government, may allow holding of music classes, with social distancing.
Various libraries which are run by the department will open up in a phased manner, he said adding that the libraries with lesser crowd will resume their work in the beginning.
Meanwhile, responding to the demand of monthy renumeration sought by various artists, the minister said that such a demand cannot be approved.
The professional artists including theatre personalities had approached Gawade and chief minister Pramod Sawant demanding remuneration for them as no events are held during the lockdown, leaving them with no income.
Gawade said that such a package or remuneration cannot be considered as “it is not just artists but people across all the strata are affected due to the lockdown.”
श्री. गोविंद गावडे (माननीय कला आणि संस्कृती मंत्री) हे एक उत्तम प्रशासक कर्तबगार हरहुन्नरी व्यक्तिमत्त्व. खरोखरच मी त्यांच्या निर्णयाच स्वागत करतो….. कारण निर्णय खरोखरच व्यापक स्वरूपाचा मानला पाहिजे. सरकारची विद्यमान आर्थिक परिस्थिती पाहता निर्णय योग्य आहे…… परंतु एक कलाकार म्हणून विनंती आशे की ज्या कलाकाराना खरोखरच उत्तम दर्जाचे असून देखील ज्यांना नियमानुसार सरकारी सेवेत समाविष्ट करता आल नाही यांची मंत्री महोदयांनी दखल घ्यावी.
श्री. गोविंद गावडे (माननीय कला आणि संस्कृती मंत्री) हे एक उत्तम प्रशासक कर्तबगार हरहुन्नरी व्यक्तिमत्त्व. खरोखरच मी त्यांच्या निर्णयाच स्वागत करतो….. कारण निर्णय खरोखरच व्यापक स्वरूपाचा मानला पाहिजे. सरकारची विद्यमान आर्थिक परिस्थिती पाहता निर्णय योग्य आहे…… परंतु एक कलाकार म्हणून विनंती आहे की ज्या कलाकाराना खरोखरच उत्तम दर्जाचे असून देखील ज्यांना नियमानुसार सरकारी सेवेत समाविष्ट करता आल नाही यांची मंत्री महोदयांनी दखल घ्यावी.