Ministry of Culture has started the project of Cultural Mapping of India under which data of artists shall be collected. It has been initiated in order to carry out a survey on cultural topography of the country. Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT), New Delhi has collected over 55 lakhs artists data. <br/><br/>Under this scheme, a web portal would be developed through National Informatics Centre (NIC) for collection of data directly from artistes online for cultural mapping, which will serve as an Artist Repository. The data would be used in future for the purpose of providing grant-in aid under various cultural schemes administered by this ministry.