RCC yet to be established
14/03/2018
In a testimony of dilly-dallying approach on the important issues, the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages has failed to establish seven Regional Cultural Centres which were announced by the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti nearly one and half years back. While chairing Central Committee meeting of J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) on October 3, 2016, the Chief Minister had approved establishment of seven Regional Cultural Centres in order to give necessary impetus to the activities of the Academy. These Cultural Centres were named as Ladakh Regional Cultural Centre, Kamraz Regional Cultural Centre, Maraz Regional Cultural Centre, Chenab Valley Regional Cultural Centre, PirPanchal Regional Cultural Centre, Duggar Regional Cultural Centre and Basohli Regional Cultural Centre. The objective behind announcement was to provide effective platform for promotion of local languages and ethnicity, sources said while disclosing that to decide the contours of these Regional Cultural Centres the Chief Minister being President of the J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages even ordered setting up of an apex committee.
However, despite lapse of nearly one and half year no headway has been made on the establishment of seven Regional Cultural Centres, sources said while disclosing that even modalities in this regard have not been worked out by the JKAACL so far. Despite this, no serious effort was made by the Government to appoint new head of the apex committee as a result of which seven Regional Cultural Centres have remained on the papers till date. JKAACL is also reeling under shortage of manpower during the past quite long time. This is notwithstanding the fact that Academy being an autonomous body is a self-recruiting agency which makes appointments at its own level on the basis of the recommendations of its own selection committee.
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