Parliament Question: NMCM and MGMD in Uttar Pradesh

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No 3798 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2026 NMCM AND MGMD IN UTTAR PRADESH 3798. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL: Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:- (a) the present status and progress of the National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM) being implemented by the Government; (b) the details of the number of villages mapped so far under its Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar (MGMD) component, particularly in the Siddharthnagar district of Uttar Pradesh; (c) whether the Government has any proposals to promote a creator economy or establish dedicated e-commerce platforms to connect the unique handicrafts and cultural products identified through such mapping with national and global markets; and (d) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT) (a) Under Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar (MGMD) Programme, a key component of the National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM), 6.23 lakh villages have been culturally mapped so far. This data is available on MGMD Portal (https://mgmd.gov.in/). (b) The State/UT-wise details of villages covered are placed at Annexure-I. In Siddharthnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, 2542 villages have been covered. (c) NMCM primarily undertakes documentation of cultural assets and traditions at the village level and does not have any provision for establishing e-commerce integration for traditional artists and cultural practitioners. (d) There is no such provision under NMCM.ANNEXURE-I Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3798 asked on 16th March, 2026, regarding ‘NMCM And MGMD In Uttar Pradesh’ State/UT-wise Distribution of Number of Villages Uploaded on MGMD State/UT Number of Uploaded Villages Andaman and Nicobar Islands 176 Andhra Pradesh 17142 Arunachal Pradesh 4613 Assam 26074 Bihar 39563 Chandigarh 12 Chhattisgarh 19571 Delhi 252 Goa 431 Gujarat 19271 Haryana 7579 Himachal Pradesh 18735 Jammu & Kashmir 6926 Jharkhand 29908 Karnataka 29569 Kerala 1275 Ladakh 238 Lakshadweep Islands 13 Madhya Pradesh 56429 Maharashtra 40042 Manipur 306 Meghalaya 7012 Mizoram 1026 Nagaland 1498 Odisha 47209 Puducherry 127 Punjab 12084 Rajasthan 46696 Sikkim 464 Tamil Nadu 19219 Telangana 9824 The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 107 Tripura 899 Uttar Pradesh 103003 Uttarakhand 15727 West Bengal 40429 *****