RSS culture wing to reach out to artistes affected by Covid-19

Urging both the Centre and state governments to take care of artists whose livelihoods have been affected by the pandemic, the cultural wing of the RSS, Sanskar Bharti’, has said that it will provide financial assistance to over a lakh artistes to help them overcome the crisis. "We are already in talks with leading artists of various art disciplines. Covid-19 has affected the lives and livelihoods of artists like never before. Those who have dedicated their entire lives to arts are now struggling. This is the time they need help," Sanskar Bharti national general secretary Amir Chand told ET.

He added that a corpus of sorts is being created to arrange help for artists. The organisation has also come up with an online forum that it said was "envisaged to provide assistance to artists under social responsibility from corporate houses." The organisation has also approached the culture ministry to ramp up its efforts for artists.

“Efforts will be made by Sanskar Bharati to meet the minimum needs of the artists. Along with this, in this difficult time of the pandemic, a memorandum will also be submitted to the central government and various state governments to make them aware of the problems of artists,” a statement released by the organisation said.