Mukshyamantri Kalakar Sahayata Jojana (MMKSJ) - Odisha Government Schemes
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- Odisha State Government announced ‘Mukshyamantri Kalakar Sahayata Jojana’ (MMKSJ) in Jan 2018, under which artists from across the state will get a monthly assistance of Rs 1200. Around 50000 artists across Odisha will be benefited from this scheme.
- Odisha government also changed eligibility criteria as compared to previous artist assistance scheme, under which only 4000 artists were being given Rs 1000 per month.
- As per new eligibility, male artist can avail assistance under the scheme after attaining the age of 50 years (earlier it was 60 years), while the age criteria for female artist has been reduced to 40 years from 50 years earlier.