Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar (MGMD) | 06 Aug 2025

Source: PIB 

Under the Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar (MGMD) initiative, data for around 4.7 lakh villages have been uploaded on the MGMD portal. 

Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar (MGMD) 

• About: It is a flagship initiative launched in 2023 under the National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM), implemented by the Ministry of Culture (MoC) in collaboration with the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA).  
• Objective: It aims to document and digitally map the cultural identity of approximately 6.5 lakh villages across India. 
  • This data is made accessible to virtual and physical visitors through the MGMD web portal, which acts as the National Cultural Workplace. 
• Village Categorisation: Villages are classified into 7 themes- Arts and Crafts, Ecologically Oriented , Scholastic (textual/scriptural) and Epic (Ramayana, Mahabharata, Puranas), etc.  

National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM):  

• Implemented by IGNCA, NMCM aims to identify and digitally map India’s cultural assets to revitalise rural economies and promote self-reliance.  
• It focuses on creating artist directories, digital inventories of art forms and tradition bearers, and policies for preservation and welfare of practitioners.