What is the News?
The Government of India has reconstituted the Central Advisory Board on Archaeology (CABA).
What is the Central Advisory Board on Archaeology (CABA)?
Purpose: To strengthen contacts between the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and those in the field of archaeological research.
– To advise the Centre on matters relating to archaeology referred to it by its members.
Chairman: Minister of Culture.
Members: It includes officials from the Culture Ministry and ASI, MPs, nominees of State governments, representatives of universities, scientists and experts on the Indus Valley script.
– It would also include five persons nominated in their personal capacities by the Government of India and former Director-Generals of ASI.
Board Meeting: The Board will meet once a year.
Note: The last meeting of the Board was held in 2017.
Source: The post is based on the article “Govt. reconstitutes Central Advisory Board on Archaeology” published in The Hindu on 21st May 2022.