Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Janapada Academy Chairperson Manjamma Jogathi said that pension dues of folk artistes will be released shortly. Speaking to presspersons recently in city, Manjamma Jogathi said Kannada and Culture Minister V. Sunil Kumar, who has a special affection for arts, has promised to release funds for payment of pension dues.
Pointing out that a list of folk artistes whose monthly pension is pending has been submitted to Kannada and Culture Department, she said that the Academy had proposed to hold an All India Women’s Convention on Folk Arts and train about 300 transgenders. But it did not come through due to COVID crisis, she said and added that the Academy hopes to organise the same in the near future.
