(HRD).

This arrangement continued until 1999, when the department was separated from the HRD Ministry and briefly merged with another portfolio to form the Ministry of Tourism and Culture.

This combined ministry was bifurcated on 27 May 2006, leading to the creation of a standalone, cabinet-level Ministry of Culture and a separate Ministry of Tourism. Since 2006, the Ministry of Culture has functioned as an independent ministry

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