The awards are decided by independent juries formed by the Department of Culture.
That left the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure with a £2m gap in its finances.
Since then Department of Art & Culture started looking after the Gurudwara affairs.
It is currently delivered annually under the auspices of the Department of Culture.
He then headed the Department of Culture at the Academy in 1982.
The biggest department is the Department of Literature and Culture in English.
He later held a position in the national Department of Education and Culture.
Sponsored by the Department of Culture & Politics.
Apart from the Department of Arts and Culture, the following institutions also report to the minister:
In addition, Department of International Language and Culture was also established in the same time.