(a) whether the Government proposes to allocate more funds for development of tourist centres in the country including Maharashtra to protect the culture and tradition of India;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise ; and
(c) if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE, CULTURE AND TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
(DR. MAHESH SHARMA)
(a)to(c) The centrally protected monuments/sites are representative of cultural tradition in form of material remains. Conservation, preservation and maintenance of protected monuments/sites (3686) under Archaeological Survey of India in the country including Maharashtra is being met out from regular budget allotted for the purpose.
The expenditure incurred for conservation, preservation and maintenance of centrally protected monuments/sites, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra for the last three years and allocation made therefore is at Annexure. So far no additional requirement is foreseen since the allotted budget is sufficient for 2017-18.
ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)TO(c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.89 FOR 17.7.2017
STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF EXPENDITURE INCURRED FOR CONSERVATION OF PROTECTED MONUMENTS UNDER ASI FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND ALLOCATION FOR THE CURRENT YEAR
(Amount Rs. in Lakhs)
Sl. No. Name of State/UT Circle / Branch Expenditure Allocation
2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
1. Uttar Pradesh Agra Circle 1404.99 1270.00 940.00 850.00
Lucknow Circle 1165.00 945.08 688.52 614.00
Sarnath Circle 534.99 495.00 230.20 200.00
2. Maharashtra Aurangabad Circle 695.00 629.05 334.00 300.00
Mumbai Circle 645.00 902.82 900.48 750.00
Nagpur Circle 444.98 845.00 395.54 350.00
3. Karnataka Bangalore Circle 1515.99 1427.02 1009.50 800.00
Mini Circle Hampi 90.00 401.24 800.31 550.00
Dharwad Circle 713.94 716.42 516.98 520.00
4. Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Circle 956.99 1261.01 745.00 700.00
5. Odisha Bhubaneswar Circle 596.99 679.52 865.00 640.00
6. West Bengal, Kolkata Circle 549.63 537.95 280.68 295.00
Sikkim
7. Tamil Nadu, Chennai Circle 1070.01 919.10 583.98 500.00
Puducherry (UT)
8. Punjab Chandigarh Circle 875.85 634.98 523.85 425.00
Haryana
9. Himachal Pradesh Shimla Circle 315.00 300.00 106.22 100.00
10. Delhi Delhi Circle 1499.75 1176.73 562.50 500.00
Delhi Mini Circle - - 418.05 325.00
11. Goa Goa Circle 397.36 240.99 155.30 150.00
12. Assam Guwahati Circle 292.56 395.07 262.19 200.00
Manipur
Meghalaya Aizwal Circle, Mijoram 72.20 70.00
Mizoram
Nagaland
Tripura
Arunchal Pradesh
13. Rajasthan Jaipur Circle 610.00 512.98 208.48 200.00
Jodhpur Circle 569.96 729.29 322.42 300.00
14. Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad Circle 998.32 776.61 841.50 350.00
Telangana
15. Telangana Amravati Circle - -- -- 350.00
16. Bihar Patna Circle 414.99 374.99 153.53 150.00
17. Jammu &
Kashmir Srinagar Circle 443.00 135.07 95.83 90.00
Mini Circle Leh 141.98 131.50 43.40 40.00
18. Kerala Thrissure Circle 647.19 545.00 284.98 265.00
19. Gujarat Vadodara Circle 847.99 1123.07 1385.00 1000.00
Daman & Diu(UT)
20. Uttarakhand Dehradun Circle 264.99 215.00 55.07 50.00
21. Chhattisgarh Raipur Circle 587.89 670.33 216.30 212.00
22. Jharkhand Ranchi Circle 115.98 147.61 50.13 50.00
Chemical
Preservation
(All India) 787.65 729.60 690.13 614.00
Horticultural Activity (All India) 3357.98 3878.22 4655.95 3550.00
D.G. Hqrs. Office. (For Boundary Wall & Toilet Blocks ) - - 10783.00 20000.00
Reserve - - - 500.00
Total 23551.95 23746.25 30176.22 36560.00