MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND CULTURE (SMT.AMBIKA SONI)
(a) to (e):The development and promotion of places of tourist interest
is primarily undertaken by the State Governments themselves.However,
Ministry of Tourism provides funds on the basis of projects prioritized
in consultation with the State Governments every year under various schemes.
Project proposals,which are complete as per scheme guidelines are processed
on inter-se-priority and funds released,subject to availability under the
respective heads.
From the project proposals received from the State Government
of Gujarat,the following projects of infrastructure of tourist
destinations/circuits have been sanctioned during the current
financial year (till date):
Sr. Name of the project Amount
No. sanctioned (Rs. in lakh)
1. Development of Champaner-Pavagadh under destination 360.00 development scheme in Gujarat
2. Destination development of Tarnetar District Surendra Nagar, 310.60 Gujarat
3. Integrated development of Dwarka-Nageshwar-Bet Dwarka as 798.90 a major tourist circuit in Gujarat
4. Integrated development of tourist facilities at Ambaji in 353.94 Gujarat
5. Integrated development of tourist facilities at Patan in 295.22 Gujarat
The brief details of the projects sanctioned during the last three years are as under:
(Rs.in lakh)
S.No. Year Amount sanctioned Amount released
1. 2005-06 2011.58 1433.04
2. 2006-07 443.65 359.51
3. 2007-08 474.25 379.00
Total 2929.48 2171.55
The list of projects sanctioned for the last three years are given at Annexure.
Implementation,execution and maintenance of the projects
constructed with Central Financial Assistance is the
responsibility of the concerned State Government.
