Question : DEVELOPMENT OF TOURIST PLACES



(a) whether the Government has received any proposal for development of the tourist places in the country including Fatehpur Sikri and Bateshwar; and

(b) if so, the details and the present status thereof?

Answer given by the minister



MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) and (b): The Ministry of Tourism (MOT) provides Central Financial Assistance (CFA) to various State Governments/Union Territory Administration for various tourism projects prioritized every year in consultation with them subject to availability of funds, inter-se priority and adherence to the scheme guidelines.

Details of the number of projects and amount sanctioned during the last three years are given at Annexure-I.

No project has been prioritized for Fatehpur Sikri during the last three years. However, one project was sanctioned for Bateshwar in the year 2013-14 as detailed below:

 
(Rs. in lakh) Name of the Project Amount Sanctioned Amount Released Tourism Dev. of Bateshwar, 420.81 5.00 District Agra in Uttar Pradesh

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