MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM
(PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)
(a) Yes, Sir.
(b) Section 2 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 specifies criterion for ancient monument as “any structure, erection or monument, or any tumulus or place of interment, or any cave, rock sculpture, inscription or monolith, which is of historical, archaeological or artistic interest and which has been in existence for not less than one hundred years” and is of National Importance. For ancient sites and remains, the Act specifies as “ancient site and remains containing or is reasonably believed to contain ruins of relics of historical or archaeological importance which have been in existence for not less than one hundred years” and is of National Importance
(c) There are 3691 monuments/sites protected by the Archaeological
Survey of India in the country. The details of monuments/sites (State/UT-wise) is at Annexure-I. The funds allocated and expenditure incurred for conservation, preservation and maintenance of all centrally protected monuments / sites in the country (State/UT-wise) during the last three years is at Annexure-II.
(d)& (e) There are 80 number of monuments in Odisha found eligible under the control of Archaeological Survey of India and are declared as monument of national importance.
ANNEXURE -I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1680 FOR 2.3.2020
NUMBER OF CENTRALLY PROTECTED MONUMENTS/ SITES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA IN THE COUNTRY
Sl.No. Name of State Nos. of Monuments
1. Andhra Pradesh 129
2. Arunachal Pradesh 03
3. Assam 55
4. Bihar 70
5. Chhattisgarh 47
6. Daman & Diu (U. T.) 12
7. Goa 21
8. Gujarat 203
9. Haryana 91
10. Himachal Pradesh 40
11. Jammu & Kashmir (U.T) 56
12. Jharkhand 13
13. Karnataka 506
14. Kerala 28
15. Ladakh (U.T) 14
16. Madhya Pradesh 292
17. Maharashtra 286
18. Manipur 01
19. Meghalaya 08
20. Mizoram 01
21. Nagaland 04
22. N.C.T. Delhi 174
23. Odisha 80
24. Puducherry (U.T.) 07
25. Punjab 33
26. Rajasthan 163
27. Sikkim 03
28. Telangana 08
29. Tamil Nadu 413
30. Tripura 08
31. Uttar Pradesh 745
32. Uttarakhand 42
33. West Bengal 135
TOTAL 3691
ANNEXURE -II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1680 FOR 2.3.2020
STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AND EXPENDITURE INCURRED DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF MONUMENTS
(Amount Rs. in Lakhs)
Sl. No. Name of State/UT Circle / Branch Total Number of Monuments 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
Allocation Exp. Allocation Exp. Allocation Exp.
1. Uttar Pradesh Agra Circle 745 940.00 940.00 850.00 850.00 860.00 858.61
Lucknow Circle 689.50 688.52 649.00 648.97 482.00 481.99
Sarnath Circle 230.21 230.20 200.00 200.00 255.00 254.57
2. Maharashtra Aurangabad Circle 286 334.00 334.00 545.00 544.99 430.00 430.00
Mumbai Circle 922.00 900.48 915.00 914.98 890.00 889.97
Nagpur Circle 399.00 395.54 530.00 530.00 470.00 470.00
3. Karnataka Bangalore Circle 506 1010.00 1009.50 1056.90 1056.89 985.00 985.00
Mini Circle Hampi 800.32 800.31 660.00 660.00 535.00 519.04
Dharwad Circle 517.00 516.98 598.00 597.99 640.00 639.97
4. Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Circle 292 745.00 745.00 780.00 779.98 810.00 809.48
5. Odisha Bhubaneswar Circle 80 865.00 865.00 690.00 689.92 590.00 590.00
6. West Bengal, Kolkata Circle 135 298.55 280.68 521.00 521.00 1074.98 968.75
Sikkim 03
7. Tamil Nadu, Chennai Circle 413 596.00 583.98 460.00 460.05 810.00 809.50
Puducherry (UT) 07
8. Punjab Chandigarh Circle 33 525.85 524.68 425.00 424.91 290.00 289.99
Haryana 91
9. Himachal
Pradesh Shimla Circle 40 106.24 106.22 148.75 148.75 151.00 151.00
10. Delhi Delhi Circle 111 570.25 569.82 902.00 901.88 2456.65 2456.65
Delhi Mini Circle 63 419.25 418.05 640.00 640.11 610.00 609.35
11. Goa Goa Circle 21 155.00 155.30 239.65 239.64 160.00 159.99
12. Assam Guwahati Circle 55 262.19 262.19 377.00 377.00 315.00 315.00
Manipur 01
Meghalaya Aizwal Circle, Mijoram 08 72.20 72.20 86.20 86.20 85.00 83.76
Mizoram 01
Nagaland 04
Tripura 08
Arunchal
Pradesh 03
13. Rajasthan Jaipur Circle 163 210.00 208.48 255.00 255.00 290.00 290.00
Jodhpur Circle 323.00 322.42 370.00 370.00 415.00 415.00
14. Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad Circle 129 841.50 841.50 350.00 350.00 370.00 370.00
Telangana 08
15. Telangana Amravati Circle 0 0 685.00 684.98 530.00 529.94
16. Bihar Patna Circle 70 159.00 153.53 195.00 195.00 176.00 175.98
17. Jammu &
Kashmir(UT) Srinagar Circle 56 95.83 95.83 215.00 215.00 175.00 175.00
Mini Circle Leh 14 43.42 43.40 54.12 54.09 70.00 69.98
18. Kerala Thrissure Circle 28 285.00 284.98 325.00 325.00 227.00 227.00
19. Gujarat Vadodara Circle 203 1385.00 1385.00 1118.00 1117.99 962.00 961.99
Daman & Diu(UT) 12 0
20. Uttarakhand Dehradun Circle 42 70.00 55.07 70.00 70.00 82.00 82.00
21. Chhattisgarh Raipur Circle 47 216.78 216.30 177.00 176.39 210.00 209.08
22. Jharkhand Ranchi Circle 13 80.00 50.13 175.00 175.00 86.00 86.00
Chemical Preservation
(All India) -- 750.93 635.13 550.80 549.79 524.96 517.49
Horticultural Activity (All India) -- 4657.05 4655.95 5529.00 5528.20 4563.00 4562.93
DG Office --- 10783.00 10783.00 19737.90 19737.09 19057.27 19057.00
Total 3691 30358.07 30129.37 41080.32 41076.79 40637.86 40502.01
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