Lok Sabha Question No. 2946 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-20
Subject: Creation of New Tourism Circuits
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Dr. BHOLA SINGH, C. MAHENDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2946 ANSWERED ON 20.03.2017

## CREATION OF NEW TOURISM CIRCUITS

2946. DR. BHOLA SINGH:

SHRI C. MAHENDRAN:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the Government  proposes  to create 50 tourism circuits  including  13  Thematic  Circuits  to  connect  various destinations and to attract visitors across the country;
- (b) if so, the details of proposed/finalised Tourism Circuits so far, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the  funds  allocated  and  expenditure  incurred  during  the  last three years, year-wise;
- (d) whether  the  State  Governments  have  been  asked  to  identify locations  for  new  tourism  circuits  and  forward  the  same  to Union Government for approval; and
- (e)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a): The  Ministry  of  Tourism  has  launched  the  Swadesh  Darshan Scheme - Integrated Development of Theme-Based Tourist Circuits scheme  in  the  country  in  2014-15.  Under  the  scheme  thirteen thematic  circuits  have  been  identified  for  development  namely; North-East India Circuit, Buddhist Circuit, Himalayan Circuit, Coastal  Circuit,  Krishna  Circuit,  Desert  Circuit,  Tribal  Circuit,  Eco Circuit,  Wildlife  Circuit,  Rural  Circuit,  Spiritual  Circuit,  Ramayana Circuit and Heritage Circuit.

(b): Since  the  launch  of  the  Scheme  in  2014-15, Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned 51 projects with Central Financial Assistance of Rs.4267.46 crores. The details of the projects sanctioned under the scheme are annexed.

(c): The details of funds allocated and expenditure incurred under Swadesh Darshan Scheme during the last three years are as under:

(Rs. in crore)

|   Sr. No. | Year    |   Budget allocated | Expenditure incurred   |
|-----------|---------|--------------------|------------------------|
|         1 | 2014-15 |               20   | 20.00                  |
|         2 | 2015-16 |              310   | 309.55                 |
|         3 | 2016-17 |              972.4 | 774.40(*)              |

(*) As on 14.3.2017

(d) and (e): Under  the  Scheme,  the  projects  for  development are identified in consultation with the State Governments/UT Administrations and are sanctioned subject to availability of funds, liquidation of pending utilization certificates, submission of suitable Detailed Project Report (DPR) and adherence  to the  scheme guidelines.

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## ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2946 ANSWERED ON 20.03.2017 REGARDING CREATION OF NEW TOURISM CIRCUITS.

DETAILS OF PROJECTS SANCTIONED UNDER SWADESH DARSHAN DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS.

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.          | State/UT          | Name of the Circuit      | Name of the Project                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Amount Sanctioned   | Amount released   |
|------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
| Year -2014-15    | Year -2014-15     | Year -2014-15            | Year -2014-15                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Year -2014-15       | Year -2014-15     |
| 1.               | Arunachal Pradesh | North-East India Circuit | Development of Mega Circuit at Bhalukpong- Bomdila and Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh.                                                                                                                                                               | 49.77               | 10.00             |
| 2.               | Bihar             | Buddhist Circuit         | Construction of Cultural Centre adjacent to Maya Sarovar on the western side at Bodhgaya, Bihar                                                                                                                                                   | 33.17               | 6.63              |
| 3.               | Andhra Pradesh    | Coastal Circuit          | Development of Kakinada Hope Island Konaseema as World Class Coastal & Eco Tourism Circuit in Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                      | 69.83               | 34.92             |
| Total of 2014-15 | Total of 2014-15  | Total of 2014-15         | Total of 2014-15                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 152.77              | 51.55             |
| Year -2015-16    | Year -2015-16     | Year -2015-16            | Year -2015-16                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |                     |                   |
| 4.               | Manipur           | North-East India Circuit | Development of Tourist Circuit in Manipur: Imphal-Moirang- Khongjom-Moreh.                                                                                                                                                                        | 89.66               | 44.83             |
| 5.               | Sikkim            | North-East India Circuit | Development of Tourist Circuit linking Rangpo (entry) - Rorathang- Aritar-Phadamchen- Nathang-Sherathang- Tsongmo- Gangtok- Phodong-Mangan- Lachung-Yumthang- Lachen- Thangu- Gurudongmer-Mangan- Gangtok-Tumin Lingee- Singtam (exit) in Sikkim. | 98.05               | 49.02             |

|   6. | Uttarakhand    | Eco Circuit      | Integrated Development of Eco- Tourism, Adventure Sports, Associated Tourism related Infrastructure for Development of Tehri Lake & Surroundings as New Destination- District Tehri, Uttarakhand.   |   80.37 |   40.19 |
|------|----------------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|
|    7 | Rajasthan      | Desert Circuit   | Development of Sambhar Lake Town and Other Destinations in Rajasthan under Desert Circuit.                                                                                                          |   63.96 |   12.79 |
|    8 | Nagaland       | Tribal Circuit   | Development of Tribal Circuit Peren- Kohima- Wokha, Nagaland                                                                                                                                        |   97.36 |   48.68 |
|    9 | Madhya Pradesh | Wildlife Circuit | Development of Wildlife Circuit at Panna- Mukundpur-Sanjay- Dubri-Bandhavgarh- Kanha-Mukki-Pench in Madhya Pradesh.                                                                                 |   92.22 |   41.92 |
|   10 | Andhra Pradesh | Coastal Circuit  | Development of Coastal Tourism Circuit in Sri Potti Sriramalu Nellore under Swadesh Darshan Scheme in Andhra Pradesh.                                                                               |   60.38 |   12.08 |
|   11 | Telangana      | Eco Circuit      | Integrated Development of Eco Tourism Circuit in Mahaboobnagar district, Telangana.                                                                                                                 |   91.62 |   18.32 |
|   12 | Kerala         | Eco Circuit      | Development of Pathanamthitta - Gavi - Vagamon - Thekkady as Eco Tourism Circuit in Idduki and Parhanamthitta Districts in Kerala.                                                                  |   99.22 |   19.84 |

|   13. | Mizoram           | North-East India Circuit   | Integrated Development of New Eco Tourism under Swadesh Darshan - North East Circuit at Thenzawl & South Zote, District Serchhip and                                         |   94.91 |   47.45 |
|-------|-------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|
|    14 | Assam             | Wildlife Circuit           | Development of Manas - Probitora - Nameri - Kaziranga - Dibru - Saikhowa as Wildlife Circuit in Assam.                                                                       |   95.67 |   19.13 |
|    15 | Puducherry        | Coastal Circuit            | Development of Union Territory of Puducherry as Tourist Circuit under 'Swadesh Darshan' Scheme (Coastal Circuit)                                                             |   85.28 |   17.06 |
|    16 | Arunachal Pradesh | North-East India Circuit   | Integrated Development of New Adventure Tourism in Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                         |   97.14 |   19.43 |
|    17 | Tripura           | North-East India Circuit   | Development of North East Circuit : Agartala - Sipahijala - Melaghar - Udaipur - Amarpur - Tirthamukh - Mandirghat - Dumboor- NarikelKunja - Gandachara - Ambassa in Tripura |   99.59 |   19.92 |
|    18 | West Bengal       | Coastal Circuit            | Development of Beach Circuit - Udaipur - Digha - Shankarpur - Tajpur - Mandarmani - Fraserganj - Bakkhlai - Henry Island in West Bengal                                      |   85.39 |   17.08 |
|    19 | Chhattisgarh      | Tribal Circuit             | Development of Tribal Tourism Circuit in Jashpur-Kunkuri- Mainpat- Ambikapur- Maheshpur -Ratanpur- Kurdar-Sarodadadar Gangrel- Kondagaon - Nathyanawagaon -                  |   99.94 |   19.99 |

|                  |                  |                          | Jagdalpur Chitrakoot - Tirthgarh in Chhattisgarh.                                                                                    |                |                |
|------------------|------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|
| 20.              | Maharashtra      | Coastal Circuit          | Development of Sindhudurg Coastal Circuit in Maharashtra under Swadesh Darshan Scheme.                                               | 82.17          | 12.79          |
| Total of 2015-16 | Total of 2015-16 | Total of 2015-16         | Total of 2015-16                                                                                                                     | 1512.93        | 460.52         |
| Year - 2016-17   | Year - 2016-17   | Year - 2016-17           | Year - 2016-17                                                                                                                       | Year - 2016-17 | Year - 2016-17 |
| 21.              | Goa              | Coastal Circuit          | Development of Coastal Circuit (Sinquerim- Baga, Anjuna-Vagator, Morjim-Keri, Aguada Fort and Aguada Jail) in Goa.                   | 99.99          | 45.57          |
| 22.              | Jammu & Kashmir  | Himalayan Circuit        | Integrated Development of Tourism Infrastructure Projects in the State of Jammu and Kashmir.                                         | 82.97          | 16.59          |
| 23.              | Telangana        | Tribal Circuit           | Integrated Development of Mulugu-Laknavaram- Medavaram-Tadvai- Damaravi -Mallur - Bogatha Waterfalls as Tribal Circuit in Telangana. | 84.40          | 16.88          |
| 24.              | Meghalaya        | North-East India Circuit | Development of Umium (Lake View), U Lum Sohpetbneng Mawdiangdiang - Orchid Lake Resort, Meghalaya.                                   | 99.13          | 19.83          |
| 25.              | Madhya Pradesh   | Buddhist Circuit         | Development of Buddhist Circuit in Sanchi-Satna-Rewa- Mandsaur-Dhar in Madhya Pradesh.                                               | 74.94          | 14.99          |
| 26.              | Kerala           | Spiritual Circuit        | Development of Sabarimala - Erumeli- Pampa-Sannidhanam as a Spiritual Circuit in District Pathanamthitta, Kerala.                    | 99.99          | 20.00          |

|   27. | Karnataka      | Coastal Circuit          | Development of Coastal Circuit in Dakshin Kannada Dist, Uttar Kannada Dist & Udupi Dist in Karnataka.                                                                   |   95.67 |   19.13 |
|-------|----------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|
|    28 | Manipur        | Spiritual Circuit        | Development of Spiritual Circuit - Shri Govindajee Temple, Shri Bijoy Govindajee Temple - Shri Gopinath Temple - Shri Bungshibodon Temple - Shri Kaina Temple, Manipur. |   53.8  |   10.76 |
|    29 | Gujarat        | Heritage Circuit         | Development of Heritage Circuit in Ahmedabad-Rajkot- Porbandar -Bardoli- Dandi in Gujarat.                                                                              |   93.48 |   18.7  |
|    30 | Haryana        | Krishna Circuit          | Development of Tourism Infrastructures at places related to Mahabharata in Kurukshetra, Haryana.                                                                        |   97.35 |   19.47 |
|    31 | Rajasthan      | Krishna Circuit          | Integrated Development of Govind Dev ji temple (Jaipur), Khatu Shyam Ji (Sikar) and Nathdwara (Rajsamand) in Rajasthan.                                                 |   91.45 |   18.29 |
|    32 | Sikkim         | North-East India circuit | Development of Tourist Circuit Linking Singtam - Maka-Temi-Bermoik Tokel-Phongia-Namchi - Jorthang-Okharey- Sombaria-Daramdin- Jorethang-Melli (Exit) in Sikkim.        |   95.32 |   19.06 |
|    33 | Madhya Pradesh | Heritage circuit         | Development of Heritage Circuit (Gwalior - Orchha - Khajuraho - Chanderi - Bhimbetka - Mandu) Madhya Pradesh                                                            |   99.77 |   19.95 |
|    34 | Kerala         | Spiritual                | Development of Sree                                                                                                                                                     |   92.44 |   18.49 |

|    |                 | Circuit           | Padmanabha Arnamula- Sabrimala-as a Spiritual Circuit in Kerala                                                                                         |       |       |
|----|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|-------|
| 35 | Bihar           | Spiritual circuit | Development of Jain Circuit: Vaishali-Arrah- Masad-Patna-Rajgir- Pawapuri-Champapuri as Spiritual Circuit in Bihar.                                     | 52.39 | 10.48 |
| 36 | Bihar           | Spiritual circuit | Integrated Development of Kanwaria Route: Sultanganj - Dharmshala- Deoghar under Spiritual circuit in Bihar.                                            | 52.35 | 10.47 |
| 37 | Odisha          | Coastal circuit   | Development of Gopalpur, Barkul, Satapada and Tampara as Coastal circuit in Odisha.                                                                     | 76.49 | 15.3  |
| 38 | Nagaland        | Tribal circuit    | Development of Tribal circuit (Mokokchung- Tuensang-Mon) in Nagaland                                                                                    | 99.67 | 19.93 |
| 39 | Uttarakhand     | Heritage circuit  | Integrated Development of Heritage Circuit in Kumaon Region - Katarmal -Jogeshwar- Baijnath-Devidhura in Uttarakhand.                                   | 81.94 | 16.39 |
| 40 | Jammu & Kashmir | Himalayan Circuit | Integrated Development of Tourist Facilities at Jammu- Rajouri-Shopian- Pulwama under Himalayan Circuit theme in J&K.                                   | 96.38 | 19.28 |
| 41 | Jammu & Kashmir | Himalayan Circuit | Integrated Development of Tourist Facilities under the Construction of Assets in lieu of those Destroyed in Floods in 2014 under PM Development Package | 98.7  | 19.74 |

|    |                           |                   | for J&K                                                                                                                                                                                                   |       |        |
|----|---------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|--------|
| 42 | Jammu & Kashmir           | Himalayan Circuit | Integrated Development of Tourist facilities at Mantalai- Sudhmahadev- Patnitop under Himalayan Circuit Theme in J&K.                                                                                     | 97.82 | 19.56  |
| 43 | Jammu & Kashmir           | Himalayan Circuit | Integrated Development of Tourist Facilities at Anantnag- Kishtwar- Pahalgam - Daksum - Ranjit Sagar Dam under Himalayan Circuit Theme in J&K.                                                            | 96.39 | 19.28  |
| 44 | Jammu & Kashmir           | Himalayan Circuit | Integrated Development of Tourist Facilities at Gulmarg- Baramulla-Kupwara-Leh Circuit under Himalayan Circuit Theme in J&K.                                                                              | 96.93 | 19.38  |
| 45 | Uttar Pradesh             | Buddhist Circuit  | 'Development of Buddhist Circuit - Srawasti, Kushinagar, & Kapilvastu in Uttar Pradesh.                                                                                                                   | 99.97 | 19.99  |
| 46 | Uttar Pradesh             | Ramayana Circuit  | Development of Chitrakoot and Shringverpur as Ramayana Circuit in Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                           | 69.45 | 13.89  |
| 47 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Coastal Circuit   | Development of Coastal Circuit (Long Island- Ross Smith Island- Neil Island- Havelock Island- Baratang Island-Port Blair ) in Andaman & Nicobar under Coastal thematic circuit of Swadesh Darshan Scheme. | 42.19 |  8.44  |
| 48 | Tamil Nadu                | Coastal Circuit   | Development of Coastal Circuit (Chennai- Mamamallapuram - Rameshwaram - Manpadu -                                                                                                                         | 99.92 | 19.998 |

|                  |                  |                   | Kanyakumari) in Tamil Nadu under Swadesh Darshan Scheme                                                                                                                                                                                                        |         |         |
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|
| 49.              | Uttar Pradesh    | Spiritual Circuit | Development of Spiritual Circuit (Shahjahanpur- Allahabad-Basti- Ahar- Aligharh-Kasgunj- Sarosi-Pratapgarh- Unnao-Kaushambi- Mirzapur-Gorakpur- Kairana- Doamriyagunj- Bagpat-Barabanki- Azamgarh)                                                             |   76    |   15.2  |
| 50.              | Uttar Pradesh    | Spiritual Circuit | Development of Spiritual Circuit - II(Bijnor- Meerut- Kanpur- Kanpur Dehat- Banda- Ghazipur- Salempur- Ghosi- Balia- Ambedkar Nagar- Aligarh- Fatehpur- Deoria- Mahoba- Sonbhadra- Chandauli- Mishrikh- Bhadohi) in Uttar Pradesh under Swadesh Darshan Scheme |   62.96 |   12.59 |
| 51.              | Uttar Pradesh    | Heritage Circuit  | Development of Heritage Circuit (Kalinjar Fort (Banda)- Marhar Dham (Sant Kabir Nagar)- Chauri Chaura, Shaheed Sthal (Fatehpur)- Mavahar Sthal (Ghosi)- Shaheed Smarak (Meerut) in Uttar Pradesh under Swadesh Darshan Scheme                                  |   41.51 |    8.3  |
| Total of 2016-17 | Total of 2016-17 | Total of 2016-17  | Total of 2016-17                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 2601.76 |  545.92 |
| Grand Total      | Grand Total      | Grand Total       | Grand Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 4267.46 | 1057.99 |

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