Lok Sabha Question No. 3217 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-06
Subject: Mandatory Licence to Photographers
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, SUDHEER GUPTA, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, VIJAY KUMAR S.R.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3217 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6.8.2018

## MANDATORY LICENCE TO PHOTOGRAPHERS

## 3217. SHRI  GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI  SUDHEER GUPTA: SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN: SHRI  S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Archaeological  Survey  of  India(ASI)  proposes  to  make  it mandatory  for  photographers  to  be  licensed  to  operate  commercially  in protected monuments;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the aims and objectives thereto;
- (c) the  numbers  of  ancient  monument  and  archaeological  sites  and  remains which are under the administrative and management  control  of ASI, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the details of the countries to which ASI is rendering/delivering conservation services; and
- (e) the terms  and  conditions  fixed in this  regard  along  with  the  income generated  by  ASI  therefrom  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current year country-wise?,

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a)&(b) Requirement  of licence to undertake  photography of visitors for  monetary considerations  within  the  premises  of  protected  monument  has  already  been stipulated  in  Ancient  Monuments  and  Archaeological  Sites  and  Remains  Rules, 1959. The Archaeological Survey of India has formulated a policy for photographers  to  operate  in  the  centrally  protected  monuments.  The  details  of aims and objectives are at Annexure-I.
- (c) The list of centrally protected monuments/sites under the jurisdiction of Archaeological Survey of India is at Annexure-II.
- (d) On  request  from  Ministry  of  External  Affairs,  Archaeological  Survey  of  India  is attending  the  conservation  works  abroad  in  Cambodia,  Laos,  Myanmar  and Vietnam.
- (e) Archaeological Survey of India is only acting as Executing Agency and no revenue is generated.

ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)&(b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3217 FOR 6.8.2018

THE  DETAILS  OF  AIMS  AND  OBJECTIVES  OF  ARCHAEOLOGICAL  SURVEY  OF INDIA  FOR  FORMULATED  A  POLICY  FOR  PHOTOGRAPHERS  TO  OPERATE  IN THE CENTRALLY PROTECTED MONUMENTS

1. For effective implementation of Rule 8 (d)
2. For proper management of system of licensing of photographers
3. For  complete  control  over  the  photographers  performing  within  the centrally protected monument by Archaeological Survey of India
4. License for single or group of monuments
5. The  assessment  of number  of photographers required for each monument or group of monuments will be determined every five years on the basis of foot-fall, popularity, growth potential, extent and size of the monuments/group of monuments.
6. The license  will  be  granted  to  individuals  only  after  following  the  due process of selection and not  to any firm or association of persons, or society, or company or any other body corporate.

ANNEXURE -II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3217 FOR 6.8.2018 LIST  OF  NUMBER  OF  CENTRALLY  PROTECTED  MONUMENTS/  SITES  UNDER

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     |                  69 |
| 12.      | Jharkhand           |                  13 |
| 13.      | Karnataka           |                 506 |
| 14.      | Kerala              |                  28 |
| 15.      | Madhya Pradesh      |                 292 |
| 16.      | Maharashtra         |                 286 |
| 17.      | Manipur             |                  01 |
| 18.      | Meghalaya           |                  08 |
| 19.      | Mizoram             |                  01 |
| 20.      | Nagaland            |                  04 |
| 21.      | N.C.T. Delhi        |                 174 |
| 22.      | Odisha              |                  79 |
| 23.      | Puducherry (U.T.)   |                  07 |
| 24.      | Punjab              |                  33 |
| 25.      | Rajasthan           |                 162 |
| 26.      | Sikkim              |                  03 |
| 27.      | Telangana           |                  08 |
| 28.      | Tamil Nadu          |                 413 |
| 29.      | Tripura             |                  08 |
| 30.      | Uttar Pradesh       |                 743 |
| 31.      | Uttarakhand         |                  42 |
| 32.      | West Bengal         |                 136 |
|          | TOTAL               |                3687 |