Lok Sabha Question No. 1292 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-24
Subject: Conservation of Historical Monuments
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: RAMESWAR TELI, TARIQ ANWAR, R.P. MARUTHARAJAA, RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI, SUNIL KUMAR SINGH, ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE, DILIP KUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI, SANGANNA AMARAPPA KARADI, B. S. YEDDYURAPPA, HARIOM SINGH RATHORE, KANWAR SINGH TANWAR, RAMCHARAN BOHARA, KIRTI (JHA) AZAD, Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh, MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 1292 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2017 SHRAVANA  2, 1939 (SAKA)

## CONSERVATION OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

SHRI  BADRUDDIN  AJMAL: 1292.   SHRI  RAMESWAR  TELI: SHRI  TARIQ   ANWAR: SHRI  R.P.  MARUTHARAJAA: SHRI  RAJU  SHETTY: SHRI  SUNIL KUMAR  SINGH: SHRI  ASHOK  MAHADEORAO  NETE: SHRI  DILIPKUMAR  MANSUKHLAL GANDHI: SHRI  SANGANNA  AMARAPPA: SHRI  B.S. YEDIYURAPPA: SHRI  HARIOM  SINGH  RATHORE: SHRI  KANWAR  SINGH TANWAR: SHRI  RAM  CHARAN  BOHRA: SHRI  KIRTI  AZAD: SHRIMATI  PRATYUSHA  RAJESHWARI SINGH:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken any steps for protection and conservation of various historical monuments/forts/heritage sites in the country including monuments of Ahom Era located in various places of upper Assam, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Odisha and Maharashtra;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  reports  of  damage  caused  to  such monuments/sites in various parts of the country;
- (c) the action proposed to be taken for restoration of these monuments, State/UT and monument-wise;
- (d) the  monument/temple/fort/heritage  site/  museum-wise  details  of  the  financial assistance granted and expenditure incurred for the conservation, protection and establishment during the last three years, State-wise;  and
- (e) whether the Government has any plan to earn revenue by sale of tickets as entry fees of these forts/monuments and considering to lease out these forts/monuments for hotel and rent out for marriages and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE, CULTURE AND TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

## (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) Yes  Madam.  Archaeological  Survey  of  India  (ASI)  has  3686    numbers  of
- to protected  monuments of  national  importance  in  the  country.  The  conservation
- (c) work  of  them,  including  Ahom  Era  located  in  various  places  of  upper  Assam, Tamil  Nadu,  Jharkhand,  Karnataka,  Odisha  and  Maharashtra,  is  attended regularly  depending  upon  the  availability  of  resources  and  need  of  repairs  at different sites and they are in a good state of conservation.
- (d) State-wise details of expenditure incurred on conservation of protected monuments  during  the  last  three  years  are  given  in  annexure  -  I.    Similarly details for museums under ASI are given in annexure - II.
- (e) Yes Madam.  There are 116 ticketed monuments under ASI earning revenue by sale  of  entry  tickets.    There  is  no  plan  to  lease  out  protected  monuments  for hotels and rent out for marriages.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1292 FOR 24.07.2017

## STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF EXPENDITURE INCURRED FOR CONSERVATION OF PROTECTED MONUMENTS UNDER ASI FOR THE LAST THREE  YEARS  .

(Amount Rs. in Lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT   | Circle / Branch    | Total Number of Monuments   | 2014-15 Expenditure   | 2015-16 Expenditure   | 2016-17 Expenditure   |
|-----------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| 1.        | Uttar Pradesh      | Agra Circle        | 743                         | 1404.99               | 1270.00               | 940.00                |
| 1.        | Uttar Pradesh      | Lucknow Circle     | 743                         | 1165.00               | 945.08                | 688.52                |
| 1.        | Uttar Pradesh      | Sarnath Circle     | 743                         | 534.99                | 495.00                | 230.20                |
| 2.        | Maharashtra        | Aurangabad Circle  | 285                         | 695.00                | 629.05                | 334.00                |
| 2.        | Maharashtra        | Mumbai Circle      | 285                         | 645.00                | 902.82                | 900.48                |
| 2.        | Maharashtra        | Nagpur Circle      | 285                         | 444.98                | 845.00                | 395.54                |
| 3.        | Karnataka          | Bangalore Circle   | 506                         | 1515.99               | 1427.02               | 1009.50               |
| 3.        | Karnataka          | Mini Circle Hampi  | 506                         | 90.00                 | 401.24                | 800.31                |
| 3.        | Karnataka          | Dharwad Circle     | 506                         | 713.94                | 716.42                | 516.98                |
| 4.        | Madhya Pradesh     | Bhopal Circle      | 292                         | 956.99                | 1261.01               | 745.00                |
| 5.        | Odisha             | Bhubaneswar Circle | 79                          | 596.99                | 679.52                | 865.00                |
| 6.        | West Bengal,       | Kolkata Circle     | 136                         | 549.63                | 537.95                | 280.68                |
| 6.        | Sikkim             |                    | 03                          |                       |                       |                       |
| 7.        | Tamil Nadu,        | Chennai Circle     | 413                         | 1070.01               | 919.10                | 583.98                |
| 7.        | Puducherry (UT)    |                    | 07                          |                       |                       |                       |
| 8.        | Punjab             | Chandigarh         | 33                          | 875.85                | 634.98                | 523.85                |
| 8.        | Haryana            | Circle             | 91                          |                       |                       |                       |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh   | Shimla Circle      | 40                          | 315.00                | 300.00                | 106.22                |
| 10.       | Delhi              | Delhi Circle       | 111                         | 1499.75               | 1176.73               | 562.50                |
| 10.       | Delhi              | Delhi Mini Circle  | 63                          | -                     | -                     | 418.05                |
| 11.       | Goa                | Goa Circle         | 21                          | 397.36                | 240.99                | 155.30                |
| 12.       | Assam              | Guwahati           | 55                          | 292.56                | 395.07                | 262.19                |
| 12.       | Manipur            | Circle             | 01                          |                       |                       | 72.20                 |
| 12.       | Meghalaya          |                    | 08                          |                       |                       |                       |
| 12.       | Mizoram            |                    | 01                          |                       |                       |                       |
| 12.       | Nagaland           | Aizwal Circle,     | 04                          | --                    | ---                   |                       |
| 12.       | Tripura            | Mijoram            | 08                          |                       |                       |                       |
| 12.       | Arunchal Pradesh   |                    | 03                          |                       |                       |                       |
| 13.       | Rajasthan          | Jaipur Circle      | 162                         | 610.00                | 512.98                | 208.48                |
| 13.       |                    | Jodhpur Circle     |                             | 569.96                | 729.29                | 322.42                |
| 14.       | Andhra Pradesh     | Hyderabad          | 129                         | 998.32                | 776.61                | 841.50                |
| 14.       | Telangana          | Circle             | 08                          |                       |                       |                       |
| 15.       | Telangana          | Amravati Circle    |                             | -                     | --                    | --                    |
| 16.       | Bihar              | Patna Circle       | 70                          | 414.99                | 374.99                | 153.53                |
| 17.       | Jammu &            | Srinagar Circle    | 56                          | 443.00                | 135.07                | 95.83                 |
| 17.       | Kashmir            | Mini Circle Leh    | 13                          | 141.98                | 131.50                | 43.40                 |
| 18.       | Kerala             | Thrissure Circle   | 28                          | 647.19                | 545.00                | 284.98                |
| 19.       | Gujarat            | Vadodara           | 203                         | 847.99                | 1123.07               | 1385.00               |
|           | Daman & Diu(UT)    | Circle             | 12                          |                       |                       |                       |
| 20.       | Uttarakhand        | Dehradun Circle    | 42                          | 264.99                | 215.00                | 55.07                 |

## ANNEXURE- I

| 21.   | Chhattisgarh   | Raipur Circle                      | 47   |   587.89 |   670.33 |   216.30 |
|-------|----------------|------------------------------------|------|----------|----------|----------|
| 22.   | Jharkhand      | Ranchi Circle                      | 13   |   115.98 |   147.61 |    50.13 |
|       |                | Chemical Preservation (All India)  | --   |   787.65 |   729.6  |   690.13 |
|       |                | Horticultural Activity (All India) | --   |  3357.98 |  3878.22 |  4655.95 |

## ANNEXURE- II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1292 FOR 24.07.2017

## STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF EXPENDITURE INCURRED FOR MAINTENANCE OF MUSEUMS

## UNDER ASI

## FOR THE LAST THREE  YEARS  .

(Amount Rs. In Lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT   | Name of the Circle   | Total number museums   | 2014-15     | 2015-16     | 2016-17     |
|-----------|--------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT   | Name of the Circle   | Total number museums   | Expenditure | Expenditure | Expenditure |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh     | Hyderabad            | 1                      | 7.00        | 10.81       | 12.55       |
| 2.        | Telangana          | Amaravati            | 3                      | 38.49       | 85.29       | 70.91       |
| 3.        | Assam              | Guwahati             | 1                      | 6.79        | 10.64       | 4.23        |
| 4.        | Bihar              | Patna                | 4                      | 49.34       | 65.20       | 53.06       |
| 5.        | Delhi              | Delhi Mini           | 5                      | 76.52       | 83.85       | 72.30       |
| 6.        | Goa                | Goa                  | 1                      | 20.20       | 13.99       | 9.21        |
| 7.        | Gujarat            | Vadodara             | 2                      | 30.42       | 29.34       | 21.37       |
| 8.        | Haryana            | Chandigarh           | 1                      | 12.31       | 8.34        | 7.15        |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh   | Shimla               | 1                      | 5.25        | 3.19        | 0.65        |
| 10.       | Karnataka          | Bangalore            | 2                      | 21.47       | 24.41       | 15.31       |
| 10.       | Karnataka          | Hampi Mini           | 1                      | 10.25       | 17.00       | 12.98       |
| 10.       | Karnataka          | Dharwad              | 3                      | 31.26       | 27.20       | 44.19       |
| 11        | Kerala             | Thrissur             | 1                      | 13.23       | 28.50       | 13.92       |
| 12.       | Madhya Pradesh     | Bhopal               | 5                      | 74.10       | 81.41       | 30.88       |
| 13        | Odisha             | Bhubaneshwar         | 2                      | 36.46       | 44.06       | 29.67       |
| 14        | Punjab             | Chandigarh           | 1                      | 7.78        | 7.72        | 12.83       |
| 15.       | Rajasthan          | Jodhpur              | 1                      | 6.50        | 36.96       | 6.46        |
| 15.       | Rajasthan          | Jaipur               | 1                      | 5.50        | 4.85        | 13.54       |
| 16.       | Tamilnadu          | Chennai              | 1                      | 38.47       | 75.00       | 24.11       |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh      | Agra                 | 2                      | 38.81       | 29.42       | 12.43       |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh      | Sarnath              | 1                      | 53.07       | 52.23       | 46.32       |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh      | Lucknow              | 2                      | 55.15       | 64.95       | 29.77       |
| 18        | Uttrakhand         | Dehradun             | 1                      | 7.04        | 6.76        | 3.00        |
| 19.       | West Bengal        | Kolkata              | 3                      | 67.35       | 74.52       | 63.77       |