Lok Sabha Question No. 360 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-05
Subject: Buddha Circuit
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: RAJESH RANJAN  (PAPPU  YADAV), KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR, RANJEET RANJAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†360 ANSWERED ON 05.02.2018

## BUDDHA CIRCUIT

†360. SHRI RAJESH RANJAN: SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR: SHRIMATI RANJEET RANJAN:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  Buddha  Circuit  is  being  built  by  including  some districts of Bihar;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with districts included thereunder and the progress made so far in this regard; and
- (c) the expenditure likely to be incurred for the purpsose?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI K.J. ALPHONS)

(a) to (c): Buddhist Circuit has been identified as one of the fifteen thematic circuits for development under  Swadesh Darshan SchemeIntegrated Development of Theme-Based Tourist Circuits. All places associated with the Buddhist heritage in the country including sites in  Bihar  are  covered  under  the  Buddhist  Circuit.  The  details  of projects sanctioned under Buddhist circuit theme are as under:

(Amt. in Rs. crore)

|   Sl. No. | Name of State   | Year of Sanction   | Project Name                                                                           |   Amt. Sanctioned |
|-----------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|         1 | Madhya Pradesh  | 2016-17            | Development of Buddhist Circuit in Sanchi-Satna- Rewa-Mandsaur-Dhar in Madhya Pradesh. |             74.94 |
|         2 | Uttar           | 2016-17            | Development of Buddhist                                                                |             99.97 |

|       | Pradesh        |         | Circuit - Srawasti, Kushinagar, & Kapilvastu in Uttar Pradesh.                                                                                                                       |        |
|-------|----------------|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| 3.    | Bihar          | 2016-17 | Construction of Cultural Centre adjacent to Maya Sarovar on the western side at Bodhgaya, Bihar.                                                                                     |  98.73 |
| 4.    | Gujarat        | 2017-18 | Development of Buddhist circuit: Junagadh- Gir- Somnath- Bharuch-Kutch- Bhavnagar- Rajkot- Mehsana in Gujarat under Swadesh Darshan scheme.                                          |  35.99 |
| 5.    | Andhra Pradesh | 2017-18 | Development of Buddhist Circuit: Shalihundam- Thotlakonda- Bavikonda- Bojjanakonda- Amravati- Anupu in Andhra Pradesh under the theme of Buddhist Circuit of Swadesh Darshan Scheme. |  52.34 |
| Total | Total          | Total   | Total                                                                                                                                                                                | 361.97 |

All the above projects are at different stages of implementation.

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