Lok Sabha Question No. 74 (STARRED), answered on 2016-11-21
Subject: Maintenance of Heritage Sites by Private Sector
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: R. GOPALAKRISHNAN, HARISH DWIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.74 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.11.2016 KARTIKA 30, 1938 (SAKA)

## MAINTENANCE OF HERITAGE SITES BY PRIVATE SECTOR

## *74. SHRI  R. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

SHRI  HARISH CHANDER ALIAS  HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  historical  monuments  and  heritage  sites  maintained  by  the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether heritage sites in the country are being given to private companies for their renovation and maintenance and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) the other steps taken by the Government to promote private sector's involvement in heritage promotion along with the details thereof; and
- (d) whether  ASI  has  undertaken  responsibility  of  maintaining  historical/heritage sites situated in foreign countries also and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE, CULTURE AND TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a)to(d) A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.74 FOR 21.11.2016

- (a) The State-wise list of 3686 monuments/sites maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India in the country is at Annexure.
- (b) As on date, Archaeological Survey of India has undertaken conservation and  development  of  Humayun's  Tomb,  Delhi  in  collaboration  with  Aga Khan  Trust  for  Culture  (AKTC)  and  conservation  and  development  of Tomb of Mohammed Shah known as Mubarak Shah's Gumbad, Delhi in collaboration  with  Indian  National  Trust  for  Cultural  Heritage  (INTACH). Further MOU's have been signed with State Governments for maintenance and upgrading visitor facilities.  However, in no case whole work is entrusted to any private company.
- (c) Archaeological Survey of India has issued an Expression of Interest on Public  Private  Partnership  Module  (PPP)  for  providing  World  class facilities  at  the  important  tourist  visited  monuments/sites.    Under  this Expression  of  Interest  (EOI)  20  different  services  which  includes  webbased information and other innovative ideas which enhance  the popularity of the monument and bring it at par have been offered.
- (d) On  request  from  MEA  the  ASI  has  taken  up  conservation  work  of  Ta Prohm Temple in Combodia, Vat Phom temple in Lao PDR and Anande Temple in Myanmar.

ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 74 FOR 21.11.2016

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     |                  69 |
| 12.      | Jharkhand           |                  13 |
| 13.      | Karnataka           |                 506 |
| 14.      | Kerala              |                  28 |
| 15.      | Madhya Pradesh      |                 292 |
| 16.      | Maharashtra         |                 285 |
| 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               |                3686 |