Lok Sabha Question No. 288 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-18
Subject: Protection of Monuments
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.288 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2017

## PROTECTION OF MONUMENTS

- +288. SHRI KIRTI AZAD:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the monuments being protected by Archaeological Survey of India in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of the staff provided for each such monument; and
- (c) whether the Government has set up or proposes to set up any regional office of Archaeological Survey of India for monitoring the protection of these monuments and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) There are 3686 historical sites/monuments protected by the Archaeological Survey of India  in  the  country  The  State-wise  historical  sites/monuments  protected  by  the Archaeological Survey of India in the country is an Annexure-I.
- (b) The staff provided in the monuments of Archaeological Survey of India consists of Senior  Conservation  Assistants,  Conservation  Assistant  and  Multi  Tasking  Staff (MTS) depending upon the size, importance of each monument and footfall thereon.
- (c) Archaeological  Survey  of  India  has  set  up  five  Regional  Offices  at  Delhi,  Mumbai, Bhopal, Kolkata and Bangalore.

ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED

QUESTION NO.288 FOR 18.12.2017 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 |