Lok Sabha Question No. 443 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-18
Subject: Renovation of Monuments
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY, KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL, NANABHAU FALGUNRAO PATOLE, HARI MANJHI, LAXMAN GILUWA, JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL

- (a)
- &

(b)

- (c) Yes  madam,  adequate  funds  are  provided  for  conservation,  preservation  and  environmental
- & development of protected monuments by budgetary allocations every year. The details of funds
- (d) allocated and expenditure incurred for conservation of protected monuments during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise including  Bundelkhand  area of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand are given in Annexure-I. The details of revenue earned during the said period are given in annexure-II.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †443 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2017

## RENOVATION OF MONUMENTS

- †443 SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY:

SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

SHRI NANA PATOLE:

SHRI HARI MANJHI:

SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA:

SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:

Will the  Minister  of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  Heritage  buildings/monuments  of  historic  importance  in  the country are in dilapidated condition due to various reasons including lack of proper maintenance and protection;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the action proposed to be taken for restoration of these monuments, State/UT  and  monument-wise  along  with  the  details  of  the  monuments  which  come  under  the category of World Heritage Sites and the Heritage Sites of India;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  envisaged  any  scheme  and  reserved  certain  funds  for  the renovation, restoration and development of historical places, buildings,  forts and other sites in the country; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  of  funds  allocated  and  expenditure  incurred  on  preservation/  maintenance  of these  monuments  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  State/UT-wise including  Bundelkhand area  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Jharkhand  along  with  the quantum of revenue earned from these monuments during the said period?

## ANSWER

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

## (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- No madam, the protected monuments under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) are taken care regularly and maintained properly and they are in a good state of preservation.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) & (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 443 FOR 18.12.2017

STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF ALLOCATION/EXPENDITURE INCURRED BY THE CIRCLE OFFICES DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS AND FOR CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR  INCLUDING BUNDELKHAND AREA OF UTTAR PRADESH, MADHYA PRADESH AND JHARKHAND FOR CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT  OF MONUMENTS

(Amount Rs. in Lakhs)

| Sl. No   | Name of State/UT       | Circle / Branch                                                  | Total Number of Monume   |                    |                |                    |                |                    |               | 2017-18       | 2017-18         |
|----------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
| .        | Name of State/UT       | Circle / Branch                                                  | nts                      | 2014-15 Allocation | Exp.           | 2015-16 Allocation | Exp.           | 2016-17 Allocation | Exp.          | Allocation    | Exp. Upto 30 th |
| 1.       | Uttar Pradesh          | Agra Circle                                                      | 743                      | 1405.00            | 1404.99        | 1285.00            | 1270.00        | 940.00             | 940.00        | 910.00        | Nov. '17 421.35 |
| 1.       | Uttar Pradesh          | Lucknow Circle                                                   | 743                      | 1165.00            | 1165.00        | 955.00             | 945.08         | 689.50             | 688.52        | 649.00        | 341.64          |
| 1.       | Uttar Pradesh          | Sarnath Circle                                                   | 743                      | 535.00             | 534.99         | 495.00             | 495.00         | 230.21             | 230.20        | 220.00        | 113.56          |
| 2.       | Maharashtra            | Aurangabad Circle                                                | 285                      | 695.00             | 695.00         | 630.00             | 629.05         | 334.00             | 334.00        | 437.80        | 237.51          |
| 2.       | Maharashtra            | Mumbai Circle                                                    | 285                      | 645.00             | 645.00         | 1027.00            | 902.82         | 922.00             | 900.48        | 880.00        | 584.74          |
| 2.       | Maharashtra            | Nagpur Circle                                                    | 285                      | 445.00             | 444.98         | 845.00             | 845.00         | 399.00             | 395.54        | 425.00        | 279.15          |
| 3.       | Karnataka              | Bangalore Circle                                                 | 506                      | 1516.00            | 1515.99        | 1427.80            | 1427.02        | 1010.00            | 1009.50       | 950.00        | 650.24          |
| 3.       | Karnataka              | Mini Circle Hampi                                                | 506                      | 90.00              | 90.00          | 802.00             | 401.24         | 800.32             | 800.31        | 590.00        | 480.76          |
| 3.       | Karnataka              | Dharwad Circle                                                   | 506                      | 713.94             | 713.94         | 716.42             | 716.42         | 517.00             | 516.98        | 570.00        | 330.29          |
| 4.       | Madhya Pradesh         | Bhopal Circle                                                    | 292                      | 957.00             | 956.99         | 1270.00            | 1261.01        | 745.00             | 745.00        | 745.00        | 565.09          |
| 5.       | Odisha                 | Bhubaneswar                                                      | 79                       | 597.00             | 596.99         | 675.00             | 679.52         | 865.00             | 865.00        | 680.00        | 490.58          |
| 6.       | West Bengal,           | Circle Kolkata Circle                                            | 136                      | 550.00             | 549.63         | 550.00             | 537.95         | 298.55             | 280.68        | 330.00        | 228.58          |
| 6.       | Sikkim                 |                                                                  | 03                       |                    |                |                    |                |                    |               |               |                 |
| 7.       | Tamil Nadu,            | Chennai Circle                                                   | 413                      | 1070.00            | 1070.01        | 919.13             | 919.10         | 596.00             | 583.98        | 560.00        | 206.06          |
| 8.       | Puducherry (UT)        |                                                                  | 07                       |                    |                |                    |                |                    |               |               |                 |
|          | Punjab                 | Chandigarh                                                       | 33                       | 876.00             | 875.85         | 660.00             | 634.98         | 525.85             | 523.85        | 445.00        | 132.77          |
| 9.       | Haryana                | Circle                                                           | 91                       |                    |                |                    |                |                    |               |               |                 |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh Delhi | Shimla Circle Delhi Circle                                       | 40 111                   | 318.00 1500.00     | 315.00 1499.75 | 300.00 1177.00     | 300.00 1176.73 | 106.24 570.25      | 106.22 562.50 | 110.00 755.00 | 78.19 553.56    |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh Delhi | Delhi Mini Circle                                                | 63                       | ---                | -              | ---                | -              | 419.25             | 418.05        | 600.00        | 457.97          |
| 11.      | Goa                    | Goa Circle                                                       | 21                       | 396.80             | 397.36         | 241.00             | 240.99         | 155.00             | 155.30        | 272.50        | 156.11          |
| 12.      | Assam                  | Guwahati Circle                                                  | 55                       | 302.00             | 292.56         | 396.00             | 395.07         | 262.19             | 262.19        | 350.00        | 179.97          |
| 12.      | Manipur                |                                                                  | 01                       |                    |                |                    |                |                    |               | 155.00        | 47.23           |
| 12.      |                        |                                                                  | 08                       |                    |                |                    |                |                    |               |               |                 |
| 12.      | Meghalaya              |                                                                  |                          |                    |                |                    |                | 72.20              | 72.20         |               |                 |
| 12.      | Mizoram                | Aizwal Circle,                                                   | 01 04                    | ---                | --             | --                 | ---            |                    |               |               |                 |
| 12.      | Nagaland Tripura       | Mijoram                                                          | 08                       |                    |                |                    |                |                    |               |               |                 |
| 13.      | Rajasthan              | Jaipur Circle                                                    | 162                      | 610.00             | 610.00         | 513.00             | 512.98         | 210.00             | 208.48        | 210.00        | 145.72          |
| 13.      | Rajasthan              | Jodhpur Circle                                                   | 162                      | 570.00             |                | 731.00             | 729.29         | 323.00             | 322.42        | 375.00        | 180.29          |
| 14.      | Andhra Pradesh         | Hyderabad                                                        | 129                      | 1003.00            | 998.32         | 790.00             | 776.61         | 841.50             | 841.50        | 390.00        | 152.12          |
| 14.      | Telangana              | Circle                                                           | 08                       |                    |                |                    |                |                    |               |               |                 |
| 15. 16.  | Telangana Bihar        | Amravati Circle Patna Circle                                     | 70                       | --- 415.00         | - 414.99       | -- 375.00          | -- 374.99      | -- 159.00          | -- 153.53     | 390.00 175.00 | 360.04 123.81   |
| 17.      | Jammu &                | Srinagar Circle                                                  | 56                       | 443.00             | 443.00         | 135.12             | 135.07         | 95.83              | 95.83         | 205.00        | 164.12          |
|          | Kashmir                |                                                                  |                          | 141.98             | 141.98         | 132.00             | 131.50         | 43.42              | 43.40         |               |                 |
|          |                        | Mini Circle Leh                                                  | 13                       |                    |                |                    |                |                    |               | 72.12         | 49.62           |
| 18.      | Kerala                 | Thrissure Circle                                                 | 28                       | 647.20             | 647.19         | 545.00             | 545.00         | 285.00             | 284.98        | 300.00        | 207.53          |
| 19.      | Gujarat                | Vadodara Circle                                                  | 203                      | 848.00             | 847.99         | 1122.85            | 1123.07        | 1385.00            | 1385.00       | 1080.00       | 663.15          |
|          | Daman & Diu(UT)        |                                                                  | 12                       |                    |                |                    |                |                    |               |               |                 |
| 20.      | Uttarakhand            | Dehradun Circle                                                  | 42                       | 265.00             | 264.99         | 215.00             | 215.00         | 70.00              | 55.07         | 60.00         | 22.32           |
| 21.      | Chhattisgarh           | Raipur Circle                                                    | 47                       | 588.00             | 587.89         | 670.50             | 670.33         | 216.78             | 216.30        | 232.00        | 88.03           |
| 22.      | Jharkhand              | Ranchi Circle                                                    | 13                       | 116.00             | 115.98         | 147.67             | 147.61         | 80.00              | 50.13         | 100.00        | 47.37           |
|          |                        | Chemical Preservation                                            | --                       | 790.34             | 787.65         | 746.52             | 729.60         | 750.93             | 690.13        | 614.00        | 202.60          |
|          |                        | (All India) Horticultural Activity (All India)                   | --                       | 3358.35            | 3357.98        | 3897.00            | 3878.22        | 4657.05            | 4655.95       | 4250.00       | 3082.89         |
|          |                        | DG Office (for construction of boundary walls and toilet blocks) |                          |                    |                |                    |                | 10800.00           | 10800.00      | 18715.00      | 13497.00        |

## ANNEXURE- II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) & (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 443 FOR 18.12.2017

## STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF REVENUE EARNED FROM ENTRY TICKETS TO CENTRALLY PROTECTED MONUMENTS DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS AND FOR CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR UP TO JUNE 2017

(Amount in Rs.)

|   Sl. No. | Name of State/UT   | Circle / Branch    | April 2014 to March 2015   | April 2015 to March 2016   | April 2016 to March 2017   | April 2017 to June 2017 (based on preliminary data)   |
|-----------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Uttar Pradesh      | Agra Circle        | 400176055                  | 385262150                  | 885180634                  | 135222785                                             |
|         1 | Uttar Pradesh      | Lucknow Circle     | 6620770                    | 6748120                    | 17273595                   | 1358545                                               |
|         1 | Uttar Pradesh      | Sarnath Circle     | 14779364                   | 9286575                    | 31530270                   | 4048840                                               |
|         2 | Maharashtra        | Aurangabad Circle  | 43680790                   | 46386965                   | 108577829                  | 47258015                                              |
|         2 | Maharashtra        | Mumbai Circle      | 27856680                   | 30277205                   | 86578520                   | 18722270                                              |
|         2 | Maharashtra        | Nagpur Circle      |                            |                            |                            |                                                       |
|         3 | Karnataka          | Bangalore Circle   | 13730530                   | 20118610                   | 34239630                   | 8044395                                               |
|         3 | Karnataka          | Mini Circle Hampi  | 14796540                   | 15622380                   | 33906015                   | 5033685                                               |
|         3 | Karnataka          | Dharwad Circle     | 16948025                   | 13157940                   | 43224995                   | 8747685                                               |
|         4 | Madhya Pradesh     | Bhopal Circle      | 33158710                   | 32515595                   | 69360545                   | 5482655                                               |
|         5 | Odisha             | Bhubaneswar Circle | 28611870                   | 33940475                   | 77401015                   | 16581065                                              |
|         6 | West Bengal,       | Kolkata Circle     | 10232515                   | 11856015                   | 21178840                   | 4137970                                               |
|         6 | Sikkim             |                    |                            |                            |                            |                                                       |
|         7 | Tamil Nadu,        | Chennai Circle     | 29118565                   | 28769009                   | 64046740                   | 12498915                                              |
|         7 | Puducherry (UT)    |                    |                            |                            |                            |                                                       |
|         8 | Punjab             | Chandigarh         | 895470                     | 1315765                    | 2657035                    | 589765                                                |
|         8 | Haryana            | Circle             |                            |                            |                            |                                                       |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh   | Shimla Circle      | 1061690                    | 1263620                    | 3812415                    | 1206200                                               |
|        10 | Delhi              | Delhi Circle       | 248559525                  | 247298945                  | 548856710                  | 108762600                                             |
|        11 | Assam              | Guwahati Circle    | 1907651                    | 2418545                    | 6230995                    | 1019210                                               |
|        11 | Manipur            |                    |                            |                            |                            |                                                       |
|        12 | Rajasthan          | Jaipur Circle      | 337810                     | 389945                     | 734010                     | 37775                                                 |
|        12 | Rajasthan          | Jodhpur Circle     | 8089695                    | 8191345                    | 17827285                   | 2453620                                               |
|        13 | Andhra Pradesh     | Hyderabad Circle   | 21912480                   | 22015440                   | 56815015                   | 8440080                                               |
|        13 | Telangana          | Amravati Circle    |                            |                            |                            |                                                       |
|        14 | Bihar              | Patna Circle       | 9500900                    | 9736860                    | 27361970                   | 3353190                                               |
|        15 | Jammu &            | Srinagar Circle    | 245165                     | 268040                     | 537945                     | 207475                                                |
|        15 | Kashmir            | Mini Circle Leh    | 1091850                    | 1072335                    | 2216395                    | 432705                                                |
|        16 | Kerala             | Thrissure Circle   | 3515970                    | 3949135                    | 7902395                    | 2225100                                               |
|        17 | Gujarat            | Vadodara Circle    | 7422800                    | 7466990                    | 16000110                   | 3095845                                               |
|        17 | Daman & Diu(UT)    |                    |                            |                            |                            |                                                       |
|        18 | Chhattisgarh       | Raipur Circle      | 380300                     | 414350                     | 801185                     | 91350                                                 |