Lok Sabha Question No. 220 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-24
Subject: PRASAD Scheme
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: K. Muraleedharan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.220 ANSWERED ON 24.06.2019

## PRASAD SCHEME

## 220.  SHRI K. MURALEEDHARAN:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) scheme;
- (b) whether the Government has included Pilgrimage Centre like Sabarimala & Guruvayur temple in Kerala under the Scheme;
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the amount sanctioned by the Union Government to the State in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) to (d): Under the Scheme 'Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual,  Heritage  Augmentation  Drive'  (PRASHAD)  Ministry  of Tourism  provides  Central  Financial  Assistance  for  infrastructure development and beautification of Pilgrimage Centres/Tourist Places on receipt of suitable DPRs submitted by State Governments/Union  Territories,  subject  to  availability  of funds, liquidation of pending utilisation certificate against the fund released earlier and adherence to the relevant scheme guidelines. The project 'Development at Guruvayur Temple, under the PRASHAD  Scheme  was  approved  by  the  Ministry  at  the  cost  of Rs.46.14  Crore  in  2016-17.  The  amount  Rs.36.91  Crore  has  been released so far.

The  details  of  the  projects  sanctioned  under  the  scheme  is annexed.

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## ANNEXURE

## STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 220 ANSWERED ON 24.06.2019 REGARDING PRASAD SCHEME

Detail of the projects approved under PRASAD Scheme.

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.                  | State                    | Project Nos              | Name of the Project                                                              | Year of Sanction         | Approved cost            | Amount Released          |
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| List of ongoing projects | List of ongoing projects | List of ongoing projects | List of ongoing projects                                                         | List of ongoing projects | List of ongoing projects | List of ongoing projects |
| 1                        | ANDHRA PRADESH           | 1                        | Development of Amaravati Town, Guntur District as a Tourist Destination          | 2015-16                  | 28.36                    | 22.69                    |
| 1                        |                          | 2                        | Development of Srisailam Temple                                                  | 2017-18                  | 47.45                    | 37.96                    |
| 2                        | ASSAM                    | 3                        | Development of Kamakhya Temple and Pilgrimage Destination in and around Guwahati | 2015-16                  | 30.71                    | 22.03                    |
| 3                        | BIHAR                    | 4                        | Development of basic facilities at Vishnupad temple, Gaya, Bihar                 | 2014-15                  | 4.27                     | 2.91                     |
| 3                        |                          | 5                        | Development at Patna Sahib                                                       | 2015-16                  | 41.54                    | 33.23                    |
| 4                        | GUJARAT                  | 6                        | Development of Dwarka                                                            | 2016-17                  | 26.23                    | 6.85                     |
| 4                        |                          | 7                        | Pilgrimage Amenities at Somnath                                                  | 2016-17                  | 37.44                    | 26.51                    |
| 4                        |                          | 8                        | Development of Promenade at Somnath under PRASHAD Scheme                         | 2018-19                  | 44.59                    | 13.77                    |
| 5                        | JAMMU                    | 9                        | Development at                                                                   | 2016-17                  | 42.02                    | 25.45                    |

|    | KASHMIR        |    | Hazratbal,                                                                                                        |         |       |       |
|----|----------------|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|-------|-------|
| 6  | KERALA         | 10 | Development at Guruvayur Temple                                                                                   | 2016-17 | 46.14 | 36.91 |
| 7  | MADHYA PRADESH | 11 | Development of Omkareshwar                                                                                        | 2017-18 | 40.67 | 18.76 |
| 8  | MAHARASHTRA    | 12 | Development of Trimbakeshwar                                                                                      | 2017-18 | 37.81 |  8.49 |
| 9  | ODISHA         | 13 | Infrastructure Development at Puri, Shree Jagannath Dham- Ramachandi- Prachi River front at Deuli under Mega      | 2014-15 | 50    | 10    |
| 10 | RAJASTHAN      | 14 | Integrated Development of Pushkar/Ajmer                                                                           | 2015-16 | 40.44 | 19.41 |
| 11 | TAMILNADU      | 15 | Development of Kanchipuram                                                                                        | 2016-17 | 16.48 |  8.24 |
|    |                | 16 | Development of Vellankani                                                                                         | 2016-17 |  5.6  |  2.59 |
| 12 |                | 17 | Integrated Development of Kedarnath                                                                               | 2015-16 | 34.78 | 27.83 |
|    | UTTARAKHAND    | 18 | Development of Infrastructure for Pilgrimage Facilitation in Badrinath Ji Dham (Uttarakhand) under PRASHAD Scheme | 2018-19 | 39.24 | 11.77 |
| 13 | UTTAR PRADESH  | 19 | Development of Mathura- Vrindavan as Mega Tourist Circuit (Ph-II)                                                 | 2014-15 | 14.93 | 10.38 |

|                            |                            | 20                         | Construction of Tourist Facilitation Centre at Vrindavan, Distt. Mathura         | 2014-15                    | 9.36                       | 7.36                             |
|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|                            |                            | 21                         | Development of Varanasi                                                          | 2015-16                    | 20.40                      | 16.32                            |
|                            |                            | 22                         | Cruse Tourism in River Ganga, Varanasi                                           | 2017-18                    | 10.72                      | 5.14                             |
|                            |                            | 23                         | Development of Varanasi Under Prashad Scheme - II                                | 2017-18                    | 44.60                      | 10.21                            |
|                            |                            | 24                         | Development of Infrastructure facilities at Govardhan, Mathura, UP               | 2018-19                    | 39.74                      | Adm. Sanction only on 08.01.2019 |
| 14                         | WEST BENGAL                | 25                         | Development of Belur                                                             | 2016-17                    | 30.03                      | 23.39                            |
| 15                         | JHARKHAND                  | 26                         | Development of Baidyanathji Dham, Deoghar                                        | 2018-19                    | 39.13                      | Admn. Appl only 24.01.2019       |
| 16                         | NAGALAND                   | 27                         | Development of Pilgrimage Infrastructure in Nagaland                             | 2018-19                    | 25.26                      | Adm. Appl. only on 03.02.2019    |
| List of Completed projects | List of Completed projects | List of Completed projects | List of Completed projects                                                       | List of Completed projects | List of Completed projects | List of Completed projects       |
| 17                         | PUNJAB                     | 28                         | Development of Karuna Sagar Valmiki Sthal at Amritsar (Completed in April. 2018) | 2015-16                    | 6.40                       | 6.40                             |
|                            |                            |                            | Total                                                                            |                            | 854.34                     | 414.60                           |

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