Lok Sabha Question No. 4159 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-07
Subject: Maintenance of Places of Cultural Importance
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: RAMCHARAN BOHARA

(a)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. †4159 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.01.2019

## MAINTENANCE OF PLACES OF CULTURAL IMPORTANCE

## †4159.    SHRI RAM CHARAN BOHRA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to make any plan for the maintenance of the places of cultural importance in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the places identified as places of cultural importance in the country, State/UTwise including Rajasthan;
- (d) whether  these  places  are  in  dilapidated  condition  due  to  lack  of  proper  maintenance  and development;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

## (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

Yes Madam. Archaeological Survey of India has declared 3691 numbers of monuments as a

- to protected monuments of National importance under  the  AMASR  (Amendment  &
- (c) Validation) Act 2010. The  details of such protected monuments/places  of  cultural importance, State/UT-wise, including Rajasthan are given in the Annexure.
- (d) to No Madam. Conservation  work of the  protected  monuments  is  attended  regularly  by  the ASI depending upon the requirements of the different sites and availability of resources and
- (f) they are in a good state of preservation.

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)TO (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. †4159 FOR 07.01.2019

## Details of  protected monuments/places of cultural importance in the country, State/UTwise, including Rajasthan

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/U.T.   |   Nos. of protected Monuments/ places of cultural importance |
|-----------|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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          |                                                          286 |
| 17.       | Manipur              |                                                           01 |
| 18.       | Meghalaya            |                                                           08 |
| 19.       | Mizoram              |                                                           01 |
| 20.       | Nagaland             |                                                           04 |
| 21.       | Delhi                |                                                          174 |
| 22.       | Odisha               |                                                           80 |
| 23.       | Puducherry (U.T.)    |                                                           07 |
| 24.       | Punjab               |                                                           33 |
| 25.       | Rajasthan            |                                                          163 |
| 26.       | Sikkim               |                                                           03 |
| 27.       | Telangana            |                                                           08 |
| 28.       | Tamil Nadu           |                                                          413 |
| 29.       | Tripura              |                                                           08 |
| 30.       | Uttar Pradesh        |                                                          745 |
| 31.       | Uttarakhand          |                                                           42 |
| 32.       | West Bengal          |                                                          136 |
|           | TOTAL                |                                                         3691 |