Lok Sabha Question No. 1206 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: Monuments of National Importance
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Manoj Rajoria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.: 1206 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2020

## MONUMENTS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE

- +1206 DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number and details of the monuments or sites declared of national importance by the Archaeological Survey of India;
- (b) the  funds  spent  on  such  monuments  and  sites  during  the  last  five years; and
- (c) the number and details of the cities selected so far under the Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY)?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM (PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

- (a) There are 3691 monuments/sites declared as of national importance. The state-wise distribution is given at Annexure.
- (b)     Funds spent on conservation, preservation and annual maintenance of these monuments during the last five years is as under-
- (c) As  per  the  information  received  from  the  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban Affairs, the 12 cities have been selected under Heritage City and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY). Their details are as under:

| Financial Year   |   Expenditure incurred (Amount in Lacs) |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 2014-15          |                                 23552   |
| 2015-16          |                                 26746.2 |
| 2016-17          |                                 30129.4 |
| 2017-18          |                                 41076.8 |
| 2018-19          |                                 40502   |

|   Sl. No. | City     | State          |   Sl. No. | City           | State         |
|-----------|----------|----------------|-----------|----------------|---------------|
|         1 | Ajmer    | Rajasthan      |         7 | Kanchee- puram | Tamil Nadu    |
|         2 | Amravati | Andhra Pradesh |         8 | Velankanni     | Tamil Nadu    |
|         3 | Amritsar | Punjab         |         9 | Mathura        | Uttar Pradesh |
|         4 | Badami   | Karnataka      |        10 | Varanasi       | Uttar Pradesh |
|         5 | Dwarka   | Gujarat        |        11 | Puri           | Odisha        |
|         6 | Gaya     | Bihar          |        12 | Warangal       | Telangana     |

## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1206 FOR 10.02.2020

## Abstract of Centrally Protected Monuments under the Jurisdiction of Archaeological Survey of India

| 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 (U. T.) |                  56 |
| 12.      | Jharkhand               |                  13 |
| 13.      | Ladakh (U. T.)          |                  14 |
| 14.      | Karnataka               |                 506 |
| 15.      | Kerala                  |                  28 |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh          |                 292 |
| 17.      | Maharashtra             |                 286 |
| 18.      | Manipur                 |                  01 |
| 19.      | Meghalaya               |                  08 |
| 20.      | Mizoram                 |                  01 |
| 21.      | Nagaland                |                  04 |
| 22.      | N.C.T. Delhi            |                 174 |
| 23.      | Odisha                  |                  80 |
| 24.      | Puducherry (U.T.)       |                  07 |
| 25.      | Punjab                  |                  33 |
| 26.      | Rajasthan               |                 163 |
| 27.      | Sikkim                  |                  03 |
| 28.      | Telangana               |                  08 |
| 29.      | Tamil Nadu              |                 413 |
| 30.      | Tripura                 |                  08 |
| 31.      | Uttar Pradesh           |                 745 |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand             |                  42 |
| 33.      | West Bengal             |                 135 |
|          | TOTAL                   |                3691 |