Lok Sabha Question No. 40 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-14
Subject: Amount Spent on Historical Buildings in Bihar andMaharashtra
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Veena Devi, Ashok Mahadeorao Nete

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 40

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.09.2020

## AMOUNT SPENT ON HISTORICAL BUILDINGS IN BIHAR AND MAHARASHTRA

## 40. SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI: SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the numbers of  dilapidated historical buildings in the country particularly in Bihar and Maharashtra along with the number of buildings repaired during the last four years, year-wise and State-wise;
- (b) the funds allocated and spent on the maintenance of  said buildings during the last four years;
- (c) the number of tourists who have visited these buildings/monuments during the said period along with the amount of revenue generated from these buildings;
- (d) whether the Government has conducted any survey in regard to the buildings of historical importance during the current year; and
- (e) if  so,  the  number  of  such  buildings  required  to  be  repaired  along  with  the  Statewise details thereof particularly in Bihar and Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) There are 3692 numbers of protected monuments in the country including in the States  of  Bihar  &  Maharashtra.    The  conservation  work  on  them  is  attended regularly  as  per  the  availability  of  resources  and  requirements  of  different  sites, due to which they are in a good state of preservation.
- (b) The details of funds allocated & spent for conservation of protected monuments in the country during the last four years are as under:-
- (c) There are 143 numbers of ticketed monuments of ASI in the country.  The details of tourists visited and revenue generated from ticketed monuments, during the last four years are as under:-
- (d) All  protected  monuments  are  important  and  continuous  watch  is  kept  on  their condition on the basis of which conservation programme is prepared every year.
- (e) Conservation  work  of  protected  monuments  is  a  continuous  process.  Annual maintenance work of all the protected monuments in the country including Bihar and  Maharashtra,  is  attended  regularly  and  need  based  repair  work  is  also attended  where  required,  within  archaeological  norms  &  principles,  as  per  the availability of resources.

|   S. No. | Year    |   Funds Allocated (Amount Rs. in Lakhs) |   Expenditure Incurred (Amount Rs. in Lakhs) |
|----------|---------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|        1 | 2016-17 |                                 30358.1 |                                      30129.4 |
|        2 | 2017-18 |                                 41080.3 |                                      41076.8 |
|        3 | 2018-19 |                                 40637.9 |                                      40502   |
|        4 | 2019-20 |                                 43560.7 |                                      43540.3 |

|   S. No. | Year    |   Number of Tourists visited | Revenue Collected (Amount in Rs.)   |
|----------|---------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|        1 | 2016-17 |                     48147994 | 223,34,00,000                       |
|        2 | 2017-18 |                     51792441 | 247,89,00,000                       |
|        3 | 2018-19 |                     53152423 | 317,20,00,000                       |
|        4 | 2019-20 |                     42050668 | 277,78,07,840                       |