Lok Sabha Question No. 5276 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-03
Subject: Monuments Declared as Monuments of National Importance in Bihar
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Veena Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5276

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.04.2023

## MONUMENTS DECLARED AS MONUMENTS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE IN BIHAR

## †5276. SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  monuments  and  sites  declared  as  monuments  of  national  importance  in Bihar by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), district-wise;
- (b) the details of the amount spent on the said monuments or sites during the last five years;
- (c) the details of revenue earned by the Government from the said monuments during the last three years, year-wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to declare any monument in Bihar and Vaishali district as a monument of national importance; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) There  are  70  monuments  and  sites  declared  as  of  national  importance  in  the  State  of Bihar. District-wise number is given at Annexure .
- (b) Details  of  the  amount  spent  on  conservation  and  maintenance  of  these  monuments  and sites during the last five years are given as under:

## (Amount in  Crore)

| Year    | Expenditure             |
|---------|-------------------------|
| 2018-19 | 1.76                    |
| 2019-20 | 1.45                    |
| 2020-21 | 1.23                    |
| 2021-22 | 3.35                    |
| 2022-23 | 7.21 (Up to 1 st March) |

- (c) The revenue collected  from entry  fee at five centrally protected ticketed  monuments in Bihar during the last three years is given as under:

## (amount in Crore)

| Year    | Revenue                          |
|---------|----------------------------------|
| 2020-21 | 0.87                             |
| 2021-22 | 1.50                             |
| 2022-23 | 3.38 (up to 28 th february-2023) |

- (d) No such proposal is under consideration at present.

## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5276 FOR 03.04.2023

## DISTRICT-WISE  LIST  OF  MONUMENTS  AND  SITES  DECLARED  AS  OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE IN BIHAR

|   SL. NO. | DISTRICT       |   NUMBER OF MONUMENT AND SITES |
|-----------|----------------|--------------------------------|
|         1 | Aurangabad     |                             01 |
|         2 | Bhagalpur      |                             04 |
|         3 | Buxar          |                             01 |
|         4 | East Champaran |                             03 |
|         5 | Gaya           |                             11 |
|         6 | Jehanabad      |                             09 |
|         7 | Kaimur         |                             02 |
|         8 | Kishanganj     |                             01 |
|         9 | Madhubani      |                             01 |
|        10 | Muzaffarpur    |                             01 |
|        11 | Nalanda        |                             08 |
|        12 | Patna          |                             11 |
|        13 | Rohtas         |                             05 |
|        14 | Saran          |                             01 |
|        15 | Siwan          |                             01 |
|        16 | Vaishali       |                             03 |
|        17 | West Champaran |                             07 |

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