Lok Sabha Question No. 1360 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-06
Subject: Development of Tourist Places With Foreign Funding
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Lallu Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No.†1360 ANSWERED ON 06.12.2021

## DEVELOPMENT OF TOURIST PLACES WITH FOREIGN FUNDING

## †1360. SHRI LALLU SINGH:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the schemes or programmes being implemented for the development of tourism across the country for assisting the State Governments;
- (b) whether a number of tourist places are being developed with the help of foreign funding across the country; and
- (c) if  so,  the  programme-wise  and  State/UT-wise  details  of  the foreign funding received during each of the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF TOURISM

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) to (c): Ministry  of  Tourism  provides  Central  Financial  Assistance to State Governments/Union Territory Administrations under the Schemes  of  Swadesh  Darshan  and  National  Mission  on  Pilgrimage Rejuvenation  and  Spiritual,  Heritage  Augmentation  Drive  (PRASHAD) for  the  development  of  tourism  related  infrastructure  in  the  country. Submission of project proposals by the State Governments/UT Administrations  under  the  above  schemes  is  a  continuous  process. The  projects  for  development  are  identified  in  consultation  with  the State Governments/UT Administrations and are sanctioned subject to availability  of  funds,  submission  of  suitable  detailed  project  reports, adherence  to  scheme  guidelines  and  utilization  of  funds  released earlier.

Several tourist places in the country have also been developed with  foreign  financial  assistance.  As  per  Department  of  Economic for

Affairs (DEA), the list of projects with foreign assistance development of tourism sector are at Annexure-I & Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE-I

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.†1360 ANSWERED ON 06.12.2021 REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF TOURIST PLACES WITH FOREIGN FUNDING

Details of Tourism Projects with Assistance from the Asian Development Bank

| Loan No.   | Loan Name                                                            | State(s)                                  | Loan Amount (in $ million)                                                   | Loan Approval Date   | Loan Closing Date   | Utilization of Loans (in $ million)                                                                                                   |
|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2676- IND  | Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism, Project 1 | Punjab and Himachal Pradesh               | Total - 43.42 Punjab - 20.32 Himachal Pradesh - 23.10                        | 4 Oct 2010           | 30 Sep 2018         | Total - 43.42 Punjab: 20.22 Himachal Pradesh: 23.20 (The loan was closed in Sept 2018 only. No disbursement in last three             |
| 2833- IND  | Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism, Project 2 | Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhan d               | Total - 43.84* Tamil Nadu - 20.56 Uttarakhand - 23.28                        | 15 Dec 2011          | 30 Jun 2018         | years) Total - 30.85 Tamil Nadu: 9.15 Uttarakhand: 21.70 (The loan was closed in June 2018 only. No disbursement in last three years) |
| 3223- IND  | Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism, Project 3 | Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhan d | Total - 123.51** Punjab - 41.66 Himachal Pradesh - 43.51 Uttarakhand - 38.34 | 11 Dec 2014          | 27 Sep 2020         | Total - 91.74 Punjab: 32.54 FY 2018-19: 3.17 FY 2019-20: 5.97 FY 2020-21: 18.4 Himachal Pradesh: 35.60 FY 2018-19:                    |

|           |                                                                      |            |                   |             |             | 7.68 FY 2019-20: 7.72 FY 2020-21: 9.89 Uttarakhand: 23.60 FY 2018-19: 2.38 FY 2019-20: 4.23 FY 2020-21: 12.55   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 3717- IND | Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism, Project 4 | Tamil Nadu | Total - 31.00***  | 28 Sep 2018 | 27 Sep 2020 | Tamil Nadu: 19.04 FY 2018-19: 0.00 FY 2019-20: 2.16 FY 2020-21: 16.88                                           |
| 2578- IND | South Asia Tourism Infrastructure Development Project - India        | Sikkim     | Total - 20.00**** | 15 Nov 2009 | 15 Mar 2018 | Sikkim: 10.40 (The loan was closed in Mar 2018 only. No disbursement in last three years)                       |

* Net  loan  amount  utilized  is  $30.85  million  and  the  remaining  loan  amount  of $12.99 million ($11.41 million in Tamil Nadu and $1.58 million in Uttarakhand) was cancelled.
- ** Net loan amount is $91.74 million after partial loan cancellations of $14.74 million from Uttarakhand component, partial loan cancellations of $7.91 million from Himachal component and partial loan cancellations of $9.12 million from Punjab component.
- *** Net loan amount utilized is $19.04 million and the remaining loan amount of $11.96 million was cancelled.
- ****   Net loan amount utilized is $10.40 million and the remaining loan amount of $9.60 million was cancelled.

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ANNEXURE-II STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.†1360 ANSWERED ON 06.12.2021 REGARDING  DEVELOPMENT  OF  TOURIST  PLACES  WITH  FOREIGN FUNDING Details of Tourism Projects with Assistance from World Bank and

Other Multilateral Institutions

## WORLD BANK

(Amount in USD million)

| Project Name                                       | Total cost   | Total loan   | Date of Effective   | Closing date   | Loan disbursement under the project*   | Loan disbursement under the project*   | Loan disbursement under the project*   | Loan disbursement under the project*   |
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------|----------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|                                                    |              |              | ness                |                | 2018- 2019                             | 2019- 2020                             | 2020- 2021                             | 2021- 2022                             |
| Uttar Pradesh Pro-Poor Tourism Development Project | 57.14        | 40           | 15 Mar 2018         | 30 Dec 2022    | 3.12                                   | 2.59                                   | 3.20                                   | 2.00                                   |

* Disbursement figures as per World Bank's projects website

## OTHER MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS

| Sl. No.   | Project Title                                                                                                                         | State       | Sector            |   Proposed Loan size (USD million) | Date of posing   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------|------------------------------------|------------------|
| 1.        | Experiential Eco- Tourism Development for empowering rural youth and conserving natural resources and indigenous culture in Meghalaya | Meghalaya   | Tourism           |                              79.05 | 20.12.2019       |
| 2.        | Holistic Development of Tehri & its Catchment                                                                                         | Uttarakhand | Tourism & Culture |                             136.47 | 24.01.2020       |
|           |                                                                                                                                       |             | Total             |                             215.52 |                  |

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