Lok Sabha Question No. 941 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Amount Spent on Maintenance of Historical Buildings
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Chandeshwar Prasad, Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Rekha Arun Verma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.941 ANSWERED ON 26.7.2021

## AMOUNT SPENT ON MAINTENANCE OF HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

- +941.  SHRI CHANDESHWAR PRASAD: SHRI VINAYAK RAUT: SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:

Will the Minister of Culture be pleased to state:

- (a) the number  and  details  of  historical  buildings in the  country,  State-wise including Bihar, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the  details  of  amount  allocated  and  spent  for  the  maintenance  of  these buildings during the last three years;
- (c) the number of dilapidated historical buildings in the country especially in Bihar, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh and the number of buildings repaired during the last  three  years,  year-wise  and  State-wise  along  with  the  details  of  the  funds spent  on  the  repair  and  maintenance  of  such  buildings  during  the  last  three years;
- (d) whether the Government has conducted any survey regarding the buildings of historical importance and if so, the number of such buildings which are in need of repair, State-wise especially in Bihar, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh; and
- (e) the number of tourists who have visited these monuments and the amount of revenue generated from these historical buildings during the last three years?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION

## (SHRI G.KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) The details of centrally protected monuments/sites including Heritage Buildings in country (State/UT -wise) are at Annexure-I.
- (b)&(c) The details of allocation and funds spent State-wise on repair and maintenance  of  such  monuments/sites  including  Heritage  Buildings  are  at Annexure-II. There  is  no  dilapidated  monument  in  the  country  especially  in Bihar, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.  The conservation and maintenance of Centrally protected monuments/sites is a regular process and necessary steps are  taken  by  the  Archaeological  Survey  of  India  (ASI)  to  conserve  these monuments/sites including monuments/sites in Bihar, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh as per approved Conservation programme.

- (d) Inspection of centrally protected monuments/sites is undertaken by ASI from time to time  and  conservation  measures  are  taken  up  as  per  the  need  and  priority  within available resources.

5244 works under Annual Conservation Programme have been approved for centrally protected  monuments  in  the  country  during  2021-22.  Details  of  maintenance  and special repair works identified for Bihar, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are as under:

| Bihar         | 101 works approved   |
|---------------|----------------------|
| Maharashtra   | 529 works approved   |
| Uttar Pradesh | 638 works approved   |

- (e) The  tourist  flow  at  centrally  protected  ticketed  monuments  in  the  country  and revenue collected therefrom during the last three years is as under:

| Year    | Total Visitors   | Total Revenue (Amount in Rupees)   |
|---------|------------------|------------------------------------|
| 2018-19 | 5,31,52,423      | 317,20,00,000                      |
| 2019-20 | 4,82,66,190      | 336,23,23,642                      |
| 2020-21 | 1,19,12,580      | 40,32,17,585                       |

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 941 FOR 26.7.2021

NUMBER OF CENTRALLY PROTECTED MONUMENTS/SITES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA IN THE COUNTRY

| Sl.No.   | Name of State           |   Nos. of Monuments |
|----------|-------------------------|---------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh          |                 135 |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh       |                  03 |
| 3.       | Assam                   |                  55 |
| 4.       | Bihar                   |                  70 |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh            |                  46 |
| 6.       | Daman & Diu (U. T.)     |                  11 |
| 7.       | Goa                     |                  21 |
| 8.       | Gujarat                 |                 203 |
| 9.       | Haryana                 |                  91 |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh        |                  40 |
| 11.      | Jammu & Kashmir (U. T.) |                  56 |
| 12.      | Jharkhand               |                  13 |
| 13.      | Karnataka               |                 506 |
| 14.      | Kerala                  |                  29 |
| 15.      | Ladakh (U. T.)          |                  15 |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh          |                 291 |
| 17.      | Maharashtra             |                 286 |
| 18.      | Manipur                 |                  01 |
| 19.      | Meghalaya               |                  08 |
| 20.      | Mizoram                 |                  01 |
| 21.      | Nagaland                |                  04 |
| 22.      | N.C.T. Delhi            |                 173 |
| 23.      | Odisha                  |                  80 |
| 24.      | Puducherry (U. T.)      |                  07 |
| 25.      | Punjab                  |                  33 |
| 26.      | Rajasthan               |                 163 |
| 27.      | Sikkim                  |                  03 |
| 28.      | Telangana               |                  08 |
| 29.      | Tamil Nadu              |                 412 |
| 30.      | Tripura                 |                  08 |
| 31.      | Uttar Pradesh           |                 743 |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand             |                  43 |
| 33.      | West Bengal             |                 135 |
|          | TOTAL                   |                3693 |

## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b)&(c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 941 FOR 26.7.2021 DETAILS OF EXPENDITURE INCURRED FOR CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT  OF PROTECTED MONUMENTS DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS

(Amount Rs. in Lakhs)

| Sl.   | Name of State/UT                                    | Circle / Branch                    | 2018-19    | 2018-19      | 2019-20    | 2019-20       | 2020-21      | 2020-21      |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------|--------------|------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|
| No.   |                                                     |                                    | Allocation | Expenditure  | Allocation | Expenditure   | Allocation   | Expenditure  |
| 1.    | Uttar Pradesh                                       | Agra Circle                        | 860.00     | 858.61       | 1355.00    | 1355.00       | 1300.00      | 1296.00      |
| 1.    | Uttar Pradesh                                       | Lucknow Circle                     | 482.00     | 481.99       | 560.00     | 560.00        | 388.00       | 388.00       |
| 1.    | Uttar Pradesh                                       | Sarnath Circle                     | 255.00     | 254.57       | 320.00     | 320.00        | 438.00       | 438.00       |
| 1.    | Uttar Pradesh                                       | * Meerut Circle                    | -          | -            | -          | -             | 0.00         | 0.00         |
| 2.    | Maharashtra                                         | Aurangabad                         | 430.00     | 430.00       | 608.85     | 608.85        | 316.00       | 316.00       |
| 2.    | Maharashtra                                         | Circle Mumbai Circle               | 890.00     | 889.97       | 950.00     | 950.00        | 1100.00      | 1100.00      |
| 2.    | Maharashtra                                         | Nagpur Circle                      | 470.00     | 470.00       | 540.00     | 540.00        | 400.00       | 400.00       |
| 3.    | Karnataka                                           | Bangalore Circle                   | 985.00     | 985.00       | 1110.00    | 1110.00       | 527.00       | 526.95       |
| 3.    | Karnataka                                           | Hampi                              | 535.00     | 519.04       | 1000.00    | 1000.00       | 910.00       | 910.00       |
| 3.    | Karnataka                                           | Dharwad Circle                     | 640.00     | 639.97       | 745.00     | 745.00        | 640.00       | 639.99       |
| 4.    | Madhya                                              | Bhopal Circle                      | 810.00     | 809.48       | 1250.00    | 1250.00       | 1150.00      | 1150.00      |
| 4.    | Pradesh                                             | * Jabalpur Circle                  | -          | -            |            | -             | 350.00       | 350.00       |
| 4.    | Madhya                                              | * Janshi Circle                    | -          | -            |            | -             | 100.00       | 100.00       |
| 5.    | Odisha                                              | Bhubaneswar Circle                 | 590.00     | 590.00       | 530.00     | 530.00        | 363.00       | 363.00       |
| 6.    | West Bengal,                                        | Kolkata Circle                     | 1074.98    | 968.75       | 815.00     | 810.00        | 603.00       | 602.00       |
| 6.    | Sikkim                                              | * Raiganj Circle                   | -          | -            |            | -             | 135.00       | 135.00       |
| 7.    | Tamil Nadu, Puducherry                              | Chennai Circle                     | 810.00     | 809.50       | 960.00     | 960.00        | 525.00       | 525.00       |
| 8.    | Punjab                                              | Chandigarh Circle                  | 290.00     | 289.99       | 157.00     | 157.00        | 80.00        | 80.00        |
| 9.    | Haryana Himachal Pradesh                            | Shimla Circle                      | 151.00     | 151.00       | 215.00     | 215.00        | 125.00       | 125.00       |
| 10.   | Delhi                                               | Delhi Circle                       | 2456.65    | 2456.65      | 2310.00    | 2310.00       | 2082.00      | 2082.00      |
|       |                                                     | Delhi Mini Circle                  | 610.00     | 609.35       | 715.00     | 715.00        | 369.00       | 369.00       |
| 11.   | Goa                                                 | Goa Circle                         | 160.00     | 159.99       | 220.00     | 220.00        | 370.00       | 370.00       |
| 12.   | Assam                                               | Guwahati Circle                    | 315.00     | 315.00       | 340.00     | 340.00        | 303.75       | 303.75       |
| 12.   | Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Tripura Arunchal | Aizwal Circle, Mijoram             | 85.00      | 83.76        | 100.00     | 100.00        | 131.48       | 131.47       |
| 13.   | Pradesh Rajasthan                                   | Jaipur Circle                      | 290.00     | 290.00       | 490.00     | 489.00        | 740.00       | 740.00       |
|       |                                                     | Jodhpur Circle                     | 415.00     | 415.00       | 540.00     | 539.00        | 410.00       | 410.00       |
| 14.   | Andhra Pradesh Telangana                            | Hyderabad Circle                   | 370.00     | 370.00       | 535.00     | 535.00        | 280.00       | 280.00       |
| 15.   | Telangana                                           | Amravati Circle                    | 530.00     | 529.94       | 515.00     | 515.00        | 457.00       | 457.00       |
| 16.   | Bihar                                               | Patna Circle                       | 176.00     | 175.98       | 155.00     | 145.45        | 123.00       | 123.00       |
| 17.   | Jammu &                                             | Srinagar Circle                    | 175.00     | 175.00       | 155.00     | 155.00        | 80.00        | 80.00        |
|       | Kashmir                                             | Mini Circle Leh                    | 70.00      | 69.98        | 30.00      | 28.49         | 20.00        | 20.00        |
| 18.   | Kerala                                              | Thrissure Circle                   | 227.00     | 227.00       | 450.00     | 450.00        | 203.21       | 203.21       |
|       |                                                     | * Trichy Circle                    | -          | -            |            | -             | 200.00       | 200.00       |
| 19.   | Gujarat                                             | Vadodara Circle                    | 962.00     | 961.99       | 700.00     |               |              |              |
| 19.   | Daman &                                             | * Rajkot Circle                    | -          | -            | -          | -             | 635.46       | 635.46       |
| 20.   | Diu(UT) Uttarakhand                                 | Dehradun Circle                    | 82.00      | 82.00        | 359.00     | 700.00 358.50 | 98.79 460.00 | 98.79 460.00 |
| 21.   | Chhattisgarh                                        | Raipur Circle                      | 210.00     | 209.08       | 300.00     | 300.00        | 289.05       | 289.05       |
|       |                                                     | Ranchi Circle                      | 86.00      |              | 160.00     | 160.00        | 88.22        | 88.22        |
| 22.   | Jharkhand                                           |                                    | 524.96     | 86.00 517.49 | 337.50     | 334.47        | 382.05       | 380.54       |
| 22.   |                                                     | Chemical Preservation (All India)  |            |              |            |               |              |              |
| 22.   |                                                     | Horticultural Activity (All India) | 4563.00    | 4562.93      | 3810.00    | 3810.50       | 4475.00      | 4474.99      |
| 22.   |                                                     | DG Office                          | 19057.27   | 19057.00     | 20223.33   | 20223.00      | 4441.99      | 4441.99      |
| 22.   |                                                     | Total:                             | 40637.86   | 40502.01     | 43560.68   | 43539.26      | 26090.00     | 26083.41     |

* New Circles created in 2020-21