Lok Sabha Question No. 3076 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-20
Subject: Declaration of ASI Monuments as Monuments of National Importance
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3076

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.03.2023

## DECLARATION OF ASI MONUMENTS AS MONUMENTS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE

## 3076. SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  monuments,  sites  declared  by  the  Archaeological  Survey  of  India  (ASI)  as monuments of national importance, State-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the details of funds spent on the said monuments and sites during the last two years;
- (c) the revenue earned by Government from these monuments during each of the last two years, State-wise details thereof; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  declare  other  monuments  of  Uttar  Pradesh  as monuments of national importance and if so, the details of the identified monuments and the time by which these are likely to be declared as monuments of national importance?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) There  are  3696  centrally  protected  monuments/sites  in  the  country,  which  include  743 monuments/sites in the State of Uttar Pradesh. Details are given at Annexure.
- (b) Details of the  amount  spent  on conservation, preservation and  maintenance  of  these monuments and  sites during the last two years are given as under:

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

| Year    |   Expenditure |
|---------|---------------|
| 2020-21 |        260.83 |
| 2021-22 |        269.57 |

- (c) State-wise  details  of  the  revenue  generated  from  sale  of  entry  tickets  at  protected  ticketed monuments during the last two years, is given at Annexure.
- (d) Following monuments in Uttar Pradesh have been identified for declaring them as of national importance under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.

|   1. | Archaeological Site, Talab Tank and Baoli at Ganesh Bagh   | Chitarkut   |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|    2 | Nakkar Khana                                               | Lucknow     |
|    3 | Archaeological site, Siswania                              | Basti       |

The process involves demarcation of limits through State Government Revenue Offices and consent from stakeholder (Forest/State Government, Temple Trust, etc as the case may be), publication of notification to invite objections from the public, evaluation of objections, etc. The complexities involved in such actions cannot be confined to specific time frame.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY  PART  (a)  &  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3076 FOR 20.03.2023

STATE AND UT-WISE NUMBER OF CENTRALLY PROTECTED MONUMENTS/ SITES AND NUMBER OF CENTRALLY PROTECTED TICKETED MONUMENTS WITH  STATE  AND  UT-WISE  REVENUE  FOR  SALE  OF  ENTRY  TICKETS DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS IN THE COUNTRY

| Sl.No.   | Name of State and UT   | Numbers of protected Monuments and Sites   | Numbers of Ticketed Monuments   | Revenue collected from sale of entry tickets during the last two years (amount in crore)   | Revenue collected from sale of entry tickets during the last two years (amount in crore)   |
|----------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl.No.   | Name of State and UT   | Numbers of protected Monuments and Sites   | Numbers of Ticketed Monuments   | 2020-21                                                                                    | 2021-22                                                                                    |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh         | 135                                        | 05                              | 0.24                                                                                       | 0.44                                                                                       |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh      | 03                                         | 00                              | 0                                                                                          | 0                                                                                          |
| 3.       | Assam                  | 55                                         | 05                              | 0.26                                                                                       | 0.38                                                                                       |
| 4.       | Bihar                  | 70                                         | 05                              | 0.87                                                                                       | 1.5                                                                                        |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh           | 46                                         | 01                              | 0.1                                                                                        | 0.25                                                                                       |
| 6.       | Daman &Diu (U. T.)     | 11                                         | 00                              | 0                                                                                          | 0                                                                                          |
| 7.       | Goa                    | 21                                         | 01                              | 0.88                                                                                       | 1.49                                                                                       |
| 8.       | Gujarat                | 205                                        | 07                              | 0.88                                                                                       | 2.64                                                                                       |
| 9.       | Haryana                | 91                                         | 02                              | 0.08                                                                                       | 0.62                                                                                       |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh       | 40                                         | 02                              | 0.3                                                                                        | 0.24                                                                                       |
| 11.      | Jammu &Kashmir (U. T.) | 56                                         | 03                              | 0.03                                                                                       | 0.09                                                                                       |
| 12.      | Jharkhand              | 13                                         | 00                              | 0                                                                                          | 0                                                                                          |
| 13.      | Karnataka              | 506                                        | 12                              | 3.59                                                                                       | 6.05                                                                                       |
| 14.      | Kerala                 | 29                                         | 03                              | 0.49                                                                                       | 1.12                                                                                       |
| 15.      | Ladakh (U. T.)         | 15                                         | 01                              | 0.0041                                                                                     | 0.13                                                                                       |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh         | 291                                        | 14                              | 2.06                                                                                       | 4.37                                                                                       |
| 17.      | Maharashtra            | 286                                        | 21                              | 3.57                                                                                       | 8.77                                                                                       |
| 18.      | Manipur                | 01                                         | 00                              | 0                                                                                          | 0                                                                                          |
| 19.      | Meghalaya              | 08                                         | 00                              | 0                                                                                          | 0                                                                                          |
| 20.      | Mizoram                | 01                                         | 00                              | 0                                                                                          | 0                                                                                          |
| 21.      | Nagaland               | 04                                         | 00                              | 0                                                                                          | 0                                                                                          |
| 22.      | N.C.T. Delhi           | 173                                        | 11                              | 4.31                                                                                       | 14.78                                                                                      |
| 23.      | Odisha                 | 80                                         | 05                              | 2.3                                                                                        | 3.02                                                                                       |
| 24.      | Puducherry (U. T.)     | 07                                         | 00                              | 0                                                                                          | 0                                                                                          |
| 25.      | Punjab                 | 33                                         | 00                              | 0                                                                                          | 0                                                                                          |
| 26.      | Rajasthan              | 163                                        | 06                              | 2.1                                                                                        | 5.39                                                                                       |
| 27.      | Sikkim                 | 03                                         | 00                              | 0                                                                                          | 0                                                                                          |
| 28.      | Telangana              | 08                                         | 03                              | 2.69                                                                                       | 3.56                                                                                       |
| 29.      | Tamil Nadu             | 412                                        | 11                              | 7.49                                                                                       | 4.96                                                                                       |
| 30.      | Tripura                | 08                                         | 00                              | 0                                                                                          | 0                                                                                          |
| 31.      | Uttar Pradesh          | 743                                        | 21                              | 14.81                                                                                      | 40.038                                                                                     |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand            | 44                                         | 00                              | 0                                                                                          | 0                                                                                          |
| 33.      | West Bengal            | 135                                        | 04                              | 1.23                                                                                       | 1.65                                                                                       |
|          | TOTAL                  | 3696                                       | 143                             | 48.28                                                                                      | 101.49                                                                                     |