Lok Sabha Question No. 748 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-12
Subject: Funds spent on Monuments in Jharkhand and Bihar
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

## GOVERNEMT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.748 ANSWERED ON 12.12.2022

## FUNDS SPENT ON MONUMENTS IN JHARKHAND AND BIHAR

## 748. DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

Will the Minister of Culture be pleased to state:

- (a) the number and details of the historical monuments in Jharkhand and Bihar;
- (b) the amount of funds spent on the maintenance of the said buildings by the Government during the last three years;
- (c) the number of tourists who have visited these monuments during the last three years; and
- (d) the amount of revenue generated from the said monuments during the last three years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) There are 70 monuments and sites in Bihar and 13 in Jharkhand declared as of national importance. The details are given at Annexure.
- (b) The amount of funds spent on the maintenance of  these monuments and sites during the last three years is given under:

## (Amount in lakh)

| Year    | Expenditure   | Expenditure   |
|---------|---------------|---------------|
|         | Bihar         | Jharkhand     |
| 2019-20 | 145.45        | 160.00        |
| 2020-21 | 123.00        | 88.22         |
| 2021-22 | 335.00        | 116.00        |

- (c) Number of tickets sold to tourists for entry at five protected monuments in Bihar during the last three years is given under:

| Year    |   Tourists |
|---------|------------|
| 2019-20 |    1121168 |
| 2020-21 |     451232 |
| 2021-22 |     506630 |

There is no protected ticketed monument in the State of Jharkhand.

- (d) The  amount  of  revenue  collected  from  the  sale  of  entry  tickets  at  five    protected monuments in Bihar during the last three years is given under:

## (Amount in Rupees)

| Year    | Revenue collected   |
|---------|---------------------|
| 2019-20 | 50685,365           |
| 2020-21 | 8695660             |
| 2021-22 | 14955225            |

No entry fee is charged at any protected monument in the State of Jharkhand.

ANNEXURE ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.748 FOR 12.12.2022.

## DISTRICT-WISE  LIST  OF  PROTECTED  MONUMENTS/SITES  IN  STATE  OF JHARKHAND AND BIHAR.

| STATE     | SL. NO.   | DISTRICT           | NUMBER OF MONUMENT   |
|-----------|-----------|--------------------|----------------------|
| BIHAR     | 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                   |
|           |           |                    | Total -70            |
| JHARKHAND | 1.        | East Singhbhum     | 01                   |
|           | 2.        | Gumla              | 01                   |
|           | 3.        | Khunti             | 05                   |
|           | 4.        | Lohardaga          | 01                   |
|           | 5.        | Ranchi             | 01                   |
|           | 6.        | Sahibganj          | 02                   |
|           | 7.        | Sarikela Kharsawan | 01                   |
|           | 8.        | West Singhbhum     | 01                   |
|           |           |                    | Total-13             |

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