Lok Sabha Question No. 2512 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-01
Subject: CFA for Maintenance of Historical Heritage Structures
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Yadav, Kaushalendra Kumar, Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. † 2512

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2022

## CFA FOR MAINTENANCE OF HISTORICAL HERITAGE STRUCTURES

## † 2512.  SHRI ASHOK KUMAR YADAV: SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR: SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any Central Financial Assistance (CFA) is provided to the States for tourism development and maintenance of historical heritage structures;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the details of funds released and spent by Bihar and Rajasthan during the last five years; and
- (c) whether the  Government  proposes  to  provide  CFA  for  the  maintenance  of  structures and tourism development in Madhubani, Darbhanga and Nalanda Lok Sabha Constituency  of  Bihar  along  with  the  details  of  Tonk  and  sawai  Madhopur  districts  of Rajasthan;
- (d) the  amount  spent  and  unutilized  from  the  sanctioned  funds  along  with  the  names  of historical heritages for which the said amount was released; and
- (e) whether  excavation  work  is  being  conducted  to  identify  other  historical  heritages  in Nalanda district of Bihar by Archaeological Survey of India and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Yes, Sir.  Government through Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) carries out conservation of ancient unprotected monuments in states.  Further, central assistance is also provided under other schemes  such  as Swadesh  Darshan  and  Pilgrimage Rejuvenation  and  Spiritual  Augmentation  Drive  (PRASHAD)  Scheme  administered  by Ministry of Tourism.
- (b) The details of projects and expenditure in Bihar and Rajasthan incurred under Swadesh Darshan and PRASHAD Scheme by the Ministry of Tourism is given in Annexure-'A'.

There  are  70  centrally  protected  monuments  and  sites  in  Bihar  and  163    centrally protected monuments and sites in Rajasthan.  Necessary conservation works are carried out by the ASI as per requirement and availability of funds.  Details of expenditure and allocation on conservation and development works are given as under.

## Bihar State (Amount In Lakhs)

| Year    |   Allocation |   Expenditure |
|---------|--------------|---------------|
| 2017-18 |          195 |        195    |
| 2018-19 |          176 |        175.98 |
| 2019-20 |          155 |        145.45 |
| 2020-21 |          123 |        123    |
| 2021-22 |          335 |        335    |

## Rajasthan  State (Amount In Lakhs)

| Year    |   Allocation |   Expenditure |
|---------|--------------|---------------|
| 2017-18 |       625    |        625    |
| 2018-19 |       705    |        705    |
| 2019-20 |      1030    |       1028    |
| 2020-21 |      1150    |       1150    |
| 2021-22 |      1203.32 |       1203.32 |

- (c) There is no such proposal under consideration with the ASI.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2512  FOR  01.08.2022

## SWADESH DARSHAN SCHEME

(Rs. in Crores)

| Name of State   | Circuit          | Year of Sanction   | Name of the project                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   Approved Cost |   Released cost |   Utilized amount |
|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
| Bihar           | Rural circuit    | 2017-18            | Development of Bhitiharwa- Chandrahia- Turkaulia                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |           44.65 |           35.72 |             25.48 |
| Bihar           | Spiritual        | 2017-18            | Development of Mandar Hill and Ang Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |           44.55 |           40.85 |             38.12 |
| Rajasthan       | Heritage Circuit | 2017-18            | Development of Rajsamand (Kumbhalgarh Fort) - Jaipur (Facade Illumination in Jaipur and Naharagarh Fort) Jhalawar (Gagron fort)- Chittorgarh (Cnittorgarh Fort)- Jaisalmer(Jaisalmer Fort) Hanumangarh (Gogamedi) Udaipur (Pratap Gaurav Kendra) Dholpur (bagh-I- nilofor and Purani Chawani)Nagaur (Meera bai Smarak, Merta)- Tonk (Sunehri Kothi) |           70.61 |           56.57 |             55.2  |