Lok Sabha Question No. 542 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-06
Subject: Funds Sanctioned for Pilgrimage Centres
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Sougata Ray

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.542 ANSWERED ON 06.02.2023

## FUNDS SANCTIONED FOR PILGRIMAGE CENTRES

## 542.  PROF. SOUGATA RAY:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of Central funds sanctioned since the last three years to various pilgrim centres of the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  any  mechanism  to  monitor  proper implementation of its objectives; and
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof?

## THE MINISTER OF TOURISM

## ANSWER

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a): Ministry  of  Tourism  does  not  release  funds  to  any  Pilgrim  centre under  any  of  its  schemes.    However,  the  Ministry  under  its  PRASHAD Scheme provides Central Financial Assistance to the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations to create pilgrimage tourism  infrastructure/amenities  at  the  pre-identified  destinations  on receipt of project proposals from them  in line with the  scheme' guidelines.  Details of the project approved under the scheme is Annexed.
- (b) & (c): Ministry of Tourism regularly follow-up all the respective State Governments/Union  Territory  Administrations  for  timely  completion  of approved  projects  and  monitors  execution  thereof  through  Monthly Progress  Reports,  regular  site  visits  and  periodic  reviews  at  various levels.

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## ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.542  ANSWERED  ON  06.02.2O23  REGARDING  FUNDS SANCTIONED FOR PILGRIMAGE CENTRES.

State/Union  Territory  wise  details  of  the  projects  sanctioned  under PRASHAD Scheme of the Ministry of Tourism

| State/UTs         |   Project Nos | Name of the Project                                                                                                        | Year of Sanction   |   (Crore ₹ ) Approved cost |
|-------------------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH    |             1 | Development of Amaravati Town, Guntur District as a Tourist Destination                                                    | 2015-16            |                      27.77 |
|                   |             2 | Development of Srisailam Temple                                                                                            | 2017-18            |                      43.08 |
|                   |             3 | Development of Pilgrimage Amenities at Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narsimha Swami Vari Devasthanam at Simhachalam in Vishakhapatnam | 2022-23            |                      54.04 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH |             4 | Development of Parasuram Kund, Lohit Distt.                                                                                | 2020-21            |                      37.88 |
| ASSAM             |             5 | Development of Kamakhya Temple and Pilgrimage Destination in and around Guwahati                                           | 2015-16            |                      29.8  |
| BIHAR             |             6 | Development of basic facilities at Vishnupad temple, Gaya, Bihar                                                           | 2014-15            |                       4.27 |
|                   |             7 | Development at Patna Sahib                                                                                                 | 2015-16            |                      41.54 |
| CHHATTISGARH      |             8 | Development of Maa Bamleshwari Devi Temple, Rajnandgaon, Dongargarh, Chhattisgarh                                          | 2020-21            |                      43.33 |
| GUJARAT           |             9 | Development of Dwarka                                                                                                      | 2016-17            |                      13.08 |
|                   |            10 | Pilgrimage Amenities at Somnath                                                                                            | 2016-17            |                      45.36 |

|                 |   11. | Development of Promenade at Somnath under PRASHAD Scheme                                                       | 2018-19   |   47.12 |
|-----------------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|---------|
|                 |    12 | Development of Pilgrim Plaza with Queue Management Complex at Somnath Gujarat                                  | 2021-22   |   49.97 |
|                 |    13 | Development of Pilgrimage Tourism Infrastructure at Ambaji Temple of Banaskantha, Gujarat                      | 2022-23   |   50    |
| HARYANA         |    14 | Development of Nada Saheb Gurudwara and Mata Mansha Devi Temple in Panchkula District                          | 2019-20   |   49.52 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR |    15 | Development at Hazratbal,                                                                                      | 2016-17   |   40.46 |
| JHARKHAND       |    16 | Development of Baidyanathji Dham, Deoghar                                                                      | 2018-19   |   39.13 |
| KERALA          |    17 | Development at Guruvayur Temple                                                                                | 2016-17   |   45.19 |
| MADHYA PRADESH  |    18 | Development of Omkareshwar                                                                                     | 2017-18   |   43.93 |
|                 |    19 | Development of Amarkantak                                                                                      | 2020-21   |   49.99 |
| MAHARASHTRA     |    20 | Development of Trimbakeshwar                                                                                   | 2017-18   |   52.92 |
| MEGHALAYA       |    21 | Development of Pilgrimage Facilitation in Meghalaya                                                            | 2020-21   |   29.32 |
| Mizoram         |    22 | Development of infrastructure for Pilgrimage and Heritage Tourism in the State of Mizoram under PRASHAD Scheme | 2022-23   |   44.88 |
| NAGALAND        |    23 | Development of Pilgrimage Infrastructure in Nagaland                                                           | 2018-19   |   25.26 |
|                 |    24 | Development of Pilgrimage and Tourism infrastructure at Zunheboto, Nagaland under PRASHAD Scheme               | 2022-23   |   18.18 |
| ODISHA          |    25 | Infrastructure                                                                                                 | 2014-15   |   50    |

|             |    | Development at Puri, Shree Jagannath Dham - Ramachandi - Prachi River front at Deuli under Mega Circuit           |         |       |
|-------------|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|-------|
| PUNJAB      | 26 | Development of KarunaSagar Valmiki Sthal at Amritsar                                                              | 2015-16 |  6.4  |
|             | 27 | Development of Chamkaur Sahib at Rupar, Punjab under PRASHAD Scheme                                               | 2021-22 | 31.57 |
| RAJASTHAN   | 28 | Integrated Development of Pushkar/Ajmer                                                                           | 2015-16 | 32.64 |
| SIKKIM      | 29 | Development of Pilgrimage Facilitation at Four Patron Saints, Yuksom                                              | 2020-21 | 33.32 |
| TAMILNADU   | 30 | Development of Kanchipuram                                                                                        | 2016-17 | 13.99 |
|             | 31 | Development of Vellankani                                                                                         | 2016-17 |  4.86 |
| TELANGANA   | 32 | Development of Jogulamba Devi Temple, Alampur                                                                     | 2020-21 | 36.73 |
| TELANGANA   | 33 | Development of pilgrimage infrastructure at Bhadrachalam, Bhadadri Kottagudam Distt of Telangana                  | 2022-23 | 41.38 |
| TELANGANA   | 34 | Development of Pilgrimage and Heritage Tourism infrastructure at Rudreshwar (Ramappa) Temple, Mulugu              | 2022-23 | 62    |
| TRIPURA     | 35 | Development of Tripura Sundari Temple, Udaipur                                                                    | 2020-21 | 37.8  |
| UTTARAKHAND | 36 | Integrated Development of Kedarnath                                                                               | 2015-16 | 34.77 |
| UTTARAKHAND | 37 | Development of Infrastructure for Pilgrimage Facilitation in Badrinath Ji Dham (Uttarakhand) under PRASHAD Scheme | 2018-19 | 56.13 |
| UTTARAKHAND | 38 | Augmentation of Pilgrimage Infrastructure                                                                         | 2021-22 | 54.36 |

|               |    | Facilities and Gangotri and Yamunotri Dham in Uttarakhand under PRASHAD Scheme   |         |       |
|---------------|----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|-------|
| UTTAR PRADESH | 39 | Development of Mathura- Vrindavan as Mega Tourist Circuit (Ph-II)                | 2014-15 | 10.98 |
|               | 40 | Construction of Tourist Facilitation Centre at Vrindavan, Distt. Mathura         | 2014-15 |  9.36 |
|               | 41 | Development of Varanasi - Phase - I                                              | 2015-16 | 20.4  |
|               | 42 | Cruise Tourism in River Ganga, Varanasi                                          | 2017-18 |  9.02 |
|               | 43 | Development of Varanasi Under Prashad Scheme - Phase II                          | 2017-18 | 44.6  |
|               | 44 | Development of Infrastructure facilities at Govardhan, Mathura, UP               | 2018-19 | 39.74 |
| WEST BENGAL   | 45 | Development of Belur                                                             | 2016-17 | 30.03 |

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