Lok Sabha Question No. 2237 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-09
Subject: Survey regarding Archaeological Development and National Heritage
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Smt. Rachna Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2237 ANSWERED ON 09.12.2024

## Survey regarding Archaeological Development and National Heritage

2237.  Smt. Rachna Banerjee:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a)  Whether any survey/assessment of the potential of archaeological development and national heritage by the Government in the country including West Bengal State has been done or proposed to be done;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the funds released for the development of national heritage in the country, especially in the State of West Bengal during the last three years?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) and (b) Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) regularly conducts Village to Village Survey to explore and assess the potential of archaeological sites and heritage structures in the country. The details of villages surveyed in the country including West Bengal State during last 10 years are given in Annexure .
- (c ) Funds released for the maintenance, conservation and preservation of monuments of national importance in the country during the last three years are as under:

| Financial Year   |   Expenditure (Rs. in crore) |
|------------------|------------------------------|
| 2021-22          |                       269.57 |
| 2022-23          |                       391.93 |
| 2023-24          |                       443.53 |

In regard to the state of West Bengal, the funds released for the maintenance, conservation and preservation of monuments of national importance during the last three years are as under:

| Financial Year   |   Expenditure (Rs. in crore) |
|------------------|------------------------------|
| 2021-22          |                        11.62 |
| 2022-23          |                        16.99 |
| 2023-24          |                        16.96 |

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2237 FOR 09.12.2024.

STATE-WISE DETAILS OF VILLAGE TO VILLAGE SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY ASI FROM 2014-15 to 2023-24:

|   Sl.No. | Name of State / U.T.   |   No. of Villages Surveyed |
|----------|------------------------|----------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh         |                         54 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh      |                         02 |
|        3 | Assam                  |                        103 |
|        4 | Bihar                  |                        654 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh           |                        696 |
|        6 | Goa                    |                        187 |
|        7 | Gujarat                |                        176 |
|        8 | Haryana                |                         60 |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh       |                        714 |
|       10 | Jammu & Kashmir (U.T.) |                         33 |
|       11 | Jharkhand              |                        387 |
|       12 | Karnataka              |                        943 |
|       13 | Kerala                 |                        169 |
|       14 | Ladakh                 |                         15 |
|       15 | Madhya Pradesh         |                        378 |
|       16 | Maharashtra            |                        274 |
|       17 | Meghalaya              |                          6 |
|       18 | Mizoram                |                         71 |
|       19 | Odisha                 |                         29 |
|       20 | Punjab                 |                       1459 |
|       21 | Rajasthan              |                        330 |
|       22 | Telangana              |                         55 |
|       23 | Tamilnadu              |                        770 |
|       24 | Uttar Pradesh          |                        630 |
|       25 | Uttarakhand            |                        907 |
|       26 | West Bengal            |                        275 |

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