Lok Sabha Question No. 220 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-21
Subject: Upkeep of Delisted Monuments
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Shri K C Venugopal, Shri V K Sreekandan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOKSABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.220

ANSWERED ON 21.07.2025

## UPKEEP OF DELISTED MONUMENTS

## 220. SHRI K C VENUGOPAL: SHRI V K SREEKANDAN:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any plan to delisting of certain monuments from the list of Archaeological Survey of India's protected spots;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- © whether it is a fact that  many  monuments  have  been delisted by the Archaeological Survey of India recently, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (d) the alternative arrangements being made for upkeep of such monuments;
- (e) whether it is also true that a parliamentary panel has asked the Government to form an independent panel to revisit and reform the criteria required for delisting a monument from the list of Archaeological Survey of India's protected spots; and
- (f) if so, the details of the steps taken thereon?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)& At present, there is no such proposal with Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

(b)

- (c) Recently  the  Centre  Government  has  delisted  18  monuments  from  the  list  of Protected  Monuments  as  they  were  found  to  have  ceased  to  be  of  national importance. The details are given at Annexure.
- (d) As  per  Seventh  Schedule  of  the  Constitution,  protection  and  preservation  of monuments other than those declared as monument of national importance is a state  subject.  Therefore,  the  responsibility  for  maintenance  of  such  monuments rests with the respective State Governments .
- (e)& (f) A Parliamentary Committee has recommended that the Government to consider constituting  an  independent  panel  to  revisit  and  reform  the  criteria  for  delisting monuments. However, at present there is no such proposal to make amendment to  that effect in Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED   QUESTION NO.220 FOR 21.07.2025.

## DETAILS OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES &REMAINS CEASED TO BE OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE.

|   Sl. No | Name of Monument                                                                         | Locality                                                                                                                                                                                                       | District           | State          |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------|
|        1 | Nicholson Statue and its platform, and the surrounding gardens, paths and enclosure wall | Outside the Kashmiri Gate, Delhi                                                                                                                                                                               | Delhi              | Delhi (NCT)    |
|        2 | Kos Minar No.13                                                                          | Village Mujessar                                                                                                                                                                                               | Gurugram (Gurgaon) | Haryana        |
|        3 | Kos Minar                                                                                | Shahabad                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Karnal             | Haryana        |
|        4 | Inscription in the fort of Bachhaun                                                      | Bachhaun                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Satna              | Madhya Pradesh |
|        5 | Bara Khamba Cemetery                                                                     | Imperial City, Delhi                                                                                                                                                                                           | Delhi              | Delhi          |
|        6 | Inchla Wali Gumti                                                                        | MubarakpurKotla                                                                                                                                                                                                | Delhi              | Delhi          |
|        7 | Temple (12th Century)                                                                    | Baran                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Kotah              | Rajasthan      |
|        8 | Inscription in Fort                                                                      | Nagar                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Jaipur             | Rajasthan      |
|        9 | Kutumbari area ଵଷ ଵ଺ nalis                                                               | Dwarahat                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Almora             | Uttarakhand    |
|       10 | A banyan grove of great antiquity containing traces of ancient buildings                 | Bharanli Ganga tir                                                                                                                                                                                             | Ghazipur           | Uttar Pradesh  |
|       11 | Closed Cemetery, Katra Naka                                                              | South-west of Banda City                                                                                                                                                                                       | Banda              | Uttar Pradesh  |
|       12 | Gunner Burkill's Tomb at Rangoon                                                         | Rangoon                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Jhansi             | Uttar Pradesh  |
|       13 | Cemetery                                                                                 | Gaughat                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Lucknow            | Uttar Pradesh  |
|       14 | Cemeteries                                                                               | At mile 6 and 8, Jahraila Road                                                                                                                                                                                 | Lucknow            | Uttar Pradesh  |
|       15 | Tombs                                                                                    | in miles 3, 4 and 5, Lucknow-Fyzabad Road                                                                                                                                                                      | Lucknow            | Uttar Pradesh  |
|       16 | Remains of 3 small Linga temples to the north of the village Circa 1000 A.D.             | Ahugi                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Mirzapur           | Uttar Pradesh  |
|       17 | Telia Nala Buddhist ruins, forms part of deserted village                                | Forms part of a deserted Masjid, immediately above the Nala on the high ground of its left bank a short distance from the point where it runs into the Ganga and close to the main street under which it flows | Varanasi (Benares) | Uttar Pradesh  |
|       18 | Tablet on the Treasury Building                                                          | Varanasi (Benares)                                                                                                                                                                                             | Varanasi (Benares) | Uttar Pradesh  |