Lok Sabha Question No. 1742 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Poor Maintenance of Cultural Heritage Sites in Madhya Pradesh
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Himadri Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1742

TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2023

## POOR MAINTENANCE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES IN MADHYA PRADESH

## †1742.    SHRIMATI HIMADRI SINGH :

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps being taken by the Government to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of the country;
- (b) the amount spent so far for  conservation, promotion and development of cultural heritage and the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to set up new cultural centres in Shahdol, Umaria or Anuppur districts of Madhya Pradesh;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government has received complaints regarding the dilapidated condition and poor maintenance of cultural heritage sites in the State of Madhya Pradesh; and
- (f) if so, the steps taken by the Government to resolve the issue?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) There are 3696 centrally protected monuments/sites under the jurisdiction of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in the country. Conservation of monuments/sites is a  continuous process and taken up as per the requirement and availability of resources. Further, ASI organises many cultural programmes to promote awareness about the culture heritage  on  the  occasion  of  World  Heritage  Day,  World  Heritage  week,  International Yoga Day, Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav etc.
- (b) The State-wise details of amount spent in the last 3 years for conservation, promotion and development of cultural heritage are attached at Annexure-I.
- (c) No such proposal is under consideration by ASI to set up new cultural centres in Shahdol,
- & Umaria or Anuppur districts of Madhya Pradesh.

(d)

- (e) No, Sir. No such complaints have been received so far by ASI regarding the dilapidated
- & condition and poor maintenance of cultural heritage sites in the State of Madhya Pradesh.
- (f) There are 291 centrally protected monuments in Madhya Pradesh under ASI and they are in a good state of preservation.

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## Annexure-l

## Annexure Referred to in reply Part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.†1742 for 31/07/2023.

## Details of Expenditure Incurred For Conservation and  Development of Centrally Protected Monuments During The Last Three Years.

(Amount Rs. in Crore)

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT           | Circle / Branch                    | 2020-21 Expenditure   | 2021-22 Expenditure   | 2022-23 Expenditure   |
|-----------|----------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| 1.        | Uttar Pradesh              | Agra                               | 12.96                 | 19.35                 | 21.15                 |
| 1.        | Uttar Pradesh              | Jhansi                             | 1.00                  | 4.15                  | 7.00                  |
| 1.        | Uttar Pradesh              | Lucknow                            | 3.88                  | 10.44                 | 19.03                 |
| 1.        | Uttar Pradesh              | Sarnath                            | 4.38                  | 5.50                  | 10.15                 |
| 1.        | Uttar Pradesh              | Meerut                             | 0                     | 2.80                  | 6.20                  |
| 2.        | Maharashtra                | Aurangabad                         | 3.16                  | 7.99                  | 18.70                 |
| 2.        | Maharashtra                | Mumbai                             | 11.00                 | 12.00                 | 15.35                 |
| 2.        | Maharashtra                | Nagpur                             | 4.00                  | 4.50                  | 4.99                  |
| 3.        | Karnataka                  | Bangalore                          | 5.27                  | 9.75                  | 19.85                 |
| 3.        | Karnataka                  | Hampi                              | 9.10                  | 8.00                  | 10.00                 |
| 3.        | Karnataka                  | Dharwad                            | 6.40                  | 7.32                  | 10.08                 |
| 4.        | Madhya Pradesh             | Bhopal                             | 11.50                 | 11.50                 | 14.90                 |
| 4.        | Madhya Pradesh             | Jabalpur                           | 3.50                  | 4.75                  | 8.00                  |
| 5.        | Odisha                     | Bhubaneswar                        | 3.63                  | 8.23                  | 13.17                 |
| 6.        | West Bengal,               | Kolkata                            | 6.02                  | 7.57                  | 10.16                 |
| 7.        | Sikkim                     | Raiganj                            | 1.35                  | 5.00                  | 7.00                  |
| 8.        | Tamil Nadu,Puducherry (UT) | Chennai                            | 5.25                  | 8.00                  | 11.45                 |
| 8.        | Tamil Nadu                 | Trichy                             | 2.00                  | 4.00                  | 8.50                  |
| 9.        | Punjab                     | Chandigarh                         | 0.80                  | 1.50                  | 6.53                  |
| 9.        | Haryana                    |                                    |                       |                       |                       |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh           | Shimla                             | 1.25                  | 1.15                  | 8.90                  |
| 11.       | Delhi (NCT)                | Delhi                              | 20.82                 | 19.08                 | 30.35                 |
| 11.       |                            | Delhi Mini Circle                  | 3.69                  | --                    | --                    |
| 12.       | Goa                        | Goa                                | 3.70                  | 7.00                  | 10.45                 |
| 13.       | Assam                      | Guwahati                           | 3.04                  | 3.30                  | 7.44                  |
| 13.       | Meghalaya                  |                                    |                       |                       |                       |
| 13.       | Nagaland                   |                                    |                       |                       |                       |
| 13.       | Arunachal Pradesh          |                                    |                       |                       |                       |
| 14.       | Manipur                    | Aizawl                             | 1.32                  | 1.25                  | 2.00                  |
| 14.       | Mizoram                    |                                    |                       |                       |                       |
| 14.       | Tripura                    |                                    |                       |                       |                       |
| 15.       | Rajasthan                  | Jaipur                             | 7.40                  | 7.53                  | 10.28                 |
| 15.       |                            | Jodhpur                            | 4.10                  | 4.50                  | 7.65                  |
| 16.       | Telangana                  | Hyderabad                          | 2.80                  | 6.80                  | 15.50                 |
| 17.       | Andhra Pradesh             | Amravati                           | 4.57                  | 5.75                  | 11.60                 |
| 18.       | Bihar                      | Patna                              | 1.23                  | 3.35                  | 9.00                  |
| 19.       | Jammu &Kashmir (U.T)       | Srinagar                           | 0.80                  | 2.55                  | 6.03                  |
| 19.       |                            | Mini Circle Leh                    | 0.20                  | 0.43                  | 1.92                  |
| 20.       | Kerala                     | Thrissur                           | 2.03                  | 6.82                  | 7.50                  |
| 21.       | Gujarat Daman &Diu (UT)    | Vadodara                           | 6.36                  | 8.00                  | 11.00                 |
|           | Gujarat                    | Rajkot                             | 0.99                  | 2.50                  | 3.09                  |
| 22.       | Uttarakhand                | Dehradun                           | 4.60                  | 3.75                  | 4.85                  |
| 23.       | Chhattisgarh               | Raipur                             | 2.89                  | 4.78                  | 7.50                  |
| 24.       | Jharkhand                  | Ranchi                             | 0.88                  | 1.16                  | 2.00                  |
|           |                            | Chemical Preservation (All India)  | 3.80                  | 6.48                  | 9.89                  |
|           |                            | Horticultural Activity (All India) | 44.75                 | 19.32                 | --                    |
|           |                            | DG Office                          | 44.42                 | 11.73                 | 2.77                  |
|           |                            | Reserve                            | -                     | --                    |                       |
|           |                            | Total                              | 260.84                | 269.58                | 391.93                |