Lok Sabha Question No. 938 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-02
Subject: PRASHAD Scheme
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Shri K C Venugopal, Shri Azad Kirti Jha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.938 ANSWERED ON 02.12.2024

## PRASHAD SCHEME

938.  SHRI AZAD KIRTI JHA: SHRI K C VENUGOPAL:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- whether  there  has  been  any  delay  in  the  development  and completion  of  a  large  number  of  projects  under  PRASHAD scheme and if so, the details thereof along with reasons, State-
- (a) wise especially Kerala State; and
- (b)
- the time it will take for completion of these projects?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (b): The Ministry of Tourism under its Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD) Scheme aims to develop infrastructure at pre-identified religious and heritage sites across the country. Under the Scheme, the Ministry provides financial assistance to State Governments and Union Territory Administrations for  the  development  of  tourism  infrastructure  at  these  sites.    Under the  PRASHAD  scheme  the  Ministry  has  sanctioned  a  total  of  46 projects at a cost of ₹1605.20 crore across the country, including the project  'Development  at  Guruvayur  Temple'  in  Kerala  at  a  cost  of ₹ 45.15 crore, which has been completed.

The projects sanctioned under the said scheme are implemented by the  State  Government  concerned.  Development  and  completion  of projects  under  PRASHAD  scheme  depend  on  various  factors  like successful tendering process, capacity of state implementing agency, timely project planning and designing, securing the necessary construction clearances.

The details of the projects sanctioned under PRASHAD schemes is at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.938 ANSWERED ON 02.12.2024 REGARDING  PRASHAD  SCHEME  RAISED  BY  SHRI  AZAD  KIRTI  JHA AND SHRI K C VENUGOPAL

## List of projects sanctioned under PRASHAD Scheme

(Rs. In Cr.)

| State/UT          |   S. No. | Project Name                                                                                             | Sanction Year   | Approved Cost   |
|-------------------|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| Andhra            |        1 | Development of Pilgrim Amenities at Amaravati                                                            | 2015-16         | 27.77           |
|                   |        2 | Development of Srisailam Temple                                                                          | 2017-18         | 43.08           |
| Pradesh           |        3 | Development of Pilgrimage Amenities at Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narsimha Swami Vari Devasthanam at Simhachalam | 2022-23         | 54.04           |
| Arunachal Pradesh |        4 | Development of Parshuram Kund                                                                            | 2020-21         | 37.88           |
| Assam             |        5 | Development of Pilgrimage amenities at Kamakhya Temple                                                   | 2015-16         | 29.80           |
|                   |        6 | Development at Patna Sahib                                                                               | 2015-16         | 29.62           |
| Bihar             |        7 | Development of basic facilities at Vishnupad temple                                                      | 2014-15         | 3.63            |
| Chhattisgarh      |        8 | Development of Pilgrimage amenities at Maa Bamleshwari Devi Temple                                       | 2020-21         | 48 .44          |
|                   |        9 | Development of Dwarka                                                                                    | 2016-17         | 13.08           |
|                   |       10 | Development of Pilgrimage Amenities at Somnath                                                           | 2016-17         | 45.36           |
| Gujarat           |       11 | Development of Promenade at Somnath                                                                      | 2018-19         | 47.12           |
|                   |       12 | Development of Pilgrim Plaza with Queue management complex at Somnath Gujarat                            | 2021-22         | 49.97           |
|                   |       13 | Development of Pilgrimage Facilities at Ambaji Temple                                                    | 2022-23         | 50.00           |

| Haryana           |   14 | Development of Mata Mansa Devi Temple and Nada Saheb Gurudwara                                                             | 2019-20   |   48.53 |
|-------------------|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|---------|
| Jammu and Kashmir |   15 | Development at Hazratbal Shrine                                                                                            | 2016-17   |   40.46 |
| Jharkhand         |   16 | Development of Baba Baidya Nath Dham                                                                                       | 2018-19   |   36.79 |
| Karnataka         |   17 | Development of Pilgrimage Amenities at Sri Chamundeshwari Devi Temple                                                      | 2023-24   |   45.71 |
| Kerala            |   18 | Development at Guruvayur Temple                                                                                            | 2016-17   |   45.19 |
| Madhya            |   19 | Development of Amarkantak                                                                                                  | 2020-21   |   49.99 |
| Pradesh           |   20 | Development of Omkareshwar                                                                                                 | 2017-18   |   43.93 |
| Maharashtra       |   21 | Development of Trimbakeshwar                                                                                               | 2017-18   |   42.18 |
| Meghalaya         |   22 | Development of Pilgrimage Facilitation at Nongswalia Church, Nartiang Shakti Peeth, Aitnar Pool and Charantala Kali Temple | 2020-21   |   29.29 |
| Mizoram           |   23 | Development of Infrastructure for Pilgrimage and Heritage Tourism at Chite Vang, Zuangtai, Reiek and Aizawl                | 2022-23   |   44.89 |
| Nagaland          |   24 | Development of Pilgrimage Infrastructure at Molungkimong, Noksen Church, Aizuto, Wokha and Kohima                          | 2018-19   |   25.2  |
| Nagaland          |   25 | Development of Pilgrimage Tourism Infrastructure at Zunheboto                                                              | 2022-23   |   18.18 |
| Odisha            |   26 | Infrastructure Development at Puri                                                                                         | 2014-15   |   50    |
| Punjab            |   27 | Development of Karuna Sagar Valmiki Sthal at Amritsar                                                                      | 2015-16   |    6.4  |
| Punjab            |   28 | Development of Chamkaur Sahib                                                                                              | 2021-22   |   31.57 |
| Rajasthan         |   29 | Integrated Development of Pushkar/Ajmer                                                                                    | 2015-16   |   32.64 |
| Sikkim            |   30 | Development of Pilgrimage Facilitation at Four Patron Saints, Yuksom                                                       | 2020-21   |   33.32 |

| Tamil Nadu   | 31   | Development of Kanchipuram                                                                    | 2016-17   |   13.99 |
|--------------|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|---------|
|              | 32   | Development of Velankanni                                                                     | 2016-17   |    4.86 |
|              | 33   | Development of Jogulamba Devi Temple                                                          | 2020-21   |   38.9  |
| Telangana    | 34   | Development of Pilgrimage and Heritage Tourism Infrastructure at Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple | 2022-23   |   62    |
|              | 35   | Development of Pilgrimage Infrastructure at Bhadrachalam                                      | 2022-23   |   41.38 |
| Tripura      | 36   | Development of Tripura Sundari Temple                                                         | 2020-21   |   34.43 |
|              | 37   | Development of Varanasi - Phase - I                                                           | 2015-16   |   18.73 |
|              | 38   | Development of Mathura- Vrindavan as Mega Tourist Circuit (Ph-II)                             | 2014-15   |   10.98 |
| Uttar        | 39   | Development of River Cruise Tourism at Varanasi                                               | 2017-18   |    9.02 |
| Pradesh      | 40   | Construction of Tourist Facilitation Centre at Vrindavan                                      | 2014-15   |    9.36 |
|              | 41   | Development of Varanasi - Phase II                                                            | 2017-18   |   44.6  |
|              | 42   | Development of Infrastructure facilities at Govardhan                                         | 2018-19   |   37.59 |
|              | 43   | Integrated Development of Kedarnath                                                           | 2015-16   |   34.77 |
| Uttarakhand  | 44   | Development of Infrastructure for Pilgrimage Facilitation in Badrinath Ji Dham                | 2018-19   |   56.15 |
|              | 45   | Augmentation of Pilgrimage Infrastructure Facilities at Gangotri and Yamunotri Dham           | 2021-22   |   54.36 |
| West Bengal  | 46   | Development of Belur Math                                                                     | 2016-17   |   30.03 |
|              |      | Total                                                                                         |           | 1605.2  |

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