Lok Sabha Question No. 2668 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-17
Subject: Conservation of Protected Monuments
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Shri Tanuj Punia

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 2668

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2025

## CONSERVATION OF PROTECTED MONUMENTS

## 2668. SHRI TANUJ  PUNIA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  amount  allocated,  sanctioned  and  disbursed  for conservation of the protected monuments since January 2022 particularly in Uttar Pradesh, year and district-wise;
- (b) the details of the criteria under which Government designates a place as a protected monument;
- (c) the details of the monuments categorized by Government as protected monuments for conservation since January 2022, State-wise; and
- (d) Whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  increase  the  number  of protected monuments in the next five years, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) Total 743 monuments/sites are protected under Archaeological Survey of  India  (ASI)  in  Uttar  Pradesh.  The  details  of  the  amount  allocated, sanctioned  and  disbursed  for  conservation  of  protected  monuments during the last three years and current financial year are as under:

(Amount Rs. in Crores)

|   Sl.No. | Financial Year            |   Allocation |
|----------|---------------------------|--------------|
|        1 | 2021-22                   |        42.24 |
|        2 | 2022-23                   |        63.65 |
|        3 | 2023-24                   |        65.54 |
|        4 | 2024-25 (upto 03.03.2025) |        44.8  |

- (b) ASI declares  ancient  monuments  as  protected  monument  of  national importance under Section 4(3) of the  Ancient  Monuments  and Archaeological  Sites  and  Remains  Act,  1958,  (AMASR  Act,  1958) owing to their archaeo-historical importance.
- (c) The State-wise details of the  monuments categorized by Government as protected monuments for conservation since January 2022 is given at Annexure I.
- (d) ASI  undertakes  exploration,  surveys,  inspection  of  monuments  and sites.  As  and  when  any  monument  worth  protecting  of  national importance  is  noticed,  a  protection  proposal  is  prepared  and  after examination at various levels, it is declared as a protected monument under AMASR Act, 1958.

Annexure I ANNEXURE REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED   QUESTION NO. 2668 FOR 17.03.2025.

| Year of protection   |   Sl. No. | Name of Monument/Area               | State       |
|----------------------|-----------|-------------------------------------|-------------|
| 2022                 |         1 | Ancient Quarry Site I, Dholavira    | Gujarat     |
|                      |         2 | Ancient Quarry Site II, Dholavira   | Gujarat     |
| 2023                 |         3 | Ancient Naula at Syunrakot          | Uttarakhand |
|                      |         4 | Kapileswar Temple at Kapileswar     | Odisha      |
| 2024                 |         5 | Ancient Mound No. VI at Rakhigarhi  | Haryana     |
|                      |         6 | Ancient Mound No. VII at Rakhigarhi | Haryana     |

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