Lok Sabha Question No. 3518 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-11
Subject: JATAN Scheme
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Shri Balwant Baswant Wankhade, Shri Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka, Shri Joyanta Basumatary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3518 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.08.2025

## JATAN SCHEME

## 3518.  SHRI JOYANTA BASUMATARY: SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA: SHRI BALWANT BASWANT WANKHADE:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  total  funds  allocated  and  utilised  for  the  preservation  of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) protected monuments State/UT-wise during the last three years;
- (b) whether the Government has conducted any review on the use of cultural funds in sensitive or heritage-disputed regions;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the criteria used for prioritising projects; and
- (d) the  status  of  JATAN  digitisation  of  museum  collections  such  as  museums onboarded, objects digitised vs total percent publicly accessible online, metadata standards and timelines for  full online public access?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  details  of  the  total  funds  allocated  and  utilised  for  the  conservation  and preservation of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) protected monuments State/UTwise during the last three years are given at Annexure-I.
- (b) & Funds  are  provided  by  ASI  for  conservation  and  protection  of  centrally  protected monuments as per the requirement and availability of resources.

(c)

- (d) Under the  JATAN initiative,  all  the  antiquities  of  Archaeological  Site  Museum  Goa and Nagarjunkonda under the ASI have been fully digitized, as follows:
1. 726 artefacts from the Archaeological Site Museum, Velha Goa, Goa
2.   7,941 artefacts from the Archaeological Site Museum, Nagarjunakonda, Andhra Pradesh.

The detail of objects digitised vs total percent accessible online by Ministry of Culture is  attached  in  Annexure-II.    The  metadata  standard  used  in  JATAN  is  known  as Dubling Core.

The digitized  collections  along with  their metadata,  are  publicly accessible  through the Museums of India portal at www.museumsofindia.gov.in.

No.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3518 FOR 11.08.2025

The details of the total funds allocated and utilised for the conservation and preservation of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) protected monuments State/UT-wise during the last three years .

(Amount Rs. in Crore)

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT         | Circle / Branch   | 2022-23    | 2022-23     | 2023-24    | 2023-24     | 2024-25    | 2024-25     |
|-----------|--------------------------|-------------------|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT         | Circle / Branch   | Allocation | Expenditure | Allocation | Expenditure | Allocation | Expenditure |
| 1.        | Uttar Pradesh            | Agra              | 21.27      | 21.15       | 23.52      | 23.52       | 9.50       | 9.48        |
| 1.        | Uttar Pradesh            | Jhansi            | 7.00       | 7.00        | 5.82       | 5.82        | 4.30       | 4.30        |
| 1.        | Uttar Pradesh            | Lucknow           | 19.03      | 19.03       | 16.93      | 16.93       | 5.51       | 5.51        |
| 1.        | Uttar Pradesh            | Sarnath           | 10.15      | 10.15       | 11.32      | 11.32       | 4.32       | 4.32        |
| 1.        | Uttar Pradesh            | Meerut            | 6.20       | 6.20        | 7.95       | 7.95        | 5.20       | 4.72        |
| 2.        | Maharashtra              | Aurangabad        | 18.70      | 18.70       | 26.80      | 26.80       | 5.20       | 5.16        |
| 2.        | Maharashtra              | Mumbai            | 15.35      | 15.35       | 15.56      | 15.56       | 12.58      | 12.56       |
| 2.        | Maharashtra              | Nagpur            | 5.00       | 4.99        | 10.18      | 10.18       | 6.80       | 6.80        |
| 3.        | Karnataka                | Bangalore         | 19.85      | 19.85       | 17.34      | 17.34       | 5.05       | 5.05        |
| 3.        | Karnataka                | Hampi             | 10.00      | 10.00       | 12.25      | 12.25       | 3.80       | 3.71        |
| 3.        | Karnataka                | Dharwad           | 10.08      | 10.08       | 9.57       | 9.57        | 5.42       | 5.42        |
| 4.        | Madhya Pradesh           | Bhopal            | 14.90      | 14.90       | 17.22      | 17.22       | 7.40       | 7.40        |
| 4.        | Madhya Pradesh           | Jabalpur          | 8.00       | 8.00        | 9.27       | 9.27        | 4.50       | 4.49        |
| 5.        | Odisha                   | Bhubaneswar /Puri | 13.18      | 13.17       | 12.29      | 12.29       | 8.50       | 7.74        |
| 6.        | West Bengal              | Kolkata           | 10.16      | 10.16       | 9.10       | 9.10        | 3.95       | 3.92        |
| 7.        | West Bengal, Sikkim      | Raiganj           | 7.00       | 7.00        | 8.00       | 8.00        | 3.80       | 3.80        |
| 8.        | Tamil Nadu,              | Chennai           | 11.45      | 11.45       | 12.95      | 12.95       | 9.25       | 9.24        |
|           | Puducherry               | Trichy            | 8.50       | 8.50        | 9.55       | 9.55        | 3.40       | 3.40        |
| 9.        | Punjab Haryana           | Chandigarh        | 6.53       | 6.53        | 11.00      | 11.00       | 5.65       | 5.65        |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh         | Shimla            | 8.90       | 8.90        | 5.00       | 5.00        | 2.00       | 2.00        |
| 11.       | Delhi (NCT)              | Delhi             | 30.50      | 30.35       | 36.14      | 36.14       | 17.85      | 16.53       |
| 12.       | Goa                      | Goa               | 10.45      | 10.45       | 9.90       | 9.90        | 6.00       | 6.00        |
| 13.       | Assam                    | Guwahati          | 7.44       | 7.44        | 8.78       | 8.78        | 3.20       | 3.19        |
| 13.       | Meghalaya                |                   |            |             |            |             |            |             |
| 13.       | Nagaland                 |                   |            |             |            |             |            |             |
| 13.       | Arunachal                |                   |            |             |            |             |            |             |
| 14.       | Manipur                  | Aizawl            | 2.00       | 2.00        | 1.29       | 1.29        | 1.00       | 0.99        |
| 14.       | Tripura                  |                   |            |             |            |             |            |             |
| 15.       | Rajasthan                | Jaipur            | 10.28      | 10.28       | 12.75      | 12.75       | 7.20       | 7.15        |
|           |                          | Jodhpur           | 7.65       | 7.65        | 10.65      | 10.65       | 6.75       | 6.75        |
| 16.       | Telangana                | Hyderabad         | 15.50      | 15.50       | 14.38      | 14.38       | 4.80       | 4.77        |
| 17.       | Andhra Pradesh           | Amravati          | 11.60      | 11.60       | 14.70      | 14.70       | 6.50       | 6.50        |
| 18.       | Bihar                    | Patna             | 9.00       | 9.00        | 16.00      | 16.00       | 5.33       | 5.33        |
| 19.       | Jammu & Kashmir (U.T)    | Srinagar          | 6.11       | 6.03        | 7.17       | 7.17        | 3.65       | 3.64        |
| 20.       | Ladakh (UT)              | Mini Circle Leh   | 1.92       | 1.92        | 3.50       | 3.50        | 1.50       | 1.50        |
| 21.       | Kerala                   | Thrissure         | 7.50       | 7.50        | 7.09       | 7.09        | 4.22       | 4.22        |
| 22.       | Gujarat Daman & Diu (UT) | Vadodara          | 11.00      | 11.00       | 12.00      | 12.00       | 4.50       | 4.50        |
| 22.       | Gujarat                  | Rajkot            | 3.09       | 3.09        | 2.50       | 2.50        | 2.00       | 2.00        |
| 23.       | Uttarakhand              | Dehradun          | 4.85       | 4.85        | 5.42       | 5.42        | 3.60       | 3.60        |
| 24.       | Chhattisgarh             | Raipur            | 7.50       | 7.50        | 5.94       | 5.94        | 5.13       | 5.13        |
| 25.       | Jharkhand                | Ranchi            | 2.00       | 2.00        | 2.15       | 2.15        | 1.25       | 1.25        |

Annexure-II

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3518 FOR 11.08.2025

| Status of digitization of museum collections available on the website through JATAN Software No. of Records transferred to C DAC, Pune by Museums   | Status of digitization of museum collections available on the website through JATAN Software No. of Records transferred to C DAC, Pune by Museums   | Status of digitization of museum collections available on the website through JATAN Software No. of Records transferred to C DAC, Pune by Museums   | Status of digitization of museum collections available on the website through JATAN Software No. of Records transferred to C DAC, Pune by Museums   | Status of digitization of museum collections available on the website through JATAN Software No. of Records transferred to C DAC, Pune by Museums   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                                                                             | Name of the Museums onboarded                                                                                                                       | Total Number of artefacts                                                                                                                           | Available on website                                                                                                                                | %Available on the website                                                                                                                           |
| 1                                                                                                                                                   | National Museum                                                                                                                                     | 2,06,169                                                                                                                                            | 1,05,452                                                                                                                                            | 51.15                                                                                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                                                                                   | Indian Museum                                                                                                                                       | 1,08,000                                                                                                                                            | 77,943                                                                                                                                              | 72.17                                                                                                                                               |
| 3                                                                                                                                                   | Victoria Memorial Hall                                                                                                                              | 28,394                                                                                                                                              | 27,922                                                                                                                                              | 98.34                                                                                                                                               |
| 4                                                                                                                                                   | Salar Jung Museum                                                                                                                                   | 48,367                                                                                                                                              | 47,504                                                                                                                                              | 98.22                                                                                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                                                                                   | Allahabad Museum                                                                                                                                    | 70,121                                                                                                                                              | 62,988                                                                                                                                              | 89.83                                                                                                                                               |
| 6                                                                                                                                                   | NGMA, New Delhi                                                                                                                                     | 15,929                                                                                                                                              | 12,555                                                                                                                                              | 78.82                                                                                                                                               |
| 7                                                                                                                                                   | NGMA, Mumbai                                                                                                                                        | 1,457                                                                                                                                               | 1,461                                                                                                                                               | 100.00                                                                                                                                              |
| 8                                                                                                                                                   | NGMA, Bengaluru                                                                                                                                     | 534                                                                                                                                                 | 534                                                                                                                                                 | 100.00                                                                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                                                                     | Total                                                                                                                                               | 4,78,971                                                                                                                                            | 3,36,359                                                                                                                                            | 70.23                                                                                                                                               |
| Collections can be viewed at the link below https://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository                                                                | Collections can be viewed at the link below https://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository                                                                | Collections can be viewed at the link below https://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository                                                                | Collections can be viewed at the link below https://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository                                                                | Collections can be viewed at the link below https://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository                                                                |

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