Lok Sabha Question No. 1767 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Expenditure on Exploration and Excavation Activities
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1767

ANSWERED ON 31.07.2023

## EXPENDITURE ON EXPLORATION AND EXCAVATION ACTIVITIES

## 1767. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether it is a fact that the expenditure on exploration and excavation activities by the ASI as a part of total percentage has shrunk since 2014-15 and is currently still less than one per cent;
- (b) the  details  of  all  excavation  projects  ongoing  and  completed,  their  progress,  the  amount allocated and estimated time of completion, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government plans to increase expenditure on exploration and excavation activities in this fiscal year; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION

## (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) No, Sir. The expenditure on exploration and excavation activities by the Archaeological Survey of  India  (ASI)  is  done  as  per  requirement.  During  the  current  financial  year,  allotment  for exploration and excavation is more than one percent of the total budget of the ASI.
- (b) The details of excavations undertaken by the ASI from 2020-21 are given at Annexure.
- (c)
- &
- Yes, Sir. Rs.20.00 crores have been allocated for the exploration and excavation in the current financial year in comparison to Rs.10.00 crores for the previous financial year.

(d)

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1767 FOR 31.07.2023

Details of excavations carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India from 2020-21

|   Sl. No. | Name of State     | Name of Excavation                                                      | Year               | Allocation of fund (Rupees in lakh)   | Estimated time of completion   |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|         1 | Assam             | Ancient Mound, Gorakshana, District Sivasagar                           | 2022-23            | 16.78                                 | September, 2023                |
|         1 | Assam             | Ancient Mound, Gorakshana, District Sivasagar                           | 2023-24            | 15.00                                 | September, 2023                |
|         2 | Bihar             | Kurisarai, District Gaya                                                | 2021-22            | 7.00                                  | Completed                      |
|         3 | Delhi             | Purana Qila                                                             | 2022-23            | 40.00                                 | Completed                      |
|         4 | Gujarat           | Vadnagar, District Mehsana                                              | 2020-21 to 2022-23 | 502.46                                | Completed                      |
|         4 | Gujarat           | Vihar, District Gandhinagar                                             | 2021-22            | 502.46                                | Completed                      |
|         5 | Goa               | Church of St. Augustine, Old Goa.                                       | 2023-24            | 5.00                                  | September, 2023                |
|         6 | Haryana           | Rakhigarhi, District Hisar                                              | 2021-22 2022-23    | 11.00                                 | November, 2023                 |
|         6 | Haryana           | Kaserua Khera, District Manpur                                          | 2022-23            | 57.00 58.00                           | August, 2023                   |
|         7 | Jammu and Kashmir | Tibba Tiliana, District Jammu                                           | 2020-21            | 6.50                                  | Completed                      |
|         8 | Jharkhand         | Sitagarha, District Hazaribagh, Jharkhand                               | 2021-22            | 14.00                                 | Completed                      |
|         8 | Jharkhand         | Obra, District Chatra, Jharkhand                                        | 2022-23            | 25.00                                 | Completed                      |
|         9 | Karnataka         | Halebidu, District Hassan                                               | 2020-21            | 3.50                                  | Completed                      |
|         9 | Karnataka         | Ancient Pathway- 'Pan Supari Bazar' at Kamalapura, District Vijayanagar | 2021-22 2022-23    | 30.00 15.00                           | Completed                      |
|        10 | Kerala            | Malampuzha Reservoir area in District Palakkad                          | 2022-23            | 4.00                                  | March, 2024                    |
|        10 | Kerala            | Malampuzha Reservoir area in District Palakkad                          | 2023-24            | 5.00                                  | March, 2024                    |
|        11 | Madhya Pradesh    | Tewar, District Jabalpur                                                | 2020-21, 2021-22   | 32.00                                 | Completed                      |
|        11 | Madhya Pradesh    | Eran, District Sagar                                                    | 2020-21            | 27.00                                 | Completed                      |
|        11 | Madhya Pradesh    | Man Singh Palace, Gwalior Group of temples, Bateshwar, District Morena  | 2022-23            | 14.50 (both projects)                 | Completed                      |
|        11 | Madhya Pradesh    | Man Singh Palace, Gwalior Group of temples, Bateshwar, District Morena  | 2023-24 2023-24    | 5.00 (both projects)                  | September, 2023                |
|        12 | Maharashtra       | Bibi-ka-Maqbara, Aurangabad                                             | 2021-22            | 2.00                                  | March, 2024                    |
|        12 | Maharashtra       | Bibi-ka-Maqbara, Aurangabad                                             | 2022-23            | 9.00                                  | March, 2024                    |

|   13. | Odisha        | Parabhadi hillock, District Jajpur                     | 2022-23         | 9.00        | Completed       |
|-------|---------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|    13 | Odisha        | Sari Deul, District Bhubaneswar                        | 2021-22         | 9.00        | Completed       |
|    14 | Rajasthan     | Kalibangan, District Hanumangarh                       | 2021-22         | 35.00       | Completed       |
|    14 | Rajasthan     | Ancient Mound at Bewan, Patan, District Sikar          | 2022-23         | 26.38       | Completed       |
|    14 | Rajasthan     | Ancient Mound at Bewan, Patan, District Sikar          | 2023-24         | 68.00       | Completed       |
|    14 | Rajasthan     | Ojiyana, District Bhilwara                             | 2022-23         | 36.97       | Completed       |
|    15 | Tamil Nadu    | Vadakkupattu                                           | 2022-23         | 25.00       | March, 2024     |
|    15 | Tamil Nadu    | Vadakkupattu                                           | 2023-24         | 35.00       | March, 2024     |
|    15 | Tamil Nadu    | Prehistoric site at Adichanallur, District Thoothukudi | 2022-23         | 70.00       | September, 2023 |
|    15 | Tamil Nadu    | Prehistoric site at Adichanallur, District Thoothukudi | 2023-24         | 20.00       | September, 2023 |
|    16 | Uttar Pradesh | Ulta Khera, Hastinapur, District Meerut                | 2021-22 2022-23 | 28.00 44.00 | Completed       |
|    16 | Uttar Pradesh | Barnauli ki Dhaya, District Mathura                    | 2021-22         | 58.05       | Completed       |
|    17 | West Bengal   | Dum Dum Mound, District N 24 Paraganas                 | 2021-22         | 2.80        | Completed       |
|    17 | West Bengal   | Ancient mound at Bharatpur Purva, District Medinipur   | 2022-23         | 13.00       | Completed       |

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