Lok Sabha Question No. 177 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-25
Subject: PRASHAD Scheme
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Shri Bastipati Nagaraju, Shri Kesineni Sivanath, Shri Naba Charan Majhi, Shri Vijay Kumar Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.177 ANSWERED ON 25.11.2024

## PRASHAD SCHEME

- 177 SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU:

SHRI KESINENI SIVANATH:

SHRI NABA CHARAN MAJHI:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  proposals  received  under  the  PRASHAD  Scheme, State-wise and year-wise;
- (b) the  number  of  proposals  that  have  been  accepted  under  the  said Scheme  along  with  the  details  of  implementation,  state-wise  and year-wise;
- (c) the  number  of  sanctioned  projects  alongwith  the  details  of  the projects that have been inaugurated to date;
- (d) the details of amount sanctioned, utilized and allocated along with the physical and financial progress of all the projects selected under the  said  Scheme  year-wise  and  State  wise  including  the  State  of Andhra Pradesh;
- (e) whether new proposals are being accepted or under consideration by the  Government  under  the  PRASHAD  Scheme;  State-wise  including the State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (f) if so, the details and the status of the new proposals that have been submitted  for  acceptance  from  the  State  Government  of  Andhra Pradesh; and
- (g)
- if not, the reasons for non-acceptance of such proposals?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF TOURISM            (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

(a) to (g): Ministry  of  Tourism  under  its  'Pilgrimage  Rejuvenation  and Spiritual Heritage Augmentation Drive' (PRASHAD) Scheme  provides Financial  Assistance  to  the  State  Governments  and  Union  Territories Administration  for  development  of  Tourism  Infrastructure  at  the  PreIdentified  Pilgrimage  destinations/Heritage  Cities.  Under  this  Scheme, infrastructure interventions are carried out in consultation with the State

Governments/UTs. Ministry  of  Tourism,  from  time  to  time  receives  proposals  from  various sources regarding development of infrastructure under PRASHAD Scheme and these proposals are evaluated as per scheme  guidelines and established procedures. Ministry  of  Tourism  has  sanctioned  46  projects  under  its  PRASHAD Scheme  including  3  projects  in  Andhra  Pradesh.  A  total  of  29  sites  are identified for development under the PRASHAD Scheme including 2 sites in Andhra Pradesh. The details of the projects sanctioned and sites identified are annexed.

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## ANNEXURE

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (g) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.177  ANSWERED  ON  25.11.2024  REGARDING  PRASHAD SCHEME  RAISED  BY  SHRI  VIJAY  KUMAR  DUBEY,  SHRI  BASTIPATI NAGARAJU, SHRI KESINENI SIVANATH AND SHRI NABA CHARAN MAJHI

List of projects sanctioned under PRASHAD Scheme of Ministry of Tourism given below:-

(Rs. in Crore)

| State/UT          |   S. No. | Project Name                                                                                             | Sanction Year   | Approved Cost   |   Amount Released |   Physical Progress % |   Financial Progress % |
|-------------------|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|                   |        1 | Development of Pilgrim Amenities at Amaravati                                                            | 2015-16         | 27.77           |             27.77 |                   100 |                    100 |
|                   |        2 | Development of Srisailam Temple                                                                          | 2017-18         | 43.08           |             43.08 |                   100 |                    100 |
| Andhra Pradesh    |        3 | Development of Pilgrimage Amenities at Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narsimha Swami Vari Devasthanam at Simhachalam | 2022-23         | 54.04           |             13.69 |                    28 |                     25 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |        4 | Development of Parshuram Kund                                                                            | 2020-21         | 37.88           |             21.95 |                    86 |                     58 |
| Assam             |        5 | Development of Pilgrimage amenities at Kamakhya Temple                                                   | 2015-16         | 29.80           |             29.8  |                   100 |                    100 |
|                   |        6 | Development at Patna Sahib                                                                               | 2015-16         | 29.62           |             29.62 |                   100 |                    100 |
| Bihar             |        7 | Development of basic facilities at Vishnupad temple                                                      | 2014-15         | 3.63            |              3.63 |                   100 |                    100 |
| Chhattisgarh      |        8 | Development                                                                                              | 2020-21         | 48 .44          |             32.13 |                    84 |                     66 |

|                   |    | of Pilgrimage amenities at Maa Bamleshwari Devi Temple                 |         |       |       |     |     |
|-------------------|----|------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|-------|-------|-----|-----|
|                   |  9 | Development of Dwarka                                                  | 2016-17 | 13.08 | 10.46 | 100 |  80 |
|                   | 10 | Development of Pilgrimage Amenities at Somnath                         | 2016-17 | 45.36 | 45.36 | 100 | 100 |
|                   | 11 | Development of Promenade at Somnath                                    | 2018-19 | 47.12 | 47.12 | 100 | 100 |
| Gujarat           | 12 | Development of Pilgrim Plaza with Queue management complex at Somnath  | 2021-22 | 49.97 |  0    |   0 |   0 |
|                   | 13 | Gujarat Development of Pilgrimage Facilities at Ambaji Temple          | 2022-23 | 50    | 10.54 |  30 |  21 |
| Haryana           | 14 | Development of Mata Mansa Devi Temple and Nada Saheb Gurudwara         | 2019-20 | 48.53 | 34.68 |  74 |  71 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 15 | Development at Hazratbal Shrine                                        | 2016-17 | 40.46 | 34.3  |  90 |  85 |
| Jharkhand         | 16 | Development of Baba Baidya Nath Dham                                   | 2018-19 | 36.79 | 34.95 | 100 |  89 |
| Karnataka         | 17 | Development of Pilgrimage Amenities at Sri Chamundesh wari Devi Temple | 2023-24 | 45.71 |  0    |   0 |   0 |

| Kerala         |   18 | Development at Guruvayur Temple                                                                                            | 2016-17   |   45.19 |   45.19 |   100 |   100 |
|----------------|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|---------|---------|-------|-------|
|                |   19 | Development of Amarkantak                                                                                                  | 2020-21   |   49.99 |   34.73 |    68 |    69 |
| Madhya Pradesh |   20 | Development of Omkareshwar                                                                                                 | 2017-18   |   43.93 |   43.93 |   100 |   100 |
| Maharashtra    |   21 | Development of Trimbakeshwa r                                                                                              | 2017-18   |   42.18 |   29.93 |    93 |    57 |
| Meghalaya      |   22 | Development of Pilgrimage Facilitation at Nongswalia Church, Nartiang Shakti Peeth, Aitnar Pool and Charantala Kali Temple | 2020-21   |   29.29 |   24.92 |   100 |   100 |
| Mizoram        |   23 | Development of Infrastructure for Pilgrimage and Heritage Tourism at Chite Vang, Zuangtai, Reiek and Aizawl                | 2022-23   |   44.89 |   13.18 |    22 |    29 |
| Nagaland       |   24 | Development of Pilgrimage Infrastructure at Molungkimong , Noksen Church, Aizuto, Wokha                                    | 2018-19   |   25.2  |   21.33 |   100 |    84 |
| Nagaland       |   25 | and Kohima Development of Pilgrimage Tourism Infrastructure at Zunheboto                                                   | 2022-23   |   18.18 |   10.9  |    62 |    60 |

| Odisha     |   26 | Infrastructure Development at Puri                                                            | 2014-15   |   50.00 |   10.00 |   - |   20 |
|------------|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|---------|---------|-----|------|
| Punjab     |   27 | Development of Karuna Sagar Valmiki Sthal at Amritsar                                         | 2015-16   |    6.4  |    6.4  | 100 |  100 |
|            |   28 | Development of Chamkaur Sahib                                                                 | 2021-22   |   31.57 |   17.49 |  79 |   55 |
| Rajasthan  |   29 | Integrated Development of                                                                     | 2015-16   |   32.64 |   26.11 |  92 |   80 |
| Sikkim     |   30 | Pushkar/Ajmer Development of Pilgrimage Facilitation at Four Patron Saints, Yuksom            | 2020-21   |   33.32 |   28.31 |  87 |   85 |
| Tamil Nadu |   31 | Development of Kanchipuram                                                                    | 2016-17   |   13.99 |   13.99 | 100 |  100 |
|            |   32 | Development of Velankanni                                                                     | 2016-17   |    4.86 |    4.86 | 100 |  100 |
|            |   33 | Development of Jogulamba Devi Temple                                                          | 2020-21   |   38.9  |   33.07 |  72 |   85 |
| Telangana  |   34 | Development of Pilgrimage and Heritage Tourism Infrastructure at Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple | 2022-23   |   62    |   12.82 |  37 |   21 |
|            |   35 | Development of Pilgrimage Infrastructure at Bhadrachalam                                      | 2022-23   |   41.38 |    8.43 |  15 |   20 |
| Tripura    |   36 | Development of Tripura Sundari Temple                                                         | 2020-21   |   34.43 |   25.62 |  63 |   68 |

| Uttar Pradesh   | 37   | Development of Varanasi - Phase - I                                                 | 2015-16   |   18.73 |   18.73 | 100   | 100   |
|-----------------|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|---------|---------|-------|-------|
| Uttar Pradesh   | 38   | Development of Mathura- Vrindavan as Mega Tourist Circuit (Ph-II)                   | 2014-15   |   10.98 |   10.98 | 100   | 100   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | 39   | Development of River Cruise Tourism at                                              | 2017-18   |    9.02 |    9.02 | 100   | 100   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | 40   | Varanasi Construction of Tourist Facilitation Centre at                             | 2014-15   |    9.36 |    9.36 | 100   | 100   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | 41   | Vrindavan Development of Varanasi -                                                 | 2017-18   |   44.6  |   31.77 | 100   | 71    |
| Uttar Pradesh   | 42   | Development of Infrastructure facilities at Govardhan                               | 2018-19   |   37.59 |   30.97 | 99    | 78    |
|                 | 43   | Integrated Development of Kedarnath                                                 | 2015-16   |   34.77 |   34.77 | 100   | 100   |
| Uttarakhand     | 44   | Development of Infrastructure for Pilgrimage Facilitation in Badrinath Ji Dham      | 2018-19   |   56.15 |   27.43 | 62    | 49    |
|                 | 45   | Augmentation of Pilgrimage Infrastructure Facilities at Gangotri and Yamunotri Dham | 2021-22   |   54.36 |   10.22 | 100   | 18    |
| West Bengal46   |      | Development of Belur Math                                                           | 2016-17   |   30.03 |   23.39 | 92    | 78    |
|                 |      | Total                                                                               |           | 1605.2  | 1036.96 |       |       |

## List of Identified sites under PRASHAD Scheme

| S.No.            | State/UT                                                                           | Project / Subject   |
|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
| 1 Andhra Pradesh | Annavaram, Kakinada District                                                       |                     |
| 2 Andhra Pradesh | Vedagiri Lakshmi Narasimhawamy Temple, District                                    | Nellore             |
| Bihar            | Simariya Ghat, Begusarai District                                                  | 3                   |
| Bihar            | Aami Mandir, Saran District                                                        | 4                   |
| Chhattisgarh     | Kudargarh Temple, Surajpur District                                                | 5                   |
| Goa              | Bom Jesus, Old Goa District                                                        | 6                   |
| Gujarat          | Shri Nilkanth Mahadev Temple, Sunak, Mahesana District                             | 7                   |
| Himachal Pradesh | Maa Chintpurni Temple, Una District                                                | 8                   |
| Jammu Kashmir    | & Utterbehni and Purmandal, Samba District                                         | 9                   |
| Karnataka        | Sri Renuka Yallamma Temple, Saudatti, Belagavi District                            | 10                  |
| Karnataka        | Papnash Temple, Bidar District                                                     | 11                  |
| Madhya Pradesh   | Shri Peetmbra Peetha, Datia District                                               | 12                  |
| Madhya Pradesh   | Shanidev Temple, Morena District                                                   | 13                  |
| Maharashtra      | Shri Ghrushneshwar Shivalaya, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar District                  | 14                  |
| Maharashtra      | Tuljapur, Dharashiv District District                                              | 15                  |
| Maharashtra      | Shre Kshetra Rajur, Ganpati Temple, Jalna District                                 | 16                  |
| Mizoram          | Vangchhia, Champhai District                                                       | 17                  |
| Odisha           | Chausath Yogini Temple, Ranipur, Jharial, Balangir District                        | 18                  |
| Odisha           | Maa Kichakeswari Temple in Kiching, Mayurbhanj District                            | 19                  |
| Puducherry       | Navagriha Temple- Sri Dharbaranyeswarar Temple & Spiritual Park, Karaikal District | 20                  |
| Punjab           | Durgyana Temple, Amritsar District                                                 | 21                  |
| Rajasthan        | Shri Karni Mata Mandir, Bikaner District                                           | 22                  |
| Rajasthan        | Sun Temple, Budhahita, Kota District                                               | 23                  |
| 24 Rajasthan     | Malaseri Dungri                                                                    |                     |

|   25 | Tamil Nadu    | Navagriha Temple at 8 places in Tamil Nadu 1. Sri Kailasanathar Temple, Thingalur, Thanjavur District 2. Guru Bhagvan Temple, Alangudi, Thanjavur District 3. Sri Naaganathar Temple, Thirunageshwaram, Thanjavur District 4. Sri Suryanaar Temple, Thiruvidaimaruthur, Suriyanar Kovil, Thanjavur District 5. Sri Agneeswarar Temple, Kanjanur, Thanjavur District 6. Sri Vaitheeshwaran Temple, Vaitheeswaran Kovil, Mayiladuthurai District 7. Sri Naganatha Swamy Temple, Keelaperumpallam, Mayiladuthurai District 8. Suweathaaranyshwarar Temple, Thiruvenkadu, Mayiladuthurai District   |
|------|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   26 | Telangana     | Goddess Yellamma Temple at Balkampet, Hyderabad District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|   27 | Uttar Pradesh | Shri Kali Mandir established by Adiguru Shankaracharya, Chowk, Lucknow District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|   28 | Uttar Pradesh | Pilgrimage sites of Braj, Mathura District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|   29 | Uttarakhand   | Timmersian MahaDev (Devnath), Chamoli District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

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