Lok Sabha Question No. 1623 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Funds allocated to Andhra Pradesh under National Mission on Cultural Mapping
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Jayadev Galla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1623

TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2023

## FUNDS ALLOCATED TO ANDHRA PRADESH UNDER NATIONAL MISSION ON CULTURAL MAPPING

## 1623.  SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a)  the number and names of villages, districts and blocks that have been covered, Statewise,  within  the  'Mera  Gaon  Meri  Dharohar'  survey  under  the  National  Mission  on Cultural Mapping (NMCM);
- (b)  the  status  of  the  national  digital  consolidated  database  of  cultural  assets  that  the Government aimed to set up through the NMCM;
- (c)  the  status  of  the  establishment  of  a  National  Cultural  Work  Place  (NCWP)  portal under NMCM;
- (d) the funds allocated to Andhra Pradesh towards meeting the objectives of the NMCM till date; and
- (e) the proposed timeline of implementation and the details of centrally allocated funds for NMCM post 2019-2020?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a)    All the villages of India are covered under Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar (MGMD) for cultural mapping.  The state-wise detail of villages mapped as on 26.07.2023 is annexed as Annexure 'A'.
- (b) & (c) Database of cultural assets have been prepared and available in Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar (MGMD) web portal, launched on 27.7.2023.
- (d)      Amount allocated to Andhra Pradesh is Rs. 36,97,400/-
- (e)        The  timeline  for  implementation  of  the  project  is  31.03.2026.    The  details  of centrally allocated funds for NMCM are as under :

- i.   2020-2021 : Rs. 04.200 crore

- ii.  2021-2022 : Rs. 15.798 crore

- iii. 2022-2023 : Rs. 19.123 crore

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## The villages mapped till 26.07.2023 under MGMD

| STATES                                       |   GRANDTOTAL |
|----------------------------------------------|--------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands                  |           17 |
| Andhra Pradesh                               |        16977 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                            |         1555 |
| Assam                                        |        13050 |
| Bihar                                        |        10518 |
| Chandigarh                                   |           12 |
| Chhattisgarh                                 |        13572 |
| Delhi                                        |          166 |
| Goa                                          |          427 |
| Gujarat                                      |        10596 |
| Haryana                                      |         7485 |
| Himachal Pradesh                             |        14452 |
| Jammu and Kashmir                            |         6349 |
| Jharkhand                                    |        20985 |
| Karnataka                                    |         8632 |
| Kerala                                       |          184 |
| LADAKH                                       |           67 |
| Lakshadweep                                  |            1 |
| Madhya Pradesh                               |        18198 |
| Maharashtra                                  |        22701 |
| Manipur                                      |          233 |
| Meghalaya                                    |         6951 |
| Mizoram                                      |         1003 |
| Nagaland                                     |         1451 |
| Odisha                                       |        16065 |
| Puducherry                                   |          126 |
| Punjab                                       |        10366 |
| Rajasthan                                    |         2799 |
| Sikkim                                       |          254 |
| Tamil Nadu                                   |        15583 |
| Telangana                                    |         7400 |
| The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |          107 |
| Tripura                                      |          893 |
| Uttar Pradesh                                |        31758 |
| Uttarakhand                                  |        10666 |
| West Bengal                                  |        17641 |
| Grand Total                                  |       289240 |