Lok Sabha Question No. 3509 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Inclusion of Historical Places on the Tourist Map
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: RODMAL NAGAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†3509

## LOK SABHA ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015

## INCLUSION OF HISTORICAL PLACES ON THE TOURIST MAP

†3509. SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) the  action  plan  formulated  by  the  Government  to  increase  the number of domestic tourists and to include the sites of the ancient and historical importance on the tourist map;
- (b) the  details  of  the  sites  included  so  far,  State-wise  including Madhya Pradesh;
- (c) the  action  plan  prepared  by  the  Government  to  include  the important tourist sites of Rajgarh in Madhya Pradesh into the major tourist spot of the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the  scheme  being  run  by  the  Government  for  the  comprehensive development of the tourists sites in small, rural and urban areas of the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) to (e):   The  Ministry  of  Tourism  (MOT)  has  launched  following  two new plan schemes in 2014-15 for development of tourist sites including those of historical importance:
- 1) Swadesh  Darshan  for  Integrated  Development  of  Tourist  Circuits around Specific Themes.

Twelve theme based circuits i.e. North-East India Circuit, Buddhist Circuit, Himalayan Circuit, Coastal Circuit, Krishna Circuit, Desert Circuit,  Tribal  Circuit,  Eco  Circuit,  Wildlife  Circuit,  Rural  Circuit, Spiritual  Circuit  and  Ramayana  Circuit  have  been  identified  for development under 'Swadesh Darshan'.

2) National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) to beautify and improve the amenities and infrastructure at pilgrimage centres of all faiths.

Under PRASAD, initially thirteen cities have been identified namely Ajmer, Amritsar, Amaravati, Dwaraka, Gaya, Kamakhya, Kanchipuram, Kedarnath, Mathura, Patna, Puri, Varanasi and Velankanni.

The  circuits/destinations  identified  under  the  Swadesh  Darshan and  PRASAD  schemes  cover  the  tourist  destinations  in  both  rural  and urban areas.

The Ministry of Tourism promotes India as a holistic destination in the  domestic  and  international  markets,  including  the  various  tourism destinations and products of every State/Union Territory of the country.

The  Ministry  of  Tourism,  as  part  of  its  promotional  activities, releases campaigns in the international and domestic markets under the Incredible India brand-line, to promote various tourism destinations and products of India. Release of such campaigns is an on-going activity of the Ministry for promotion of various tourism products and destinations in the country.

The Ministry of Tourism (MOT) provides Central Financial Assistance (CFA) to various State Governments/Union Territory Administrations  for  various  tourism  projects  including  Fairs,  Festivals and Tourism related events, subject to the availability of funds, inter-se priority and adherence to the relevant scheme guidelines.

Details of projects sanctioned for various States/UTs including the State of Madhya Pradesh during the last three years (i.e. 2012-13, 201314 and 2014-15) and 2015-16 (till date) is given in the Annexure.

This  includes  a  project  sanctioned  in  2008-09  for  Integrated Development of Narsinghgarh, Distt. Rajgarh for an amount of Rs.447.78 lakhs which has been completed.

Under  Swadesh  Darshan,  a  project  for  Wildlife  Circuit  in  Madhya Pradesh  covering  Panna-Mukundpur-Govindgarh  water  body-  SanjayDubri-Bandhavgarh-Fossil Sites, Dindori-Kanha-Mukki-Nainpur-Pench has been sanctioned during 2015-16 for a total of Rs.92.22 Crore.

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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†3509 ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015 REGARDING INCLUSION OF HISTORICAL PLACES ON THE TOURIST MAP.

Details of projects sanctioned for various States/UTs including the State of Madhya  Pradesh  during  the  last  three  years  (i.e.  2012-13,  2013-14  and 2014-15) and 2015-16 (till date)

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State                                | 2012-13   | 2012-13         | 2013-14   | 2013-14         | 2014-15   | 2014-15         |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|
|           |                                                  | No.       | Amt. Sanctioned | No.       | Amt. Sanctioned | No.       | Amt. Sanctioned |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh                                   | 4         | 6278.73         | 14        | 4532.02         | 11        | 9515.53         |
|           | Combined Projects for Andhra Pradesh & Telangana | 0         | 0.00            | 1         | 4588.80         | 0         | 0.00            |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh                                | 16        | 6612.50         | 11        | 7473.64         | 8         | 8455.35         |
| 3.        | Assam                                            | 0         | 0.00            | 0         | 0.00            | 3         | 3568.11         |
| 4.        | Bihar                                            | 1         | 500.00          | 14        | 11109.85        | 3         | 4220.47         |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh                                     | 0         | 0.00            | 0         | 0.00            | 5         | 990.13          |
| 6.        | Daman & Diu                                      | 0         | 0.00            | 0         | 0.00            | 1         | 775.54          |
| 7.        | Delhi                                            | 2         | 2461.91         | 2         | 5768.98         | 0         | 0.00            |
| 8.        | Goa                                              | 2         | 50.00           | 0         | 0.00            | 1         | 879.04          |
| 9.        | Gujarat                                          | 1         | 486.75          | 0         | 0.00            | 0         | 0.00            |
| 10.       | Haryana                                          | 0         | 0.00            | 8         | 1487.25         | 3         | 121.66          |
| 11.       | Himachal Pradesh                                 | 11        | 3029.88         | 1         | 3371.52         | 0         | 0.00            |
| 12.       | Jammu and Kashmir                                | 25        | 11260.00        | 15        | 7618.54         | 2         | 732.50          |
| 13.       | Jharkhand                                        | 2         | 4885.71         | 1         | 500.00          | 0         | 0.00            |
| 14.       | Kerala                                           | 6         | 7826.53         | 10        | 4065.63         | 0         | 0.00            |
| 15.       | Karnataka                                        | 0         | 0.00            | 8         | 3228.71         | 1         | 5000.00         |
| 16.       | Maharashtra                                      | 5         | 7914.79         | 6         | 6795.18         | 0         | 0.00            |
| 17.       | Manipur                                          | 7         | 3595.62         | 8         | 7234.84         | 7         | 14752.51        |
| 18.       | Meghalaya                                        | 1         | 17.94           | 3         | 46.90           | 0         | 0.00            |
| 19.       | Mizoram                                          | 3         | 49.15           | 10        | 4711.16         | 3         | 4879.69         |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh                                   | 20        | 20989.75        | 9         | 10021.29        | 5         | 3690.54         |
| 21.       | Nagaland                                         | 11        | 4556.66         | 11        | 5222.01         | 10        | 5980.20         |
| 22.       | Odisha                                           | 2         | 61.30           | 12        | 6543.08         | 3         | 6488.34         |
| 23.       | Puducherry                                       | 0         | 0.00            | 1         | 4848.16         | 0         | 0.00            |
| 24.       | Punjab                                           | 2         | 50.00           | 2         | 1038.86         | 3         | 4831.98         |
| 25.       | Rajasthan                                        | 0         | 0.00            | 10        | 5174.71         | 2         | 149.93          |
| 26.       | Sikkim                                           | 13        | 7020.18         | 14        | 10485.00        | 8         | 5200.00         |
| 27.       | Tamil Nadu                                       | 2         | 2041.97         | 0         | 0.00            | 0         | 0.00            |
| 28.       | Telangana                                        | 5         | 4191.34         | 8         | 3370.07         | 4         | 504.36          |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh                                    | 12        | 3486.15         | 26        | 13071.32        | 4         | 3368.05         |
| 30.       | Uttarakhand                                      | 2         | 1297.47         | 29        | 21772.67        | 1         | 391.69          |
| 31.       | West Bengal                                      | 3         | 4694.46         | 0         | 0.00            | 0         | 0.00            |
|           | Total                                            | 158       | 103358.79       | 234       | 154080.19       | 88        | 84495.62        |

Includes Projects relating to Product/Infrastructure Development for Destinations  and  Circuits  (PIDDC),  Human  Resource  Development  (HRD), Fairs and Festivals & Rural Tourism.

## The list of projects sanctioned under Swadesh Darshan scheme in 2014-15 and 2015-16 (till date).

## (Rs. in Crore)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the Circuit       | State             | Name of Project                                                                                                                                                                   | Amount Sanctioned   |
|-----------|---------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|           |                           |                   | 2014-15                                                                                                                                                                           |                     |
| 1.        | Coastal Circuit           | Andhra Pradesh    | Development of Kakinada Hope Island Konaseema as World class coastal & Eco Tourism Circuit in Andhra Pradesh                                                                      | 69.83               |
| 2.        | North- East India Circuit | Arunachal Pradesh | Bhalukpong-Bomdila-Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                    | 50.00               |
| 3.        | Buddhist Circuit          | Bihar             | Cultural Centre, Bodhgaya                                                                                                                                                         | 33.17               |
|           |                           |                   | Total                                                                                                                                                                             | 153.00              |
| 1.        | North- East India Circuit | Sikkim            | Development of Tourist Circuit linking Rangpo- Rorathang-Aritar- Phadamchen- Gangtok- Phodong-Mangan- Lachung- Yumthang- Lachen- Thangu- Gurugogmer- Mangan-Tumin- Lingee-Singtam | 98.54               |
| 2.        | North- East India Circuit | Manipur           | Development of Tourist Circuit in Manipur- Imphal- Moirang-Khongjom-Moreh                                                                                                         | 89.66               |
| 3.        | Desert Circuit            | Rajasthan         | Project on Sambhar Lake Area                                                                                                                                                      | 63.96               |
| 4.        | Eco Circuit               | Uttarakhand       | Integrated Development of Eco Tourism , Adventure Sports, Associated Tourism related Infrastructure for Development of Tehri Lake and Surroundings as new Destination             | 80.37               |
| 5.        | Tribal Circuit            | Nagaland          | Development of Peren- Kohima-Wokha                                                                                                                                                | 97.36               |
| 6.        | Coastal                   | Andhra            | Development of Coastal                                                                                                                                                            | 60.37               |

|    | Circuit          | Pradesh        | Tourism Circuit in Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District                                                               |        |
|----|------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| 7. | Wildlife Circuit | Madhya Pradesh | Panna- Mukundpur- Govindgarh water body- sanjay- Dubri-Bandhavgarh- Fossil Sites, Dindori- Kanha- Mukki-Nainpur-Pench |  92.22 |
| 8. | Eco Circuit      | Telangana      | Integrated Development of Eco Tourism Circuit in Mahaboobnagar District, Telangana State                              |  91.63 |
|    |                  |                | Total                                                                                                                 | 674.11 |

The  list  of  projects  sanctioned  under  PRASAD  Scheme  in  2014-15  and 2015-16 (till date).

(Rs. in Crore)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State & project                                                                                         | Amount Sanctioned   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|           | 2014-15                                                                                                             |                     |
|           | BIHAR                                                                                                               |                     |
| 1.        | Development of basic facilities at Vishnupad temple, Gaya, Bihar                                                    | 4.29                |
|           | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                                       |                     |
| 2.        | Development of Mathura-Vrindavan as Mega Tourist Circuit (Ph-II)                                                    | 14.93               |
| 3.        | Construction of Tourist Facilitation Centre at Vrindavan, Distt. Mathura                                            | 9.36                |
|           | ODISHA                                                                                                              |                     |
| 4.        | Infrastructure Development at Puri, Shree Jagannath Dham- Ramachandi-Prachi River front at Deuli under Mega Circuit | 50.00               |
|           | Total                                                                                                               | 78.58               |
| 5.        | Development of Karuna Sagar Valmiki Sthal at Amritsar                                                               | 6.45                |
|           | RAJASTHAN                                                                                                           |                     |
| 6.        | Integrated Development of Pushkar/Ajmer                                                                             | 40.44               |
|           | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                                      |                     |
| 7.        | Development of Amaravati Town, Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh as Tourist Destination                             | 28.36               |
|           | ASSAM                                                                                                               |                     |
| 8.        | Development of Kamakhya Temple and Pilgrimage Destination in and around Guwahati.                                   | 33.98               |
|           | Total                                                                                                               | 109.23              |

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