Lok Sabha Question No. 1352 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-07
Subject: E-Ticketing for Monuments
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: ANOOP MISHRA, RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO

## Che Gazette of <Judia

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## MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## (ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA)

## NOTIFICATION

New Delhi; the 3lst July, 2015

draft of certain rules further to amend the Ancient   Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Rules, 1959, the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by section 38 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites ad Remains Act; 1958 (24 of 1958) is hereby published as required by sub-section (1) of the said section for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules shall come into force after the expiry of a period of forty five from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette of these draft rules, are made available to the public.

objections or suggestions which may be received from any person in respect of the said draft rules before the expiry of the period specified above shall be considered by the Central Government; Any

Objections or suggestions may be sent to the Director General, Archaeological Survey of India, Janpath, New Delhi-110011.

## Rules

- (2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
2. 1 (1)These rules may be called the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Rules, 2015.
2. In the Ancicnt Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Rules, 1959, (A) for rule 6, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:

- thereofpart -
- Citizens of India and visitors of SAARC countries (Afghanistan; Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Lanka, Thailand,) and overseas citizens of India.\_ Rs. 30/- per head,
- (a)  specified as category A monuments in Part I of the Second Schedule, except on payment of fees as under: -
- Others \_ Rs. 750/- per head;
- Citizens of India and visitors of SAARC countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan; Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan   Sri Lanka)   visitors of BIMSTEC Countries   (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar; Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand,) and overseas citizens of India. \_ Rs. 15/- per head;
- (6) Specified as Category 'B' monuments in Part II of the Second Schedule, except on payment of fees as under;
- (ii) Others \_ Rs. 300/- per head;
- (B) the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-
- (a) for filming of World Heritage Monuments; Rs.1,00,000/- per with Rs.50,000/-  refundable  security deposit; day
- (1) on receipt of an application under rule 43, the Director General may grant a licence on payment of fees as under:
- with Rs.10,000/- refundable security deposit: day -

Provided that the Director General shall not grant any licence to film the interior of any protected when the film is for the purpose of education or of publicising the monument

[F: No. 9/3/2012-M]

RAKESH TEWARI, Director General

Foot Note: The Principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub- Section (ii) vide S.0.2036, dated the 1sth October; 1959 at pages 519-525 and subsequently amended vide:

- No. S.O. 3520 dated the 20th November;, 1966,
- (iii) No. S.O. 935 dated the 16th February, 1971,
- No. GS.R: 663 dated the 1st 1967, May;
- (iv) No. GSR: 90 dated the 30th January, 1991,
- No. GS R. 306 dated the 10th July, 1996,
- (vii) No. GSR: 8O0(E) dated the October; 2000, 17th
- (ix) No. S.O. 1O(E) dated the Sth January, 2001,
- (xi) No. GSR. 372(E) dated the April, 2003, 30mh
- No. GSR 688(E) dated the 24t September; 2001
- (xii) No. GSR. 37(E) dated the 15t January, 2008,and
- (xiii) No. GSR 631(E) dated the 13t August; 2012.