Lok Sabha Question No. 184 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: Development of Tourism Hubs
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: SAKUNTALA LAGURI, LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV, VISHNU DAYAL RAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†184 ANSWERED ON 30.11.2015

## DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM HUBS

## †184.SHRIMATI SAKUNTALA LAGURI:

SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV: SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposals  from various State Governments for development of several tourism centres in their States;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) the total number of tourism centres in the country at present, State-wise;
- (d) the revenue earned from them and spent on them during the last three years; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to develop tourism centres under PPP mode in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): The Ministry of Tourism (MOT) provides Central Financial Assistance (CFA) to State Governments/Union Territory Administrations  for  various  tourism  projects  subject  to  availability of funds, inter-se priority, liquidation of pending utilization certificates against the funds released earlier and adherence to the relevant scheme guidelines.

The Ministry of Tourism has launched following two new plan schemes pursuant to the Budget 2014-15 announcements:

- 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,  Amravati,  Dwarka,  Gaya,  Kamakhaya, Kanchipuram, Kedarnath, Mathura, Patna, Puri, Varanasi and Velankanni.

The  details  of  projects  sanctioned  and  amount  sanctioned under  Swadesh  Darshan  and  PRASAD  scheme  during  2014-15  and 2015-16 are given at Annexure-I.

(d)  and  (e):  MOT  does  not  compile  any  data  regarding  revenue generation on infrastructure projects as these are for setting up of facilities and amenities for tourists. The year-wise Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEE) for tourism from 2011 till August, 2015 are given at Annexure-II.

MOT  has a scheme namely 'Large Revenue Generating Projects' (LRGP) for tourism projects under Public Private Partnership  (PPP)  mode.  The  scheme  guidelines  for  the  newly launched plan scheme of Swadesh Darshan & PRASAD also provide for  Viability  Gap  Funding  (VGF)  for  projects  under  Public  Private Partnership (PPP) mode.

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ANNEXURE-I

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†184 ANSWERED ON 30.11.2015 REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM HUBS.

The list of projects sanctioned under Swadesh Darshan during 201415 and 2015-16 (till 24.11.2015)

(Rs. in Crore)

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Circuit       | State             | Name of Project                                                                                                                                | Year     |   Amount Sanctioned |
|-----------|---------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|---------------------|
|         1 | Coastal Circuit           | Andhra Pradesh    | Development of Kakinada Hope Island Konaseema as World class coastal & Eco Tourism Circuit in Andhra Pradesh                                   | 2014- 15 |               69.83 |
|         2 | North- East India Circuit | Arunachal Pradesh | Bhalukpong- Bomdila-Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                | 2014- 15 |               50    |
|         3 | Buddhist Circuit          | Bihar             | Cultural Centre, Bodhgaya                                                                                                                      | 2014- 15 |               33.17 |
|         4 | North- East India Circuit | Manipur           | Development of Tourist Circuit in Manipur: Imphal- Moirang- Khongjom-Moreh                                                                     | 2015- 16 |               89.66 |
|         5 | North- East India Circuit | Sikkim            | Development of Tourist Circuit linking - Rangpo (entry) - Rorathang - Aritar - Phadamchen - Nathang - Sherathang - Tsongmo - Gangtok - Phodong | 2015- 16 |               98.05 |

|    |                |             | Lachung - Yumthang - Lachen - Thangu - Gurudongmer - Mangan - Gangtok - Tumin Lingee - Singtam (exit) in Sikkim                                                                                 |          |        |
|----|----------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|--------|
| 6  | Eco Circuit    | Uttarakhand | Integrated Development of Eco-Tourism, Adventure Sports, Associated Tourism related Infrastructure for Development of Tehri Lake & Surroundings as New Destination- District Tehri, Uttarakhand | 2015- 16 |  80.37 |
| 7  | Desert Circuit | Rajasthan   | Development of Sambhar Lake Town and Other Destinations under Desert Circuit in Swadesh Darshan Scheme                                                                                          | 2015- 16 |  63.96 |
| 8  | Tribal Circuit | Nagaland    | Development of Tribal Circuit Peren -Kohima- Wokha, Nagaland                                                                                                                                    | 2015- 16 |  97.36 |
|    |                | Total       |                                                                                                                                                                                                 |          | 582.4  |

The  State-wise  details  of  the  funds  sanctioned  under  PRASAD Scheme during the year 2014-15 and 2015-16 (till 24.11.2015).

(Rs. in Crore)

| Sl.   | Name of the State & project   | Year   | Amount Sanctioned   |
|-------|-------------------------------|--------|---------------------|
| No.   | BIHAR                         |        |                     |

| 1.   | Development of basic facilities at Vishnupad temple, Gaya, Bihar                                                     | 2014- 15   | 4.29   |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|--------|
|      | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                                        |            |        |
| 2.   | Development of Mathura-Vrindavan as Mega Tourist Circuit (Ph-II)                                                     | 2014- 15   | 14.93  |
| 3.   | Construction of Tourist Facilitation Centre at Vrindavan, Distt. Mathura                                             | 2014- 15   | 9.36   |
|      | ODISHA                                                                                                               |            |        |
| 4.   | Infrastructure Development at Puri, Shree Jagannath Dham- Ramachandi- Prachi River front at Deuli under Mega Circuit | 2014- 15   | 50.00  |
|      | PUNJAB                                                                                                               |            |        |
| 5.   | Development of Karuna Sagar Valmiki Sthal at Amritsar                                                                | 2015- 16   | 6.45   |
|      | RAJASTHAN                                                                                                            |            |        |
| 6.   | Integrated Development of Pushkar/Ajmer                                                                              | 2015- 16   | 40.44  |
|      | Grand Total                                                                                                          |            | 125.47 |

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ANNEXURE-II STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (d)  AND  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†184 ANSWERED ON 30.11.2015 REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM HUBS. The  year-wise  Foreign  Exchange  Earnings  (FEE)  for  tourism  from 2011 till August, 2015.

|   Sl. No. | Year                  |   FEEs from Tourism in India (Rs. in Crore) |
|-----------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|         1 | 2011                  |                                       77591 |
|         2 | 2012                  |                                       94487 |
|         3 | 2013 # 2              |                                      107671 |
|         4 | 2014 # 2              |                                      123320 |
|         5 | 2015 # 1 (Jan to Aug) |                                       82225 |

# 1  : Provisionally Estimates (based on Provisional FTAs) # 2  :  Provisionally  Revised  Estimates  (based  on  final  FTAs  received from BOI)

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