Lok Sabha Question No. 3591 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-08
Subject: Criteria for Inclusion of Monuments in the Protected List
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3591 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8.8.2016 SHRAVANA 17, 1938 (SAKA)

## CRITERIA FOR INCLUSION OF MONUMENTS IN THE PROTECTED LIST

## +3591. SHRI BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the norms for declaring any monument or the birth place of important persons as a national monument;
- (b) the  requests  received  by  the  Government  from  various  State  Governments  for including monuments in the list of protected monuments of Archaeological Survey of India along with the number thereof, State-wise;
- (c) the names of the monuments of Uttar Pradesh which are requested to be included in the list of monuments of National importance; and
- (d) the total number of monuments of national importance in the country along with the annual expenses incurred by the Archaeological Survey of India on their maintenance?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE, CULTURE AND TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

## (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) As per Section 2 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act,  1958,  any  structure,  erection  or  monument,  or  any  tumulus  or  place  of interment, or any cave, rock sculpture, inscription or monolith, which is of historical, archaeological or artistic interest and which has been in existence for not less than one  hundred  years  are  considered  as  of  national  importance.  As  and  when  such proposals are received from field offices of Archaeological Survey of India these are evaluated,  considered  and  recommended  by  the  Committee  of  Officers  duly constituted by the Director General, on the basis of their historical, archaeological or artistic  value  and  worthiness  for  declaring  them  as  of  national  importance.  The proposals  recommended  by  the  Committee  of  Officers  are  then  submitted  to  the Central Government for approval before issuing notification under Section 4(1) of the Ancient  Monuments  and  Archaeological  Sites  and  Remains  Act,  1958,  inviting objections to be followed by another notification under Section 4(3) after attending to the objections received from the interested persons.
- (b)&(c) The list of monuments for inclusion as protected monuments of National importance received from State Governments including Uttar Pradesh is at Annexure.
- (d) 3686 monuments/sites in the country declared as of National importance are under the jurisdiction  of  Archaeological Survey of  India. The annual  expenditure incurred on conservation, preservation, maintenance on these centrally protected monuments/sites in the country during the last three is as under:

## Rupees in lakhs

2013-14 Rs.16963.86

2014-15 Rs.23551.95

2015-16 Rs.23861.24

## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)&(c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3591 FOR 8.8.2016

## LIST OF MONUMENTS/SITES IDENTIFIED/PROPOSED BY STATE GOVERNMENTS FOR CENTRAL PROTECTION

|   Sl. No. | Name of Monument/Site                                                                                     | State            |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|         1 | Ancient Buddhist Institute Remains in the locality of Nyarma Thiksay, District Leh                        | Jammu& Kashmir   |
|         2 | Group of Temples at Ranipur Jhariyal, District Bolangir                                                   | Odisha           |
|         3 | Proposal for protection as of national importance in respect of Biranchi Nayarana Temple, buguda, Orissa. | Odisha           |
|         4 | Vimalesvari Temple, Huma, Dist. Sambhalpur                                                                | Odisha           |
|         5 | Nilamadhava Temple, Kantilo, Dist. Nayagarh                                                               | Odisha           |
|         6 | Ganjam Fort, Ganjam                                                                                       | Odisha           |
|         7 | Nrusinghanatha Temple, Paikmal, Dist. Baragarh                                                            | Odisha           |
|         8 | Suku Sari Deula and Bhabanisankara Temple Complex by the side of Sari Deula in Bhubaneswar                | Odisha           |
|         9 | Protection proposal of Jagatjit Palace, Kapurthala, Punjab.                                               | Punjab           |
|        10 | Birth Place of Madan Mohan Malviya, Lucknow                                                               | Uttar Pradesh    |
|        11 | Proposal of Jyotisher, Dist. Kurukshetra, Haryana.                                                        | Haryana          |
|        12 | Submerged temples in Govind Sagar lake in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh.                                     | Himachal Pradesh |
|        13 | Unakoti Rock cut carvings near north Tripura district                                                     | Tripura          |
|        14 | Buddhist Stupa and other Navograha temples excavated at Pilak in south Tripura district                   | Tripura          |
|        15 | Buddhist Stupas at Boxanagar in west Tripura district                                                     | Tripura          |
|        16 | Rock cut Carvings across the bank of Gomti River at Chabimura in south Tripura district                   | Tripura          |
|        17 | Fateh Billas Mahal, Khetri                                                                                | Rajasthan        |
|        18 | Fort of Bajrang Garh                                                                                      | Madhya Pradesh   |
|        19 | Protection of Patna College Building and Jackson hostel.                                                  | Bihar            |
|        20 | Mandar Parvat, Bihar                                                                                      | Bihar            |
|        21 | Birth Place of Dr. Dwarikanath Kotnis Memorial, Solapur                                                   | Maharashtra      |
|        22 | Birth Place of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar at Mhow                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh   |