Lok Sabha Question No. 1332 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-07
Subject: Promotion of Tourism at Heritage Sites
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: PREM DAS RAI, B. S. YEDDYURAPPA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1332 ANSWERED ON 07.12.2015

## PROMOTION OF TOURISM AT HERITAGE SITES

## 1332. SHRI PREM DAS RAI: SHRI B.S. YEDIYURAPPA:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to promote tourism at various  heritage  sites  and  places  of  cultural  importance  of  the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  sites  classified/under consideration  for  the  development  and  promotion  of  tourism  at heritage sites, State/UT-wise including Karnataka and NorthEastern Region;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (d) the  funds  allocated  and  the  expenditure  incurred  in  this  regard during the last three years, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) :  Development and promotion of various tourism destinations & products including projects having focus on Heritage sites and places of cultural importance and implementation of tourism projects are primarily the  responsibility  of  the  respective  State  Government/Union  Territory (UT)  Administration.  The  Ministry  of  Tourism  as  part  of  its  ongoing promotional  activities  releases  campaigns  in  the  international  and domestic  markets  and also  undertakes   other   promotional   activities under  the  Incredible  India  brand-line   to   promote  India  as  a  holistic destination for tourists and to showcase its various tourism destinations and  products  including  heritage  sites of  India.

The  Ministry  of  Tourism  has  been  providing  Central  Financial Assistance  (CFA)  to  various  State  Governments  and  Union  Territory Administrations for tourism projects identified in consultation with them for  each  financial  year,  subject  to  receipt  of  Detailed  Project  Report (DPR),  liquidation  of  Utilization  Certificates,  availability  of  funds  and adherence to relevant scheme guidelines.

The  State/Union Territory-wise  list  of  tourism  projects,  amount sanctioned  and amount  utilized  for  the  last  three  years (i.e. 2012-13, 2013-14    and    2014-15)    including    the  State  of    Karnataka    &    North Eastern States  is annexed.

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## ANNEXURE

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1332 ANSWERED ON 07.12.2015 REGARDING PROMOTION OF TOURISM AT HERITAGE SITES.

2012-2013

(Rs. in lakh)

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State    |   No. of Projects |   Amt. Sanctioned |   Amt. Utilised |
|-----------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh       |                 4 |           6278.73 |         2269.68 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh    |                16 |           6612.5  |         2277.71 |
|         3 | Andaman & Nicobar    |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
|         4 | Assam                |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
|         5 | Bihar                |                 1 |            500    |          100    |
|         6 | Chandigarh           |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh         |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
|         8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
|         9 | Daman & Diu          |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
|        10 | Delhi                |                 2 |           2461.91 |          935.98 |
|        11 | Goa                  |                 2 |             50    |           50    |
|        12 | Gujarat              |                 1 |            486.75 |            0    |
|        13 | Haryana              |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh     |                11 |           3029.88 |         2433.81 |
|        15 | Jammu and Kashmir    |                25 |          11260    |         2846.4  |
|        16 | Jharkhand            |                 2 |           4885.71 |          555.7  |
|        17 | Kerala               |                 6 |           7826.53 |         2243.96 |
|        18 | Karnataka            |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
|        19 | Lakshadweep          |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
|        20 | Maharashtra          |                 5 |           7914.79 |         1129.23 |
|        21 | Manipur              |                 7 |           3595.62 |          360.86 |
|        22 | Meghalaya            |                 1 |             17.94 |           17.94 |
|        23 | Mizoram              |                 3 |             49.15 |           49.15 |
|        24 | Madhya Pradesh       |                20 |          20989.8  |        10579.9  |
|        25 | Nagaland             |                11 |           4556.66 |         1544.33 |
|        26 | Odisha               |                 2 |             61.3  |           61.3  |
|        27 | Puducherry           |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
|        28 | Punjab               |                 2 |             50    |           50    |
|        29 | Rajasthan            |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
|        30 | Sikkim               |                13 |           7020.18 |         1856.85 |

| 31.   | Tamil Nadu    |   2 |   2041.97 |   243.84 |
|-------|---------------|-----|-----------|----------|
| 32.   | Telangana     |   5 |   4191.34 |  2690.41 |
| 33.   | Tripura       |   0 |      0    |     0    |
| 34.   | Uttar Pradesh |  12 |   3486.15 |  1768.78 |
| 35.   | Uttarakhand   |   2 |   1297.47 |  1057.97 |
| 36.   | West Bengal   |   3 |   4694.46 |     0    |
|       | Total         | 158 | 103359    | 35123.8  |

## 2013-2014

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State                          |   No. of Projects |   Amt. Sanctioned |   Amt. Utilised |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh                             |                14 |           4532.02 |            0    |
|           | Combined Projects Andhra Pradesh Telangana |                 1 |           4588.8  |            0    |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh                          |                11 |           7473.64 |            0    |
| 3.        | Andaman & Nicobar                          |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
| 4.        | Assam                                      |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
| 5.        | Bihar                                      |                14 |          11109.9  |         1585.83 |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                                 |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                               |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
| 8.        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                       |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
| 9.        | Daman & Diu                                |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
| 10.       | Delhi                                      |                 2 |           5768.98 |            0    |
| 11.       | Goa                                        |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
| 12.       | Gujarat                                    |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
| 13.       | Haryana                                    |                 8 |           1487.25 |           75    |
| 14.       | Himachal Pradesh                           |                 1 |           3371.52 |            0    |
| 15.       | Jammu and Kashmir                          |                15 |           7618.54 |          263.65 |
| 16.       | Jharkhand                                  |                 1 |            500    |            0    |
| 17.       | Kerala                                     |                10 |           4065.63 |            0    |
| 18.       | Karnataka                                  |                 8 |           3228.71 |            0    |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep                                |                 0 |              0    |            0    |
| 20.       | Maharashtra                                |                 6 |           6795.18 |          372.5  |
| 21.       | Manipur                                    |                 8 |           7234.84 |          436.71 |
| 22.       | Meghalaya                                  |                 3 |             46.9  |            0    |
| 23.       | Mizoram                                    |                10 |           4711.16 |           40    |
| 24.       | Madhya Pradesh                             |                 9 |          10021.3  |         2629.17 |
| 25.       | Nagaland                                   |                11 |           5222.01 |          667.83 |

| 26.   | Odisha        |   12 |   6543.08 |    0.00 |
|-------|---------------|------|-----------|---------|
| 27.   | Puducherry    |    1 |   4848.16 |    0    |
| 28.   | Punjab        |    2 |   1038.86 |    0    |
| 29.   | Rajasthan     |   10 |   5174.71 |   90.63 |
| 30.   | Sikkim        |   14 |  10485    |   35    |
| 31.   | Tamil Nadu    |    0 |      0    |    0    |
| 32.   | Telangana     |    8 |   3370.07 |    0    |
| 33.   | Tripura       |    0 |      0    |    0    |
| 34.   | Uttar Pradesh |   26 |  13071.3  | 1038.55 |
| 35.   | Uttarakhand   |   29 |  21772.7  | 1275.24 |
| 36.   | West Bengal   |    0 |      0    |    0    |
|       | Total         |  234 | 154080    | 8510.11 |

## 2014-15

(Rs. in lakh)

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State    |   No. of Projects |   Amount Sanctioned |   Amt. Utilised |
|-----------|----------------------|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh       |                11 |             9515.53 |               0 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh    |                 8 |             8455.35 |               0 |
|         3 | Andaman & Nicobar    |                 0 |                0    |               0 |
|         4 | Assam                |                 3 |             3568.11 |               0 |
|         5 | Bihar                |                 3 |             4220.47 |               0 |
|         6 | Chandigarh           |                 0 |                0    |               0 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh         |                 5 |              990.13 |              50 |
|         8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                 0 |                0    |               0 |
|         9 | Daman & Diu          |                 1 |              775.54 |               0 |
|        10 | Delhi                |                 0 |                0    |               0 |
|        11 | Goa                  |                 1 |              879.04 |               0 |
|        12 | Gujarat              |                 0 |                0    |               0 |
|        13 | Haryana              |                 3 |              121.66 |               0 |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh     |                 0 |                0    |               0 |
|        15 | Jammu and Kashmir    |                 2 |              732.5  |               0 |
|        16 | Jharkhand            |                 0 |                0    |               0 |
|        17 | Kerala               |                 0 |                0    |               0 |
|        18 | Karnataka            |                 1 |             5000    |               0 |
|        19 | Lakshadweep          |                 0 |                0    |               0 |
|        20 | Maharashtra          |                 0 |                0    |               0 |
|        21 | Manipur              |                 7 |            14752.5  |               0 |
|        22 | Meghalaya            |                 0 |                0    |               0 |
|        23 | Mizoram              |                 3 |             4879.69 |              25 |
|        24 | Madhya Pradesh       |                 5 |             3690.54 |               0 |

| 25   | Nagaland      |   10 |   5980.20 |   0.00 |
|------|---------------|------|-----------|--------|
| 26   | Odisha        |    3 |   6488.34 |      0 |
| 27   | Puducherry    |    0 |      0    |      0 |
| 28   | Punjab        |    3 |   4831.98 |     30 |
| 29   | Rajasthan     |    2 |    149.93 |      0 |
| 30   | Sikkim        |    8 |   5200    |      0 |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu    |    0 |      0    |      0 |
| 32   | Telangana     |    4 |    504.36 |      0 |
| 33   | Tripura       |    0 |      0    |      0 |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh |    4 |   3368.05 |      0 |
| 35   | Uttarakhand   |    1 |    391.69 |      0 |
| 36   | West Bengal   |    0 |      0    |      0 |
|      | GRAND TOTAL   |   88 |  84495.6  |    105 |

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 during 2014-15. (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 |
| Total    |                           |                   |                                                                                                              |          |              153    |

The State-wise details of the funds sanctioned under PRASAD Scheme during the year 2014-15.

(Rs. in Crore)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State & project                                                                                         | Year    | Amount Sanctioned   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------------------|
|           | 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               |
|           | Grand Total                                                                                                         |         | 78.58               |

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