Lok Sabha Question No. 7 (STARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: Development of Tourism
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: N.K. PREMACHANDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*7 ANSWERED ON 30.11.2015

## DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM

- *7.   SHRI N.K. PREMACHANDRAN:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  identified  locations having tourism potential in various States/UTs of the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to introduce special tourism package for connecting important tourist locations in all  the  States  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the financial assistance extended in this regard, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  the  development  of tourism  in  various  States/UTs  of  the  country  including  the State of Kerala over a period of time; and
- (d) whether the Government  has taken any action on the proposal submitted by the Kerala Government for the development  of  Thenmala  eco-tourism  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to (d):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha.

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STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.*7 ANSWERED ON 30.11.2015 REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM.

(a)  to  (c):  The  Ministry  of  Tourism  (MOT)  has  identified  12  thematic circuits  for  development  namely  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 under the Plan Scheme Swadesh Darshan for Integrated Development of Tourist Circuits around Specific Themes launched in 2014-15.

The  MOT  has  also  identified  thirteen  important  pilgrimage  sites namely Ajmer (Rajasthan), Amritsar (Punjab), Amravati (Andhra Pradesh),  Dwarka  (Gujarat),  Gaya  (Bihar),  Kedarnath  (Uttarakhand), Kamakhaya (Assam), Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu), Mathura (Uttar Pradesh),  Patna  (Bihar),  Puri  (Odisha),  Varanasi  (Uttar  Pradesh)  and Velankanni  (Tamil  Nadu)  for  development  under  the  scheme  National Mission  on  Pilgrimage  Rejuvenation  and  Spiritual  Augmentation  Drive (PRASAD) launched in 2014-15.

The Central Financial Assistance for the projects in the States/UTs under  these  schemes  as  well  as  other  plan  schemes  of  MOT  are provided 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  list  of  number  of  projects  and  amount  sanctioned  under Product/Infrastructure Development for Destinations and Circuits (PIDDC), Human Resource Development (HRD), Fairs and Festivals, Rural Tourism, Swadesh Darshan and PRASAD schemes during the last three years and current year (till 24.11.2015) is given in Annexure.

(d):   The Eco-destination Thenmala project which was prioritized for the year  2014-15  could  not  be  processed  due  to  the  late  receipt  of Utilisation Certificate against fund released earlier to the State Government of Kerala.

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## ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*7 ANSWERED ON 30.11.2015 REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM.

2012-2013

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   |   No. of Projects |   Amt. Sanctioned |
|-----------|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh      |                 4 |           6278.73 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh   |                16 |           6612.5  |
| 3.        | Bihar               |                 1 |            500    |
| 4.        | Delhi               |                 2 |           2461.91 |
| 5.        | Goa                 |                 2 |             50    |
| 6.        | Gujarat             |                 1 |            486.75 |
| 7.        | Himachal Pradesh    |                11 |           3029.88 |
| 8.        | Jammu and Kashmir   |                25 |          11260    |
| 9.        | Jharkhand           |                 2 |           4885.71 |
| 10.       | Kerala              |                 6 |           7826.53 |
| 11.       | Maharashtra         |                 5 |           7914.79 |
| 12.       | Manipur             |                 7 |           3595.62 |
| 13.       | Meghalaya           |                 1 |             17.94 |
| 14.       | Mizoram             |                 3 |             49.15 |
| 15.       | Madhya Pradesh      |                20 |          20989.8  |
| 16.       | Nagaland            |                11 |           4556.66 |
| 17.       | Odisha              |                 2 |             61.3  |
| 18.       | Punjab              |                 2 |             50    |
| 19.       | Sikkim              |                13 |           7020.18 |
| 20.       | Tamil Nadu          |                 2 |           2041.97 |
| 21.       | Telangana           |                 5 |           4191.34 |
| 22.       | Uttar Pradesh       |                12 |           3486.15 |
| 23.       | Uttarakhand         |                 2 |           1297.47 |
| 24.       | West Bengal         |                 3 |           4694.46 |
|           | Total               |               158 |         103359    |

2013-2014

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State                                |   No. of Projects |   Amt. Sanctioned |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh                                   |                14 |           4532.02 |
|           | Combined Projects for Andhra Pradesh & Telangana |                 1 |           4588.8  |

| 2.   | Arunachal Pradesh   |   11 |   7473.64 |
|------|---------------------|------|-----------|
| 3.   | Bihar               |   14 |  11109.9  |
| 4.   | Delhi               |    2 |   5768.98 |
| 5.   | Haryana             |    8 |   1487.25 |
| 6.   | Himachal Pradesh    |    1 |   3371.52 |
| 7.   | Jammu and Kashmir   |   15 |   7618.54 |
| 8.   | Jharkhand           |    1 |    500    |
| 9.   | Kerala              |   10 |   4065.63 |
| 10.  | Karnataka           |    8 |   3228.71 |
| 11.  | Maharashtra         |    6 |   6795.18 |
| 12.  | Manipur             |    8 |   7234.84 |
| 13.  | Meghalaya           |    3 |     46.9  |
| 14.  | Mizoram             |   10 |   4711.16 |
| 15.  | Madhya Pradesh      |    9 |  10021.3  |
| 16.  | Nagaland            |   11 |   5222.01 |
| 17.  | Odisha              |   12 |   6543.08 |
| 18.  | Puducherry          |    1 |   4848.16 |
| 19.  | Punjab              |    2 |   1038.86 |
| 20.  | Rajasthan           |   10 |   5174.71 |
| 21.  | Sikkim              |   14 |  10485    |
| 22.  | Telangana           |    8 |   3370.07 |
| 23.  | Uttar Pradesh       |   26 |  13071.3  |
| 24.  | Uttarakhand         |   29 |  21772.7  |
|      | Total               |  234 | 154080    |

2014-15 (Rs. in lakh )

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State   |   No. of Projects |   Amount Sanctioned |
|-----------|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh      |                11 |             9515.53 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh   |                 8 |             8455.35 |
|         3 | Assam               |                 3 |             3568.11 |
|         4 | Bihar               |                 3 |             4220.47 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh        |                 5 |              990.13 |
|         6 | Daman & Diu         |                 1 |              775.54 |
|         7 | Goa                 |                 1 |              879.04 |
|         8 | Haryana             |                 3 |              121.66 |
|         9 | Jammu and Kashmir   |                 2 |              732.5  |
|        10 | Karnataka           |                 1 |             5000    |
|        11 | Manipur             |                 7 |            14752.5  |
|        12 | Mizoram             |                 3 |             4879.69 |

| 13.   | Madhya Pradesh   | 5   |   3690.54 |
|-------|------------------|-----|-----------|
| 14.   | Nagaland 10      |     |   5980.2  |
| 15.   | Odisha           | 3   |   6488.34 |
| 16.   | Punjab           | 3   |   4831.98 |
| 17.   | Rajasthan        | 2   |    149.93 |
| 18.   | Sikkim           | 8   |   5200    |
| 19.   | Telangana        | 4   |    504.36 |
| 20.   | Uttar Pradesh    | 4   |   3368.05 |
| 21.   | Uttarakhand      | 1   |    391.69 |
|       | GRAND TOTAL      | 88  |  84495.6  |

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 till 24.11.2015.

(Rs. in Crore)

|   Sl. No | Name of the Circuit       | State             | Name of Project                                                                                              |   Amount Sanctioned |
|----------|---------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|        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    |
|        3 | Buddhist Circuit          | Bihar             | Cultural Centre, Bodhgaya                                                                                    |               33.17 |
|        4 | North- East India Circuit | Manipur           | Development of Tourist Circuit in Manipur: Imphal-Moirang- Khongjom-Moreh                                    |               89.66 |
|        5 | North- East India Circuit | Sikkim            | Development of Tourist Circuit linking - Rangpo (entry) - Rorathang - Aritar -                               |               98.05 |

|    |                |             | Phadamchen - Nathang - Sherathang - Tsongmo - Gangtok - Phodong - Mangan - 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 |  80.37 |
| 7  | Desert Circuit | Rajasthan   | Development of Sambhar Lake Town and Other Destinations under Desert Circuit in Swadesh Darshan Scheme                                                                                         |  63.96 |
| 8  | Tribal Circuit | Nagaland    | Development of Tribal Circuit Peren -Kohima- Wokha, Nagaland                                                                                                                                   |  97.36 |
|    |                |             | Total                                                                                                                                                                                          | 582.4  |

The  State-wise  details  of  the  funds  sanctioned  under  PRASAD Scheme till 24.11.2015.

(Rs. in Crore)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State & project                                      | Amount Sanctioned   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|           | 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  |
|      | PUNJAB                                                                                                               |        |
| 5.   | Development of Karuna Sagar Valmiki Sthal at Amritsar                                                                | 6.45   |
|      | RAJASTHAN                                                                                                            |        |
| 6.   | Integrated Development of Pushkar/Ajmer                                                                              | 40.44  |
|      | Grand Total                                                                                                          | 125.47 |

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