Lok Sabha Question No. 3719 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-16
Subject: NMMA and Museum Grants Scheme
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Shri Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane, Shri Shivmangal Singh Tomar, Shri Lumbaram Choudhary, Shri Chintamani Maharaj, Shri Sudheer Gupta, Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, Smt. Smita Uday Wagh, Shri Chavan Ravindra Vasantrao, Shri Saumitra Khan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3719

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2026.

## NMMA AND MUSEUM GRANTS SCHEME

## 3719.    SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI SAUMITRA KHAN:

SHRI CHINTAMANI MAHARAJ:

SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:

SHRI CHAVAN RAVINDRA VASANTRAO:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

SHRI SHIVMANGAL SINGH TOMAR:

SMT. SMITA UDAY WAGH:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the current  status  of  implementation  of  the  National  Mission  on  Monuments  and  Antiquities, including  the number of monuments and antiquities documented and digitised during the last three years, State/UT - wise particularly in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal including Bishnupur and Jalgaon Lok Sabha Constituencies and Surguja district in Chhattisgarh;
- (b) the  details  of  the  steps  taken  to  strengthen  museums  through  grant  assistance  for  modernisation, conservation, security an digitisation of collections;
- (c) the financial allocation, release and utilisation under NMMA and the Museum Grant Scheme, year and State/UT-wise including district-wise in West Bengal; and
- (d) whether any evaluation has been undertaken to assess improvements in preservation standards, visitor engagement, outreach programmes and digital access to collection under the said scheme and if so, the details thereof including outcomes in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM

(SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) The National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities (NMMA) has so far documented 11,406 Unprotected Monuments (Built Heritage and Sites) and 12,48,775 antiquities of this country.

State-wise  data  particularly  in  respect  of  Andhra  Pradesh,  West  Bengal,  Maharashtra  and Chhattisgarh during last 3 years is at Annexure-I.

- (b) Ministry  of  Culture  operates  Museum  Grant  Scheme  under  which  financial  assistance  is provided for setting up of New  Museums/development/modernization of the existing

museums/digitization  of  museum  collections/setting  up  of  virtual  museums  and  training  of museums  professionals of museums  managed  by  Central/State Governments, Societies, Autonomous bodies, Public sector Undertaking, local bodies, Academic Institutions and Trusts registered  under  the  societies  Act  at  the  regional,  State  and  District  Level  including  Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra.

- (c) A consolidated amount Rs. 30 lakhs have been allotted to the NMMA in the current financial year.  Details  of  the  amount  allocation  and  utilisation  under  the  Museum  Grant  Scheme  year wise  including  district  wise  in  West  Bengal  and  state-wise  during  the  last  three  years  are  at Annexure-II .
- (d) NMMA regularly  conducts  workshops  in  various  regions  to  raise  awareness  and  organises training  programs  for  universities,  colleges,  NGOs,  and  other  interested  organizations,  in coordination with field offices of ASI and the State-Level Implementation Committees (SLIC) in each state to speed up the documentation work.

The digital data is available on the NMMA website: http://nmma.nic.in for public access.

## Data digitization report last 3 years (2023-2025)

| State Name                |   Year -2023 |   Year-2024 |   Year-2025 |
|---------------------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
| Andaman& Nicobar Islands  |            0 |           0 |           0 |
| Andhra Pradesh            |          212 |           0 |         304 |
| Arunachal Pradesh         |            0 |           0 |           0 |
| Assam                     |          364 |           0 |         935 |
| Bihar                     |         1325 |           0 |         607 |
| Chandigarh                |            0 |           0 |           0 |
| Chhatisgarh               |            0 |           0 |           0 |
| Dadra& Nagar Haveli       |            0 |           0 |           0 |
| Daman& Diu                |            0 |           0 |           0 |
| Delhi                     |          515 |           0 |        1050 |
| Goa                       |            0 |           0 |           0 |
| Gujarat                   |            0 |           2 |         372 |
| Haryana                   |            0 |           0 |         316 |
| Himachal Pradesh          |            0 |           0 |           0 |
| Jammu and Kashmir         |           47 |           0 |           0 |
| Jharkhand                 |            0 |           0 |           0 |
| Karnataka                 |            1 |           2 |           0 |
| Kerala                    |            0 |           0 |         412 |
| Lakshadweep               |            0 |           0 |           0 |
| Madhya Pradesh            |          490 |           0 |         737 |
| Maharashtra               |          865 |           0 |         572 |
| Manipur                   |            0 |           0 |           0 |
| Meghalaya                 |            0 |           0 |           0 |
| Mizoram                   |            0 |           0 |           0 |
| Nagaland                  |            0 |           0 |           0 |
| Orissa                    |           89 |           0 |         491 |
| Pondicherry               |            0 |           0 |           0 |
| Punjab                    |            0 |           0 |           0 |
| Rajasthan                 |          500 |         773 |         173 |
| Sikkim                    |            0 |           0 |           0 |
| Tamil Nadu                |           62 |           0 |         298 |
| Telangana                 |            1 |           0 |           0 |
| Tripura                   |            0 |           0 |           0 |
| Union Territory of Ladakh |            0 |           0 |           0 |
| Uttarakhand               |            0 |           0 |          45 |
| Uttar Pradesh             |           11 |           0 |        1133 |
| West Bengal               |          766 |           0 |        4243 |

Annexure-I

Annexure-II Year-wise  details  of  the  fund  released  under  the  Museum  Grant  Scheme  during  the  last  three financial years (2023-2025).

|   S. No . | State             | Distract       | Name of Organ ization                                                                                                               | Type of Org .   | Type of museum                   |   Sanctione d amount | FY: 2022-23   | FY: 2023-2 4   | FY: 2024- 25   |   Utilized f und |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|----------------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pra desh   | Anantpur       | Government of Andhra Pradesh, Padamshree Kall uri Subbarao Me morial District A rchaeological M useum Anantpur                      | State Govt.     | Setting of New Mus eum           |               572    | -             | 286.00         | -              |          572     |
|         2 |                   | Visakhap atnam | Science City of Andhra Pradesh, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Kailasg iri (Dovari Kond a), Visakhapatna m, Andhra Prade sh. Govt.        | State           | Setting of New Mus eum           |               375.2  | 58.467        | -              | -              |           58.467 |
|         3 |                   | Godavari       | Archaeology an d Museum, Govt . of Andhra Prad esh, Rallabandi Subba Rao Arch aeology East Go davari District, Andhra Pradesh Govt. | State           | Develop ment o f existing museum |               400    | 140.043       | -              | -              |          140.043 |
|         4 | Arunachal Pradesh | Ziro           | Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Govt. of Arunachal Prade sh, District Mus eum, Ziro, Arun achal Pradesh                                  | State Govt.     | Setting of New Mus eum           |               720    | -             | -              | 21.69 8        |           21.698 |
|         5 | Gujarat           | Rajkot         | Rajkot Rajya Fo undation, Rajit Villas Palace, Pa lace Road, Rajk ot, Gujarat                                                       | NGO             | Setting of New Mus eum           |               500    | 125.00        | 125.00         | -              |          500     |
|         6 | Karnataka         | Shivamo- gga   | Shivappa Nayak a Museum & Re search Bureau, S ri Bekkiinakalm atha, Shivamogg a Karnataka                                           | NGO             | Setting of New Mus eum           |               300    | 75.00         | -              | -              |          225     |
|         7 | Leh Ladha k       | Leh            | Deskid Cultural and Welfare Soc iety, Deskid, Go npa, Ladhak                                                                        | NGO             | Setting of New Mus eum           |               435.04 | 108.76        | -              | -              |          326.28  |

|   S. No . | State           | Distract   | Name of Organ ization                                                                                                                                         | Type of Org .   | Type of museum                   |   Sanctione d amount | FY: 2022-23   | FY: 2023-2 4   | FY: 2024- 25   |   Utilized f und |
|-----------|-----------------|------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|----------------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|         8 | Madhya Pr adesh | Vidisha    | Local Archaeolo gical Museum, S ironj, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh Heritage Develo pment Trust, Ar chaeology, Arch ives and Museu m, Banganga Ro ad, Bhopal Govt. | State           | Setting of New Mus eum           |              152.8   | 22.90         | -              | -              |           91.68  |
|         9 | Maharashtr a    | Mumbai     | Funds & Propert ies of the Parsi P unchayet Bomba y, of Framji Dad abhoy Alpiwalla Museum, Dr. Da dabhai Naoroji Road, Fort, Mu mbai                          | NGO             | Develop ment o f existing museum |              400     | -             | 64.48          | 100.0 0        |          400     |
|        10 | Maharashtr a    | Pune       | Symbiosis Socie ty's for Develop ment of Asian C ultural Museum, Pune                                                                                         | NGO             | Develop ment o f existing museum |               35.615 | 17.807        | 8.90           | 8.90           |           35.615 |
|        11 | Manipur         | Imphal     | State Archaeolo gy, Govt. of Ma nipur Imphal, M anipur for 3 Gall eries inside Kan gla Fort, Manipu r Govt.                                                   | State           | Setting of New Mus eum           |              435.51  | -             | 108.87         | -              |          326.632 |
|        12 | Manipur         | Thoubal    | Khongjom War Memorial Trust Khongjom Baza r, Opposite Kho ngjom Police St ation, Thoubal D istrict, Manipur                                                   | NGO             | Setting of New Mus eum           |              500     | -             | 125.00         | -              |          375     |
|        13 | Manipur         | Chandel    | Anallon Christia n Development Committee (AC DC), Chandel, Manipur                                                                                            |                 | Setting of New Mus eum           |              449.166 | -             | 224.58         | -              |          226.87  |
|        14 | Mizoram         | Lunglei    | District Museum , Lunglei, Direct or Art & Culture Department, Ch anmari, Aizwal                                                                              | NGO             | Setting of New Mus eum           |              827.217 | -             | 206.807        | -              |          827.217 |
|        15 | Odisha          | Bhubanes   | J. D Centre Of A                                                                                                                                              | NGO             | Setting of                       |              621.6   | -             | 35.352         | 57.88          |          497.28  |

| S. No .   | State          | Distract    | Name of Organ ization                                                                               | Type of Org .            | Type of museum                   | Sanctione d amount   | FY: 2022-23   | FY: 2023-2 4   | FY: 2024- 25   | Utilized f und   |
|-----------|----------------|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|           |                | war         | rt, VIP Colony, Nayapalli, Bhub aneswar                                                             |                          | New Mus eum                      |                      |               |                | 7              |                  |
| 16        | Rajasthan      | Jaipur      | Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II M useum, City Pala ce, Jaipur Rajast han                                |                          | Develop ment o f existing museum | 400.00               | -             | 1.00           | -              | 127.074          |
| 17        | Telangana      | Hyderaba d  | Salar Jung Muse um, Hyderabad, Telangana                                                            | Auton omous body o f MoC | Virtual E xperientia l Museu m   | 33.00                | -             | 33.00          | -              | 18.466           |
| 18        | Uttar Prade sh | Prayagraj   | Allahabad Hig h Court, Prayag raj, Uttar Prades h Court                                             | High                     | Develop ment o f existing museum | 20.976               | -             | 10.488         | -              | 15.731           |
| 19        |                | Vrindavan   | VRI Braj Cultur e Museum, Vrin davan Research Institute. Raman Reti Marg, Vrin davan, Mathura. U.P. | NGO                      | Develop ment o f existing museum | 340.304              | -             | -              | 170.5 2        | 271.459          |
| 20        | West Beng al   | Kolkata     | Directorate Gen eral Border Secu rity Force (BSF) (Eastern Comma nd), Kolkata                       | Govt.                    | Setting of New Mus eum           | 648.71               | -             | 154.839        | -              | 479.189          |
| 21        | Delhi          | South Eas t | International So ciety for Krishna Consciousness, East of Kailash ( ISKCON), New Delhi              | NGO                      | Develop ment o f existing museum | 400.00               | 200.00        | -              | -              | 200.00           |

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