GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2888 TO BE ANSWERED ON PHALGUNA 29, 1938 (SAKA)

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1 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2888 TO BE ANSWERED ON PHALGUNA 29, 1938 (SAKA) HIGH VALUE ENTRY TICKETS AT MONUMENTS SHRI RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO : Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) whether the Government has decided to offer business class treatment to visitors who pay more entry fee at monuments; if so, the details thereof; the details of facilities provided for those who take high-value entry ticket; the funds collected from prominent national monuments, year-wise and Statewise, during the last three years; and whether the funds collected from high value tickets has been spent on development of those monuments during the said period and if so the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE, CULTURE AND TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (DR. MAHESH SHARMA) (a)to(c) (d) (e) The entry fee for ticketed monuments under Archaeological Survey of India has been increased with effect from The purchase of high value tickets by the visitors for visiting the ticketed monuments under Archaeological Survey of India is optional in nature. The provisions are made with purchase of high value ticket holders for on spot facilities like free bottled water, mementos, CDs with pictures of monuments by the Archaeological Survey of India at the centrally protected ticketed monuments. The details of revenue earned from 116 ticketed monuments (State-wise) during the last three years are at Annexure. No, Madam. The revenue collected from the entry fee at the ticketed monuments of the Archaeological Survey of India is remitted into the Government account in the Consolidated Fund of India.

2 ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO FOR REVENUE DATA FROM ENTRANCE FEE AT CENTRALLY PROTECTED TICKETED MONUMENTS UNDER ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS Amount in Rupees Sl.No Name of State and Monument/ Site Andhra Pradesh 1. Buddhist Stupa and remains, Amaravathi 2. Ancient Remains at Nagarjunakonda Rock-cut Hindu Temple, Undavalli Buddhist Monuments, Guntuplli Fort, Chandragiri Total Assam 6. Ahom Raja s Palace, Garhgaon, Sibsagar Karenghar of Ahom Kings, Sibsagar Ranghar pavillion, Jaisagar Bisnudol, Joysagar Group of four Maidams Charaideo, Sibsagar Total Bihar 11. Remains of Patliputra, (Kumrahar) Patna Ancient Site of Vaishali, Kolhua Excavated Remains at Nalanda Ruins of Vikramshila, Antichak Sher Shah Suri s Tomb, Sararam Total Chhattisgarh 16. Laxman Temple, Sirpur Gujarat 17. Champaner Monuments, Champaner Sun Temple, Modhera Rani-ki-Vav, Patan Ashokan Rock Edicts, Junagadh Buddhist Caves, Junagadh Baba Pyare & Khapra Khodiya Caves, Junagadh Total:

3 Haryana 23. Sheikh Chilli's Tomb, Thanesar Suraj Kund, Faridabad Total: Himachal Pradesh 25. Kangra Fort, Kangra Rock- Cut Temple, Masroor Total: Jammu & Kashmir 27. Palace Complex at Ramnagar Group of Temples, Kiramchi Avantiswamin Temple, Avantipur Ancient Palace at Leh Total: Karnataka 31. World Heritage Site, Hampi Daria Daulat Bagh, Sriragapatna Keshva Temble, Somanathpur Palace of Tipu Sultan, Bangalore Chitradurga Fort, Chitradurga Bellary Fort, Bellary Durga Temple Complex, Aihole Jaina & Vaishnava Caves, Badami Group of Monuments, Pattadakal Gol-Gumbaz, Bijapur Ibrahim Rouza, Bijapur Temple and Sculpture Shed, Lakkundi Total: Kerala 43. Bekal Fort, Pallikkare Mattancherry Palace Museum, Kochi, District Ernakulam Total: Madhya Pradesh 45. Buddhist Caves, Bagh The Palace in the Fort, Burhanpur Hoshang Shah s Tomb, Mandu Group of Monuments, Mandu Roopmati Pavilion, Mandu Western Group of Temples, Khajuraho Buddhist monuments, Sanchi Gwalior Fort, Gwalior Total:

4 Maharashtra 53. Ajanta Caves Ellora Caves Bibi ka Maqbara, Aurangabad Daulatabad Fort, Aurangabad Pandulena Caves, Mahoor Aurangabad Caves, Aurangabad Elephanta Caves, Gharipuri Buddhist Caves, Kanheri Shaniwarwada, Pune Agakhan Palace, Pune Lenyadri Caves Caves, temple and inscriptions, Karla Caves, temple and inscriptions, Bhaja Raigad Fort, Raigad Kolaba Fort Old Fort, Sholapur Total: NCT Delhi 69. Jantar Mantar, Delhi Tomb of Khan-i-Khana, Delhi Purana Qila, Delhi Sultanghari Tomb, Delhi Tughluqabad Fort, Delhi Kotla Feroz Shah, Delhi Safdarjung Tomb, Delhi Red fort, Delhi Humayun's Tomb, Delhi Qutb Minar, Delhi Total: Odisha 79. Sun Temple, Konarak Udayagiri & Khandagiri Caves, Bhubaneshwar 81. Rajarani Temple, Bhubaneshwar Ratnagiri Monuments, Ratnagiri Buddhist Remains, Lalitagiri Total: Rajasthan 84. Chittorgarh Fort, Chittorgarh Kumbhalgarh Fort, Kumbhalgarh Deeg Palaces, Deeg Total: Tamilnadu 87. Group of Monuments, Mamallapuram Fort, Thirumanayam Gingee Fort, Gingee Fort, Dindigul

5 91. Muvarkoil, Kodumbalur, Pudukkottai Rock Cut Jain Temple, Sittannavassal Natural Cavern called Eladipallanan, Sittannavassal Total: Telangana 94. Charminar, Hyderabad Golconda Fort, Hyderabad Fort, Warangal Total: Uttar Pradesh 97. Taj Mahal, Agra Agra fort, Agra Fatehpur Sikri Akbar s tomb, Sikandara, Agra Mariam s tomb, Sikandara, Agra Itimad-ud-Daulah, Agra Rambagh group of monuments, Agra Mehtab Bagh, Agra Old fort (Shahi fort), Jaunpur Lord Cornwallis Tomb, Ghazipur Observatory Man Singh (Man Mahal), Varanasi 108. Excavated Remains at Sarnath Monuments of Sravasti, Sahet-Mahet Jhansi Fort, Jhansi Rani Mahal, Jhansi Residency, Lucknow Kalinjar Fort, Kalingar Total: West Bengal 114. Kooch Bihar Palace, Kooch Bihar Hazarduari Palace, Murshidabad Bishnupur Group of Temples, Bishnupur Total: Gross Total:

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