13 thematic circuits and 13 pilgrimage
sites/destinations each have been identified by Ministry of Tourism (MOT) under
the new Plan Scheme Swadesh Darshan and National
Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) respectively. Details are as under:
|
Name of the
Scheme
|
Name of the
Circuits
|
|
Swadesh
Darshan
|
North-East
India Circuit, Buddhist Circuit, Himalayan Circuit, Coastal Circuit, Krishna
Circuit, Desert Circuit, Tribal Circuit, Eco Circuit, Wildlife Circuit, Rural
Circuit, Spiritual Circuit, Ramayana Circuit and Heritage Circuit.
|
|
PRASAD
|
Ajmer,
Amritsar, Amaravati, Dwarka, Gaya, Kamakhya, Kanchipuram, Kedarnath, Mathura,
Patna, Puri, Varanasi and Velankanni.
|
Proposals have been received from State Governments/UT
Administrations for grant of Central Financial
Assistance (CFA) for projects in Circuits/Destinations identified under these
schemes.
The MOT provides CFA to State Governments/Union
Territory Administrations for various tourism projects subject to receipt of
suitable DPRs, availability of funds, liquidation of pending utilization
certificates against the funds released earlier and adherence to the relevant
scheme guidelines.
The details of number of projects and amount sanctioned
under Swadesh Darshan and PRASAD Schemes during 2014-15 and 2015-16 (till date)
is given below:-
The details of number of projects and amount sanctioned under
Swadesh Darshan and PRASAD Schemes during 2014-15 and
2015-16 (till date)
Projects sanctioned under Swadesh Darshan.
(Rs.
in Crore)
|
Sl. No.
|
Name of the Circuit
|
State
|
Name of Project
|
Amount Sanctioned
|
|
|
|
|
2014-15
|
|
|
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
|
50.00
|
|
3.
|
Buddhist Circuit
|
Bihar
|
Cultural Centre,
Bodhgaya
|
33.17
|
|
|
|
Total
|
153.00
|
(Rs.
in Crore)
Sl. No.
|
Name of Theme
|
State
|
Name of Project
|
Amount Sanctioned
|
|
|
|
|
2015-16
|
|
|
1.
|
North-East India Circuit
|
Manipur
|
Development of
Tourist Circuit in Manipur: Imphal-Moirang-Khongjom-Moreh
|
89.66
|
|
2.
|
North-East India Circuit
|
Sikkim
|
Development of
Tourist Circuit linking – Rangpo (entry) – Rorathang - Aritar -
Phadamchen – Nathang – Sherathang – Tsongmo – Gangtok – Phodong – Mangan –
Lachung - Yumthang – Lachen – Thangu - Gurudongmer – Mangan – Gangtok –
Tumin Lingee – Singtam (exit) in Sikkim
|
98.05
|
|
3.
|
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
|
|
4.
|
Coastal Circuit
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Development of
Coastal Tourism Circuit in Sri Potti Sriramalu Nellore in Andhra Pradesh
|
60.38
|
|
5.
|
North-East India Circuit
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
Integrated Development
of Adventure Tourism in Arunachal Pradesh
|
97.14
|
|
6.
|
Eco Tourism Circuit
|
Kerala
|
Gavi–Patha-Namthitta-Vagamon-Thekkady
|
99.22
|
|
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
|
|
9.
|
Eco Circuit
|
Telangana
|
Integrated
Development of Eco Tourism Circuit in Mahaboobnagar district, Telangana.
|
91.62
|
|
10.
|
Wild Life Circuit
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
Development of
Wildlife Circuit at Panna –
Mukundpur-Sanjay-Dubri-Bandhavgarh-Kanha-Mukki-Pench in Madhya Pradesh
|
92.22
|
|
11.
|
Wildlife Circuit
|
Assam
|
Wildlife
Circuit of Assam
|
95.67
|
|
12.
|
North-East India Circuit
|
Tripura
|
Development of
North East Circuit : Agartala – Sipahijala – Melaghar – Udaipur – Amarpur –
Tirthamukh – Mandirghat – Dumboor- NarikelKunja – Gandachara – Ambassa
|
99.59
|
|
13.
|
Eco Tourism Circuit
|
Mizoram
|
Integrated
Development of New Eco-Tourism at Thenzawl, Reike & South Zote
|
94.91
|
|
14.
|
Coastal Circuit
|
West Bengal
|
Development of
Beach Circuit – Udaipur – Digha – Shankarpur – Tajpur – Mandarmani –
Fraserganj – Bakkhlai –Henry Island
|
85.39
|
|
15.
|
Coastal Circuit
|
Puducherry
|
Development of
Union Territory of Puducherry as Tourist Circuit under “Swadesh Darshan”
Scheme
|
85.28
|
|
16.
|
Tribal
Circuit
|
Chhattisgarh
|
Development of
Tribal Tourism Circuit Jashpur-Kunkuri-Mainpat-Ambikapur-Maheshpur-ratanpur-Kurdar-Sarodadadar-Gangrel-Kondagaon-Nathyanawagaon-Jagdalpur-Chitrakoot-Tirthgarh
in Chattisgarh
|
99.94
|
|
17.
|
Coastal
Circuit
|
Maharashtra
|
Sindhudurg
Circuit
|
82.76
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
1513.52
|
Projects sanctioned under PRASAD.
(Rs. in Crore)
|
Sl. No.
|
Name of the
State & project
|
Amount
Sanctioned
|
|
|
2014-15
|
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
Total
|
78.58
|
|
|
2015-16
|
|
|
|
PUNJAB
|
|
|
1.
|
Development of Karuna Sagar Valmiki
Sthal at Amritsar
|
6.45
|
|
|
RAJASTHAN
|
|
|
2.
|
Integrated Development of
Pushkar/Ajmer
|
40.44
|
|
|
ANDHRA PRADESH
|
|
|
3.
|
Development of Amaravati Town, Guntur
District of Andhra Pradesh as Tourist Destination
|
28.36
|
|
|
ASSAM
|
|
|
4.
|
Development of Kamakhya Temple and
Pilgrimage Destination in and around Guwahati.
|
33.98
|
|
|
BIHAR
|
|
|
5.
|
Development
of Patna Sahib
|
41.54
|
|
|
Total
|
150.77
|
This information was
given by Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge) and
Minister of State for Civil Aviation Dr. Mahesh Sharma in a written reply in Rajya
Sabha today.
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Sanjay Kumar/jk/Tourism/RS-3/16-03-2016