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Ministry of Tourism
02-March-2016 16:47 IST
Swadesh Darshan and Prasad Schemes of M/O Tourism

                                                                       

 

Under the plan scheme ‘Swadesh Darshan’ and ‘PRASAD’ the Ministry of Tourism provides Central Financial Assistance (CFA) to State Governments/Union Territory Administrations, for various tourism projects subject to availability of funds, liquidation of pending utilization certificates and adherence to the scheme guidelines.

 

            Under the Swadesh Darshan scheme, thirteen thematic circuits have been identified, 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, Ramayana Circuit and Heritage Circuit.

 

Under the PRASAD scheme thirteen sites have been identified for development, namely: Amritsar, Ajmer, Dwaraka, Mathura, Varanasi, Gaya, Puri, Amaravati, Kanchipuram, Vellankanni, Kedarnath, Kamakhya and Patna.

 

Under the ‘PRASAD’ scheme the focus is on development and beautification of the identified pilgrimage destinations. Whereas, in the ‘Spiritual Circuit’ identified under the Swadesh Darshan scheme, the thrust is on development of particular thematic circuit consisting of various religious/spiritual destination in a State and Union Territory.

 

            In pursuance to the Budget Announcements of 2014-15, both the schemes were launched in January 2015. The projects sanctioned under the schemes are generally commissioned in 18 to 36 months. The details of State/UT-wise, circuit-wise and city-wise funds sanctioned and released under the above schemes are given below.

 

Details of projects sanctioned under Swadesh Darshan and PRASAD schemes from 2014-15 till date.

 

SWADESH DARSHAN SCHEME

 

Sr. No

Name of Theme

State

Name of Project

 

Sanction Amount

(Rs. crore)

Release Amount (Rs. Crore)

Year 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

13.96

2

North East India Circuit

Arunachal Pradesh

Development of Bhalukpong-Bomdila-Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh

49.77

10.00

3

Buddhist Circuit

Bihar

Construction of Cultural Centre adjacent to Maya Sarovar on the western side at Bodhgaya, Bihar.

33.17

6.63

Year 2015-16

 

1

North East

India Circuit

Manipur

Development of Tourist Circuit in Manipur: Imphal-Moirang-Khongjom-Moreh

89.66

17.93

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

19.61

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

16.07

4

Coastal Circuit

Andhra Pradesh

Development of Coastal Tourism Circuit in Sri Potti Sriramalu Nellore in Andhra Pradesh

60.38

12.08


5

North East India Circuit

Arunachal Pradesh

Integrated Development of New Adventure Tourism  in Arunachal Pradesh  under North East Circuit of Swadesh Darshan

97.14

19.43

6

Eco Tourism Circuit

Kerala

Development of Pathanamthitta- Gavi-Vagamon-Thekkady as Eco Tourism Circuit in Idduki and Pahanamthitta Districts in Kerala under Swadesh Darshan scheme.

99.22

19.84

7

Desert Circuit

Rajasthan

Development of Sambhar Lake Town and Other Destinations in Jaipur District, Rajasthan under Desert Circuit in Swadesh Darshan scheme.

63.96

12.79

8

Tribal Circuit

Nagaland

Development of Tribal Circuit Peren –Kohima-Wokha, Nagaland

97.36

19.47

9

Eco Circuit

Telangana

Integrated Development of Eco Tourism Circuit in Mahaboobnagar district, Telangana under Swadesh Darshan scheme.

91.62

18.32

10

Wild Life Circuit

Madhya Pradesh

Development of Wildlife Circuit at Panna – Mukundpur-Sanjay-Dubri-Bandhavgarh-Kanha-Mukki-Pench in Madhya Pradesh under Swadesh Darshan scheme.

92.22

18.44

11

Wildlife Circuit

Assam

Manas– Pobitora- Nameri- Kaziranga- Dibru Saikhowa as Wild Life Circuit in Assam.

95.67

19.13

12

North East India Circuit

Tripura

Development of North East Circuit : Agartala - Sipahijala - Melaghar - Udaipur - Amarpur - Tirthamukh - Mandirghat – Dumboor- NarikelKunja - Gandachara – Ambassa in Tripura.

99.59

19.92

13

Eco Tourism Circuit

Mizoram

Integrated Development of New Eco-Tourism under Swadesh Darshan-North East Circuit at Thenzawl & South Zote, District Serchhip and Reiek, Mizoram.

94.91

18.98

14

Coastal Circuit

West Bengal

Development of Beach Circuit  in West Bengal  – Udaipur - Digha – Shankarpur – Tajpur – Mandarmani – Fraserganj – Bakkhlai -Henry Island.

85.39

17.08

15

Coastal Circuit

Puducherry

Development of Union Territory of Puducherry as Tourist Circuit under “Swadesh Darshan” Scheme

85.28

17.06

 

PRASAD SCHEME

 

Sl. No

State

Name of the project

Sanction Amount

(Rs.crore)

Release Amount (Rs. Crore)

Year- 2014-15

 

1.

Bihar

Development of basic facilities at Vishnupad temple, Gaya, Bihar

4.29

0.86

2.

Uttar Pradesh

Development of Mathura-Vrindavan as Mega Tourist Circuit (Ph-II)

14.93

2.99

3.

Uttar Pradesh

Construction of Tourist Facilitation Centre at Vrindavan, Distt. Mathura

9.36

1.75

4.

Odisha

Infrastructure Development at Puri, Shree Jagannath Dham- Ramachandi-Prachi River front at Deuli under Mega Circuit

50.00

10.00

Year – 2015-16

 

1

Punjab

Development of Karuna Sagar Valmiki Sthal at Amritsar

6.45

1.29

2

Rajasthan

Integrated Development of Pushkar/Ajmer

40.44

8.09

3

Andhra Pradesh

Development of amaravati Town, Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh as Tourist Destination

28.36

5.67

4

Assam

Development of Kamakhya Temple and Pilgrimage Destination in and around Guwahati

33.98

6.80

5

Bihar

Development at Patna Sahib

41.54

8.31

 

 

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-04/02-03-2016