Parliament Question: Promotion and Preservation of Cultural Heritage

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5046 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2026 PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE 5046. SMT. MALVIKA DEVI: Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state: (a) the details of the schemes currently being implemented by the Government for preservation and promotion of India’s tangible and intangible cultural heritage, particularly in aspirational and backward districts, such as Kalahandi and Nuapada in Odisha; (b) the details of total funds allocated and utilised under these schemes during the last three financial years, State/UT and year-wise, especially in Odisha; and (c) whether the Government proposes to set up any cultural resource centres or museums in Odisha, especially in the said district? ANSWER MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT) (a) There are 82 nos. of centrally protected monuments under the jurisdiction of & Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in the State of Odisha including 01 monument (b) namely Asurgarh Fort in the District of Kalahandi. ASI takes up conservation and preservation works of these monuments/sites as per the need and availability of resources subject to the National Policy for Conservation and it is a continuous process. The details of expenditure incurred for conservation and maintenance of Asurgarh Fort during the last three years including current year are given as under:- (Amount in Rs.) Expenditure incurred during the year 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Nil Nil 6360/- 195344/- The details of total funds allocated and utilised by ASI for conservation and maintenance during the last three years, State/UT and year-wise, including State of Odisha are given at Annexure-I. The Government of India has set up Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC) at Kolkata to promote various forms of folk art of its member States which includes the State of Odisha. EZCC organizes various cultural activities in its member States for which annual grant-in-aid is provided to them. The grant-in-aid released to EZCC, Kolkata during the last three years is as under:Year Amount released (in lakhs) 2022-23 755.81 2023-24 897.14 2024-25 1145.48 EZCC organizes number of programmes like Folk Fair, National Tribal/ Folk Dance & Music Festival, Chilika Shelduck Folk Carnival, All India Multilingual Drama & Dance Festival etc. in Odisha. Workshops viz. Filigree, Patachitra, Mayurbhanj Chhau and Saura Painting are also conducted by EZCC to promote dying & vanishing folk art forms. (c) At present, there is no such proposal under consideration.Annexure-I STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5046 FOR 23.03.2026. The details of total funds allocated and utilised by ASI for conservation and maintenance during the last three years, State/UT and year-wise, including State of Odisha. (Amount in Crores) Sl. Name of Circle 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 No. State/UT Allocati Expendit Allocati Expendit Allocati Expendit on ure on ure on ure 23.52 23.52 15.9 15.90 1. Uttar Pradesh Agra 21.27 21.15 0 5.82 5.82 6.10 6.10 Jhansi 7.00 7.00 16.9 16.93 8.91 8.91 Lucknow 19.03 19.03 3 11.3 11.32 7.62 7.62 Sarnath 10.15 10.15 2 7.95 7.95 6.70 6.64 Meerut 6.20 6.20 26.8 26.80 8.60 8.60 2. Maharashtra Aurangabad 18.70 18.70 0 15.5 15.56 18.19 18.19 Mumbai 15.35 15.35 6 10.1 10.18 10.60 10.60 Nagpur 5.00 4.99 8 17.3 17.34 8.55 8.55 3. Karnataka Bangalore 19.85 19.85 4 12.2 12.25 6.52 6.52 Hampi 10.00 10.00 5 9.57 9.57 7.46 7.46 Dharwad 10.08 10.08 17.2 17.22 12.30 12.30 4. Madhya Bhopal 14.90 14.90 2 Pradesh 9.27 9.27 7.00 6.99 Jabalpur 8.00 8.00 12.2 12.29 11.5 11.37 5. Odisha 13.18 13.17 9 0 Bhubaneswa r / Puri 9.10 9.10 6.01 6.01 6. West Bengal, Kolkata (86) 10.16 10.16 8.00 8.00 6.10 6.10 7. West Bengal, Raiganj 7.00 7.00 Sikkim 12.9 12.95 13.1 13.14 8. Tamil Nadu, Chennai 11.45 11.45 5 5 Puducherry 9.55 9.55 5.80 5.80 Trichy 8.50 8.50 11.0 11.00 8.40 8.40 9. Punjab Chandigarh 6.53 6.53 0 Haryana 5.00 5.00 2.80 2.79 10 Himachal Shimla 8.90 8.90 Pradesh 36.14 36.14 24.9 11. Delhi (NCT) Delhi 30.50 30.35 24.94 5 9.90 9.90 9.00 9.00 12. Goa Goa 10.45 10.45 8.78 8.78 5.72 5.71 13. Assam Guwahati 7.44 7.44 Meghalaya Nagaland Arunachal Pradesh 1.29 1.29 1.26 1.25 14. Manipur Aizawl 2.00 2.00 Mizoram Tripura 12.7 12.75 10.9 10.91 15. Rajasthan Jaipur 10.28 10.28 5 110.65 10.65 9.25 9.24 Jodhpur 7.65 7.65 14.3 14.38 6.80 6.77 16. Telangana Hyderabad 15.50 15.50 8 14.70 14.70 12.90 12.90 17. Andhra Amravati 11.60 11.60 Pradesh 16.0 16.00 8.73 8.73 18. Bihar Patna 9.00 9.00 0 7.17 7.17 4.90 4.89 19. Jammu & Srinagar 6.11 6.03 Kashmir 3.50 3.50 2.20 2.20 20. Ladakh (UT) Mini Circle 1.92 1.92 7.09 7.09 6.30 6.30 21. Kerala Thrissure 7.50 7.50 12.00 12.00 7.70 7.69 22. Gujarat Vadodara 11.00 11.00 Daman & Diu (UT) 2.50 2.50 3.00 3.00 Gujarat Rajkot 3.09 3.09 5.42 5.42 5.10 5.10 23. Uttarakhand Dehradun 4.85 4.85 5.94 5.94 8.19 8.19 24. Chhattisgarh Raipur 7.50 7.50 2.15 2.15 2.25 2.25 25. Jharkhand Ranchi 2.00 2.00 -----