Indian Government Sanctions 5 Projects Under Eco-Tourism

Ministry of Tourism               04-May, 2016 15:05 IST

 

For development of tourism infrastructure in the country, the Ministry of Tourism has launched the Swadesh Darshan scheme - Integrated Development of Theme-Based Tourist Circuits, in 2014-15. Under the scheme thirteen thematic circuits have been identified for development including Eco circuit and Tribal Circuit.  So far Ministry has sanctioned the following projects under Eco Circuit and Tribal Circuit themes:

 

(Rs. in crore)

Sl. No.	Circuit	Name of the Project	Amt. Sanctioned
1	Eco Circuit	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
2	Eco Circuit	Integrated Development of Eco Tourism Circuit in Mahaboobnagar District, Telangana.	91.62
3	Eco Circuit	Development of Pathanamthitta – Gavi – Vagamon – Thekkady as Eco Tourism Circuit in Idduki and Pathanamthitta Districts in Kerala.	99.22
4	Tribal Circuit	Development of Tribal Tourism Circuit in Jashpur-Kunkuri-Mainpat- Ambikapur-Maheshpur -Ratanpur-Kurdar-Sarodadadar Gangrel- Kondagaon –Nathyanawagaon -Jagdalpur Chitrakoot -Tirthgarh in Chhattisgarh.	99.94
5	Tribal Circuit	Development of Tribal Circuit Peren- Kohima-Wokha, Nagaland	97.36

 

The Ministry of Tourism identifies tourism circuits/sites for infrastructural development in the country in consultation with the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations. The projects are sanctioned subject to availability of funds, liquidation of pending utilization certificates, submission of suitable Detailed Project Reports and adherence to the scheme guidelines.

 

The details of projects sanctioned by the Ministry of Tourism under its various schemes during the last three years are given below:-

Details of Projects Sanctioned during the year 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16

(Rs. in Crore)

Sl. No.	Name of the State	2013-14		2014-15		2015-16
		No.	Amt. Sanctioned	No.	Amt. Sanctioned	No.	Amt. Sanctioned
1.	Andhra Pradesh	15	91.21	12	164.99	2	88.74
2.	Arunachal Pradesh	11	74.74	9	134.55	1	97.14
3.	Andaman & Nicobar	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
4.	Assam	0	0.00	3	35.68	2	129.65
5.	Bihar	14	111.10	5	79.66	1	41.54
6.	Chandigarh	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
7.	Chhattisgarh	0	0.00	5	9.90	1	99.94
8.	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
9.	Daman & Diu	0	0.00	1	7.76	0	0.00
10.	Delhi	2	57.69	0	0.00	0	0.00
11.	Goa	0	0.00	1	8.79	0	0.00
12.	Gujarat	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
13.	Haryana	8	14.87	3	1.22	0	0.00
14.	Himachal  Pradesh	1	33.72	0	0.00	0	0.00
15.	Jammu and Kashmir	15	76.19	2	7.33	0	0.00
16.	Jharkhand	1	5.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
17.	Kerala	10	40.66	0	0.00	1	99.22
18.	Karnataka	8	32.29	1	50.00	0	0.00
19.	Lakshadweep	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
20.	Maharashtra	6	67.95	0	0.00	1	82.76
21.	Manipur	8	72.35	7	147.53	1	89.66
22.	Meghalaya	3	0.47	0	0.00	0	0.00
23.	Mizoram	10	47.11	3	48.80	1	94.91
24.	Madhya Pradesh	9	100.21	5	36.91	1	92.22
25.	Nagaland	11	52.22	10	59.80	1	97.36
26.	Odisha	12	65.43	4	114.88	0	0.00
27.	Puducherry	1	48.48	0	0.00	1	85.28
28.	Punjab	2	10.39	3	48.32	1	6.45
29.	Rajasthan	10	51.75	2	1.50	2	104.40
30.	Sikkim	14	104.85	8	52.00	1	98.05
31.	Tamil Nadu	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
32.	Telangana	8	33.70	4	5.04	1	91.62
33.	Tripura	0	0.00	0	0.00	1	99.59
34.	Uttar Pradesh	26	130.71	6	57.97	1	20.04
35.	Uttarakhand	29	217.73	1	3.92	2	115.15
36.	West Bengal	0	0.00	0	0.00	1	85.39
	Total	234	1540.82	95	1076.55	24	1719.11