Rs 340.92 cr spent to preserve protected sites last fiscal till March 1
A sum of Rs 340.92 crore was spent on the conservation, preservation, and maintenance of centrally protected sites during 2022-23 till March 1, parliament was informed on Monday.
Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy shared the data in a written response to a query in Lok Sabha.
He was asked to share details of the centrally protected heritage sites, temples, and monuments in the country, including in Rajasthan, and measures taken to beautify, maintain and develop them.
Reddy, in his response, shared details of the amount allotted and spent on the conservation, preservation and maintenance of 3,696 centrally protected monuments and sites during the last three years and the current year.
According to the data shared, Rs 435.39 crore was spent in 2019-20, Rs 260.83 crore in 2020-21, Rs 269.57 crore in 2021-22, Rs 340.92 crore in 2022-23 till March 1, 2023,
Reddy also shared data on the number of adult tourists who visited protected ticketed monuments and the revenue generated from t