The Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned
Rural Tourism projects at 185 sites to various States/Union Territory
Administrations upto 31st March 2012. For the year 2012-13, rural
tourism projects at 13 sites were identified for development, based on
prioritization meetings held by the Ministry of Tourism with State
Governments/UT Administrations.
The Ministry of Tourism is implementing
the Rural Tourism Scheme with the main objective of showcasing rural life, art,
culture and heritage in villages which have core competence in art & craft,
handloom, textiles, natural environment etc. Under this scheme, Central
Financial Assistance (CFA) upto Rs.50.00 lakh for infrastructure development
and upto Rs.20.00 lakh for capacity building is provided to State
Governments/Union Territory Administrations for each identified site.
CFA is provided to State
Governments/Union Territory (UT) Administrations on the basis of proposals
received from them and subject to adherence to scheme guidelines, availability
of funds and inter-se priority. Improvement
of roads within the Panchayat limit is one of the
components of the Rural Tourism Scheme for which CFA is provided to the State
Governments/UT Administrations.
The number of rural tourism projects
and amount sanctioned to States/UTs under the Rural Tourism Scheme during each
of the last three years and the current year, State-wise
and
year-wise
are given below:
The number of Rural Tourism projects and amount sanctioned
during 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 & 2012-13 (till 30.9.12).
(Rs lakh)
|
Sr.
No.
|
State/UT
|
2009-10
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
2012-13
(till
30.09.2012)
|
|
No of projects
|
Amt sanctioned
|
No
of projects
|
Amt
sanctioned
|
No
of projects
|
Amt
sanctioned
|
No
of projects
|
Amt sanctioned
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
7
|
220.37
|
3
|
109.8
|
2
|
62.54
|
0
|
0
|
|
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
2
|
64.66
|
1
|
17.0
|
2
|
85.88
|
1
|
20.00
|
|
3
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
12
|
374.82
|
4
|
136.74
|
6
|
266.19
|
3
|
51.00
|
|
4
|
Kerala
|
1
|
18
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
5
|
Maharashtra
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
17.29
|
1
|
49.08
|
|
6
|
Manipur
|
1
|
16.33
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
7
|
Meghalaya
|
1
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
50.00
|
|
8
|
Mizoram
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
20
|
1
|
50
|
2
|
62.7
|
|
9
|
Nagaland
|
6
|
205.1
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
268.44
|
0
|
0
|
|
10
|
Odisha
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
|
11
|
Punjab
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
15.5
|
1
|
15.93
|
0
|
0
|
|
12
|
Sikkim
|
5
|
146.76
|
5
|
181.27
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
13
|
Tamil Nadu
|
3
|
86.45
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
14
|
Tripura
|
6
|
163.22
|
4
|
164.9
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
15
|
Uttarakhand
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
17
|
0
|
0
|
|
16
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
40.51
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
17
|
West
Bengal
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
70
|
0
|
0
|
|
18
|
Puducherry
|
1
|
50
|
1
|
15.17
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
45
|
1365.71
|
21
|
700.89
|
25
|
873.27
|
8
|
232.78
|
This information was given by the Union Minister for
Tourism Sh.K. Chiranjeevi
in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha
today.
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SAMIR/RV
(Release ID :90052)