Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture at Its Meeting Held on the Twelfth February, 2018
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REPORT NO. 261 PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE TWO HUNDRED SIXTY FIRST REPORT Demands for Grants (2018-19) of the Ministry of Tourism (Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 6th March, 2018) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 6th March, 2018) Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi March, 2018/Phalguna, 1939 (Saka) Website : http://rajyasabha. nic. in E-mail : [email protected]. in Hindi version of this publication is also available PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE TWO HUNDRED SIXTY FIRST REPORT Demands for Grants (2018-19) of the Ministry of Tourism (Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 6th March, 2018) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 6th March, 2018) Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi March, 2018/Phalguna, 1939 (Saka) CONTENTS PAGES 1. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE............................................................................ (i)-(ii) 2. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................... (iii) 3. ACRONYMS............................................................................................................ (iv)-(vi) 4. REPORT................................................................................................................. 1-39 5. RECOMMENDATIONS/OBSERVATIONS — AT A GLANCE.................................................... 40-49 6. MINUTES............................................................................................................... 51-56 7. ANNEXURES............................................................................................................. 57-70 COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE (Constituted on 1st September, 2017) 1. Shri Derek O'Brien — Chairman RAJYA SABHA 2. Shri Ritabrata Banerjee 3. Shri La. Ganesan 4. Dr. Prabhakar Kore 5. Shri Praful Patel 6. Kumari Selja 7. Shri Rajeev Shukla 8. Shri Rewati Raman Singh 9. Shri Narendra Kumar Swain 10. Shri Vinay Dinu Tendulkar LOK SABHA 11. Shri Subrata Bakshi 12. Shri Ramcharan Bohra 13. Shri Vinod Chavda 14. Shri Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama 15. Kumari Arpita Ghosh 16. Shri Rahul Kaswan 17. Shri Nimmala Kristappa 18. Shri P. Kumar 19. Shri Harish Chandra Meena 20. Shri Ram Charitra Nishad 21. Shri Rajesh Pandey 22. Shri Rajesh Ranjan 23. Shri Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy 24. Shri Ram Kumar Sharma (i) 25. Shri Prathap Simha 26. Shri Dushyant Singh 27. Shri Kunwar Haribansh Singh 28. Shri Rakesh Singh 29. Shri Shatrughan Sinha 30. Shri Manoj Tiwari 31. Shri K. C. Venugopal SECRETARIAT Shrimati Sunita Sekaran, Director Shri Swarabji B., Director Shrimati Monica Baa, Additional Director Shrimati Catherine John L., Under Secretary Shrimati Anamika Das Bora, Committee Officer (ii) INTRODUCTION I, the Chairman, Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture, having been authorized by the Committee to present on its behalf, do hereby present this Two Hundred Sixty First Report on Demands for Grants (2018-19) of the Ministry of Tourism. 2. The Committee, at its meeting held on the 12th February, 2018 considered the subject and heard the Secretary and other officials of the Ministry of Tourism. 3. The Committee wishes to express its thanks to the officers of Ministry of Tourism for placing before the Committee, the material and information desired in connection with the subject and for clarifying the points raised by the Members. 4. The Committee considered and adopted the Report at its meeting held on 1st March, 2018. NEW DELHI; DEREK O'BRIEN 1 March, 2018 Chairman, Phalguna 10, 1939 (Saka) Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture, Rajya Sabha. (iii) ACRONYMS AD : Anno Domini ASI : Archaeological Survey of India ATC : Applied Training Centre BE : Budget Estimates BSF : Border Security Force CBSP : Capacity Building for Service Providers CCI : Campaign Clean India CD : Compact Disk CFA : Central Financial Assistance CISF : Central Industrial Security Force CPWD : Central Public Works Division CRZ : Coastal Regulation Zone CSMC : Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee CSR : Corporate Social Responsibility DPPH : Domestic Promotion and Publicity including Hospitality DPR : Detailed Project Report EAP : Externally Aided Project ECoR : East Coast Railways ECR : East Central Railways ER : Eastern Railways FCI : Food Craft Institutes (FCIs), FICCI : The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry FTAs : Foreign Tourist Arrivals GDP : Gross Domestic Production IHM : Institutes of Hotel Management IITTM : Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (iv) IMCCTS : Inter-Ministerial Coordination Committee on Tourism Sector IMS : Integrated Management System ITDC : India Tourism Development Corporation JCP : Joint Commission KRCL : Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. MD : Mission Directorate MIS : Management Information System MoT : Ministry of Tourism MR-PS : Market Research Professional Services MSDE : Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship MVT : Medical Value travel NCHMCT : National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology NCR : North Central Railways NE : North East NER : North Eastern Region NFR : North Frontier Railway NH : National Highways NIWS : National Institute of Water Sports NOIDA : New Okhla Industrial Development Authority NR : Northern Railways NSQF : National Skill Qualification Framework NWR : North-West Railways PIDDC : Product/Infrastructure Development for Destinations and Circuits PMC : Project Management Consultants PMRP : Prime Minister's Reconstruction Plan PPP : Public Private Partnership PRASHAD : Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive (v) RE : Revised Estimates SEL : son et lumiere (Sound and Light Shows) SOP : Standard Operating Procedure SPV : Special Purpose Vehicles SR : Southern Railways TP : Tourism Promotion TSA : Tourism Satellite Account UP : Uttar Pradesh UT : Union Territory WD : Window Display (vi) REPORT Tourism is a major engine of economic growth and an important source of employment and foreign exchange earnings. It has great capacity to create large scale employment of diverse kind from the most specialized to the unskilled and hence can play a major role in creation of additional employment opportunities. It can also play an important role in achieving growth with equity and sustainability. Ministry of Tourism is the nodal agency to formulate national policies and programmes for the development and promotion of tourism in the country. 2. The Ministry of Tourism has 20 Domestic field offices and an Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering within the country and 14 overseas offices. The overseas offices promote Indian tourism in the market abroad. The domestic field offices also play a vital role for promotion of tourism sector in the country. They are also involved in monitoring the progress of implementation of projects sanctioned by the Ministry to the State Governments/Union Territories. 3. The Ministry of Tourism has under its control a public sector undertaking, the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) and the following autonomous institutions: (i) Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM) (ii) National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (NCHMCT) and the Institutes of Hotel Management. 4. At present there are 42 Institutes of Hotels Management (including Central and State IHMs), comprising 21 Central IHMS and 21 State IHMs, and 11 Food Craft Institutes, which have come up with the support of the Ministry. 5. Demand No. 95 containing the details of budgetary provisions of the Ministry of Tourism for the financial year 2018-19 was scrutinized by the Department related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture at its meeting held on the Twelfth February, 2018. The Secretary, Ministry of Tourism along with the senior officials made a detailed presentation to the Committee on various aspects of the Demands for Grants and functioning of the Ministry. The Committee examined the budget documents of the Ministry and the replies furnished by the Ministry to the questionnaires. 6. The Committee was informed that Ministry of Tourism has taken the initiative of identifying, developing and promoting niche products of the country. This is done in order to overcome the aspect of 'seasonality' and to promote India as a 365 days' destination, attract tourists with specific interest, and to ensure repeat visits for the unique products in which India has a comparative edge. Accordingly, the following niche products have been identified by the Ministry of Tourism for development and promotion: (i) Cruise Tourism (ii) Adventure Tourism (iii) Medical Tourism 2 (iv) Wellness Tourism (v) Golf Tourism (vi) Polo Tourism (vii) Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (viii) Eco Tourism (ix) Films Tourism, and (x) Sustainable Tourism 7. The Committee appreciates the initiatives of the Ministry. The Committee is, however, dismayed to note that there is no fund allocation to any of the above niche products; nor any concrete and specific proposals on the part of the Ministry to promote any of the niche tourism initiatives. The Committee reminds that the Ministry should formulate clear policies and programmes along with required fund allocations to implement the projects. ANALYSIS OF TWELFTH FIVE YEAR PLAN 8. The details of year wise allocation and utilization of