REPORT NO. 211
PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA
DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE
TWO HUNDRED ELEVENTH REPORT Upkeep of various Monuments in Delhi, National Museum and other important issues pertaining to the Ministry of Culture
(Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 19th February, 2014) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 19th February, 2014)
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PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA
DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE
TWO HUNDRED ELEVENTH REPORT
Upkeep of various Monuments in Delhi, National Museum and other important issues pertaining to the Ministry of Culture
(Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 19th February, 2014) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 19th February, 2014)
Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi February, 2014/Magha, 1935 (Saka)
CONTENTS
PAGES
1. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ...... (i)-(ii)
2. INTRODUCTION ...... (iii)
3. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ...... (iv)
4. REPORT ...... 1—12
5. OBSERVATIONS/CONCLUSIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE — AT A GLANCE ... 13—19
6. Annexure–I and II ...... 21—37
7. MINUTES ...... 39—41
8. LIST OF REPORTS ...... 42—60
COMPOSITION OF THE DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE (2013-14)
1. Shri Sitaram Yechury — Chairman
RAJYA SABHA 2. Shri Shashi Bhusan Behera 3. Shri Kunal Kumar Ghosh 4. Shri Narendra Kumar Kashyap 5. Prof. Alka Balram Kshatriya 6. Shri Aayanur Manjunatha 7. Shri V. Hanumantha Rao 8. Shri Satish Sharma 9. Shrimati Bimla Kashyap Sood 10. Shrimati Vasanthi Stanley
LOK SABHA 11. Yogi Adityanath 12. Shri Sisir Kumar Adhikari 13. Shri Ghanshyam Anuragi 14. Shri Subrata Bakshi 15. Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary 16. Shrimati Tabassum Hasan 17. Dr. Mahesh Joshi 18. Shri M. Krishnaswamy 19. Shri G.V. Harsha Kumar 20. Shri S. Pakkirappa 21. Shri Prabodh Panda 22. Shri Deoraj Singh Patel 23. Shri Adhalrao Shivaji Patil 24. Shri Nilesh N. Rane 25. Shri Modugula Venugopala Reddy 26. Shri Madan Lal Sharma 27. Shri Dushyant Singh 28. Shri Rakesh Singh 29. Shri Shatrughan Sinha 30. Shri K. Sudhakaran 31. Shri Dinesh Trivedi
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SECRETARIAT Shri N.K. Singh, Joint Secretary Shri Swarabji B., Joint Director Dr. (Shrimati) Subhashree Panigrahi, Joint Director Shrimati Catherine John L., Assistant Director Shri T. Kennedy Jesudossan, Committee Officer Shri P.P. Raumon, Committee Officer INTRODUCTION
I, the Chairman, Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture, having been authorised by the Committee to present on its behalf, do hereby present this Two Hundred and Eelventh Report on “Upkeep of various Monuments in Delhi, National Museum and other important issues pertaining to the Ministry of Culture”. 2. The Committee in the first chapter of this Report has dealt with upkeep of various important monuments in Delhi. Most of the issues raised here were under examination of the Committee for a long time and recently the Committee heard the views of the Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Culture, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Archaeological Survey of India and INTACH on 27th January, 2014 on the subject. Similarly, the portion pertaining to the National Museum is also based on the replies received from the Ministry of Culture on the 167th and the 179th Reports of the Committee. Given the crucial importance of the subject, the Committee has made further observations/recommendations in this Report for follow up action. 3. The Committee has also dealt with several outstanding issues on which recommendations were given in various Reports earlier but, those have not been implemented fully. The Committee understands that if implemented, it will go a long way in protecting the cultural heritage of the country and the interface of culture with tourism will certainly be better. 4. The Committee is thankful to the Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Tourism for their written and oral replies/submissions on different occasions. The Committee is also thankful to Aga Khan Trust and INTACH for their participation in the meeting. 5. The Committee considered and adopted the Report in its meeting held on the 18th February, 2014.
SITARAM YECHURY NEW DELHI; Chairman, February 18, 2014 Department-related Parliamentary Standing Magha 29, 1935 (Saka) Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture
(iii) LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
A.D. – Anno Domini A.S.I. – Archaeological Survey of India C.A.A. – Civil Aviation Authority D.D.A. – Delhi Development Authority H.R.D. – Human Resource Development INTACH – Indian National Trust For Art and Cultural Heritage M.C.D. – Muncipal Corporation of Delhi N.C.T. – National Capital Territory N.D.M.C. – New Delhi Municipal Corporation O.M. – Office Memorandum UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization W.H.C. – World Heritage Centre
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REPORT
CHAPTER-I
Conservation, Preservation and Protection of important Monuments in Delhi
Introduction Cultural heritage of a nation, in fact, is the medium to understand the sublime facet of history of a country and its people, which is manifested in myriad forms of creativity and excellence. Therefore, the conservation, upkeep and maintenance of our historical monuments assumes greater significance and hence a national concern. The Committee has been of the view that highest peace time destruction of cultural assets has taken place in India during the British colonial period, particularly, after the First War of Independence in 1857. Today, this era of rabid consumerism and crass commercialization have posed serious threats to the existence of our cultural heritage and resources. India is not an exception in this regard. It has been a common perception that we in India know how to build great monuments but we are unable to protect and preserve them. Our performance has been rather unimpressive in respect of their upkeep and maintenance. Our monuments are symbols of our great and rich past. It appears that we no longer take pride in our cultural heritage which is reflected in our unkempt cultural sites. Nothing is more enduring in the perception of a visiting tourist than aesthetically maintained monuments and their adjoining premises. There are myriads of tangible and intangible aspects having cascading effect for our economy. Yet, our premium monuments and historical and cultural sites are facing serious threats to their existence due to negligence. 2. The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture had always emphasised on many other problems apart from the protection, preservation, upkeep and the facilities available to tourists at our major monuments. The Committee in its meetings held from time to time had emphasised on these and other matters concerning our major monuments and the cultural sites. The interface between the Ministry of Culture with the Ministry of Tourism and other agencies has been important concern from the perspective of developing tourism in the country. The major issues discussed before the Ministry of Culture and the Committee’s recommendations thereon have been given in the succeeding paragraphs:–
Upkeep of Red Fort 3. The Committee’s concern about upkeep, maintenance, the renovation of our premier cultural sites in Delhi is well known through its different reports. Recently, it had a meeting with the officials of Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Tourism to take stock of the arrangements made at these sites. The Red Fort was deliberately converted into military barracks leading to reckless encroachment and defacement of its original beauty. Efforts have been made to restore it but, much is still to be done on ground to revive the lost grandeur of this monument. 4. The Committee recommends that efforts should be made by the Ministry to get back the original Mughal era charm of Red Fort. This can happen only when its surrounding is also developed tastefully in a contemporaneous style of the Monument. It is a sad story that nothing has been done to renovate this great monument and compensate for the loss and deliberate destruction that took place during the colonial period by converting it into military barracks. The Committee recommends that the Ministries of Culture and Tourism should make a joint effort for this purpose. The Committee emphasises the need to 2 integrate the Red Fort to Shahjahanabad as the entire Mughal City, including Red Fort, has been nominated as part of a World Heritage City of Delhi. 5. The Committee also took note of several important museums like Freedom Fighter’s Museum, Indian War Memorial Museum and Red Fort Archaeological Museum housed inside Red Fort which preserve many important historical antiquities. But, adequate steps have not been taken to improve their visibility. The Committee also learnt that many posts are lying vacant and many museum staff are working as casual labour in these museums almost for two decades and have not been regularised despite their eligibility. The Committee recommends that steps be taken to fill these vacancies in time and also to regularise the eligible casual appointees to boost their morale so they would contribute best in their service career.
Illumination of Qutub Minar 6. The Committee has also discussed the importance of adequate and appropriate lighting facilities in and around our major monuments. It was of the view that not only poor lighting but also over lighting spoils the beauty of a Monument. The example of Qutub Minar was cited in this respect. 7. The Committee therefore emphasises the need for proper and adequate illumination of the Qutub Minar to enhance its beauty as well as its visibility. The Committee found that the flood light at night is too bright that it might harm the monument. The Committee recommends to improve this at the earliest. 8. The Committee also feels that Qutub Minar, like any other monument, should not be dealt with in isolation from its surroundings. This world famous Heritage Monument, therefore, must be developed as an integrated site including historic Mehrauli Village and Mehrauli Archaeological Park.
Upkeep of Humayun’s Tomb 9. One of the most impressive structures located in Delhi is the Humayun’s Tomb. This brilliant architectural splendour of the Mughal period testifies the craftsmanship of the Mughal architects, which was inspired by the Persian style of architecture. The tomb is surrounded by beautiful lush green Mughal garden. The garden is divided into four parts by pathways. This is typical of all Mughal gardens. The various water channels for the fountains make this tomb a true architectural delight. 10. The Humayun’s Tomb was declared as a Centrally Protected Monument in the year 1913 and since then Archaeological Survey of India is continuously taking its conservation, chemical cleaning and environmental development. In view of the importance of the monument, UNESCO has included Humayun’s Tomb in the list of World Heritage Property in the year 1993. Despite this the Committee found in one of its visit that the condition of Humayun’s tomb was in bad shape and its upkeep etc. woefully inadequate. Water seeped through the roofs and blue Persian tiles were covered in dirt and grim. The once – resplendent Mughal gardens were overrun with dense over growth of wild grass and weeds. At many places new encroachments have come up. Aga Khan Trust for Culture and Archaeological Survey of India were found doing renovation work there. Aga Khan Trust had signed an agreement for restoration/conservation of Humayun’s Tomb. The conservation work has been completed on 18th September, 2013. 11. The Committee in the meeting held earlier and the one held on the 27th January, 2014 took stock of the renovations done by Aga Khan Trust for Culture and INTACH and found that the 3 restorations work being done by them praiseworthy. The cement deposits were removed as cement was not used in historical monuments. Now the monument sports a renewed look. The basic amenities including parking, toilet facilitates, safe drinking water, bilingual signages, etc have been provided at the monument. In addition, cultural text in Braille has also been provided at Humayun’s Tomb. 12. The Committee appreciates the work done by Aga Khan Trust and INTACH and recommends that such good initiatives should continue in future for other monuments also. Partnership with people and developing a larger synergy and coordination among several stakeholders/agencies for protection and preservation of our iconic Monuments/ Heritage Sites is the need of the hour. But, we also cannot lose sight of the majority of our monuments that are lying unattended. Through our own resources as also having partnership with international organizations such as UNESCO, and other bodies like Aga Khan Foundation, resources may be generated for renovation, upkeep and beautification of monuments. Since maintenance is a continuous affair, this can best be done through increasing people’s participation. The Ministry of Culture should put in place a credible system to encourage and motivate a large section of the local populace in the task of upkeep and maintenance of historical and cultural monuments. Once the people treat these monuments as their own assets and develop a sense of ownership, their maintenance become assured.
Issues pertaining to Lal Mahal 13. The Committee also considered the problems regarding protection of Lal Mahal, situated in Nizamuddin area of Delhi, one of the India’s oldest Islamic period monuments from demolition and illegal encroachment. Lal Mahal or Kushak-i-Lal is said to have been built by Ghiyasuddin Balban (AD 1266-1286) in AD 1255.The structure of Lal Mahal was constructed out of red sandstone over a plinth comprising a central domed room with a verandah around having flat roof supported on pillars and lintels. 14. The Ministry of Culture admitted that the monument is encroached upon and is under use for residential purposes. The monument is privately owned. There have been several attempts in the past to demolish the structure and to undertake fresh constructions on the site. There have been several requests from the interested persons/agencies to declare the monument as protected keeping in view its historical and architectural importance. 15. The Committee in its 150th Report on ‘the National Commission for Heritage Sites Bill, 2009’ had made significant recommendation pertaining to Lal Mahal Palace’s upkeep and protection . The said Report was presented to Parliament on the 23rd November, 2009 and forwarded to the Ministry of Culture for taking necessary action on it. While examining the subject, the Committee had called for oral evidence of the MCD, Delhi Police and INTACH etc. The Committee in the said Report had inter-alia recommended that– “The Committee has seen for itself that the demolition of Lal Mahal in Delhi was mainly due to lack of coordination, monitoring and regular interaction between the Union and State Governments and its agencies like ASI, State Archaeology Boards, local bodies, police and revenue authorities. Administrative mechanism required for ensuring protection of heritage sites are not there at every levels. ASI is greatly handicapped on account of manpower, resources and necessary legal powers, as a result of which, it is able to protect only 3675 monuments. State Governments put together are taking care of only about 4000 heritage sites, while there are estimated about two lakhs unprotected heritage sites in the country. There is a distinct lack of required effort at different levels in regard to identification, notification and preservation/protection of our heritage.” 4
16. The Committee took up the matter seriously and requested the Ministry of Culture to furnish their comments on the reported threat to Lal Mahal Palace. 17. The Ministry of Culture were further reminded on the issue vide OM dated the 25th July and 10th October, 2013. After prolonged persuasion, the Ministry vide their O.M. dated 17th December, 2013 had informed this Committee that the Archaeological Survey of India’s proposal to declare Lal Mahal as a National Monument has been approved by the Minister of Culture in principle. Resultantly, a total area of 276 sq. meters of this important Monument will be protected by the ASI. The ASI has taken necessary action to declare Lal Mahal as protected. As soon as the land acquisition issue pertaining to the site of Lal Mahal is sorted out, the ASI would bring out the protection notification under Section 4(i) of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958. 18. In the meeting held on 27th January, 2014 the Committee also raised this issue with the ASI and it was updated on the status that the encroachers are denying access to ASI even to photograph the destroyed monument and in such circumstances it is difficult to start the work relating to revival, renovation etc. 19. The Committee is glad to note that as a result of its prolonged persuasion, now the Ministry has given in-principle approval to include Lal Mahal in the list of centrally protected monuments under the ASI. 20. However, it appears to the Committee that in case of Lal Mahal, land grabbers and various authorities were conniving with each other. They could successfully destroy the precious monument and illegal constructions took place while Government authorities remained silent spectators. Even now the ASI people are being denied entry into the illegally encroached premise of Lal Mahal. The Committee recommends that since a decision has been taken to protect this important monument no laxity should be shown to the encroachers and they should be removed with the help of police force and suitably renovated. 21. The Committee is of the view that even if some important monuments are privately owned, it does not authorise the private owners to alter, deface or demolish the monuments. Appropriate legal and institutional mechanism need to be put in place to make such private persons accountable and face severe legal consequences for destroying such monuments/ ancient sites.
Issue of Training Tourist Guides 22. The Ministry of Culture clarified before the Committee that Tourist Guides are being trained by the Ministry of Tourism. 23. The Committee observes that the Ministry of Culture has the domain knowledge about the specifications of art and architectural traditions and innovativeness of each monument/site. Therefore, they should impart the training to tourist Guides. The Committee learnt that there is no system for on the spot booking of guides at our premier cultural sites. As a result, tourists are left to be cheated by fake/ untrained guides. The Committee also observes that just like counters to sale entry tickets to visit a monument, a counter should also be there for guided tour/visit of the monument. Moreover, the specialized Guides should be available with each monument/heritage sites.
The Issue of coordination between various Government agencies 24. In regard to the coordination between various Government agencies in Delhi the Ministry 5 of Culture informed the Committee that for protection and preservation of monuments, a meeting of senior officers of the Central Government, Government of NCT of Delhi, DDA, NDMC, MCD, etc. was convened by the Minister of Culture in which it was decided to constitute two Sub- Committees i.e., one under the Secretary (Culture), Government of India and the other under the Regional Director, ASI, Northern Region with representations from various agencies in Delhi for the purpose of protection and preservation of monuments in Delhi and to have proper coordination for development around the monuments. 25. The Committee observes that several agencies are involved in the process and they meet on various fora; yet, communication gaps have been often noticed on important matters. The Committee recommends that both the Culture and Tourism Ministry should develop a closer synergy for preserving and promoting our heritage and culture. For instance, the Ministry of Tourism is nodal in imparting training to the Tourist Guides whereas the Culture Ministry has the domain knowledge of all monuments sites. As a result, many touts are passing on half cooked information to innocent visitors at various monuments and tourist destinations.
Identification, notification and preservation/protection of our heritage 26. The Central Government has brought out the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2010 to check construction activities around the centrally protected monuments. The Act came into force from 30th March, 2010. Despite this, the Committee has noticed that several important monuments and sites having unique features are languishing due to neglect and the Ministry of Culture does not have a list of these monuments/ sites. The Committee observed from the Lal Mahal case that when a monument is being encroached and destroyed, all the authorities turn blind eye and allow that to happen. They do not stop it for the reasons best known to them. ASI feels helpless in this as it does not have the authority to use force etc. to stop and they don’t get the required co-operation from concerned authorities. There is no authority to stop it with force either from the State Government or from the Central Government. And when things come to notice and pressure is put it is argued that they do not have access to encroached monument. This nexus and keeping eyes shut is a serious cause for concern. 27. The Ministry of Culture informed the Committee that under the National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities, the ASI is in the process of identification of heritage buildings all across the country including Delhi. After a database on existence of heritage buildings/monuments/ ancient sites has been created efforts would be made to identify the potential ones for declaring them as protected. 28. The Committee observes that our heritage sites are neglected and left unattended in Delhi and so also at other places in the Country. The ASI is not in a position to render appropriate care and protection to monuments. Numerous cases of encroachment and unauthorised construction in and around these sites have been noticed. The Committee strongly recommends that an Authority should be created under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2010. On receiving a complaint from the public or any other private/ public organization the proposed authority should be empowered to take strong action immediately. The Committee also recommends that creation of database on existence of heritage buildings/monuments/ancient sites should be completed in a time bound manner and progress in the matter should be informed to this Committee at the earliest. Further, efforts should be made separately to identify the potential ones for declaring them as protected. A comprehensive assessment of preservation works should also be done. 6
29. The Committee also understands that creation of mechanisms under the provisions of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remain (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2010 has been very slow so far. The Committee earlier had asked the Ministry about it but was not informed about the efforts made in this regard and the reasons for delay. The Committee would again like to remind the Ministry about the para 42 of 192nd Report and recommend to be proactive for putting the required mechanism in place at the earliest in order to save our ancient sites/monuments and the Ministry may also apprise the Committee about it through an explanatory note.
Framing of new Conservation Preservation Policy 30. The Committee further notes that the 90 years old John & Marshall guidelines for preservation of monuments are still followed in India whereas new conservation and preservation policy has not taken shape so far. The Committee reiterates its recommendation that the Government must frame new updated conservation policy incorporating latest technology and practices for monuments preservation across the country, on priority. 7
CHAPTER-II
Issues pertaining to National Museum
31. The Committee had examined the functioning of the National Museum in detail and in its 167th Report had made several recommendations for bringing improvement therein. Subsequently, in the 179th Report on the Action Taken by the Ministry thereon further observations were made. However, the Committee feels that still much has been left to be done. On the basis of the reply received from the Ministry vide OM No. F 4-7 /2010 – M- I (vol.II), dated 21-12-2012 the Committee would like to make further observations on the followings: (i) Closure of Galleries - The Committee appreciates the work completed by the Ministry. It hopes that the renovation work of Manuscripts Gallery might have been undertaken as the due dates of opening of CAA and Decorative Art Gallery have since been completed. (ii) Museums Reforms - The Committee notes and appreciates the Action Taken Report on the 14 points/issues listed for Museum Reforms (Annexure -I). It would be glad if the same pace of momentum for the reforms is continued in future. (iii) Extra space with the Museum - The Committee feels that extra space should be made available with the Museum so that whenever renovation work of galleries are undertaken display items could be relocated. (iv) Maintenance of National Museum - The Committee further recommends that thorough checks for leakages may be carried out regularly and in case of their being noticed; they should be attended to promptly. Latest position may be obtained from the Ministry regarding building maintenance, civil and electric work. (v) Museum Security - The Committee notes that despite the recommendations made in 167th and 179th Reports no satisfactory reply has been received from the Ministry of Culture. Nothing has been mentioned by the Ministry about the upgradation of security gadgets of the Museum and the financial implications/ concurrences for such installations. (vi) Display of Exhibits and its publicity - The Committee appreciates the display percentage of the National Museum. It needs to be increased further in order to bring it at par with other internationally acclaimed Museums. The Committee feels that it could not be done without the resumption of Phase-III work. The Committee is receiving some argument for a long time that the Phase-III construction of National Museum would commence only after the vacation of ASI premises. (vii) Promotional measures to increase footfall - The Committee recommends that apart from print-media, other publicity avenues like, FM radio, Notice-Board, electronic media, etc., which are easily accessible to the common people may also be explored. To encourage maximum foot fall of younger generation,
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student concession tickets and summer-holiday rebates should also be introduced. (viii) Resumption of Art Acquisition Committee - The Committee recommends that the Art Acquisition Committee should start functioning at the earliest and they should also take note of the latest acquisitions. It does not know how long it is going to take more for doing this. (ix) Verification of collections - Almost a decade has passed since the last verification was done. The Committee is aghast to note that it is yet not done. The Ministry may impress upon the experts to hold verification urgently. (x) Digitization - Out of the 2,06,000 collections only 150 artifacts could be digitized which is a very small number. The Committee recommends that more digitization should be done. (xi) Organizational Structure of the Nastional Museum - Efforts made by the Ministry has been noted by the Committee. The Ministry of Culture ought to work out an amicable solution to improve the organisational structure while retaining creative independence of institution. (xii) Action on the Goswamy Committee Report - The Committee had earlier recommended in the 167th Report that the Ministry should comply with the recommendations of the Goswami Committee Report. However a lot needs to be done like setting up an “Advisory Boards or a Committee” with specialists from fields of exhibition, gallery collections management, presentation etc. so that they can pool their efforts and guide the curators and others. The Ministry informed that in pursuant to this the Museum Advisory Board has met number of times; necessary action has been taken to fill up the vacancies on contract basis till regular appointments are made. Finalization of Recruitment Rules is also underway. The Committee does not find the reply convincing and disapproves the ad-hoc solutions found by the Ministry in giving contractual appointments. The Committee may be apprised of the activities suggested by the Museum Advisory Board for the National Museum and the action taken so far for effective functioning of the National Museum. The work is pending since long time. Museum Advisory Boards decisions on Gallery renovation and formation of experts’ body should also be submitted to this Committee. 9
CHAPTER-III
Important Issues Extracted from Previous Reports of the Committee
32. The Committee had made several important recommendations in the bygone years on which Action Taken Reports have also been received from the Ministry of Culture. However, nothing much has happened as regards these issues even after repeated assertions by the Committee. The Committee feels that relevance of such recommendations remain very high and if implemented in true spirit, would certainly go a long way in protecting the cultural heritage of the Country. Therefore, the Committee would like to flag these again in the succeeding paragraphs and would also like to be apprised of the steps taken by the Government in respect of each of these recommendations:
Provision of Adequate Funds 33. The Committee had repeatedly recommended for increasing the budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Culture. Often an explanation was also given that since they failed to utilize the BE allocations often reductions were made at RE stage by the Ministry of Finance. 34. Although the Ministry has been receiving increased budgetary allocation, still it is far less than what actually was required. The Committee strongly feels that given the gigantic dimension and importance of the task under taken by the Ministry, particularly the ASI, the amount allocated is not adequate. Hence, the Committee has been recommending every year for more allocation to the Ministry of Culture lest many of its important activities would suffer. The Ministry of Finance/Planning Commission should not have “One-size fit all” attitude for all the Ministries while making budgetary allocations. The Committee recommends that the non-utilization of funds due to the hostile weather and season may be considered as a special case and ensure that allocations of the Ministry of Culture are not reduced at R.E. stage.
Regarding Proper Utilisation of Funds 35. The Committee would like to refer to para 22 of the 192nd Report and to point out the under-utilization of funds observed under the heads- Archaeology, Archives and Archival Libraries, museums, Public Libraries and International Cultural relations. The Committee finds a dichotomy between the Ministry’s claim of spending more than 90% during the last many years and reporting under utilization in the areas which constitute a large share in the ministry’s allocation. The Committee therefore, recommends that the Ministry of Culture will have to make more sincere efforts to maximize its expenditure, at least before the review of the R.E. allocations begins. Under utilization/savings will certainly impinge upon regular flow and increase of allocation to the Ministry.
Creation of a non-lapsable fund from out of collection on entry tickets 36. The Committee has been making a strong case for allocating the fund raised on the entry tickets to ASI to be used for the conservation, protection, preservation, etc. of our monuments. The Committee has strongly recommended to the Ministry of Finance to
9 10 appreciate the importance of our heritage and allow the amounts collected out of entry fee at monuments to be kept/utilized by the ASI for its activities and it should be made a non- lapsable fund. The matter be pursued at apex level and the response of Ministry of Finance should be informed to the Committee. The recommendation made at para 37 of 192nd Report may be implemented in earnest spirit. 37. The Committee also notes that the ASI undertakes major activities only after monsoon. Therefore, the allocations made for conservation preservation activities should be non-lapsable. The Committee recommends that the fund allocated to A.S.I. need to be permanently given a special status by the Ministry of Finance so as to make it non-lapsable.
Requirement of Trained Man-Power and Creation of a Culture Cadre 38. The Committee noted that Ministry of Culture has a largest number of institutions under its purview. Whereas, dearth of trained man-power is largely felt in all the institutions and this factor is also affecting their output. More over many of the important institutions under the Ministry are still headless such as, the ASI, all the three National Akademis, the National Museum and the National Library to name a few. An ad-hoc approach has been adopted by the Ministry to depute an Officer on a temporary basis to officiate. The Committee in it 175th Report had recommended to fillup the large number of vacancies in various cadres of Museums and was surprised to get the reply (reference para 29 of 186th Report )that a stop gap arrangement was made by merging Museums with ASI Circles. 39. The Committee noted that large number of vacancies lying in various offices and institutions under the Ministry of Culture is adversely affecting their performance. Adequate training has also not been imparted to the people manning these crucial cultural organisations. As a result, state of the art conservation and preservation technology is not being implemented in restoring and up-keeping our monuments. 40. The Committee strongly recommends that timely steps should be taken to recruit the staff as per requirement. It also observes that most major organisations like, ASI, National Museum, National Library are headed by the people who have little experience and knowledge about how to manage Arts and Culture. Many of them lack professionalism required for the field. The Committee has over the years found that our premier cultural institutions such as National Museum, Delhi, ASI, and Lalit Kala Academy are headed by officers from the Ministry. It appears that a situation is allowed deliberately to be created where an officer from the Ministry has to head it and again such a position is allowed to be continued for a long time on one pretext or the other. While there might be genuine reason sometimes to do so but, it sends a very wrong signal which vitiates everything in the cultural field. 41. The Committee feels that a cultural cadre distinct from the regular administrative cadre needs to be created to man the functioning of the Akademis, Museums and other cultural institutions. This should consist of individuals who may be ‘generalists in the arts’. Courses would have to be introduced for education them in the arts to make them conversant with different forms of theatre, dance, music, poetry and literature, painting, sculpture and architecture courses created under the Ministries of HRD and Culture to produce right kind of persons to administer our cultural institutions in a better way. The Committee further recommends that the Ministry should seriously consider the creation of cultural cadre on the above lines. These organisations require specific domain knowledge and therefore instead of a generalist a specialist should be appointed. The Committee in this regards reminds the Ministry about the Para 37 of the 201st Report to create culture cadre for filling up such posts. 11
Encroachments, unauthorized occupation and illegal construction in and around monuments/ heritage sites 42. The Committee noted that the encroachment in the premises of the protected monuments and protected areas are rampant. The unauthorised construction are not removed as per the provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains 1958 (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2010 and Rules framed thereunder. The Committee is astonished to see that 278 cases of encroachment have been noticed by the Ministry as on date across the country. The Committee is sure that many cases must have gone unnoticed and unreported. Huge number of monuments which are under encroachment and punitive measures are pending with regard to them. The list is placed at ‘Annexure-II’ of the Report. It appears clearly from the annexed list that this is happening as a result of a nexus between the encroachers and several authorities of Central and State Governments and also the local authorities. 43. The Committee is surprised to note that a staggering number of 1593 demolition notices/orders have been issued in this regard. The Committee in the para 41 of its 192nd Report has pointed out about apathy of the civic authorities, local Police and other agencies in the matter. ASI has no power to ensure compliance for such orders from them. Even court orders were also ignored at times. The Committee is aware that encroachments, unauthorized occupation and illegal construction near our monuments is a problem about which we have not been able to do much so far. The Committee feels that possibility of a nexus between the vested interests, private parties and civic and police authorities cannot be ruled out in this context. Defacing of our national monuments is another serious problem. Therefore, strong action should be taken against not only the encroachers/ offenders but also the agencies/officials of the concerned departments if these do not obey/ cooperate. The Committee may be informed about the efforts made and responses of the concerned authorities in this regard.
Need for Increasing the Number of Monuments under the Protection of ASI 44. The Committee also feels that number of protected monuments under the ASI at present is far too less and lakhs of our ancient monuments are languishing. As a result, large numbers of them have either vanished or encroached or illegally occupied. The Committee emphasizes the urgent need to bring most of them under protected category. Therefore, as mentioned at para 29 of the 192nd Report, the Committee again strongly recommends that number of protected monuments should be increased on priority and in a phased manner for which we should have a roadmap and realistic allocation of funds required.
Co-ordination with States 45. Numerous monuments are scattered all over the country which require archaeological protection. For that we will have to take State on board, who it appears are not able to pay required attention to this aspect. The Committee is of the view that our National Policy must provide adequate emphasis on this aspect to make conservation and protection as a joint effort with adequate financial and other support for the culture as mentioned at para 30 of the 192nd Report.
Preparation of dossiers sent to UNESCO with adequate care 46. The Committee takes strong exception to the fact that the dossiers sent to the UNESCO for including our Heritage sites in the List of World Heritage Sites are generally 12 found not to be in order. As a result, these are sent back for corrections, etc. This has happened several times in respect of our different sites. The Committee has taken up this issue earlier also with the Ministry and had expressed its concern about this. It feels that with the kind of vast technical and other expertise that we have in this regard, we are unable to present our case properly to the UNESCO. It appears we do not do our homework seriously and send dossiers to UNESCO casually. It is alleged that dossiers are deliberately not processed properly for unknown reasons. It is a serious matter that our dossiers have been returned several times. The Committee recommends that a “Dossiers Committee” should be constituted comprising eminent persons from relevant areas as well as other professionals for the purpose so that Nation does not have to hear again about our proposals being returned. The Para 45 of the 192nd Report may be referred to in this regard. 47. The Committee in this context would like to site the case of Majuli Island, Assam, which was recommended by the Ministry for being adopted by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. But the said request was returned by the World Heritage Centre (WHC) in March 2012 as it was not complete and not according to the Guidelines framed by WHC. 48. The Committee also learnt that the Government of NCT of Delhi has submitted the detailed dossier to nominate Delhi as a world Heritage City to the UNESCO. In view of this, the Committee recommends that this may be pursued more seriously. A coordinated and holistic approach is required to conserve the cultural heritage of this ancient city instead of adopting an isolated monument by monument approach.
Requirement to strengthen all wings of ASI 49. The Committee emphasizes the urgent need for strengthening of all wings of Archaeological Survey of India like Monument, Conservation, Exploration and Excavation, Epigraphy, Chemistry, etc. due to increase in the quantum as well as nature of these works. The Committee observes that the workload of Horticulture Wing has increased manifold with the increase in number of gardens under maintenance from 100 to 500 with no corresponding increase in the manpower. As a result, sites, monuments, etc. are not being properly maintained and landscaped. Their upkeep is generally not upto the mark. The Committee, therefore, recommends that there should be a commensurate increase in the workforce engaged in all the Departments of ASI, particularly in Horticulture for showcasing our heritage sites. The Committee also recommends that vacancies at all levels should be filled up on priority and revival of posts whenever necessary also be expedited with the Ministry of Finance. It is taking lot of time. The Committee desires the Ministry to keep it informed about the recommendations of the Manpower Management and Planning Consultants and status of its implementation. The Committee’s recommendation at Para 50 of 192nd Report in this regard may also be referred to. 13
RECOMMENDATIONS/CONCLUSIONS/OBSERVATIONS — AT A GLANCE
CHAPTER–I
Conservation, Preservation and Protection of important Monuments in Delhi
Upkeep of Red Fort The Committee recommends that efforts should be made by the Ministry to get back the original Mughal era charm of Red Fort. This can happen only when its surrounding is also developed tastefully in a contemporaneous style of the Monument. It is a sad story that nothing has been done to renovate this great monument and compensate for the loss and deliberate destruction that took place during the colonial period by converting it into military barracks. The Committee recommends that the Ministries of Culture and Tourism should make a joint effort for this purpose. The Committee emphasises the need to integrate the Red Fort to Shahjahanabad as the entire Mughal City, including Red Fort, has been nominated as part of a World Heritage City of Delhi. (Para 4) The Committee also took note of several important museums like Freedom Fighter’s Museum, Indian War Memorial Museum and Red Fort Archaeological Museum housed inside Red Fort which preserve many important historical antiquities. But, adequate steps have not been taken to improve their visibility. The Committee also learnt that many posts are lying vacant and many museum staff are working as casual labour in these museums almost for two decades and have not been regularised despite their eligibility. The Committee recommends that steps be taken to fill these vacancies in time and also to regularise the eligible casual appointees to boost their morale so they would contribute best in their service career. (Para 5)
Illumination of Qutub Minar The Committee therefore emphasises the need for proper and adequate illumination of the Qutub Minar to enhance its beauty as well as its visibility. The Committee found that the flood light at night is too bright that it might harm the monument. The Committee recommends to improve this at the earliest. (Para 7) The Committee also feels that Qutub Minar, like any other monument, should not be dealt with in isolation from its surroundings. This world famous Heritage Monument, therefore, must be developed as an integrated site including historic Mehrauli Village and Mehrauli Archaeological Park. (Para 8)
Upkeep of Humayun’s Tomb The Committee appreciates the work done by Aga Khan Trust and INTACH and recommends that such good initiatives should continue in future for other monuments also. Partnership with people and developing a larger synergy and coordination among several stakeholders/agencies for protection and preservation of our iconic Monuments/ Heritage Sites is the need of the hour. But, we also cannot lose sight of the majority of our monuments that are lying unattended. Through our own resources as also having partnership with international organizations such as UNESCO, and other bodies like Aga Khan Foundation, resources may be generated for renovation, upkeep and beautification of
13 14 monuments. Since maintenance is a continuous affair, this can best be done through increasing people’s participation. The Ministry of Culture should put in place a credible system to encourage and motivate a large section of the local populace in the task of upkeep and maintenance of historical and cultural monuments. Once the people treat these monuments as their own assets and develop a sense of ownership, their maintenance become assured. (Para 12)
Issues pertaining to Lal Mahal The Committee is glad to note that as a result of its prolonged persuasion, now the Ministry has given in-principle approval to include Lal Mahal in the list of centrally protected monuments under the ASI. (Para 19) However, it appears to the Committee that in case of Lal Mahal, land grabbers and various authorities were conniving with each other. They could successfully destroy the precious monument and illegal constructions took place while Government authorities remained silent spectators. Even now, the ASI people are being denied entry into the illegally encroached premises of Lal MahaI. The Committee recommends that since a decision has been taken to protect this important monument, no laxity should be shown to the encroachers and they should be removed with the help of police force and suitably renovated. (Para 20) The Committee is of the view that even if some important monuments are privately owned, it does not authorise the private owners to alter, deface or demolish the monuments. Appropriate legal and institutional mechanism need to be put in place to make such private persons accountable and face severe legal consequences for destroying such monuments/ ancient sites. (Para 21)
Issue of Training Tourist Guides The Committee observes that the Ministry of Culture has the domain knowledge about the specifications of art and architectural traditions and innovativeness of each monument/site. Therefore, they should impart the training to Tourist Guides. The Committee learnt that there is no system for on the spot booking of guides at our premier cultural sites. As a result, tourists are left to be cheated by fake/ untrained guides. The Committee also observes that just like counters to sell entry tickets to visit a monument, a counter should also be there for guided tour/visit of the monument. Moreover, the specialized Guides should be available with each monument/heritage sites. (Para 23
The Issue of co-ordination between various Government agencies The Committee observes that several agencies are involved in the process and they meet on various fora; yet, communication gaps have been often noticed on important matters. The Committee recommends that both the Culture and Tourism Ministry should develop a closer synergy for preserving and promoting our heritage and culture. For instance, the Ministry of Tourism is nodal in imparting training to the Tourist Guides whereas the Culture Ministry has the domain knowledge of all monuments sites. As a result, many touts are passing on half cooked information to innocent visitors at various monuments and tourist destinations. (Para 25)
Identification, notification and preservation/protection of our heritage The Committee observes that our heritage sites are neglected and left unattended in 15
Delhi and so also at other places in the Country. The ASI is not in a position to render appropriate care and protection to monuments. Numerous cases of encroachment and unauthorised construction in and around these sites have been noticed. The Committee strongly recommends that an Authority should be created under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2010. On receiving a complaint from the public or any other private/ public organization, the proposed authority should be empowered to take strong action immediately. The Committee also recommends that creation of database on existence of heritage buildings/monuments/ancient sites should be completed in a time bound manner and progress in the matter should be informed to this Committee at the earliest. Further, efforts should be made separately to identify the potential ones for declaring them as protected. A comprehensive assessment of preservation works should also be done. (Para 28) The Committee also understands that creation of mechanisms under the provisions of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remain (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2010 has been very slow so far. The Committee earlier had asked the Ministry about it but was not informed about the efforts made in this regard and the reasons for delay. The Committee would again like to remind the Ministry about the para 42 of 192nd Report and recommend to be proactive for putting the required mechanism in place at the earliest in order to save our ancient sites/monuments and the Ministry may also apprise the Committee about it through an explanatory note. (Para 29)
Framing of new Conservation Preservation Policy The Committee further notes that the 90 years old John & Marshall guidelines for preservation of monuments are still followed in India whereas new conservation and preservation policy has not taken shape so far. The Committee reiterates its recommendation that the Government must frame new updated conservation policy incorporating latest technology and practices for monuments preservation across the country, on priority. (Para 30)
CHAPTER-II
Issues pertaining to National Museum However, the Committee feels that still much has been left to be done. On the basis of the reply received from the Ministry vide OM No. F 4-7 /2010 - M- I (voI.II), dated 21.12.2012 the Committee would like to make further observations on the following: (i) Closure of Galleries - The Committee appreciates the work completed by the Ministry. It hopes that the renovation work of Manuscripts Gallery might have been undertaken as the due dates of opening of CAA and Decorative Art Gallery have since been completed. (ii) Museums Reforms - The Committee notes and appreciates the Action Taken Report on the 14 points/issues listed for Museum Reforms (Annexure-I). It would be glad if the same pace of momentum for the reforms is continued in future. (iii) Extra space with the Museum - The Committee feels that extra space should be made available with the Museum so that whenever renovation work of galleries are undertaken, display items could be relocated. 16
(iv) Maintenance of National Museum - The Committee further recommends that thorough checks for leakages may be carried out regularly and in case of their being noticed; they should be attended to promptly. Latest position may be obtained from the Ministry regarding building maintenance, civil and electric work. (v) Museum Security - The Committee notes that despite the recommendations made in 167th and 179th Reports, no satisfactory reply has been received from the Ministry of Culture. Nothing has been mentioned by the Ministry about the upgradation of security gadgets of the Museum and the financial implications/ concurrences for such installations. (vi) Display of Exhibits and its publicity - The Committee appreciates the display percentage of the National Museum. It needs to be increased further in order to bring it at par with other internationally acclaimed Museums. The Committee feels that it could not be done without the resumption of Phase-III work. The Committee is receiving some argument for a long time that the Phase-III construction of National Museum would commence only after the vacation of ASI premises. (vii) Promotional measures to increase footfall - The Committee recommends that apart from print-media, other publicity avenues like, FM radio, Notice-Board, electronic-media, etc., which are easily accessible to the common people may also be explored. To encourage maximum foot fall of younger generation, student concession tickets and summer-holiday rebates should also be introduced. (viii) Resumption of Art Acquisition Committee - The Committee recommends that the Art Acquisition Committee should start functioning at the earliest and they should also take note of the latest acquisitions. It does not know how long it is going to take more for doing this. (ix) Verification of collections - Almost a decade has passed since the last verification was done. The Committee is aghast to note that it is yet not done. The Ministry may impress upon the experts to hold verification urgently. (x) Digitization - Out of the 2,06,000 collections only 150 artifacts could be digitized which is a very small number. The Committee recommends that more digitization should be done. (xi) Organizational Structure of the National Museum - Efforts made by the Ministry has been noted by the Committee. The Ministry of Culture ought to work out an amicable solution to improve the organisational structure while retaining creative independence of institution. (xii) Action on the Goswamy Committee Report - The Committee does not find the reply convincing and disapproves the ad-hoc solutions found by the Ministry in giving contractual appointments. The Committee may be apprised of the activities suggested by the Museum Advisory Board for the National Museum and the action taken so far for effective functioning of the National Museum. The work is pending since long time. Museum Advisory Boards decisions on Gallery renovation and formation of experts’ body should also be submitted to this Committee. (Para 31) 17
Chapter-III
Important Issues Extracted from Previous Reports of the Committee
Provision of Adequate Funds Although the Ministry has been receiving increased budgetary allocation, still it is far less than what actually was required. The Committee strongly feels that given the gigantic dimension and importance of the task under taken by the Ministry, particularly the ASI, the amount allocated is not adequate. Hence, the Committee has been recommending every year for more allocation to the Ministry of Culture lest many of its important activities would suffer. The Ministry of Finance/Planning Commission should not have “One-size fit all” attitude for all the Ministries while making budgetary allocations. The Committee recommends that the non-utilization of funds due to the hostile weather and season may be considered as a special case and ensure that allocations of the Ministry of Culture are not reduced at R.E. stage. (Para 34)
Regarding Proper Utilisation of Funds The Committee would like to refer to para 22 of the 192nd Report and to point out the under-utilization of funds observed under the heads- Archaeology, Archives and Archival Libraries, museums, Public Libraries and International Cultural relations. The Committee finds a dichotomy between the Ministry’s claim of spending more than 90% during the last many years and reporting under utilization in the areas which constitute a large share in the ministry’s allocation. The Committee therefore, recommends that the Ministry of Culture will have to make more sincere efforts to maximize its expenditure, at least before the review of the R.E. allocations begins. Under utilization/savings will certainly impinge upon regular flow and increase of allocation to the Ministry. (Para 35)
Creation of a non-lapsable fund from out of collection on entry tickets The Committee has been making a strong case for allocating the fund raised on the entry tickets to ASI to be used for the conservation, protection, preservation, etc. of our monuments. The Committee has strongly recommended to the Ministry of Finance to appreciate the importance of our heritage and allow the amounts collected out of entry fee at monuments to be kept/ utilized by the ASI for its activities and it should be made a non- lapsable fund. The matter be pursued at apex level and the response of Ministry of Finance should be informed to the Committee. The recommendation made at para 37 of 192nd Report may be implemented in earnest spirit. (Para 36) The Committee also notes that the ASI undertakes major activities only after monsoon. Therefore, the allocations made for conservation and preservation activities should be non-lapsable. The Committee recommends that the fund allocated to A.S.I. need to be permanently given a special status by the Ministry of Finance so as to make it non- lapsable. (Para 37)
Requirement of Trained Man-Power and Creation of a Culture Cadre The Committee strongly recommends that timely steps should be taken to recruit the staff as per requirement. It also observes that most major organisations like ASI, National Museum, National Library are headed by the people who have little experience and knowledge about how to manage Arts and Culture. Many of them lack professionalism 18 required for the field. The Committee has over the years found that our premier cultural institutions such as National Museum, Delhi, ASI, and Lalit Kala Academy are headed by officers from the Ministry. It appears that a situation is allowed deliberately to be created where an officer from the Ministry has to head it and again such a position is allowed to be continued for a long time on one pretext or the other. While there might be genuine reason sometimes to do so but, it sends a very wrong signal which vitiates everything in the cultural field. (Para 40) The Committee feels that a cultural cadre distinct from the regular administrative cadre needs to be created to man the functioning of the Akademis, Museums and other cultural institutions. This should consist of individuals who may be ‘generalists in the arts’. Courses would have to be introduced for educating them in the arts to make them conversant with different forms of theatre, dance, music, poetry and literature, painting, sculpture and architecture courses created under the Ministries of HRD and Culture to produce right kind of persons to administer our cultural institutions in a better way. The Committee further recommends that the Ministry should seriously consider the creation of cultural cadre on the above lines. These organisations require specific domain knowledge and therefore instead of a generalist, a specialist should be appointed. The Committee, in this regard, reminds the Ministry about Para 37 of the 201 st Report to create culture cadre for filling up such posts. (Para 41)
Encroachments, unauthorized occupation and illegal construction in and around monuments/ heritage sites The Committee is surprised to note that a staggering number of 1593 demolition notices/ orders have been issued in this regard. The Committee in para 41 of its 192nd Report has pointed out about apathy of the civic authorities, local Police and other agencies in the matter. ASI has no power to ensure compliance for such orders from them. Even court orders were also ignored at times. The Committee is aware that encroachments, unauthorized occupation and illegal construction near our monuments is a problem about which we have not been able to do much so far. The Committee feels that possibility of a nexus between the vested interests, private parties and civic and police authorities cannot be ruled out in this context. Defacing of our national monuments is another serious problem. Therefore, strong action should be taken against not only the encroachers/ offenders but also the agencies/officials of the concerned departments if these do not obey/ co-operate. The Committee may be informed about the efforts made and responses of the concerned authorities in this regard. (Para 43)
Need for Increasing the Number of Monuments under the Protection of ASI The Committee also feels that number of protected monuments under the ASI at present is far too less and lakhs of our ancient monuments are languishing. As a result, large numbers of them have either vanished or encroached or illegally occupied. The Committee emphasizes the urgent need to bring most of them under protected category. Therefore, as mentioned at para 29 of the 192nd Report, the Committee again strongly recommends that number of protected monuments should be increased on priority and in a phased manner for which we should have a roadmap and realistic allocation of funds required. (Para 44)
Co-ordination with States Numerous monuments are scattered all over the country which require archaeological 19 protection. For that we will have to take State on board, who it appears are not able to pay required attention to this aspect. The Committee is of the view that our National Policy must provide adequate emphasis on this aspect to make conservation and protection as a joint effort with adequate financial and other support for the culture as mentioned at para 30 of the 192nd Report. (Para 45)
Preparation of dossiers sent to UNESCO with adequate care The Committee takes strong exception to the fact that the dossiers sent to the UNESCO for including our Heritage sites in the List of World Heritage Sites are generally found not to be in order. As a result, these are sent back for corrections, etc. This has happened several times in respect of our different sites. The Committee has taken up this issue earlier also with the Ministry and had expressed its concern about this. It feels that with the kind of vast technical and other expertise that we have in this regard, we are unable to present our case properly to the UNESCO. It appears we do not do our homework seriously and send dossiers to UNESCO casually. It is alleged that dossiers are deliberately not processed properly for unknown reasons. It is a serious matter that our dossiers have been returned several times. The Committee recommends that a “Dossiers Committee” should be constituted comprising eminent persons from relevant areas as well as other professionals for the purpose so that Nation does not have to hear again about our proposals being returned. The para 45 of the 192nd Report may be referred to in this regard. (Para 46) The Committee in this context would like to site the case of Majuli Island, Assam, which was recommended by the Ministry for being adopted by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. But the said request was returned by the World Heritage Centre (WHC) in March 2012 as it was not complete and not according to the Guidelines framed by WHC. (Para 47) The Committee also learnt that the Government of NCT of Delhi has submitted the detailed dossier to nominate Delhi as a world Heritage City to the UNESCO. In view of this, the Committee recommends that this may be pursued more seriously. A co-ordinated and holistic approach is required to conserve the cultural heritage of this ancient city instead of adopting an isolated monument by monument approach. (Para 48)
Requirement to strengthen all wings of ASI The Committee emphasizes the urgent need for strengthening of all wings of Archaeological Survey of India like Monument, Conservation, Exploration and Excavation, Epigraphy, Chemistry, etc. due to increase in the quantum as well as nature of these works. The Committee observes that the workload of Horticulture Wing has increased manifold with the increase in number of gardens under maintenance from 100 to 500 with no corresponding increase in the manpower. As a result, sites, monuments, etc. are not being properly maintained and landscaped. Their upkeep is generally not upto the mark. The Committee, therefore, recommends that there should be a commensurate increase in the workforce engaged in all the Departments of ASI, particularly in Horticulture for showcasing our heritage sites. The Committee also recommends that vacancies at all levels should be filled up on priority and revival of posts whenever necessary also be expedited with the Ministry of Finance. It is taking lot of time. The Committee desires the Ministry to keep it informed about the recommendations of the Manpower Management and Planning Consultants and status of its implementation. The Committee’s recommendation at Para 50 of 1920d Report in this regard may also be referred to. (Para 49)
ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE-I Vide para 31(ii) of the Report
Action Taken Report on 14 Issues Listed for Museum Reforms
(1) Collection and Stores Management In this connection, in order to develop adequate storage facilities, space would be available, after the Phase-III of the National Museum is constructed, which is expected to take-off in the beginning of 2013, since it is expected that the ASI would vacate the space by end of 2012. As regards the control of atmospheric heat, dust and humidity, a proposal for replacement of AHU of central plant of Air Conditioning of the Phase I of the National Museum has been received from the CPWD. The same has been processed in the file for approval.
(2) Proper/Scientific Display of Artefacts Display in the Gallery of the National Museum has been done scientifically and the display techniques are upgraded on professional lines whenever a Gallery is renovated. During the process, modernisation of lighting is ensured. Periodically display materials are also circulated. For instance, the lighting arrangements in the Decorative Art gallery and Wooden Carvings Gallery are modern with LED lights. Similar lighting arrangements will be provided in the renovated gallery of Tanjore paintings for which the study on the effect of new lighting is in progress.
(3) Information, Signages, Floor Plans and Visitor Facilities In the Tanjore and Mysore School Gallery, attractive digital shows have been provided. Brochure and Portfolio on Tanjore Paintings are being printed. Comfortable benches and resting places at various places in the Museum and inside the Galleries have been provided. Pure drinking water and toilet facilities have been provided to the visitors. Enthusiastic volunteers as Museum assistants have been provided to guide visitors.
(4) Museum Shops and Souvenirs The Souvenir Shop of National Museum is managed by a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Textiles “The Handicrafts and Handloom Exports Corporation of India Ltd”. The PSU has been requested to take further necessary action to promote its products “as suggested by the Department related Parliamentary Committee.
(5) Multi–Media, Audio Visual and Guide Facilities The tender process has been finalized and work has been awarded for redesigning of National Museum website. The redesigning is expected to be finalized and the new website will be uploaded shortly. As part of digitization of artifacts for virtual guide, Google Art Project has been implemented and uploaded. The arrangement is as per MoU signed between National Museum and M/s Google India for virtual move around the Museum Galleries. As part of the digitization process,
23 24 the re-designed website of the Museum is under finalization and which will be online with in a fortnight’s time. A tender for multimedia Audio visual guiding system for the visitors is almost final and has been submitted to Ministry of Culture/IFD for financial concurrence. The Tanjour Gallery which is being modernized has an LCD panel to display digitized the artifacts/paintings of this gallery. When other galleries are renovated similar LCD panel would be implemented.
(6) Attract Various Audience Segments, including Students/Children Workshop on Arts and Crafts entitled ‘Know your Museum’ is being organised every year during the Summer Holidays for the School Children. About 1000 children participated for this programme during 2012. As ‘Out-reach’ programmes for different segments, painting competition for school children at Government Museum, Jhansi was organised. Also the National Museum set up the first Museum Corner in a Government Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, New Delhi. The National Museum organised the photographic exhibition on Ramayana Paintings at Government Museum, Jhansi. The National Museum has also organised interactive programme for the School children in the Museum and organised a workshop. Gifts were distributed to the children. Free guided tours to the galleries, film shows in the auditorium and special educational tours were arranged for school and college students· in the National Museum. Free bus facilities were also provided to MCD/NDMC school students and to the disadvantaged groups settled at J.J. Clusters. Workshop and Cultural show entitled ‘Evolution of hope for special children’ was conducted by National Museum Institute, and National Museum, New Delhi for the students of Central Institute on Mental Retardation, Thiruvananthapuram on 4 and 5 August 2011.
(7) Image Buidling, Publicity and Cultural Events The National Museum celebrates cultural world days viz. International Museum Daytou 18 May and advertisements are given in the leading Newspapers regarding special programmes-Gallery talks, special film shows, etc. being organised on the day. Also International Women’s Day is organised on 08 March every year and on this day, cultural activities specific to Women are organised. On these occasions, attractive advertisements and informed articles are published in the media.
(8) Visiting and Travelling Exhibitions The following exhibitions were mounted/organised:
● The Archaeological Survey of India has organized an exhibition entitled ‘Treasures of Ancient China’ in the National Museum w.e.f. February 19 to March 20, 2011.The National Museum had provided logistic support.
● An exhibition entitled ‘1100 – 1900: the 40 greatest masters of Indian Paintings’ sent to Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland, inaugurated on April, 30, 2011 and was on show till August 21, 2011. Thereafter, it had been shifted to Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA and was on show w.e.f. September 26, 2011 to January 8, 2012.
● An exhibition entitled ‘Paintings Past and Present’; w.e.f. April 09-30, 2011, inaugurated by Dr. Karan Singh. 25
● An exhibition entitled ‘Soul Survivors-Portraits of Tribals from the Apatani Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh the Konyak tribe of Nagaland and nomads from South-West Tibet’, w.e.f. May 4-31, 2011.
● An exhibition entitled ‘Croatian Monuments on ‘UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites Inaugurated by the Hon’ble Minister of Culture on August 19, 2011 and was on show till September 4, 2011.
● An exhibition entitled Anugunj, in collaboration with Indira Gandhi Rashtria Manav Sanagrahalaya w.e.f. September 15 to October 29, 2011
❖ In frequent intervals the National Museum, New Delhi announces its ‘Gallery of the month’ as well as ‘Object of the Month’
(9) Expansion and Acquisition of Collections Due to shortage of space acquisition of Collections in the National Museum has been temporarily discontinued. The same will be resumed after the Phase-III of the National Museum is constructed, which is expected to start in 2013, after vacation of space by ASI.
(10) Professional Development of Museum Personnel. There is a continuous effort on professional development of Museum Professionals in their respective fields. For instance, two curatorial officers of the National Museum was deputed for Leadership Training Programme during January – May, 2012 at Delhi, London and Mumbai. In addition, two deputy curators of the National Museum have been deputed for capacity building training programmed at Victoria and Albert Museum, London in June-July, 2012. The process is a continuous one.
(11) Implementation of Plan Schemes and special projects At present plan schemes and special projects are implemented and efforts are taken to fully utilize the funds. Wherever required works are assigned/outsourced to Museum professionals. For instance Dr. Nasim Akhtar was invited to Decipher the Persian/Arabic inscriptions on the 80 objects in the Decorate Arts Department and transcribing into English. Similarly Dr. Mathur, Former Assistant Director of the National Museum has been assigned the work of editing for National Museum website. As part of private public partnership the Souvenir Shop of National Museum is managed by a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Textiles “The Handicrafts & Handloom Exports Corporation of India Ltd”. The PSU has been requested to take further necessary action to promote its products.
(12) Security: Modern Techniques As part of upgradation of Security Gadgets process for purchase/replacement of outdated security gadgets numbering about 154 fixed colour cameras and the requisite number of LCD’s monitor and other related security gadgets, two x-ray baggage and 04 DFMD’s is under finalization. As soon as the proposal is approved the security gadgets the National Museum will be upgraded.
(13) Conservation and Restoration Conservation Laboratory of the National Museum is as old as National Museum and is responsible for conservation/restoration/documentation and technical study of Art Objects housed in 26 the National Museum. Since its inception Laboratory is regularly upgraded to meet conservation requirement of Art objects, for this purpose proper lighting arrangements being made and mini exhaust fumes were installed for extracting fumes emitted by chemicals and solvents. Frequently choking drainage system in laboratory· is replaced by new drainage line. Various equipments were also procured which are to be utilized in conservation and analysis of art objects these includes ultrasonic cleaner, UV Monitor and X-Ray Florescence etc. Since upgradation is continuous process equipments and tools are being procured as per requirement of laboratory. In house capacity for conservation/restoration of Art objects is regularly enhanced/up to dated by imparting training to staff in training courses being conducted by the Laboratory and other institutions. In three months training course on conservation of art objects which is being run by laboratory since 1967 on different Museum objects, one or two staff members are regularly included in training course so as to trained them in conservation of different objects. In the past some staff members were trained at Rome Centre of ICCROM, Germany and U.K. Since in this modern era the concept of Conservation Techniques are changing very fast hence there is need to upgrade the knowledge in the field. This is being done by attending workshop/seminars/conferences and interacting with fellow professionals in the field. However, for advance training staff members may be deputed abroad to learn latest techniques in conservation and on their return the techniques can be taught to fellow beings. As and when seminar/workshops on conservation of art objects being held in India by ICCROM and ICOM and other foreign institution it is always being participated by conservator of Laboratory to learn latest techniques in Conservation. Conservation Laboratory is regularly organizing three months training course on conservation of Museum objects since 1967 on rotation basis which is being participated by staff of smaller museum all over the country, thus the knowledge being acquired by the staff of conservation laboratory is being dispensed among the staff of smaller museum throughout the country. Laboratory also give the technical advice to smaller Museums for up keeping of their art objects, it has carried conservation of art objects/paintings of different institution/organization such as Rashtrapati Bhawan, Parliament House, Prime Minister Office, Poundichery Museum, Shri Chitta Art Gallery (Trivendrum) etc. The National Museum Laboratory houses the Secretariat Office of Indian Association for the study of conservation of cultural property since 1966 it help in publishing of journal of IASC – Conservation of Cultural Property. Staff of Laboratory is regularly publishing papers in this journal of IASC. The journal is published every year on different topic on conservation. Conservation Laboratory is regularly organizing workshops/seminars throughout the country on care and preventive conservation of art objects. Laboratory have organized workshops in Leh and North Eastern Region of the country to exchange the opinion amongst conservator and arose the public awareness towards the need of conservation of cultural property. Through these seminar/ workshop stake holder are given practical trainings how to take care of art objects.
14) Interactions with Academics, Archaeologists and Artists Mrs. Chhaya Bhattacharya-Haesner, Prof. Sadashiv V. Gorakshkar, Shri I.D. Mathur and Dr. Daljeet have been engaged/associated for expert advice and allied technical advices on various issues relating to the National Museum viz. Gallery renovations, publication of portfolio, digitisation, etc. National Museum experts/Curators have been giving technical advice to different museums in India with regard to setting up of Museums, other related issues. Also the Curators of National Museum are giving academic lectures in the Museum as well as other academic instructions like CCRT, NIFT, MAI, etc. 27
ANNEXURE-II Vide para 42 of the Report
List of Centrally Protected Monuments under Encroachment
Sl. No. Name of Monument/Site Locality/District 12 3 1. Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad Circle) 1. 1. Golkonda Fort Hyderabad 2. Assam (Guwahati Circle) 2. 1. Sri Suryapahar Ruins Distt. Goalpara 3. 2. Rock-cut Caves Jogighopa, Distt. Bongaigaon, 4. 3. Cachari Ruins Khaspur, Distt. Cachar 5. 5. Kedar Temple, Hajo Kamrup 6. 6. Ganesh Temple, Hajo Kamrup 3. Bihar (Patna Circle) 7. 1. Sher Shah Tomb Sasaram 8. 2. Buddhist Stupa Kesaria, Distt. Champaran 9. 3. Hasan Shah Suri’s Tomb Sasaram, Rohtas 10. 4. Ashokan Pillar and Excavated Remains Kolhua, Muzaffarpur 4. Chhattisgarh (Raipur Circle) 11. 1. Danteswari temple Dantewada Distt. 12. 2. Chaiturgarh Fort Lepha, Distt.Korba 13. 3. Kotmi Fort Kotmi, Bilaspur 14. 4. Area around Sirpur Village and the mound Sirpur 15. 5. Temples (Ruined) Gatora, Bilaspur 16. 6. Malhar Fort Malhar, District Bilaspur 17. 7. Shiva Temple Belpan, District Bilaspur 5. Gujarat (Vadodara Circle) 18. 1. Malik Alam’s Mosque Ahmedabad, 19. 2. Saiyed Usman Mosque Ahmedabad Usmanpura/Ahmedabad
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12 3 20. 3. Small Stone Mosque, Ahmedabad Paldi/Ahmedabad 21. 4. Dariyakhan Tomb, Ahmedabad Back of Dudheshwar/Ahmedabad 22. 5. Achyut Bibi’s Mosque, Ahmedabad Dudheshwar/Ahmedabad 23. 6. Khawaja Dana Saheb Dargah Surat 24. 7. Ancient Site Gohilwad Timbo Amreli Distt. 25. 8. Ruined Hindu temple and Jain Temples on the Pavagadh/Godhra-Panchmahal top of Hill 26. 9. Nawab Sardar Khan Roza with its compound Jamalpur/Ahmedabad Wall 27. 10. Mir Abu Turab Tomb, Ahmedabad Jamalpur/Ahmedabad 28. 11. Ram Laxman Temple, Baradia Baradia/Distt. Jamnagar 29. 12. Shah Kupai Masjid, Ahmedabad Karian Khas Bazar/Ahmedabad 30. 13. Caves at Talaja and Jaina Temples Talaja, District Bhavnagar 6. Haryana (Chandigarh Circle) 31. 1. Ancient Site, Ther Mound, Sirsa Sirsa 32. 2. Mosque of Sarai of Ali Vardi Khan Gurgaon 33. 3. Two Gateways of Mughal Sarai, Gharaunda Karnal 34. 4. Prithviraj Chauhan’s Fort Hansi,District Hissar 35. 5. Ancient Site, Rakhigarhi Hissar 36. 6. Buria Kal Nala Faridabad 37. 7. Raja Harsh Ka Tila Kurukshetra 38. 8. Kos Minar 22, Palwal Palwal 39. 9. Ancient Site, Khokrakot 40. 10. Ancient Site Theh Polar, District Kaithal 41. 11. Ancient Site Naurangabad, Bhiwani 42. 12. Kos Minar Sector 35, Faridabad 7. Himachal Pradesh (Shimla Circle) 43. 1. Gauri Shankar Temple Naggar, Tehsil-Kullu, District- Kullu 44. 2. Nurpur Fort Nurpur 8. Jammu and Kashmir (Mini Circle Leh) 45. 1. Hemis Monastery Hemis, district Leh 29
12 3 46. 2. Phyang Monastery Phyang, district Leh 47. 3. Likir Monastery District Leh 48. 4. Lamayuru Monastery Lamayuru, district Leh 49. 5. Rock-cut sculpture of Maitreya Mulbeg, district Kargil 50. 6. Buddhist Monastery Alchi, Ladakh J&K State 51. 7. Shey Palace Shey, Ladakh 9. Karnataka (Dharwad Circle) 52. 1. Ali Shaheed Peer Mosque Bijapur (East) 53. 2. Allahpur Gate Bijapur (East) 54. 3. Ambar Khan Bijapur (East) 55. 4. Badi Kaman Bijapur (East) 56. 5. Bahumani Gate Bijapur (East) 57. 6. Bathulla Khan's Mosque Bijapur (East) 58. 7. Fort Wall (from Managoli gate to Bahumani Bijapur (East) Gate) 59. 8. Golgumbaz and other structures within the Bijapur (East) protected area 60. 9. Haji Hassan Saheb's tomb Bijapur (East) 61. 10. Managoli Gate or Fateh Gate Bijapur (East) 62. 11. Moats of the Fort wall (from Bahumani gate Bijapur (East) to Mangoli gate) 63. 12. Mubarak Khan Mahal Bijapur (East) 64. 13. Mustafa Bad Gun Bijapur (East) 65. 14. Mustafa Khan Mosque Bijapur (East) 66. 15. Nagthan Gate Bijapur (East) 67. 16. Nov Gumbaz Bijapur (East) 68. 17. Padshapur Gate Bijapur (East) 69. 18. Water Pavilion to the North of Mubarak Bijapur (East) Khan’s mosque 70. 19. Water tower No. 114 with inscriptions to the Bijapur (East) south of Asar Mahal 71. 20. Water tower No. 115 to the south of Chinch Bijapur (East) Didi Mosque 30
12 3 72. 21. Water tower No. 142 to the north west of Nav Bijapur (East) Gumbaz and to the west of Kawas Khan's Mahal 73. 22. Water tower No. 147 to the south of Badi Bijapur (East) Kaman 74. 23. Water Tower No. 286 to the North East Bijapur (East) of Mecca Masjid 75. 24. Sanda Burz Bijapur (West) 76. 25. Shapur Gate Bijapur (West) 77. 26. Jorapur Gate Bijapur (West) 78. 27. Mecca Gate Bijapur (West) 79. 28. Gun Farangi Shahiburz Bijapur (West) 80. 29. Sarwad Mosque Bijapur (West) 81. 30. Landa Khasba Gun Bijapur (West) 82. 31. Small Pavilion in front of Asar Mahal Bijapur (West) 83. 32. Water Pavilion Bijapur (West) 84. 33. Arquilla Moat Bijapur (West) 85. 34. Chinch Didi Mosque Bijapur (West) 86. 35. Andu Masjid Bijapur (West) 87. 36. Ibrahim Old Jami Mosque Bijapur (West) 88. 37. Gummat Bavdi Bijapur (West) 89. 38. Sikandar Shah Tomb Bijapur (West) 90. 39. Yakub Dabuli Mahal (30) Bijapur (West) 91. 40. Ikhlaskhan Mosque Bijapur (West) 92. 41. Shah Nawazkhan’s Mosque/tomb Bijapur (West) 93. 42. Moti Darga (Mahal) Bijapur (West) 94. 43. Hyderkhan's tomb Bijapur (West) 95. 44. Nityanavarasa Mosque Bijapur (West) 96. 45. Tomb No. 47 Bijapur (West) 97. 46. Suneri Masjid Bijapur (West) 98. 47. Tomb No. 22 near Chand Bavadi Bijapur (West) 99. 48. Masjid Katijapur Bijapur (West) 31
12 3 100. 49. Aqueduct running from Bhat Bavadi South West Bijapur (West) of Torvi village to Taj Bavadi 101. 50. Chand Bavadi Bijapur (West) 102. 51. Mulla Mosque Bijapur (West) 103. 52. Zanziri Mosque of Jahan Begaum's Mosque (20) Bijapur (West) 104. 53. Malik Sandal Mosque Bijapur (West) 105. 54. Fort Gulbarga 106. 55. Khan Jahan Barid tombs Bidar 107. 56. Bidar Fort (Inner and outer) Bidar Bangalore Circle (Karnataka)
108. 57.1. Gowrishwara Temple Chamanarajanagar, Yelandur 10. Kerala (Trissur Circle) 109. 1.St. Angelo Fort Kannur 110. 2. Fort Palakkad 111. 3. Bekal Fort Pallikkare, Pallikkare Panchayat, Kasargod 11. Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal Circle) 112. 1. Gond Fort called Satkhanda and the tower Mandla, Distt. Mandla (Mandla) on Rajghat called Shahburz and the Temples therein 113. 2. Pre-Historic Rock Shelters at Bhimbetka Distt. Raisen 12. Maharashtra (Aurangabad Circle) 114. 1. Kotla of Twelve Imams Ahmednagar 115. 2. Mucca Masjid Ahmednagar 116. 3. Ancient site locally known as Ladmod Newasa, Ahmednagar 117. 4. Ancient Site at Paithan Paithan, Distt. Aurangabad 118. 5. Ellora Caves Ellora, Distt. Aurangabad 119. 6. Grishneshwar Temple Ellora, Distt. Aurangabad 120. 7. Devi Temple at Patna Patna Distt. Jalgaon 121. 8. Balapur Fort Balapur, Distt. Akola 122. 9. Anchaleshwar Temple Chandrapur 123. 10. Mahakali Temple Chandrapur 32
12 3 124. 11. Temple of Shiva on further side of the stream At-Parner, Distt.- Ahmednagar at Parner 125. 12. Siddheshwar Mahadeo Temple At Kaigaontoka, Ahmednagar 126. 13. Ancient Site and remains at Tekwada Jalgaon 127. 14. Group of temple at Markandadeo Gadchiroli 128. 15. Trimbakeshwar Temple Nashik 129. 16. Mathichi Ghadi Nashik 130. 17. Siddeshwar Mahadev Temple, at Vaghli, Jalgaon Dist-Jalgaon 131. 18. Caves and Temple at Harishchandragad Ahmednagar Mumbai Circle (Maharashtra)
132. 19.1. Sholapur Fort Distt. Sholapur
133. 20.2. Ardhanari Nateshwar Temple Velapur, Distt. Sholapur
134. 21.3. Raigad Fort Distt. Raigad
135. 22.4. Kolaba Fort Alibag, Distt. Raigad
136. 23.5. Mound locally known as Sonar Bhat Nalasopra (Gas), Distt. Thane
137. 24.6. Group of monuments, Agarkot Distt. Raigad
138. 25.7. Jageshwari Caves Distt. Mumbai Suburban
139. 26.8. Ancient site at Brahampuri Distt. Kolhapur
140. 27.9. Bhuleshwar Mahadev Temple Malsiras, Distt.Pune
141. 28.10. Hirakot Old Fort Alibag Distt. Raigad
142. 29.11. Bassein Fort Vasai, Distt. Thane
143. 30.12. Portuguese Monastery over the cave and Distt. Mumbai, Suburban Large Watch Tower on the Adjoining Hill, Mandapeshwar 13. Delhi (Delhi Circle) 144. 1. Nili Masjid, Hauz Khas Hauz Khas 145. 2. Ancient Mosque, Palam Palam 146. 3. Qudasia Mosque, Qudasia Garden Qudasia Garden 147. 4. Sunehri Masjid near Red Fort, Delhi Fort Near Red Fort, Delhi Fort 148. 5. Purana Qila (Indraprastha), Two miles south (Indraprastha), Two miles south 149. 6. Tughluqabad, Badarpur Zail Badarpur 33
12 3 150. 7. Begumpuri Masjid and Bijai Mandal Begumpur 151. 8. Sarai Shahji, Near Shivalik Malviya Nagar Malviya Nagar 152. 9. Rajpur (Mutiny Cemetery), Old Rajpur Old Rajpur Cantonment Cantonment, North District 153. 10. D’Eremao Cemetery Kishangaj 154. 11. Tomb of Razia Begum in Mohalla Bulbuli Khana, Sahajahanabad Sahajahanabad 155. 12. Bijay Mandal neighbouring domes, buildings and Begumpur dalan in village Kalusarai to north of Begumpur 14. Odisha (Bhubaneshwar Circle) 156. 1. Barabati Fort Cuttack 157. 2. Khandagiri Hill Bhubaneswar 158. 3. Sisupalgarh Bhubaneswar 159. 4. Choudwar Fort Cuttack 15. Punjab (Chandigarh Circle) 160. 1. Bhatinida Fort Bhatinda 161. 2. Mound known as Mud fort Abohar, Distt. Firozpur 162. 3. Summer Palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Amritsar Company Bagh 163. 4. Noor Mahal, Sarai Jalandhar 164. 5. Ancient Site, Naggar Jalandhar 16. Rajasthan (Jaipur Circle) 165. 1. Chittourgarh Fort Chittourgarh 166. 2. Ranthombhor Fort Ranthombhor 167. 3. Kumbhalgarh Fort Rajsamand 168. 4. Shiv Temple at Charchoma Kota 169. 5. Saraj Sadulla, Bayana Bharatpur 170. 6. Lal Mahal Roopwas, Bharatpur 171. 7. Delhi Gate Ajmer 172. 8. Babars Garden Jhor, District Dholpur 173. 9. Sheargarh Fort Dholpur 174. 10. Ancient Mound Bhadrakali Hanumangarh 34
12 3 175. 11. Ancient Mound Badopal, Hanumangarh 176. 12. Temple containing Fresco Paintings Galtaji, Jaipur 177. 13. Ancient Site Lodruva Patan Jaisalmer 178. 14. Kalapahar Todaraisingh Dist. Tonk 179. 15. Ancient Mound Bharatpur 17. Tamil Nadu (Chennai Circle) 180. 1. Megalithic Site, Thirupporur Kanchipuram District 18. Tripura (Guwahati Circle) 181. 1. Temple of Chaturdasa Devata Udaipur, Distt. South Tripura 19. Uttar Pradesh (Agra Circle) 182. 1. Burhiya ka Tal Itimadpur, Agra 183. 2. Jama Masjid Itimadpur, Agra 184. 3. Jama Masjid Agra 185. 4. Excavated sites Kankali Tila, Mathura 186. 5. Kota Mound Mathura 187. 6. Gate way and Sarai, Ekdil Etawah 188. 7. Mosque and Sarai Khudagunj, Farrukhabad 189. 8. Mound known as old fort of Kannauj Kannauj 190. 9. Mound known as Lakha Mandap, Barnawa Baraut, Bagpat, Distt. Baghpat 191. 10. Khanquah Fatehpur Sikri Agra 192. 11. Khatia Khana, Fatehpur Sikri Agra 193. 12. Fort wall near Lal Darwaza Fatehpur Sikri Agra 194. 13. Jagner Fort Agra 195. 14. Fortified Sarai with all its walls and gateways, Mathura Kosi 196. 15. Khera ki Bandi, Old Cemetery Lodhipur, Saharanpur Lucknow Circle (Uttar Pradesh)
197. 16.1. Small high mound at Bara Allahabad
198. 17.2. Ruined fort of Samudra-Gupta and Hansagupta Allahabad at Jhunsi
199. 18.3. Tomb of Solar Saifud-din Bahraich
200. 19.4. Tomb of Rajab Salar Alias Hatila Salar Bahraich 35
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201. 20.5. Jama Masjid Banda
202. 21.6. Monuments in memory of General White Banda lock’s force
203. 22.7. Extensive brick strewn mound at Asothar Fatehpur
204. 23.8. Bagh Badshahi at Khajuha Fatehpur
205. 24.9. Hathikhana mosque or Jaichnadi mosque at Fatehpur Hathgaon
206. 25.10. Circular mound, the site of a temple at Fatehpur Khairai
207. 26.11. Tikhariya extensive mound & a group of Fatehpur Hindu sculptures
208. 27.12. Kurari Four temple Fatehpur
209. 28.13. Square sand stone pillar bearing an Fatehpur inscription Mahipal Deva Samrat dated 974 in the Municipal Garden attached to the town hall
210. 29.14. Tomb of Bahu Begum Faizabad
211. 30.15. Tomb of Shuja-ud-Daula (Gulab Bari) Faizabad
212. 31.16. Tomb of Hazi Iqbal Faizabad
213. 32.17. Tomb of Nawab Sadar Jahan at Pihani Hardoi
214. 33.18. Memorial Tomb at Khasaura Hardoi
215. 34.19. Gandwa, Brick mound locally called Hardoi banker garh
216. 35.20. Jain temple mounds at Sumerpur Hamirpur
217. 36.21. Panch Mahal complex, Jhansi Fort Jhansi
218. 37.22. Mound at Bithur Kanpur City
219. 38.23. Memorial well Garden Kanpur City
220. 39.24. Subedar Ka Talab Kanpur City
221 40.25. Three images and a Gupta Pillar in the Kanpur Dehat compound of a temple at Behta, Ghatampur
222. 41.26. Bundela temple at Banpur Lalitpur
223. 42.27. Jain temple at Banpur Lalitpur
224. 43.28. Large temple in front of Panch Marhia Lalitpur Madanpur
225. 44.29. Jain temple and a Torana or gateway at Lalitpur Siron Khurd 36
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226. 45.30. Cemetery Kaiser Pasand near Kaiser bagh Lucknow Bus Stand
227. 46.31. Kalan-ki-Lat at Amindabad Lucknow
228. 47.32. British Cemetery at Chiria Jheel at Sapru Lucknow Marg
229. 48.33. Two Cemeteries at Lucknow - Faizabad Lucknow Raod, miles 4.5
230. 49.34. Tomb of janab-e-Aliya Lucknow
231. 50.35. Bara Imambare (Asaf-ud-Daula's Imambara) Lucknow
232. 51.36. Asafi Masjid Lucknow
233. 52.37. Maqbara Shahnajaf or Tomb of Ghazi-ud-Din Lucknow Haider
234. 53.38. Rauza-e-Kazmain/Kazmain building Lucknow
235. 54.39. Picture gallery Lucknow
236. 55.40. Jama Masjid at Hussainabad Lucknow
237. 56.41. Chhota Imambara/tomb of Mahammad Ali Lucknow Shah
238. 57.42. Tahsin Ali Masjid Lucknow
239. 58.43. Amjad Ali Shah’s Mausoleum Lucknow
240. 59.44. Sher Darawaza/Neil’s Gate Lucknow
241. 60.45. Kaisarbagh Gate Lucknow
242. 61.46. General Wali Kothi Lucknow
243. 62.47. Karbala Talkatora Lucknow
244. 63.48. Dargah Hazarat Abbas Lucknow
245. 64.49. Dianut-Daula Karbala Lucknow
246. 65.50. Malka Jahan Karbala Lucknow
247. 66.51. Nasir-ud-din Haider's Karbala, Daliganj Lucknow
248. 67.52. Nagram mound Lucknow
249. 68.53. Paharnagar Tikuria mound Lucknow
250. 69.54. Sikehawali Kothi Lucknow
251. 70.55. Jama Masjid Mahoba
252. 71.56. Lake of Kirat Sagar Mahoba
253. 72.57. Lake of Madan Sagar Mahoba 37
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254. 73.58. Lake of Vijay Sagar Mahoba
255. 74.59. A flat roofed temple at Urvara Mahoba
256. 75.60. Large tank at Pathari Kadin Mahoba
257. 76.61. Isauli Mosque Sultanpur
258. 77.62. Large Dih called Majhangaon with brick Sultanpur towers on four comers
259. 78.63. Mound known at Kutti Satruhan Das Sravasti
260. 79.64. Small round shaped mound, Tandwa Sravasti
261. 80.65. Tomb of Qurban Mohammed at Banger Mau Unnao
262. 81.66. Old Nawabi Mosque Ambedkar Nagar Patna Circle (Uttar Pradesh)
263. 82.1. Stone Observatory, Man Mahal Varanasi, District- Varanasi
264. 83.2. Dharahra Masjid Dharahra, District- Varanasi
265. 84.3. Remains of fine massive brick fort Chandravati, District- Varanasi
266. 85.4. A large mound of brick ruins Dhanapur, District- Chandauli
267. 86.5. Tomb of Abhiman Mehnagar, District- Azamgarh
268. 87.6. Atala Masjid Jaunpur
269. 88.7. Jama Masjid Jaunpur
270. 89.8. Lal Masjid (Lal Darwaza) Jaunpur
271. 90.9. Ancient mound Fazil Nagar, Dist. Kushinagar.
272. 91.10. Mound of brick ruins called Asmanpur Dih, Dist. Kushinagar Chetiaon
273. 92.11. Large flat topped mound of ruins called Chetiaon, Dist. Kushinagar Dharmatiya
274. 93.12. Ancient mound of ruins Kakandi-Nagar, Dist.- Deoria.
275. 94.13. Dih or mound apparently the remains of Tarkulwa, District - Deoria Buddhist stupa
276. 95.14. High square shaped mound, Rudrapur Dist.- Deoria.
277. 96.15. Extensive mound Sohnag, Dist. - Deoria 20. West Bengal (Kolkata Circle) 278. 1. Clive House Dum Dum, District 24 Parganas
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XI ELEVENTH MEETING
The Committee met at 3.00 P.M. on Tuesday, the 18th February, 2014 in Room No. 63, First Floor, Parliament House, New Delhi.
MEMBERS PRESENT 1. Shri Sitaram Yechury — Chairman RAJYA SABHA 2. Shri Shashi Bhusan Behera 3. Shri Narendra Kumar Kashyap 4. Prof. Alka Balram Kshatriya 5. Shri Aayanur Manjunatha 6. Shri V. Hanumantha Rao 7. Shri Satish Sharma 8. Shrimati Bimla Kashyap Sood 9. Shrimati Vasanthi Stanley LOK SABHA 10. Shri Madan Lal Sharma 11. Shri Shatrughan Sinha SECRETARIAT Shri N.K. Singh, Joint Secretary Shri Swarabji B., Joint Director Dr. (Shrimati) Subhashree Panigrahi, Joint Director Shrimati Catherine John L., Assistant Direrctor Shri T. Kennedy Jesudossan, Committee Officer Shri P.P. Raumon, Committee Officer 2. The Chairman welcomed the Members to the meeting. Thereafter, the Committee considered the following draft Reports: (i) * * * (ii) 211th Report on the Upkeep of various Monuments in Delhi, National Museum and other important issues pertaining to the Ministry of Cultures; (iii) * * * (iv) * * * 3. The Committee adopted the said reports without any modifications after some discussion and decided to present/lay the Reports to Parliament on 19th February, 2014.
4. The meeting adjourned at 4.00 P.M.
*** Relates to other matters.
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LIST OF REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE
Report Title of the Report Date of Date of No. Adoption Presentation 1 2 3 4
1993-94 (5 Reports)
1st Demands for Grants (1993-94) of 29.04.1993 30.04.1993 Department of Tourism
2nd Government Policy on Private Air Taxi 21.07.1993 17.08.1993 Operation and Matters connected therewith
3rd Inland Waterways Authority of India 08.09.1993 08.12.1993 (RS) (Amendment), Bill, 1992 09.12.1993 (LS)
4th Air Corporations (Transfer of 20.10.1993 08.12.1993 (RS) Undertakings and Repeal) Bill, 1992 (with 09.12.1993 (LS) evidence)
5th The Airports Authority of India Bill, 1993 14.02.1994 16.03.1994 (with evidence) 1994-95 (8 Reports)
6th The Anti-Hijacking (Amendment) Bill, 1993 29.03.1994 19.04.1994
7th The Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against 29.03.1994 19.04.1994 Safety of Civil Aviation (Amendment) Bill, 1993
8th Demands for Grants (1994-95) of 05.04.1994 21.04.1994 Department of Tourism
9th Demands for Grants (1994-95) of 12.04.1994 22.04.1994 Ministry of Civil Aviation
10th Demands for Grants (1994-95) of 19.04.1994 25.04.1994 Ministry of Surface Transport
11th Merger of Vayudoot with Indian Airlines 28.06.1994 24.08.1994
l2th Development of Tourism and Transport in 29.12.1994 20.03.1995 North-East
13th National Highway System 21.02.1995 25.04.1995
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1 2 3 4
1995-96 (8 Reports)
14th Demands for Grants (1995-96) of 18.04.1995 26.04.1995 Department of Tourism
15th Demands for Grants (1995-96) of 18.04.1995 26.04.1995 Department of Civil Aviation
16th Demands for Grants (1995-96) of 04.05.1995 10.05.1995 Ministry of Surface Transport
17th National Highways (Amendment) Bill, 24.05.1995 26.05.1995 1995 (with evidence)
18th Inland Waterways 22.08.1995 25.08.1995
19th Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) 11.10.1995 04.12.1995 (Inapplicability to Major Ports) Bill, 1995 (with evidence)
*20th Privatisation Policy in regard to Major 04.01.1996 27.02.1996 (LS) Ports 28.02.1996 (RS)
21st Seamen’s Provident Fund (Amendment) 07.02.1996 28.02.1996 (RS) Bill, 1995 29.02.1996 (LS)
1996-97 (8 Reports)
22nd Civil Enclaves in Defence Airfields 29.02.1996 07.03.1996
23rd Demands for Grants (1996-97) of 21.08.1996 27.08.1996 Department of Tourism
24th Demands for Grants (1996-97) of 29.08.1996 04.09.1996 (RS) Ministry of Civil Aviation 06.09.1996 (LS)
25th Demands for Grants (1996-97) of 04.09.1996 09.09.1996 Ministry of Surface Transport
26th Demands for Grants (1997-98) 08.05.1997 15.05.1997 Department of Tourism
27th Demands for Grants (1997-98) of 08.05.1997 15.05.1997 Ministry of Civil Aviation
28th Demands for Grants (1997-98) of 08.05.1997 15.05.1997 Ministry of Surface Transport *Presented to Hon’ble Chairman on the 25th January, 1996. 44
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29th Ship-building and Ship-repair Industry in 08.07.1997 24.07.1997 India
1997-98 (1 Report) 30th Functioning of Indian Airlines and Alliance 11.08.1997 14.08.1997 Air 1998-99 (9 Reports) 31st Demands for Grants (1998-99) of 29.06.1998 03.07.1998 (RS) Department of Tourism 06.07.1998 (LS)
32nd Demands for Grants (1998-99) of 01.07.1998 06.07.1998 Ministry of Civil Aviation
33rd Demands for Grants (1998-99) of 01.07.1998 06.07.1998 Ministry of Surface Transport
34th Merchant Shipping Second (Amendment) 02.12.1998 04.12.1998 Bill, 1998 (with evidence)
35th Functioning of Air India 01.02.1999 04.03.1999 (LS) 08.03.1999 (RS)
36th Major Port Trusts (Amendment) Bill, 1998 26.02.1999 04.03.1999 (LS) (with evidence) 08.03.1999 (RS)
37th Demands for Grants (1999-2000) of 07.04.1999 19.04.1999 (RS) Ministry of Tourism 22.04.1999 (LS)
38th Demands for Grants (1999-2000) of 07.04.1999 19.04.1999 (RS) Ministry of Civil Aviation 22.04.1999 (LS)
39th Demands for Grants (1999-2000) of 08.04.1999 19.04.1999 (RS) Ministry of Surface Transport 22.04.1999 (LS) 1999-2000 (7 Reports) 40th Problems faced by Tourists/Passengers at 01.03.2000 07.03.2000 (RS) the Airport in the country 08.03.2000 (LS)
41st Demands for Grants (2000-2001) of 03.04.2000 19.04.2000 Ministry of Tourism
42nd Demands for Grants (2000-2001) of 03.04.2000 19.04.2000 Ministry of Civil Aviation
43rd Demands for Grants (2000-2001) of the 13.04.2000 19.04.2000 Ministry of Surface Transport 45
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44th Disinvestment of Air India 17.08.2000 22.8.2000
45th Functioning and Revival of Central Inland 06.12.2000 13.12.2000 (LS) Water Transport Corporation Ltd. (CIWTC) 15.12.2000 (RS)
46th Chartering and Management of flights for 06.12.2000 14.12.2000 (LS) Haj Pilgrims 15.12.2000 (RS) 2001 (8 Reports) 47th Functioning of the Department of 14.03.2001 21.03.2001 (LS) Lighthouses and Lightships 23.03.2001 (RS)
48th Demands for Grants (2001-2002) of the 11.04.2001 26.04.2001 Department of Tourism
49th Demands for Grants (2001-2002) of 11.04.2001 26.04.2001 Department of Culture
50th Demands for Grants (2001-2002) of 11.04.2001 26.04.2001 Ministry of Civil Aviation
51st Demands for Grants (2001-2002) of the 11.04.2001 26.04.2001 (RS) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways 27.04.2001 (LS)
52nd Demands for Grants (2001-2002) of the 11.04.2001 26.04.2001 (RS) Ministry of Shipping 27.04.2001 (LS)
53rd The Aircraft (Exemption From Taxes and 29.10.2001 27.11.2001 (RS) Duties on Fuel and Lubricants) Bill, 2000 28.11.2001 (LS) (with evidence)
54th Functioning of Border Roads Organisation 28.11.2001 12.12.2001 2002 (7 Reports) 55th Demands for Grants (2002-2003) of the 16.04.2002 23.04.2002 (LS) Department of Tourism 24.04.2002 (RS)
56th Demands for Grants (2002-2003) of 16.04.2002 23.04.2002 (LS) Department of Culture 24.04.2002 (RS)
57th Demands for Grants (2002-2003) of the 16.04.2002 23.04.2002 (LS) Ministry of Shipping 24.04.2002 (RS)
58th Demands for Grants (2002-2003) of 18.04.2002 23.04.2002 (LS) Ministry of Civil Aviation 24.04.2002 (RS)
59th Demands for Grants (2002-2003) of the 18.04.2002 23.04.2002 (LS) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways 24.04.2002 (RS) 46
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60th Development of Tourism in the Country 06.08.2002 21.11.2002
61st The Airports Authority of India 11.11.2002 21.11.2002 (Amendment) Bill, 2000 (with evidence)
2003 (12 Reports)
62nd The Major Port Trusts (Amendment) 03.02.2003 19.02.2003 Bill, 2001 (with evidence)
63rd Action Taken by the Government on the 10.01.2003 25.02.2003 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its Fifty-eighth Report on Demands for Grants 2002-03 of Ministry of Civil Aviation
64th Action Taken by the Government on the 20.02.2003 25.02.2003 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its Fifty-seventh Report on Demands for Grants 2002-03 of Ministry of Shipping
65th Sale of Centaur Hotel Mumbai Airport 05.03.2003 10.03.2003
66th Demands for Grants (2003-04) of the 08.04.2003 10.04.2003 Department of Tourism
67th Demands for Grants (2003-04) of the 08.04.2003 10.04.2003 Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
68th Demands for Grants (2003-04) of 23.04.2003 25.04.2003 Department of Culture
69th Demands for Grants (2003-04) of 23.04.2003 25.04.2003 Ministry of Civil Aviation
70th Demands for Grants (2003-04) of the 23.04.2003 25.04.2003 Ministry of Shipping
* st 71 Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial 16.10.2003 11.11.2003 (Amendment) Bill, 2003 (with evidence)
72nd Action Taken by the Government on the 29.10.2003 03.12.2003 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its Sixtieth Report on Development of Tourism in the country *Presented to Hon’ble Chairman on the 11th November, 2003. 47
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73rd Action Taken by the Government on the 29.10.2003 03.12.2003 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its Sixty-sixth Report on Demands for Grants (2003-04) (Demand No. 91) of Department of Tourism 2004 (4 Reports) 74th Action Taken by the Government on the 09.01.04 03.02.2004 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its 67th Report on Demands for Grants (2003-04) of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
75th Action Taken by the Government on the 09.01.04 03.02.2004 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its 70th Report on Demands for Grants (2003-04) of Ministry of Shipping
76th Action Taken by the Government on the 22.01.04 03.02.2004 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its 68th Report on Demands for Grants (2003-04) of Department of Culture
77th Action Taken by the Government on the 22.01.04 03.02.2004 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its 69th Report on Demands for Grants (2003-04) of Ministry of Civil Aviation
2004-05 (12 Reports)
78th Demands for Grants (2004-05) of 14.08.2004 18.08.2004 Ministry of Civil Aviation
79th Demands for Grants (2004-05) of 23.08.2004 26.08.2004 Ministry of Tourism
80th Demands for Grants (2004-05) of 23.08.2004 26.08.2004 Ministry of Culture
81st Demands for Grants (2004-05) of 25.08.2004 26.08.2004 Ministry of Shipping
82nd Demands for Grants (2004-05) of 25.08.2004 26.08.2004 Ministry of Road Transport and Highways 48
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83rd Functioning of the Commission of 17.11.2004 6.12.2004 (RS) Railway Safety 3.12.2004 (LS)
84th Demands for Grants (2005-06) of 15.04.2005 29.04.2005 Department of Road Transport and Highways
85th Demands for Grants (2005-06) of 15.04.2005 29.04.2005 Ministry of Culture
86th Demands for Grants (2005-06) of 21.04.2005 29.04.2005 Department of Shipping
87th Demands for Grants (2005-06) of 21.04.2005 29.04.2005 Ministry of Tourism
88th Demands for Grants (2005-06) of 27.04.2005 29.04.2005 Ministry of Civil Aviation
89th The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) 06.06.2005 27.07.2005 Bill, 2004 (with evidence)
2005-06 (18 Report)
90th Development of Airport Sector with Special 17.08.2005 23.08.2005 Emphasis on New Modern Airports
91st Functioning on Archaeological Survey of 19.9.2005 25.11.2005 India
92nd Action Taken by the Government on the 22.2.2006 27.2.2006 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its Eighty-fourth Report on Demands for Grants (2005-06) of Department of Road Transport and Highways
93rd Action Taken by the Government on the 22.2.2006 27.2.2006 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its Eighty-fifth Report on Demands for Grants (2005-06) of Ministry of Culture
94th Action Taken by the Government on the 22.2.2006 27.2.2006 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its Eighty-sixth Report on Demands for Grants (2005-06) of Department of Shipping 49
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95th Action Taken by the Government on the 22.02.2006 27.02.2006 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its Eighty-seventh Report on Demands for Grants (2005-06) of Ministry of Tourism
96th Action Taken by the Government on the 22.02.2006 27.02.2006 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its Eighty-eighth Report on Demands for Grants (2005-06) of Ministry of Civil Aviation
97th Action Taken by the Government on the 22.02.2006 27.02.2006 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its Ninetieth Report on the ‘Development of Airport Sector with special emphasis on new modern airports’
98th Action Taken by the Government on the 17.03.2006 21.03.2006 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its Eighty-third Report on the ‘Functioning of the Commission of Railway Safety’
99th The Admiralty Bill, 2005 17.03.2006 21.03.2006
100th The Inland Vessels (Amendment) Bill, 2005 17.03.2006 21.03.2006
101st The Carriage By Road Bill, 2005 17.03.2006 21.03.2006
102nd Demands for Grants (2006-07) of the 19.05.2006 22.05.2006 Department of Road Transport and Highways
103rd Demands for Grants (2006-07) of the 19.05.2006 22.05.2006 Department of Culture
104th Demands for Grants (2006-07) of the 19.05.2006 22.05.2006 Department of Tourism
105th Demands for Grants (2006-07) of the 19.05.2006 22.05.2006 Department of Shipping
106th Demands for Grants (2006-07) of the 19.05.2006 22.05.2006 Ministry of Civil Aviation 50
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107th Action Taken by the Government on the 19.05.2006 22.05.2006 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its Ninety-first Report on ‘Functioning of the Archaeological Survey of India‘
2006-07 (13 Reports)
108th Functioning and Performance of India 12.12.2006 15.12.2006 Tourism Development Corporation Limited (ITDC)
109th The Aircraft (Amendment) Bill, 2006 09.03.2007 13.03.2007
110th The Central Road Fund (Amendment) 19.03.2007 20.03.2007 Bill, 2006
111th Action Taken by the Government on the 16.04.2007 14.05.2007 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Second Report on Demands for Grants (2006-07) of Department of Road Transport and Highways
112th Action Taken by the Government on the 16.04.2007 14.05.2007 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Third Report on Demands for Grants (2006-07) of Department of Culture.
113th Action Taken by the Government on the 16.04.2007 14.05.2007 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Fourth Report on Demands for Grants (2006-07) of Ministry of Tourism
114th Action Taken by the Government on the 16.4.2007 14.05.2007 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Fifth Report on Demands for Grants (2006-07) of Department of Shipping
115th Action Taken by the Government on the 16.4.2007 14.5.2007 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Sixth Report on Demands for Grants (2006-07) of Ministry of Civil Aviation 51
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116th Demands for Grants (2007-08) of the 9.5.2007 14.5.2007 Ministry of Civil Aviation
117th Demands for Grants (2007-08) of the 9.5.2007 14.5.2007 Department of Shipping
118th Demands for Grants (2007-08) of the 9.5.2007 14.5.2007 Department of Road Transport and Highways
119th Demands for Grants (2007-08) of the 9.5.2007 14.5.2007 Ministry of Tourism
120th Demands for Grants (2007-08) of the 9.5.2007 14.5.2007 Ministry of Culture 2007-08 (19 Reports) 121st The National Waterway (Talcher-Dhamra 18.07.2007 16.8.2007 Stretch of Rivers Geonkhali-Charbatia Stretch of East Coast Canal, Charbatia- Dhamra Stretch of Matai River and Mahanadi Delta Rivers) Bill, 2006.
122nd The National Waterway (Kakinada- 18.07.2007 16.8.2007 Pondicherry Stretch of Canals and the Kaluvelly Tank, Bhadrachalam – Rajahmundry Stretch of River Godavari and Wazirabad-Vijayawada Stretch of River Krishna) Bill, 2006.
123rd The Seamen’s Provident Fund 31.08.2007 05.09.2007 (Amendment) Bill, 2007
124th The Carriage by Air (Amendment) Bill, 2007 25.09.2007 17.10.2007 presented to Hon'ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha (Presented to Chairman) on 17.10.2007 20.11.2007 (Presented to House)
125th Action Taken by the Government on the 02.11.2007 20.11.2007 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Sixteenth Report on Demands for Grants (2007-08) of Ministry of Civil Aviation
126th The Action Taken by the Government on 02.11.2007 20.11.2007 the recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Nineteenth Report on Demands for Grants (2007-08) of the Ministry of Tourism 52
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127th Action Taken by the Government on the 18.01.2008 04.03.2008 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Eighteenth Report on Demands for Grants (2007-08) of the Department of Road Transport and Highways
128th Action Taken by the Government on the 18.01.2008 04.03.2008 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Seven teenth Report on Demands for Grants (2007-08) of Department of Shipping
129th Action Taken by the Government on the 18.01.2008 04.03.2008 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Twentieth Report on Demands for Grants (2007-08) of Ministry of Culture
130th The National Waterway (Lakhipur-Bhanga 31.01.2008 04.03.2008 Stretch of the Barak River) Bill, 2007
131st Closure of Bangalore and Hyderabad 04.03.2008 05.03.2008 Airports and matters related thereto
132nd The Indian Maritime University Bill, 2007 15.04.2008 17.04.2008
133rd The Airports Economic Regulatory 15.04.2008 17.04.2008 Authority of India Bill, 2007
134th Demands for Grants (2007-08) of the 15.04.2008 17.04.2008 Department of Shipping
135th Demands for Grants (2008-09) of the 24.04.2008 28.04.2008 Department of Road Transport and Highways
136th Demands for Grants (2008-09) of 24.04.2008 28.04.2008 Ministry of Tourism
137th Demands for Grants (2008-09) of 24.04.2008 28.04.2008 Ministry of Culture
138th Demands for Grants (2008-09) of 24.04.2008 28.04.2008 Ministry of Civil Aviation
139th The Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2007 24.04.2008 28.04.2008 53
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2008-09 (l0 Reports)
140th Promotion of tourism in Jammu and 11.08.2008 20.08.2008 Kashmir (Presented to Hon’ble Chairman and Hon’ble Speaker) Presented to Parliament on 23.10.08
141st Modernization of Airports 11.08.2008 20.08.2008 (Presented to Hon’ble Chairman and Hon’ble Speaker) Presented to Parliament on 23.10.08
142nd Functioning of Private Airports and the 20.10.2008 23.10.2008 related issues
143rd Action Taken by the Government on the 18.12.2008 19.12.2008 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Thirty Fourth Report on Demands for Grants 2008-2009 of the Department of Shipping
144th Action Taken by the Government on the 18.12.2008 19.12.2008 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Thirty Fifth Report on Demands for Grants 2008-2009 of the Department of Road, Transport and Highways
145th Action Taken by the Government on the 18.12.2008 19.12.2008 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Thirty Sixth Report on Demands for Grants 2008-2009 of the Ministry of Tourism
146th Action Taken by the Government on the 18.12.2008 19.12.2008 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Thirty Seventh Report on Demands for Grants 2008-2009 of the Ministry of Culture 54
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147th Action Taken by the Government on the 18.12.2008 19.12.2008 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Thirty Eighth Report on Demands for Grants 2008-2009 of the Ministry of Civil Aviation
148th The National Highways Authority of India 13.02.2009 17.02.2009 (Amendment) Bill, 2008
149th Development of Tourism Infrastructure 19.02.2009 24.02.2009 and Amenities for the Commonwealth Games 2010 2009-10 (11 Reports) 150th The National Commission for Heritage 13.11.2009 23.11.2009 Sites Bill, 2009
151st Merger of Indian Airlines and Air India: Its 08.01.2010 21.01.2010 Impact on The Civil Aviation Sector (Presented to Hon’ble Chairman and Hon’ble Speaker) Presented to Parliament on 03.03.2010
152nd Action Taken by the Government on the 09.02.2010 03.03.2010 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Fortieth Report on promotion of Tourism in Jammu and Kashmir
153rd Action Taken by the Government on the 09.02.2010 03.03.2010 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Forty Ninth Report on Development of Tourism Infrastructure and Amenities for the Commonwealth Games, 2010
154th Demands for Grants (2010-11) of 07.04.2010 20.04.2010 Ministry of Tourism
155th Demands for Grants (2010-11) of 07.04.2010 20.04.2010 Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
156th Demands for Grants (2010-11) of 20.04.2010 22.04.2010 Ministry of Shipping
157th Demands for Grants (2010-11) of 20.04.2010 22.04.2010 Ministry of Culture 55
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158th Demands for Grants (2010-11) of 20.04.2010 22.04.2010 Ministry of Civil Aviation
159th Action Taken by the Government on the 05.05.2010 06.05.2010 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Thirty First Report on Closure of Bangalore and Hyderabad Airports; One Hundred and Forty First Report on Modernisation of Airports; and One Hundred and Forty Second Report on Functioning of Private Airports
160th The National Road Safety and Traffic 14.07.2010 28.07.2010 Management Board Bill, 2010
2010-11 (12 Reports)
161st The Anti-Hijacking (Amendment) 08.10.2010 18.10.2010 Bill, 2010 (Presented to Hon’ble Chairman and Hon’ble Speaker) Presented to the Houses of the Parliament 01.03.2011
162nd Action Taken by the Government on the 20.12.2010 04.03.2011 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Fifty Fourth Report on Demands for Grants (2010-11) of the Ministry of Tourism
163rd Action Taken by the Government on the 20.12.2010 04.03.2011 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One hundred Fifty Fifth Report on Demands for Grants (2010-11) of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
164th Action Taken by the Government on the 20.12.2010 04.03.2011 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Fifty Sixth Report on Demands for Grants (2010-11) of the Ministry of Shipping 56
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165th Action Taken by the Government on the 20.12.2010 04.03.2011 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Fifty Seventh Report on Demands for Grants (2010-11) Ministry of Culture
166th Action Taken by the Government on the 20.12.2010 04.03.2011 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Fifty Eight Report on Demands for Grants (2010-11) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation
167th Functioning of National Museum 25.01.2011 10.03.2011 (RS) 11.03.2011 (LS)
168th Directorate General of Civil Aviation 13.04.2011 04.05.2011 (Presented to (DGCA) – Issues and Challenges Hon’ble Chairman and Hon’ble Speaker) Presented to the House of the Parliament 11.08.2011
169th Helicopter operations in India 13.04.2011 04.05.2011 (Presented to Hon’ble Chairman and Hon’ble Speaker) Presented to the House of the Parliament on 11.08.2011
170th Modernization of Major Port 27.05.2011 11.08.2011
171st Functioning of Sahitya Akademi, Lalit Kala 11.08.2011 17.08.2011 Akademi, Sangeet Natak Akademi and National School of Drama
172nd Development of Tourism in North-Eastern 11.08.2011 17.08.2011 Region
2011-12 (8 Reports) 173rd The National Highways Authority of India 13.03.2012 15.03.2012 (Amendment) Bill, 2011
174th Demands for Grants (2012-13) of Ministry 26.04.2012 02.04.2012 of Civil Aviation
175th Demands for Grants (2012-13) of Ministry 03.05.2012 07.052012 of Culture
176th Demands for Grants (2012-13) of Ministry 03.05.2012 07.05.2012 of Tourism 57
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177th Demands for Grants (2012-13) of Ministry 03.05.2012 07.052012 of Shipping
178th Demands for Grants (2012-13) of Ministry 03.05.2012 07.05.2012 of Road Transport and Highways
179th Action Taken by the Government on the 17.05.2012 21.052012 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Sixty Seventh Report on ‘Functioning of National Museum’
180th Action Taken by the Government on the 17.05.2012 21.05.2012 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Seventy Second Report on Development of Tourism in North-Eastern Region 2012-13 (20 Reports) 181st Action Taken by the Government on the 18.10.2012 04.12.2012 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Sixty eighth Report on Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) – Issues and Challenges’
182nd Action Taken by the Government on the 18.10.2012 04.12.2012 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Sixty-ninth Report on Helicopter Operations in India”
183rd Action Taken by the Government on the 05.11. 2012 04.12.2012 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Seventy-seventh Report on the Demands for Grants of Ministry of Shipping 2012-13)
184th Action Taken by the Government on the 05.11.2012 04.12.2012 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Seventy-sixth Report on the Demands for Grants of Ministry of Tourism (2012-13)
185th Action Taken by the Government on the 18.10.2012 04.12.2012 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Seventy-fourth Report on the Demands for Grants of Ministry of Civil Aviation (2012-13) 58
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186th Action Taken by the Government on the 05.11.2012 04.12.2012 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One HundredSeventy-fifth Report on the Demands for Grants of Ministry of Culture (2012-13)
187th Action Taken by the Government on the 18.10.2012 04.12.2012 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Seventy-eighth Report on the Demands for Grants of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (2012-13)
188th Functioning of Commission of Railway 03.01.2013 06.02.2013 (Presented to Safety Hon’ble Chairman) Presented to the Parliament on 27.02.2013
189th Development of National Waterways- 03.01.2013 06.02.2013 (Presented to Potential and Challenges Hon’ble Chairman) Presented to the Parliament on 27.02.2013
190th Development of Tourism in Darjeeling and 03.01.2013 06.02.2013 (Presented to Sikkim Hon’ble Chairman) Presented to the Parliament on 27.02.2013
191st Demands for Grants (2013-14) of 02.05.2013 03.05.2013 Ministry of Civil Aviation
192nd Demands for Grants (2013-14) of 02.05.2013 03.05.2013 Ministry of Culture
193rd Demands for Grants (2013-14) of 02.05.2013 03.05.2013 Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
194th Demands for Grants (2013-14) of 02.05.2013 03.05.2013 Ministry of Shipping
195th Demands for Grants (2013-14) of 02.05.2013 03.05.2013 Ministry of Tourism 59
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196th The National Waterway (Lakhipur-Bhanga 20.05.2013 26.06.2013 (Presented to Stretch of the Barak River) Bill, 2013 Hon’ble Chairman) Presented to the Parliament on 07.08.2013
197th The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) 17.06.2013 26.06.2013 (Presented Bill, 2013 to Hon’ble Chairman) Presented to the Parliament on 07.08.2013
198th Management of Road Transport in National 23.08.2013 27.08.2013 Capital Region: Issues and Challenges
199th Action Taken by the Government on the 23.08.2013 27.08.2013 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Eighty Ninth Report on the Development of National Waterways- Potentials and Challenges
200th Development of Tourism, National 23.08.2013 27.08.2013 Highways and Water Transport in Kerala and Cochin Shipyard Limited
2013-14 (10 Reports)
201st Functioning of National Akademis and 01.10.2013 l7.10.2013 (Presented to other Cultural Institutions: Issues and Hon’ble Chairman) Challenges Presented to the Parliament 17.12.2013
20.11.2013 202nd The Merchant Shipping (Second 31.10.2013 (Presented to Hon’ble Amendment) Bill, 2013 Chairman) Presented to the Parliament 17.12.2013
203rd Privatization of Services at Airports 31.10.2013 20.11.2013 (Presented to Hon'ble Chairman) Presented to the Parliament 17.12.2013
204th The Civil Aviation Authority of India 13.01.2014 24.01.2014 Bill, 2013 (Presented to Hon'ble Chairman) Presented to the Parliament 06.02.2014 60
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205th Action Taken by the Government on the 17.12.2013 06.02.2014 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Ninety Two Report on the Demands for Grants (2013-14) of the Ministry of Culture
206th Action Taken by the Government on the 17.12.2013 06.02.2014 Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Ninety Third Report on Demands for Grants (2013-14) of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
207th Action Taken by the Government on the 17.12.2013 06.02.2014 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Ninety Fourth Report on the Demands for Grants (2013-14) of the Ministry of Shipping
208th Action Taken by the Government on the 17.12.2013 06.02.2014 Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Ninety Fifth Report on the Demands for Grants (2013-14) of the Ministry of Tourism
209th Action Taken by the Government on the 17.12.2013 06.02.2014 Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Ninety First Report on the Demands for Grants (2013-14) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation
210th Action Taken by the Government on the 18.02.2014 19.02.2014 Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Eighty Eighth Report on Functioning of Commission of Railways Safety
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