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Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA 152 DEPARTMENT - RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY SECOND REPORT ON ACTION TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS/OBSERVATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE CONTAINED IN ITS ONE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH REPORT ON PROMOTION OF TOURISM IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR (PRESENTED TO THE RAJYA SABHA ON 3 RD March, 2010) (LAID ON THE TABLE OF THE LOK SABHA ON 3 RD March, 2010) RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI MARCH, 2010/PHALGUNA, 1931 (SAKA) Website:http://rajyasabha.nic.in E-mail:[email protected] PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT - RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY SECOND REPORT ON ACTION TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS/OBSERVATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE CONTAINED IN ITS ONE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH REPORT ON PROMOTION OF TOURISM IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR (PRESENTED TO THE RAJYA SABHA ON 3 RD MARCH, 2010) (LAID ON THE TABLE OF THE LOK SABHA ON 3 RD MARCH, 2010) RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI MARCH, 2010/PHALGUNA, 1931 (SAKA) CONTENTS PAGES 1. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ......................................................................................... (i)-(ii) 2. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. (iii) 3. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ................................................................................................ 1-43 4. OBSERVATIONS /C ONCLUSIONS /R ECOMMENDATIONS –– AT A GLANCE 44-50 ............................................ 5. MINUTES ........................................................................................................................ 51-54 COMPOSITION OF THE DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE (2009-2010) 1. Shri Sitaram Yechury ---------- Chairman RAJYA SABHA 2. Shri Ramdas Agarwal 3. Shri Birendra Prasad Baishya 4. Shri Shadi Lal Batra 5. Shri Naresh Gujral 6. Shri Syed Azeez Pasha 7. Shri Thomas Sangma 8. Shri Satish Kumar Sharma *9. Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz 10. Shri Vikram Verma LOK SABHA 11. Yogi Aditya Nath 12. Shri Avtar Singh Bhadana 13. Shri V. Kishore Chandra S. Deo 14. Shrimati Bhavana Gawali Patil 15. Shri Mahesh Joshi 16. Shri P. Karunakaran 17. Shri Jose K. Mani 18. Shrimati Ranee Narah 19. Shri Rajaram Pal 20. Shri Bal Kumar Patel 21. Shri Nama Nageswara Rao 22. Shri S.D. Shariq 23. Shri Madan Lal Sharma 24. Shri Dushyant Singh 25. Shri Jitendra Singh 26. Shri Rakesh Singh 27. Shri Shatrughan Sinha 28. Shri K. Sugumar 29. Shri Kabir Suman 30. Shri Anurag Singh Thakur 31. Shri K.C. Venugopal * Nominated on 12th September, 2009. SECRETARIAT Shri N.K. Singh, Joint Secretary Shri Jagdish Kumar, Director Shri Swarabji B., Joint Director Shrimati Nidhi Chaturvedi, Assistant Director 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 One Hundred and Fifty Second Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Fortieth Report on Promotion of Tourism in Jammu and Kashmir. 2. The One Hundred and Fortieth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture was presented to the Parliament on the 23rd October, 2008. 3. The Action Taken Replies on the recommendations of the Committee contained on its One Hundred and Fortieth Report were received from (i) Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways on the 18th December, 2008; (ii) Ministry of Civil Aviation on 11th May, 2009; (iii) Ministry of Culture on 1st June, 2009; and (iv) Ministry of Tourism on 4th September, 2009. 4. The Committee considered and adopted the Report at its meeting held on the 9 th February, 2010. SITARAM YECHURY NEW DELHI ; Chairman, February 9, 2010 Department-related Parliamentary Standing Magha 20 , 1931 (Saka) Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture. REPORT The Report of the Committee deals with the Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations as contained in its One-Hundred and Fortieth, Report on Promotion of Tourism in Jammu and Kashmir of the Ministries of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Culture and Road Transport and Highways which was presented to both the Houses of Parliament on 23rd October, 2008. 2. Action Taken Replies have been received from the Government on the 18th December,2008, 11th May,2009, 1st June,2009 and 14th September, 2009 in respect of all the observations/recommendations contained in the Report, which have been categorized as follows: (i) Recommendations/observations, which have been accepted by the Department: Para Nos. 12,21,84,85,106 and 116, Total- 6 (ii) Recommendations/observations which the Committee does not desire to pursue in view of the Department replies: Para Nos. 76, 110 and 121 Total-3 (iii) Recommendations/observations in respect of which replies of the Department have not been accepted by the Committee: Para Nos. 27, 44,52 and 75 Total-4 (iv) Recommendations/observations in respect of which final replies of the Department are still awaited: Para Nos. 23,26,29,30, 38,42,44,47 and 48 Total-9 3. The Committee desires that final replies in respect of those which have been categorized as interim replies by the Committee should be furnished to it at the earliest. 4. On scrutiny of the Action Taken Replies, the Committee has made observations on each item of Action taken/proposed to be taken by the concerned Ministries. The recommendations of the Committee contained in the One Hundred and Fortieth Report, action taken thereon by the Ministries and recommendations/observations of the Committee on each item of action taken has been given in the succeeding paragraphs. 5. Tourism being one of the world’s fastest growing industries today enjoys a vital significance in the overall development of a country, mainly due to its multiplier effect on different walks of life. India too is not an exception in this regard; Tourism is the second largest export industry in India. Foreign tourist arrival here rose from 3.46 million in 2004 to 5 million in 2007. Tourism made a significant contribution to India’s foreign exchange earnings, which grew from $ 6.17 billion (Rs.27,944 crore) in 2004 to $ 11.96 billion (Rs.49,413 crore) in 2007. The share of India in world tourism receipts went up from 0.65 per cent in 2002 to 1.21 per cent in 2006. The contribution of tourism to GDP of the country had been 6.11 per cent in 2004, while employment in tourism sector both direct and indirect had been 41.8 million in 2003, which accounts for 8.74 per cent of total employment in the country. (Recommendations at Para 1 of the 140 th Report) 6. Such an impressive growth in tourism notwithstanding, India’s share in the world’s tourist traffic was a mere 0.55 per cent in 2007. While the number of tourists visiting India and earnings therefrom may be increasing, its slow growth rate as well as insignificant share in world’s tourism has always been a cause of concern to this Committee. (Para 2, ibid ) Reply of the Government 7. As per the tourism data for the year 2008, share of India in international tourism arrivals increased to 0.58 per cent in 2008. FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS/OBSERVATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE 8. The data provided by the Ministry shows a mere 0.03 per cent increase in the tourist growth during the year 2008. This data further supports the observations of the Committee. The Committee hopes that the Ministry will take further measures to improve the tourist flow to the Country. Further, the Committee desires that the target for the tourist arrival should be specified so that actual status of tourist growth may be arrived at and is comparable. DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR 9. Till 1989, tourism had been the major economic activity of the State. During the past one decade, however, the tourist arrival received a major set back affecting the economic activity of the State adversely due to difficult circumstances prevailing in the State. But, the things appears to have been improving slowly particularly during the last a few years. Development of tourism in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, the Committee notes has received priority both by the Central Government as well as the State Government. (Para 5, ibid ) Reply of the Government 10. As per the inputs received from the State Government, tourist arrivals have increased over the last few years in the State. During the year 2008, 5,36,689 tourists have visited the valley upto end of July, 2008 as compared to 2,79,191 during the 2007 year for the same period. However, the tourist traffic has declined due to the agitation in July, August 2008 both in Jammu and Kashmir region. This agitation has not made any difference to the tourist arrival to Ladakh regions. The Ladakh region has been visited by record number of tourists during 2008. Upto the end of August, 2008, 60,116 tourists have visited Ladakh as compared to 40,185 tourists visited last year. FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS/OBSERVATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE 11. The Committee is aware of the peculiar situation of Jammu and Kashmir and the practical problem in ensuring tourist arrival. It however, hopes that the tourist inflow will take new peaks in the changed situation in the region. The Ministry should also project the improved situation through advertisements so that more tourists are attracted to visit the State. 12. The Committee appreciates the efforts made by the State Government of Jammu and Kashmir for development of tourism in the State. However, the Committee feels that the strategy and initiatives taken by the State require a more focused approach for effective and structured growth. The Committee was informed that there was no “Tourism Policy” for the State. The Committee is of the opinion that the policy supports would certainly help achieves goals and targets in this sector more effectively.
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