Ministry of Culture
Preservation of Minority Heritage and Pilgrimage Sites
Posted On:
11 AUG 2025 6:04PM by PIB Delhi
There are 3685 centrally protected monuments/sites under the jurisdiction of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in the country including minority heritage sites, places of worships and pilgrimage sites. Conservation and preservation of these monuments/sites is a regular process and is taken up as per the requirement and availability of resources subject to the guidelines of National Policy for Conservation, 2014. Details of the funds allocated and expenditure incurred on conservation, preservation and development of these monuments/sites are given at Annexure-I.
ASI undertakes preservation, restoration & promotions of centrally protected monuments from funds allocated by the Government of India.
Annexure-I
Details of funds allocated & expenditure incurred for conservation, preservation and development of centrally protected monuments/sites
(Amount Rs. in Crore)
|
Sl.
No.
|
Name of State/UT
|
Circle / Branch
|
2020-21
|
2021-22
|
2022-23
|
2023-24
|
2024-25
|
|
Allocation
|
Expenditure
|
Allocation
|
Expenditure
|
Allocation
|
Expenditure
|
Allocation
|
Expenditure
|
Allocation
|
Expenditure
|
|
1.
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
Agra
|
13.00
|
12.96
|
19.35
|
19.35
|
21.27
|
21.15
|
23.52
|
23.52
|
9.50
|
9.48
|
|
Jhansi
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
4.15
|
4.15
|
7.00
|
7.00
|
5.82
|
5.82
|
4.30
|
4.30
|
|
Lucknow
|
3.88
|
3.88
|
10.44
|
10.44
|
19.03
|
19.03
|
16.93
|
16.93
|
5.51
|
5.51
|
|
Sarnath
|
4.38
|
4.38
|
5.50
|
5.50
|
10.15
|
10.15
|
11.32
|
11.32
|
4.32
|
4.32
|
|
Meerut
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
2.80
|
2.80
|
6.20
|
6.20
|
7.95
|
7.95
|
5.20
|
4.72
|
|
2.
|
Maharashtra
|
Aurangabad
|
3.16
|
3.16
|
8.00
|
7.99
|
18.70
|
18.70
|
26.80
|
26.80
|
5.20
|
5.16
|
|
Mumbai
|
11.00
|
11.00
|
12.00
|
12.00
|
15.35
|
15.35
|
15.56
|
15.56
|
12.58
|
12.56
|
|
Nagpur
|
4.00
|
4.00
|
4.50
|
4.50
|
5.00
|
4.99
|
10.18
|
10.18
|
6.80
|
6.80
|
|
3.
|
Karnataka
|
Bangalore
|
5.27
|
5.27
|
9.75
|
9.75
|
19.85
|
19.85
|
17.34
|
17.34
|
5.05
|
5.05
|
|
Hampi
|
9.10
|
9.10
|
8.00
|
8.00
|
10.00
|
10.00
|
12.25
|
12.25
|
3.80
|
3.71
|
|
Dharwad
|
6.40
|
6.40
|
7.32
|
7.32
|
10.08
|
10.08
|
9.57
|
9.57
|
5.42
|
5.42
|
|
4.
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
Bhopal
|
11.50
|
11.50
|
11.50
|
11.50
|
14.90
|
14.90
|
17.22
|
17.22
|
7.40
|
7.40
|
|
Jabalpur
|
3.50
|
3.50
|
4.75
|
4.75
|
8.00
|
8.00
|
9.27
|
9.27
|
4.50
|
4.49
|
|
5.
|
Odisha
|
Bhubaneswar
/Puri
|
3.63
|
3.63
|
8.23
|
8.23
|
13.18
|
13.17
|
12.29
|
12.29
|
8.50
|
7.74
|
|
6.
|
West Bengal
|
Kolkata
|
6.03
|
6.02
|
7.67
|
7.57
|
10.16
|
10.16
|
9.10
|
9.10
|
3.95
|
3.92
|
|
7.
|
West Bengal,
Sikkim
|
Raiganj
|
1.35
|
1.35
|
5.00
|
5.00
|
7.00
|
7.00
|
8.00
|
8.00
|
3.80
|
3.80
|
|
8.
|
Tamil Nadu,
Puducherry
|
Chennai
|
5.25
|
5.25
|
8.00
|
8.00
|
11.45
|
11.45
|
12.95
|
12.95
|
9.25
|
9.24
|
|
Trichy
|
2.00
|
2.00
|
4.00
|
4.0
|
8.50
|
8.50
|
9.55
|
9.55
|
3.40
|
3.40
|
|
9.
|
Punjab
|
Chandigarh
|
0.80
|
0.80
|
1.50
|
1.50
|
6.53
|
6.53
|
11.00
|
11.00
|
5.65
|
5.65
|
|
Haryana
|
|
10
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
Shimla
|
1.25
|
1.25
|
1.15
|
1.15
|
8.90
|
8.90
|
5.00
|
5.00
|
2.00
|
2.00
|
|
11.
|
Delhi
(NCT)
|
Delhi
|
20.82
|
20.82
|
19.10
|
19.08
|
30.50
|
30.35
|
36.14
|
36.14
|
17.85
|
16.53
|
|
Delhi Mini Circle
|
3.69
|
3.69
|
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|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
12.
|
Goa
|
Goa
|
3.70
|
3.70
|
7.00
|
7.00
|
10.45
|
10.45
|
9.90
|
9.90
|
6.00
|
6.00
|
|
13.
|
Assam
|
Guwahati
|
3.04
|
3.04
|
3.30
|
3.30
|
7.44
|
7.44
|
8.78
|
8.78
|
3.20
|
3.19
|
|
|
Meghalaya
|
|
|
Nagaland
|
|
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
|
14.
|
Manipur
|
Aizawl
|
1.31
|
1.31
|
1.25
|
1.25
|
2.00
|
2.00
|
1.29
|
1.29
|
1.00
|
0.99
|
|
Mizoram
|
|
Tripura
|
|
15.
|
Rajasthan
|
Jaipur
|
7.40
|
7.40
|
7.53
|
7.53
|
10.28
|
10.28
|
12.75
|
12.75
|
7.20
|
7.15
|
|
Jodhpur
|
4.10
|
4.10
|
4.50
|
4.50
|
7.65
|
7.65
|
10.65
|
10.65
|
6.75
|
6.75
|
|
16.
|
Telangana
|
Hyderabad
|
2.80
|
2.80
|
7.00
|
6.80
|
15.50
|
15.50
|
14.38
|
14.38
|
4.80
|
4.77
|
|
17.
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Amravati
|
4.57
|
4.57
|
5.75
|
5.75
|
11.60
|
11.60
|
14.70
|
14.70
|
6.50
|
6.50
|
|
18.
|
Bihar
|
Patna
|
1.23
|
1.23
|
3.35
|
3.35
|
9.00
|
9.00
|
16.00
|
16.00
|
5.33
|
5.33
|
|
19.
|
Jammu &
Kashmir (U.T)
|
Srinagar
|
0.80
|
0.80
|
2.55
|
2.55
|
6.11
|
6.03
|
7.17
|
7.17
|
3.65
|
3.64
|
|
20.
|
Ladakh (UT)
|
Mini Circle Leh
|
0.20
|
0.20
|
0.43
|
0.43
|
1.92
|
1.92
|
3.50
|
3.50
|
1.50
|
1.50
|
|
21.
|
Kerala
|
Thrissure
|
2.03
|
2.03
|
6.82
|
6.82
|
7.50
|
7.50
|
7.09
|
7.09
|
4.22
|
4.22
|
|
22.
|
Gujarat
Daman & Diu (UT)
|
Vadodara
|
6.35
|
6.35
|
8.00
|
8.00
|
11.00
|
11.00
|
12.00
|
12.00
|
4.50
|
4.50
|
|
Gujarat
|
Rajkot
|
0.99
|
0.99
|
2.50
|
2.50
|
3.09
|
3.09
|
2.50
|
2.50
|
2.00
|
2.00
|
|
23.
|
Uttarakhand
|
Dehradun
|
4.60
|
4.60
|
3.75
|
3.75
|
4.85
|
4.85
|
5.42
|
5.42
|
3.60
|
3.60
|
|
24.
|
Chhattisgarh
|
Raipur
|
2.89
|
2.89
|
4.78
|
4.78
|
7.50
|
7.50
|
5.94
|
5.94
|
5.13
|
5.13
|
|
25.
|
Jharkhand
|
Ranchi
|
0.88
|
0.88
|
1.18
|
1.16
|
2.00
|
2.00
|
2.15
|
2.15
|
1.25
|
1.25
|
This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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