The Government of India had established the National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities (NMMA) in 2007 to prepare two national registers on monuments and antiquities. So far the NMMA has digitized 12,46,211 Antiquities and 11,406 Unprotected Monuments (Built Heritage & Sites).

An amount of Rs. 20 lakh were allocated for the NMMA during the FY 2024-25. 4,55,764 antiquities of ASI Museum/ Circles / Branches (Annexure-I) and 7,90,447 from other institutions have been digitized by the NMMA (Annexure-II). Details of which are available at NMMA website for public access at http://nmma.nic.in.

In addition, to that for the accessibility QR code–based information systems and digital museum interventions, including Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) features, have been introduced in selected Archaeological Site Museums of ASI to enhance visitor engagement and dissemination of information. 

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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Sunil Kumar Tiwari

pibculture[at]gmail[dot]com

  

 Annexure-I

Total published ASI data in NMMA website as on 4^th Dec 2025

S. No	Name of institutions/ Circles	Total Data
	Amaravati Museum & Interpretation Center, Amaravati	55
	Archaeological Mumtaz Mahal Museum, Red Fort Delhi	11856
	Archaeological Museum  Badami	170
	Archaeological Museum  Bijapur	2
	Archaeological Museum  Hampi	335
	Archaeological Museum  Lothal	1081
	Archaeological Museum  Tamluk	2124
	Archaeological Museum Bodhgaya	81
	Archaeological Museum Chandragiri	237
	Archaeological Museum Cooch Behar Palace	20
	Archaeological Museum Fort St. George	330
	Archaeological Museum Goa	701
	Archaeological Museum Gwalior Fort	1378
	Archaeological Museum Hazarduari Palace, Murshidabad	551
	Archaeological Museum Jageshwar	14
	Archaeological Museum Kalibangan	1923
	Archaeological Museum Khajuraho	226
	Archaeological Museum Konark	211
	Archaeological Museum Kondapur	2530
	Archaeological Museum Mattancherry Place	42
	Archaeological Museum Nalanda	161
	Archaeological Museum Red Fort Delhi	309
	Archaeological Museum Sanchi	57
	Archaeological Museum Sarnath	968
	Archaeological Museum Shivpuri	560
	Archaeological Museum Thanesar	394
	Archaeological Museum Vikramshila	1357
	Archaeological Period Museum Deeg Place Bharatpur	680
	Archaeological Swatantrata Sangram Sanghralaya, Red Fort Delhi	22
	Archaeological Survey of India, Agra Circle	413
	Archaeological Survey of India, Aizawl Circle	684
	Archaeological Survey of India, Amaravati Circle	217
	Archaeological Survey of India, Aurangabad Circle	93
	Archaeological Survey of India, Bangalore Circle	57
	Archaeological Survey of India, Bhopal Circle	453
	Archaeological Survey of India, Chennai Circle	679
	Archaeological Survey of India, Dehradun Circle	402
	Archaeological Survey of India, Delhi Circle	2783
	Archaeological Survey of India, Guwahati Circle	199
	Archaeological Survey of India, Hyderabad Circle	68
	Archaeological Survey of India, Jabalpur Circle	691
	Archaeological Survey of India, Jaipur Circle	576
	Archaeological Survey of India, Jodhpur Circle	7
	Archaeological Survey of India, Kolkata Circle	3128
	Archaeological Survey of India, Leh Mini Circle	7
	Archaeological Survey of India, Lucknow Circle	885
	Archaeological Survey of India, Meerut Circle	119
	Archaeological Survey of India, Patna Circle	1758
	Archaeological Survey of India, Raipur Circle	312
	Archaeological Survey of India, Ranchi Circle	361
	Archaeological Survey of India, Srinagar Circle	95
	Archaeological Survey of India, Trissur Circle	864
	Archaeological Survey of India, Vadodra Circle	9
	CAC(Coin) Purana Quila	48312
	Central Antiquity Collection(CAC) Purana Quila	260464
	Excavation Site, Dholavira	34781
	Excavation Branch-I, Nagpur	1393
	Excavation Branch-II Delhi	66493
	Excavation Branch-III, Patna	407
	Excavation Branch-IV, Bhubaneswar	675
	Prehistory Branch, Nagpur	5
	Total	455764

                                                                                                                                       Annexure-II

          Total published DRC data in NMMA website as on 4^th Dec 2025 

S. No	Name of institutions/ Circles	Total Data
	Allahabad Museum, Allahabad	12622
	Anglo-Sikh War Memorial Museum, Firozeshah	177
	Archaeological Museum	530
	Archaeological Museum A.P.	2331
	Archaeological Museum Gurukul Jhajjar	149228
	Archaeological Museum, Sanghol	719
	Arms Gallery Quila Mubarak Patiala	20289
	Assam state Museum, Guwahati	513
	Balurghat College Museum	162
	Bengiya Sahitya Parishad Museum	297
	Bhima Devi Temple, Pinjore	322
	Bidar Fort	305
	Boudhasri District Archaeological Museum, Guntur	265
	Central Archaeological Museum Gujari Mahal ,Gwalior	325
	Chandigarh UT Art Gallery	395
	Deccan College Post Graduate Research Institute	163482
	Department of A.I.H.C & Arch. BHU, Varanasi	4501
	Department of Ancient Indian History & Archaeology, Lucknow	16889
	Department of Archaeology Museum Haryana	64241
	Department of Archaeology, Govt. of Punjab, Chandigarh	28682
	Department of Cultural Affairs & Archaeology, Govt. of  Punjab	3693
	Department of Epigraphy & Archaeology, Thanjavur	799
	Directorate of Assam	1168
	District Archaeological Museum, Kurnool	1086
	District Archaeological Museum, Kurnul	1088
	District Archaeological Museum, Panagal Nalgonda	602
	District Museum Banasar Bagh, Sangrur	470
	Endowment Board	661
	Excavated Site, Lachhura Ashind-Bhilwara	85
	G R Sharma Memorial Museum, Allahabad	191
	Ganga Government Museum Bikaner	530
	Government Archaeological Museum, Sadhu Ashram Hoshiarpur	318
	Government Art Gallery Nimaj	175
	Government Central Museum Jaipur	3499
	Government Museum Ahar	490
	Government Museum Ajmer	970
	Government Museum Alwar	1855
	Government Museum Amber	9612
	Government Museum Art Gallery Chandigarh	383
	Government Museum Bharatpur	3593
	Government Museum Dungarpur	254
	Government Museum Hawa Mahal Jaipur	300
	Government Museum Jaiselmer	162
	Government Museum Jhalawar	758
	Government Museum Kota	761
	Government Museum Mandore	167
	Government Museum Mount Abu	269
	Government Museum Pali	273
	Government Museum Sikar	361
	Government Museum Udaipur	10207
	Government Museum Viratnagar	159
	Gurusaday Museum	28
	Himachal State Museum, Shimla	3974
	HR and CE , Tamil Nadu	1386
	HR and CE, Odisha	411
	INTACH,ODISHA STATE CHAPTER	713
	IRS, Sahitya Sansthan, JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth	4940
	Jayanti Archaeological Museum, Jind	917
	K.P. Jayaswal Research Institute, Patna	2500
	M S University of Baroda	45148
	Maharaja Ranjit Singh Museum, Summar Place Amritsar	694
	OIM South East Asian Studies, Bhubaneswar	299
	Personal Collection, Odisha	1550
	Private Museum, West Bengal	1606
	Private Museum,Odisha	254
	Ramakrishna Mission Vidhya Pitha Museum	172
	Rani Mahal Museum Jhansi	1316
	Sannati Sculpture Gallery ASI	35
	Sheesh Mahal Museum Art Gallery Patiala	29820
	Shri Pratap Singh Museum	89146
	Site Museum, Alampur Mehabubnagar	218
	Site Museum, Kolanupaka, Nalgonda	169
	Sri Balasubramaniya Swami Temple, Chinna Kavanam	76
	Sri Pratap Singh Museum, Srinagar	4189
	State Archaeological Department , West Bengal	1026
	State Museum Odisha	4001
	T. S. MAHASABHA	794
	Vikram University M.P.	405
	Zonal Museum Hisar	83445
	Total	790447

 

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