Ministry
of Tourism is implementing its Rural Tourism Scheme with the main objective of
showcasing rural life, art, culture and heritage in villages which have core
competence in art and craft, handloom, textiles, natural environment etc. Under
this scheme, Central Financial Assistance (CFA) is provided upto
Rs.50.00 lakh for infrastructure development and upto Rs.20.00 lakh for capacity
building of the local villagers at each identified site.
CFA
is sanctioned to State Governments/Union Territory Administrations on the basis
of proposals received from them, subject to adherence to scheme guidelines,
availability of funds and inter-se priority.
Out of rural tourism
projects sanctioned at 186 villages since the inception of the scheme in 2002,
projects at 87 villages have been completed by the State Governments/ UT
Administrations, so far.
Development
and promotion of tourism, as well as execution of tourism projects, is
primarily the responsibility of State Governments/ UT Administrations. However,
Ministry of Tourism, besides providing CFA for rural tourism projects to
States/UTs, promotes rural tourism at various national and international
tourism fairs / marts such as World Travel Mart (WTM) London, International
Travel Bourse (ITB) Berlin, Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Mart, etc.
Ministry of Tourism also facilities participation of artisans from rural
tourism sites in various national and international tourism events to enable
the artisans to showcase their crafts and products. Landscaping and improvement
of roads within the Panchayat limits are some of the
components of the Rural Tourism Scheme for which CFA is provided to the State
Governments/UT Administrations.
The state-wise details of the amount sanctioned and
released to the State Governments/ UT Administrations for rural tourism
projects during each of the last three years and current year are given below:
Amount of funds sanctioned and released
for Rural Tourism projects sanctioned during 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 &
2012-13 (till 30.9.12).
(Rs lakh)
|
Sr.
No.
|
State/UT
|
2009-10
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
2012-13
(till 30.9.12)
|
|
Amt.
Sanctd.
|
Amt. released
|
Amt. sanctd.
|
Amt. released
|
Amt. sanctd.
|
Amt. released
|
Amt. sanctd.
|
Amt. released
|
|
1
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
220.37
|
165.92
|
109.8
|
87.84
|
62.54
|
50.40
|
0
|
0
|
|
2
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
64.66
|
51.73
|
17.0
|
13.60
|
85.88
|
68.71
|
20.00
|
16.00
|
|
3
|
Jammu
& Kashmir
|
374.82
|
236.8
|
136.74
|
109.39
|
266.19
|
212.95
|
51.00
|
40.8
|
|
4
|
Kerala
|
18
|
14.40
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
5
|
Maharashtra
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
17.29
|
13.83
|
49.08
|
39.26
|
|
6
|
Manipur
|
16.33
|
13.06
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
7
|
Meghalaya
|
20
|
16.00
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
50.00
|
40.00
|
|
8
|
Mizoram
|
0
|
0
|
20
|
16.00
|
50
|
40.00
|
62.7
|
50.16
|
|
9
|
Nagaland
|
205.1
|
175.10
|
0
|
0
|
268.44
|
214.75
|
0
|
0
|
|
10
|
Odisha
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
20
|
16.00
|
0
|
0
|
|
11
|
Punjab
|
0
|
0
|
15.5
|
12.40
|
15.93
|
12.74
|
0
|
0
|
|
12
|
Sikkim
|
146.76
|
117.41
|
181.27
|
145.02
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
13
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
86.45
|
61.96
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
14
|
Tripura
|
163.22
|
130.57
|
164.9
|
131.92
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
15
|
Uttarakhand
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
17
|
13.60
|
0
|
0
|
|
16
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
40.51
|
32.41
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
17
|
West
Bengal
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
70
|
56.00
|
0
|
0
|
|
18
|
Puducherry
|
50
|
40.00
|
15.17
|
12.13
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
1365.71
|
1022.95
|
700.89
|
560.71
|
873.27
|
698.98
|
232.78
|
186.22
|
State-wise details of amount
utilized and number of Rural Tourism Sites completed
(As on 31.10.12)
|
Sr. No.
|
State/UT
|
Amt.
Released
(Rs
lakh)
|
Amt.
utilized
(Rs
lakh)
|
No. of Rural Tourism Sites
sanctioned
|
No. of Rural Tourism Sites
completed
|
|
1
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
593.10
|
335.79
|
11
|
4
|
|
2
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
316.26
|
161.62
|
6
|
3
|
|
3
|
Assam
|
200.91
|
126.44
|
4
|
1
|
|
4
|
Bihar
|
60.00
|
16
|
1
|
0
|
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
369.0
|
294.83
|
7
|
1
|
|
6
|
Gujarat
|
271.55
|
196
|
5
|
3
|
|
7
|
Haryana
|
60
|
55.98
|
1
|
0
|
|
8
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
170
|
150
|
3
|
3
|
|
9
|
Jammu
& Kashmir
|
1570.13
|
1454.05
|
29
|
20
|
|
10
|
Jharkhand
|
107.81
|
29.38
|
2
|
0
|
|
11
|
Karnataka
|
2989
|
283.70
|
5
|
5
|
|
12
|
Kerala
|
338.64
|
135.24
|
6
|
0
|
|
13
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
411.80
|
360.79
|
7
|
5
|
|
14
|
Maharashtra
|
143.83
|
130.34
|
3
|
1
|
|
15
|
Manipur
|
129.90
|
95.73
|
4
|
0
|
|
16
|
Meghalaya
|
127.59
|
99.57
|
3
|
0
|
|
17
|
Mizoram
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
|
18
|
Nagaland
|
1010.10
|
803.15
|
16
|
11
|
|
19
|
Odisha
|
495.10
|
168.13
|
8
|
1
|
|
20
|
Punjab
|
216.83
|
160.20
|
5
|
2
|
|
21
|
Rajasthan
|
184.91
|
117.56
|
3
|
1
|
|
22
|
Sikkim
|
606.60
|
414.76
|
11
|
3
|
|
23
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
565.79
|
494.16
|
10
|
8
|
|
24
|
Tripura
|
530.67
|
156.36
|
10
|
2
|
|
25
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
197.42
|
90.28
|
4
|
1
|
|
26
|
Uttarakhand
|
603.82
|
595.69
|
11
|
9
|
|
27
|
West
Bengal
|
347.88
|
492.29
|
6
|
3
|
|
28
|
Delhi
|
46.08
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
|
29
|
Puducherry
|
52.13
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
Total
|
12595.75
|
7418.04
|
186
|
87
|
This
information was given by the Union Minister
for Tourism Dr. K. Chiranjeevi in a written reply in
the Lok Sabha today.
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