Launch of Swadesh Darshan Scheme

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF TOURISM

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 178

ANSWERED ON 29.11.2021

LAUNCH OF SWADESH DARSHAN SCHEME

178. DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Ministry of Tourism has launched the Swadesh Darshan scheme to cover the rural parts of the country for development of tourism and employment;

{b) if so ,the details thereof and if not the reasons therefor;

(c) the details of the numbers of persons who got employment directly or indirectly due to development of the tourism sector in India;

(d) whether the Government has identified most backward areas of all States to promote development of the tourism sector in india; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF TOURISM

(SHRI G.KISHAN REDDY)

(a) to (e): Identification, Promotion and Development of Tourism is primarily the responsibility of the State Government. The Ministry of Tourism under its Swadesh Darshan scheme has sanctioned 76 projects under identified themes which includes 2 projects under R ural Theme. The details of the projects sanctioned under Swadesh Darshan scheme are annexed.

As per estimation in accordance with 3rd Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) for subsequent years namely 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20, the contribution of Tourism in total employment of the country is as under:

	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Share in Jobs (in %)	14.78	14.78	15.34
Direct (%)	6.44	6.48	6.69
Indirect (%)	8.34	8.39	8.65
Direct +Indirect jobs due to tourism (In millions)	72.69	75.85	79.86
Note: The above estimates have been updated using National Account Statistics (NAS) 2021,Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2018-19.

The Ministry of Tourism undertakes holistic promotions of various Tourism Destinations including those located in backward areas. The various activities undertaken includes release of campaignsin domestic and international markets, promotion through tourism related events, participation in trade shows, webinars, support to tour operators & other stakeholders etc.

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Annexure I

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 178 ANSWERED ON 29.11.2021 REGARDING LAUNCH OF SWADESH DARSHAN SCHEME

DETAILS OF PROJECTS SANCTIONED UNDER THE SWADESH DARSHAN SCHEME.

(Rs.in crore)

SI.N o.	State/UT	Name o f the Ci rcuit	Name of the Project	Amt. S anction ed	Amount released
Year 2014-15
1.	IArunachal Pradesh	North-E ast Cir cuit	Development of Circuit at Bhal ukpong- Bomdila and Tawang.	49.77	39.81
2.	Andhra Pr adesh	Coastal Circuit	Development of Circuit at Kaki nada – Hope Island – Coringa W ildlife Sanctuary – Passarlapud i- Aduru – S Yanam – Kotipallya njuna	67.84	67.84
Total of 2014-15				117.61	107.65
Year 2015-16
3.	Manipur	North-E ast Cir cuit	Development of Circuit at lmph al- Khongjom	72.23	61.32
4.	Sikkim	North-E ast Circui t	Development of Circuit linking Rangpo (entry) – Rorathang- Ar itar- Phadamchen- Nathang-Sh erathang- Tsongmo- Gangtok-P hodong- Mangan- Lachung-Yu mthang- Lachen- Thangu-Guru dongmer- Mangan- tamil-Tumin Lingee- Singtam (exit).	98.05	92.77
5.	Uttarakha nd	Eco Cir cuit	Development of Circuit at Tehr i-Chamba- Sarain around Tehri Lake.	69.17	65.71
	Rajasthan	Desert Circuit	Development of Shakambhari Mata Temple, Sambhar Salt Co mplex, DevyaniKund, Sharmist	50.01	51.17

			ha Sarovar, Naliasarand Other Destinations.
7.	Nagaland	Tribal C ircuit	Development of Circuit at Pere n- Kohima- Wokha		97.36	87.62
8.	Madhya Pr adesh	Wildlife Circuit	Development of Circuit at Pann a- Mukundpur- Sanjay- Dubri-Ba ndhavgarh- Kanha- Mukki- Pen ch.		92.22	81.15
	Madhya Pr adesh	Wildlife Circuit			92.22	81.15
9.	Andhra Pr adesh	Coastal Circuit I	Development of Nellore, Pulika t Lake, Ubblamadugu water fal s, Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary, M ypadu Beach, Ramatheertham		49.55	47.76
10.	Telangana	Eco Cir cuit	Development of Circuit in Mah aboobnagar districts (Somasil a, Singotam, Kadalaivanam, Ak kamahadevi, Egalanpanta, Far ahabad, Uma Maheshwaram, M allelatheertham)		91.62	87.04
11	.Kerala	Eco Cir cuit	Development of Pathanamthitt a – Gavi- Vagamon- Thekkady		76.55	61.24
12.	Mizoram	North EI ast Cir cuit	ntegrated Development of The nzawl & South Zote, Districts Serchhip and Reiek		92.26	87.65
13.	!Assam	Wildlife Circuit	Development of Manas- Pobito ra- Nameri- Kaziranga- Dibru- Saikhowa.		94.68	86.51
14.	Puducherr y	Coastal Circuit	Development of Dubrayapet, A rikamedu China Veerampattina m,Chunnabmar, Nallavadu, Ma napet, Kalapet, French Quarter ,Tamil Quarter and Yanam		58.44	61.82
15.	Arunachal Pradesh	North EI ast Ciri cuit	ntegrated Development of Jir gaon, Nafra, Seppa, Pappu, P asa, Pakke Valleys, Lumdung, Lafang Sohung Lake, Taro Var ,New Sagalee, Ziro, Yomcha	96.72		84.24

16.	ITripura	North E ast Cir cuit l	Development of North East Cir cuit: Agartala – Sipahijala – Me aghar – Udaipur – Amarpur- Tir thamukh- Mandirghat- Dumbo or- NarikelKunja- Gandachara- IAmbassa	82.85	68.58
17.	!West Beng al	Coastal Circuit	Development of Beach Circuit: Udaipur- Digha- Shankarpur- T ajpur- Mandarmani- Fraserganj i-Bakkhlai-HenryIsland	85.39	68.31
18.	Chhattisg arh i	Tribal C rcuit	Development of Jashpur- Kunk uri- Mainpat- Ambikapur- Mahe shpur -Ratanpur- Kurdar-Sarod adadar- Gangrel- Kondagaon- Nathiya Nawagaon- Jagdalpur Chitrakoot-Tirthgarh .	96.10	84.81
19.	Maharasht ra	Coastal Circuit	Development of Sindhudurg C oastal Circuit (Shiroda Beach, Sagareshwar, Tarkarli, Vijayd urg (Beach & Creek), Devgad ( Fort & Beach),Mitbhav, Tonda vali, Mocehmad and Nivati For t).	19.06	16.43
Total of 2015-16				1322.26	1194.13
Year 2016-17
20.	Goa	Coastal Circuit	Development of Sinquerim-Ba ga, Anjuna- Vagator, Morjim-K eri,Aguada Fort and Aguada J ail.	97.65	92.76
21.	Jammu & Kashmir	Himala I yan Cir cuit	ntegrated Development of Ja mmu-Srinagar-Pehalgam-Bhag wati Nagar-Anantnag-Salamab ad Uri-Kargil-Leh	77.33	60.47
22.	rt’elangana	Tribal CI ircuit	ntegrated Development of Mu lugu-Laknavaram- Medavaram Tadvai- Damaravi- Mallur- Bo gatha Waterfalls.	79.87	75.88

23.	Meghalay a	North E ast Circ uit	Development of Umium (Lake View), U LumSohpetbneng- Ma wdiangdiang – Orchid Lake Re sort.	99.13	92.91
24.	Madhya Pr adesh i	Buddhi st Circu t	Development of Sanchi – Satn a -Rewa-Mandsaur-Dhar.	74.02	69.08
25.	Kerala	Spiritu al Circ uit	Development of Sabarimala – E rumeli-Pampa- Sannidhanam.	99.99	20.00
26.	Manipur	Spiritua ICircuit	Development of Shri Govindaj ee Temple, Shri Bijoy Govinda jee Temple – Shri Gopinath Te mple – Shri Bungshibodon Tem pie – Shri Kaina Temple.	53.80	43.04
27.	Gujarat	Heritag e Circui t	Development of Ahmedabad- R ajkot- Porbandar -Bardoli- Dan di.	59.17	56.21
28.	Haryana	Krishna Circuit	Development of Tourism Infra structures at Brahmsarovar, S anhitSarovar, Narkatari, Jyoti sar in Kurukshetra.	97.35	77.88
29.	Rajasthan	KrishnaI Circuit	ntegrated Development of Go vind Dev ji temple (Jaipur), Kh atuShyam Ji (Sikar) and Nathd wara (Rajsamand).	75.80	60.64
30.	Sikkim	North E ast cir cuit	Development of Tourist Circui t Linking Lingmoo-Lingee- Ma ka- Temi-BermoikNamchi- Okh arey – Sombaria-Daramdin- Me Iii (Exit)	95.32	76.25
31.	Madhya Pr adesh	Heritag e circui t	Development of Gwalior – Ore hha – Khajuraho – Chanderi – Bhimbetka – Mandu	89.82	85.33
32.	Kerala	Spiritua ICircuit	Development of Sree Padmana bha Temple, Aranmula- Sabrim ala	84.51	73.77
33.	Bihar	Tirthan kar circ uit	Development of Vaishali- Arra h- Masad- Patna- Rajgir- Pawa puri- Champapuri.	37.19	26.19

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