Criteria for Inclusion of Monuments in the Protected List

Criteria for Inclusion of Monuments in the Protected List

As per Section 2 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, any structure, erection or monument, or any tumulus or place of interment, or any cave, rock sculpture, inscription or monolith, which is of historical, archaeological or artistic interest and which has been in existence for not less than one hundred years are considered as of national importance. As and when such proposals are received from field offices of Archaeological Survey of India these are evaluated, considered and recommended by the Committee of Officers duly constituted by the Director General, on the basis of their historical, archaeological or artistic value and worthiness for declaring them as of national importance. The proposals recommended by the Committee of Officers are then submitted to the Central Government for approval before issuing notification under Section 4(1) of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, inviting objections to be followed by another notification under Section 4(3) after attending to the objections received from the interested persons.
3686 monuments/sites in the country declared as of National importance are under the jurisdiction of Archaeological Survey of India. The annual expenditure incurred on conservation, preservation, maintenance on these centrally protected monuments/sites in the country during the last three is as under:-

Rupees in lakhs
2013-14
Rs.16963.86
2014-15
Rs.23551.95
2015-16
Rs.23861.24

The list of monuments for inclusion as protected monuments of National importance received from State Governments including Uttar Pradesh is given below:-

List of Monuments/Sites Identified/Proposed by State Governments for Central Protection

Sl. No.
Name of Monument/Site
State
1.
Ancient Buddhist Institute Remains in the locality of Nyarma Thiksay, District Leh
Jammu & Kashmir
2.
Group of Temples at Ranipur Jhariyal, District Bolangir
Odisha
3.
Proposal for protection as of national importance in respect of Biranchi Nayarana Temple, buguda, Orissa.
Odisha
4.
Vimalesvari Temple, Huma, Dist. Sambhalpur
Odisha
5.
Nilamadhava Temple, Kantilo, Dist. Nayagarh
Odisha
6.
Ganjam Fort, Ganjam
Odisha
7.
Nrusinghanatha Temple, Paikmal, Dist. Baragarh
Odisha
8.
Suku Sari Deula and Bhabanisankara Temple Complex by the side of Sari Deula in Bhubaneswar
Odisha
9.
Protection proposal of Jagatjit Palace, Kapurthala, Punjab.
Punjab
10.
Birth Place of Madan Mohan Malviya, Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
11.
Proposal of Jyotisher, Dist. Kurukshetra, Haryana.
Haryana
12.
Submerged temples in Govind Sagar lake in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh.
Himachal Pradesh
13.
Unakoti Rock cut carvings near north Tripura district
Tripura
14.
Buddhist Stupa and other Navograha temples excavated at Pilak in south Tripura district
Tripura
15.
Buddhist Stupas at Boxanagar in west Tripura district
Tripura
16.
Rock cut Carvings across the bank of Gomti River at Chabimura in south Tripura district
Tripura
17.
Fateh Billas Mahal, Khetri
Rajasthan
18.
Fort of Bajrang Garh
Madhya Pradesh
19.
Protection of Patna College Building and Jackson hostel.
Bihar
20.
Mandar Parvat, Bihar
Bihar
21.
Birth Place of Dr. Dwarikanath Kotnis Memorial, Solapur
Maharashtra
22.
Birth Place of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar at Mhow
Madhya Pradesh

This information was given by Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (I/C) for Culture and Tourism in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

Sanjay Kumar/jk/Culture-2