Development of Tourism in Uttar Pradesh

Development, promotion, implementation and monitoring of tourism projects is primarily undertaken by the State Governments/Union Territories.Ministry of Tourism provides Central Financial Assistance (CFA) for tourism projects, which are complete as per scheme guidelines and prioritized in consultation with the State Government/Union Territories and subject to submission of utilization certificates for funds released earlier under various schemes.

Considering importance of the places from Tourism point of view, Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned the following mega projects:

1.Development of Varanasi-Samath-Ramnagar circuit (Phase-I) for Rs. 86 crores in the year 2006-07 and (Phase-II) for Rs. 14.16 crore in the year 2008-09.

2.Development of Agra Mega Project-circuit (Phase-I) for Rs. 17.82 crore in 2005-06 & 2006-07 and (Phase-II) for Rs. 19.76 crore in the year 2009-10.

3.A mega project for Development of Mathura-Vrindavan circuit has been identified/prioritized for the year 2011-12.

This information was given by the Minister of State of Tourism, Shri Sultan Ahmed in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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