Under the Swadesh Darshan scheme, the government has sanctioned 25 projects worth Rs 2,048 crore to 21 states and union territories since January last year and as of now Rs 403 crore has been released to the states and UTs for projects.
In this scheme, the Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned nine projects for the northeastern states worth Rs 821 crore, while three projects for tribal areas in Nagaland, Chhattisgarh and Telangana worth Rs 282 crore and two projects for Buddhist Circuit in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh worth Rs 108.11 crore has been sanctioned.
The work on all sanctioned projects during 2014-15 & 2016-17 has started and government is monitoring the work rigorously. The states and UTs for which the projects have been sanctioned under the scheme include Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Kerala, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Bihar.
The Ministry of Tourism had launched the Swadesh Darshan Scheme in 2014-15 with an objective to develop theme based tourist circuits in the country on the principles of high tourist value, competitiveness and sustainability in an integrated manner by synergising efforts to focus on needs and concerns of all stakeholders to enrich tourist experience and enhance employment opportunities.
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