{"id":39077,"date":"2018-12-18T18:07:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T12:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=39077"},"modified":"2018-12-18T18:07:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T12:37:25","slug":"10-monuments-adopted-under-adopt-a-heritage-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/10-monuments-adopted-under-adopt-a-heritage-project\/","title":{"rendered":"10 monuments adopted under &#8216;Adopt A Heritage&#8217; project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/10-monuments-adopted-under-adopt-a-heritage-project-culture-minister\/articleshow\/67132866.cms\">10 monuments adopted under &#8216;Adopt A Heritage&#8217; project <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Ten monuments have been adopted under the central government&#8217;s <strong>&#8216;Adopt A Heritage&#8217; project<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Adopt a Heritage: Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan scheme<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Launched in September, 2017, was a collaborative effort by the Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Culture and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), states and Union territories.<\/li>\n<li><strong>No fund is given by Ministry of Tourism<\/strong>. The Project envisages involvement of Private\/Public Companies \/ Organizations and Individuals to adopt Monuments, Natural Heritage Sites and in the country, <strong>primarily under CSR<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Archaeological Survey of India has identified 100 monuments as &#8216;<strong>Adarsh Smarak<\/strong>&#8216; for upgradation of existing facilities<\/li>\n<li><strong>Site Selection Procedure <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The sites\/monument are selected on the basis of tourist footfall and visibility and can be adopted by private and public sector companies and individuals \u2014 <strong>known as Monument Mitras for an initial period of five years<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The Monument Mitras are selected by the \u2018oversight and vision committee,\u2019 co-chaired by the Tourism Secretary and the Culture Secretary, on the basis of the bidder\u2019s \u2018vision\u2019 for development of all amenities at the heritage site.<\/li>\n<li><strong>There is no financial bid involved.<\/strong> The corporate sector is expected to use corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds for the upkeep of the site.<\/li>\n<li>The Monument Mitras, in turn, will get limited visibility on the site premises and on the Incredible India website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The oversight committee also has the power to terminate a memorandum of understanding in case of non-compliance or non-performance.<\/li>\n<li>The Adopt a Heritage is essentially a <strong>non-revenue generating project.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The project primarily focuses on providing basic amenities that include cleanliness, public conveniences, safe drinking water, ease of access for tourists, illumination and Wi-Fi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The priority areas of Programme are listed as under<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Developing basic tourism infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>Promoting cultural and heritage value of the country to generate livelihoods in the identified regions;<\/li>\n<li>Enhancing the tourist attractiveness in a sustainable manner by developing world-class infrastructure at the heritage monument sites;<\/li>\n<li>Creating employment and economic development; through active involvement of local communities;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>About Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Under the Ministry of Culture, is the premier organization for the archaeological researches and protection of the cultural heritage of the nation<\/li>\n<li>It also regulates Antiquities and Art Treasure Act, 1972<\/li>\n<li>Established in 1861 by Alexander Cunningham.<\/li>\n<li>It regulates all archaeological activities as per the provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other Government projects to help maintain tourist sites and monuments<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>National Cultural Fund:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The National Culture Fund (NCF) was created as a Trust in November 2011.<\/li>\n<li>Under the Ministry of Culture, aims at inviting the participation of the Corporate Sector, Non-Government agencies, State Governments, Private\/Public Sector and individuals in the task of promoting, protecting and preserving India\u2019s cultural heritage both tangible and intangible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Campaign Clean India<\/strong> &#8211;\n<ul>\n<li>Under the scheme the government had identified 120 monuments\/destinations.<\/li>\n<li>The India Tourism Development Corporation had adopted Qutub Minar as a pilot project in 2012, while ONGC adopted six monuments \u2014 Ellora Caves, Elephanta Caves, Golkonda Fort, Mamallapuram , Red Fort and Taj Mahal \u2014 as part of its CSR.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cultural Policy of India: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>India has no cultural policy because of the disjointed manner in which the issue is addressed.<\/li>\n<li>For example, <strong>the intangible cultural heritage<\/strong> of acrobatic performance is perceived as a circus art is addressed by the <strong>Ministry of Sports<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>While tangible heritage such as monuments come under the Ministry of Culture,<\/li>\n<li>The very <strong>skills, processes and crafts<\/strong> that create the buildings come under the <strong>Ministry of Textiles. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Another anomaly is that while <strong>heritage (monochrome as built monuments) is on the state list<\/strong>, tourism does not feature in the state, Union or concurrent list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 monuments adopted under &#8216;Adopt A Heritage&#8217; project News: Ten monuments have been adopted under the central government&#8217;s &#8216;Adopt A Heritage&#8217; project Facts: About Adopt a Heritage: Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan scheme Launched in September, 2017, was a collaborative effort by the Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Culture and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), states&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/10-monuments-adopted-under-adopt-a-heritage-project\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">10 monuments adopted under &#8216;Adopt A Heritage&#8217; project<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704732748},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}