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Ticketed monument’s revenue shows steady increase: Minister

Revenue generated through entry fee for ticketed monuments of ASI has shown an increase over last 3 years, said Dr Mahesh Sharma,  Minister of State (independent charge) for Culture and Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate change. The amount spent for conservation, preservation and maintenance of centrally protected monuments/sites in the country during the last three years is as under: 2015-16 – Rs 23746.25 lakh 2016-17 – Rs 30176.22 lakh 2017-18 – Rs 41076.79 lakh There are 3691 monuments/sites declared as of National importance falls under the jurisdiction of Archaeological Survey of India of which 116 monuments are ticketed monuments. The ... Read more