SASCI scheme
SASCI scheme
The Ministry of Tourism issued operational guidelines for ‘Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment – Development of Iconic Tourist Centres to Global Scale’ with the objective to comprehensively develop iconic tourist centres in the country, branding and marketing them at global scale. Salient features of this endeavour include developing end to end tourist experience, funding support to the shortlisted proposals, strengthening all points of the tourist value chain, harnessing quality expertise for design and development, sustainable operations and maintenance etc. The projects have been shortlisted based on the project proposals submitted by the concerned State Governments, its examination on the prescribed parameters, regional distribution etc. The project will be implemented and managed by the concerned State Governments. A total number of 40 tourism related projects have been sanctioned in this scheme by Ministry of Finance across 23 States of the country for an amount of Rs.3295.76 Crore, details of which is annexed.
This information was given by Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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Sunil Kumar Tiwari/
ANNEXURE
List of SASCI Projects: –
S. No.
State
Project Name
Cost
(in ₹ Crore)
Andhra Pradesh
77.91
94.44
Arunachal Pradesh
46.48
Assam
97.12
94.76
Bihar
97.61
49.51
Chhattisgarh
95.79
51.87
Goa
97.46
90.74
Gujarat
99.50
51.56
Jharkhand
34.87
Karnataka
99.17
100.00
Kerala
59.71
95.34
Madhya Pradesh
99.92
99.38
Maharashtra
46.91
99.14
Manipur
89.48
Meghalaya
99.27
99.27
Odisha
99.90
99.99
Punjab
53.45
Rajasthan
49.31
96.61
Sikkim
97.37
68.19
Tamil Nadu
99.67
70.23
Telangana
73.74
68.10
Tripura
97.70
Uttar Pradesh
74.05
80.24
Uttarakhand
100.00
TOTAL
3295.76