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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

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