Tourism Ministry sanctioned 76 projects for Rs 5399.15 crores for tourism infrastructure under Swadesh Darshan Scheme: G Kishan Reddy
“Out of the total 76 sanctioned projects, 50
projects are now physically complete”
The Ministry of Tourism under its Swadesh Darshan Scheme (SDS) has
sanctioned 76 projects for Rs. 5399.15 crores for development of tourism
infrastructure in the country. These sanctioned projects include Tribal and
Rural tourism projects.
The Ministry of Tourism has now revamped its Swadesh Darshan scheme as
Swadesh Darshan 2.0 (SD2.0) in order to develop sustainable and responsible
tourism destinations in the country with tourist and destination centric
approach. The guidelines for Swadesh Darshan 2.0 scheme has been issued to all
the States/Union Territory Administrations including Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu
however no destination for development has been identified under Swadesh
Darshan 2.0 scheme. The Ministry of Tourism has already sanctioned 2 projects
in Maharashtra and 1 project in Tamil Nadu under Swadesh Darshan scheme.
As per the information given by the States Governments/Union Territory
Administrations, out of the total 76 sanctioned projects, 50 projects are now
physically complete. The Ministry of Tourism is not maintaining the data in
respect of the total number of tourists participating in each circuit.
This information was given by Minister of Tourism G Kishan Reddy in a
written reply in Rajya Sabha today.