GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government’s archaeology & museum department — which itself is in dire want of conservation — has planned to duplicate the government of India’s new ‘Heritage Mitra’ scheme. Under the scheme, the dep. will quit conservation and maintenance of monuments to private entities.
The Gujarat government has planned a brand new coverage beneath which it is going to invite company houses, farming and milk-cooperative societies, and interested individuals to adopt heritage websites on the Gujarat listing of archaeological monuments. The the scheme is not going to duvet monuments safe by way of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as they are out of doors the state’s remit.
There are round 362 monuments beneath the jurisdiction of the state archaeology department. But the dep. does no longer have the personnel or the assets to manage them. Since 2015, the dep. has no longer had the director. More than 70% of technical posts, similar to conservationist, are vacant. Only 10 monuments have guards. A few years ago, the state government conceived a scheme to present token price range to village Panchayats for the maintenance of monuments. The scheme didn't prevail.
The Government of India’s ‘Monument Mitra’ scheme entrusts heritagesites/ monuments and different tourist websites to private sector companies, public sector companies, and individuals for the advance of facilities. Interested parties turn out to be ‘Monument Mitras’ and adopt the websites. The mitras can even look after the operations and the maintenance of the facilities.
For the first section, the Government of India has identified 93 ASI-ticketed monuments; different herbal and cultural websites across India will likely be added to the listing in time. The heritage websites are categorised into various categories. The ‘Monument Mitras’ will absorb websites of various visibility and footfalls as a bundle. The ‘Monument Mitras’ have the danger to focus on the prestige of the scheme in their CSR achievements. They can even get visibility on monument premises and on the Incredible India website online.
As for Gujarat, V P Patel, the secretary of the state’s sports activities & cultural department beneath which the directorate of archaeology operates, mentioned: “The state government may be making plans to duplicate the Centre’s ‘Adopt a Heritage Site’ scheme because the Centre’s scheme is for ASIprotected monuments simplest.” He mentioned that at the present the government offers grants to village panchayats or local our bodies to manage heritage websites. He mentioned only a few websites have benefited from the initiative. “Under the ‘Heritage Mitra’ scheme, we can invite companies, major cooperative societies, and different groups to conserve those monuments,” he mentioned. “This could be a win-win situation for the firms in search of CSR engagement. The companies get exposure while the government, with out spending anything else, can conserve heritage websites.”
The Gujarat government has planned a brand new coverage beneath which it is going to invite company houses, farming and milk-cooperative societies, and interested individuals to adopt heritage websites on the Gujarat listing of archaeological monuments. The the scheme is not going to duvet monuments safe by way of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as they are out of doors the state’s remit.
There are round 362 monuments beneath the jurisdiction of the state archaeology department. But the dep. does no longer have the personnel or the assets to manage them. Since 2015, the dep. has no longer had the director. More than 70% of technical posts, similar to conservationist, are vacant. Only 10 monuments have guards. A few years ago, the state government conceived a scheme to present token price range to village Panchayats for the maintenance of monuments. The scheme didn't prevail.
The Government of India’s ‘Monument Mitra’ scheme entrusts heritagesites/ monuments and different tourist websites to private sector companies, public sector companies, and individuals for the advance of facilities. Interested parties turn out to be ‘Monument Mitras’ and adopt the websites. The mitras can even look after the operations and the maintenance of the facilities.
For the first section, the Government of India has identified 93 ASI-ticketed monuments; different herbal and cultural websites across India will likely be added to the listing in time. The heritage websites are categorised into various categories. The ‘Monument Mitras’ will absorb websites of various visibility and footfalls as a bundle. The ‘Monument Mitras’ have the danger to focus on the prestige of the scheme in their CSR achievements. They can even get visibility on monument premises and on the Incredible India website online.
As for Gujarat, V P Patel, the secretary of the state’s sports activities & cultural department beneath which the directorate of archaeology operates, mentioned: “The state government may be making plans to duplicate the Centre’s ‘Adopt a Heritage Site’ scheme because the Centre’s scheme is for ASIprotected monuments simplest.” He mentioned that at the present the government offers grants to village panchayats or local our bodies to manage heritage websites. He mentioned only a few websites have benefited from the initiative. “Under the ‘Heritage Mitra’ scheme, we can invite companies, major cooperative societies, and different groups to conserve those monuments,” he mentioned. “This could be a win-win situation for the firms in search of CSR engagement. The companies get exposure while the government, with out spending anything else, can conserve heritage websites.”
Gujarat to replicate ‘Heritage Mitra’ scheme
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