The central government has sanctioned Rs 361.97 crore for five projects Buddhist Circuit programme of the Uninon Ministry, which connects the heritage sites with significance of Buddhism across the country. It was informed by the Union Tourism Minister, KJ Alphons in the Lok Sabha. The Ministry of Tourism has identified Buddhist Circuit as one of […]
Tag Archives: Swadeshi Darshan
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Jan
Jan
Tourism has been playing a vital role in the economic development of India; the contribution of the tourism sector to the GDP is around 10 per cent in 2018 as per recent reports of ‘Statista’. As per the report tourism accounted for over USD 250 billion in 2018 covering around 10 per cent of India’s […]
12
Jan
Jan
The Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned four new projects worth Rs 190.46 Crores under the tourism infrastructure development schemes, Swadesh Darshan and PRASAD (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive) schemes in the states of Meghalaya, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. Under North East Circuit of Swadesh Darshan Scheme, the Ministry has sanctioned the project ‘Development of […]
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Sep
Sep
Venkaiah Naidu, Vice-President of India, said that India’s rich cultural, historical, religious and natural heritage provides a huge potential for development of tourism and creation of employment opportunities. He was inaugurating the Indian Culinary Institute at Tirupati, near the Renigunta airport on Monday, 25th September 2018. While talking about our culinary traditions of the country, […]
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Sep
Sep
The union ministry is planning to make the Sambhar Lake in Rajastan the world’s first ‘Salt Tourism’ site. Under the ‘Swadesh Darshan’ programme, the ministry prepared a number of programmed to develop the lake as a sought after tourist destination. Located 96 km southwest of the city of Jaipur and 64 km northeast of Ajmer […]