Published on : Wednesday, August 6, 2014
The Indian Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture & Tourism Shri Shripad Yesso Naik has said that the development and promotion of various tourism destinations & products is primarily the responsibility of the respective State Government/Union Territory (UT) Administration.
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today Shri Naik said, the Ministry of Tourism, however, provides Central Financial Assistance (CFA) to State Governments & UT Administrations for tourism projects prioritized in consultation with them for each financial year, subject to availability of funds, inter-se priority and adherence to scheme guidelines.
Shri Naik said, the details of tourism projects for which Central Financial Assistance has been sanctioned and released to the State Government of Tamil Nadu during the last three years and the current year upto 30.6.2014 are given in Annexure-I. A list of tourism projects prioritised for grant of CFA to the State Government of Tamil Nadu during the current financial year i.e. 2014-15 is given in Annexure-II.
Tags: Tamil Nadu, tourism infrastructure
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