Culture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat presented data for 24 states in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, showing that at least 414 sites are under encroachment.
In its report on the Ministry of Culture's budget for 2026-27, the Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture noted that no staff are physically present at ASI-designated protected monuments.
The core conservation and preservation work of around 3,685 centrally protected monuments in India has been under the ASI's mandate, and it will remain so.
The AMASR Act bars construction within 100 to 200 metres of protected monuments, leaving people living nearby stuck. An amendment is now finally set to be tabled in monsoon session of Parliament.
'It is our government, we will do whatever colour we like,’ says Tarvinder Marwah. He has also written to HM Amit Shah to shut meat shops on Kanwar Yatra route.
Teen Chhatris in Ghaziabad is said to have been built by Humayun to honour a water carrier. Conservationists want to restore it, but the community tending to it fears losing its kabristan.
The ASI has received requests over the years to keep the monuments open for longer hours after dark, but the lack of security guards has been the biggest hindrance.
Journalist Antonio Cederna’s work to protect ancient Roman sites finds similarities with the efforts undertaken by residents and civil society groups to restore Delhi’s Sunder Nursery.
Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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