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Promotion of Tourism

The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India provides financial assistance to State Governments/UT Administrations for organizing fairs, festivals and tourism related events based on proposals received from them and subject to availability of funds, inter-se priority and adherence to the scheme guidelines.

Details of funds sanctioned and released to States/UTs during the current year, for organizing fairs, festivals and tourism related events, are given below:-

Central Financial Assistance Sanctioned for Fairs, Festivals and Tourism Related Events during the current year 2011-12

(Upto 15.08.2011)

(` in lakh)

Sl.No.	Name of Fair/ Festival/ Event	State	Amount Sanctioned	Amount Released
1.	Apatani Youth Festival	Arunachal Pradesh	15.00	15.00
2.	Behdienkhlam Festival	Meghalaya	25.00	25.00
3.	Naknyu Lem Festival	Nagaland	5.00	5.00
4.	Kharchi Festival	Tripura	14.90	14.90
5.	All India Paika Akhada	Orissa	5.35	5.35
6.	International Ancient ArtsFestival/Symposium	Delhi	4.00	4.00
7.	Mango Mela 2011	Haryana	10.00	10.00
8.	Kajari Mahotsav (`5.00 lakh) Ganga Water Rally (`5.00 lakh) Kapilvastu Buddh Mahotsav (` 2.50 lakh)	Uttar Pradesh	12.50	12.50
9.	Noida Shopping Festival (Shilpotsav) 2011	Uttar Pradesh	30.00	15.00
10.	8^th International Yoga Festival	Uttarakhand	17.50	17.50
11.	International Rafting Championship	Uttarakhand	6.78	6.78
12	Ice Skating Carnival	Uttarakhand	25.00	25.00

This information was given by the Minister of Tourism, Shri Subodh Kant Sahai in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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