E-visas at 9 airports; Rs 500 cr for 5 tourist circuits
Updated: Jul 10, 2014 02:22:32pm
New Delhi, Jul 10 (KNN) The facility of Electronic Travel Authorisation (e-Visa) shall be introduced in a phased manner at nine airports in India, helping the tourism sector as also the importers.
Announcing this during his Budget Speech in the Lok Sabha today, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the necessary infrastructure would be put in place within the next six months.
He said that tourism is one of the largest job creators globally and the facility of e-Visa would give a major boost to tourism in India. However, the countries to which e-Visa facility would be extended would be identified in a phased manner. This would further facilitate the Visa-on-Arrival facility.
Meanwhile, Top of Formthe General Budget 2014-15 proposes to create five tourist circuits around specific themes for which a sum of Rs 500 crore has been set aside in the current financial year.
Jaitley said that India’s rich cultural, historical, religious and natural heritage provides a huge potential for the development of tourism and job creation as an industry. Sarnath-Gaya-Varanasi Buddhist circuit would also be developed with world class tourist amenities to attract tourists from all over the world, he added.
The Finance Minister also announced the launching of National Heritage city Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) for conserving and preserving the heritage characters of these cities. The programme will be launched in the cities such as Mathura, Amritsar, Gaya, Kanchipuram, Vellankani, and Ajmer with a provision of Rs. 200 crore in the current Budget. The project will work through a partnership of Government, Academic Institutions and local community combining affordable technologies.
Further, a National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) with an outlay of Rs. 100 crore is also proposed to be launched in this financial year. A sum of Rs. 100 crore has been set aside for the preservation of archaeological sites.
Highlighting the importance of Goa emerging as a major international convention centre, the Finance Minister said that there is a need to develop world class convention facilities in the state. The government will fully support this initiative to develop the facilities in PPP mode through the VGF scheme, the Minister added. (KNN Bureau)
Announcing this during his Budget Speech in the Lok Sabha today, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the necessary infrastructure would be put in place within the next six months.
He said that tourism is one of the largest job creators globally and the facility of e-Visa would give a major boost to tourism in India. However, the countries to which e-Visa facility would be extended would be identified in a phased manner. This would further facilitate the Visa-on-Arrival facility.
Meanwhile, Top of Formthe General Budget 2014-15 proposes to create five tourist circuits around specific themes for which a sum of Rs 500 crore has been set aside in the current financial year.
Jaitley said that India’s rich cultural, historical, religious and natural heritage provides a huge potential for the development of tourism and job creation as an industry. Sarnath-Gaya-Varanasi Buddhist circuit would also be developed with world class tourist amenities to attract tourists from all over the world, he added.
The Finance Minister also announced the launching of National Heritage city Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) for conserving and preserving the heritage characters of these cities. The programme will be launched in the cities such as Mathura, Amritsar, Gaya, Kanchipuram, Vellankani, and Ajmer with a provision of Rs. 200 crore in the current Budget. The project will work through a partnership of Government, Academic Institutions and local community combining affordable technologies.
Further, a National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) with an outlay of Rs. 100 crore is also proposed to be launched in this financial year. A sum of Rs. 100 crore has been set aside for the preservation of archaeological sites.
Highlighting the importance of Goa emerging as a major international convention centre, the Finance Minister said that there is a need to develop world class convention facilities in the state. The government will fully support this initiative to develop the facilities in PPP mode through the VGF scheme, the Minister added. (KNN Bureau)
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