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Title: Regarding status of implementation of the recommendations in the 79th Report of the Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture. – Laid.
12.04 ¾ hrs.
(viii) STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE 79TH REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE PERTAINING TO THE
MINISTRY OF TOURISM
THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM (SHRIMATI RENUKA CHOWDHURY): Sir, I lay the statement *on the Table of the House.
I am making this Statement on the status of implementation of Recommendations contained in the 79th Report of Department related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture in pursuance of the direction 73A of the Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha which reads as under:-
“The Minister concerned shall make once in six months a statement in the House regarding the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Reports of Lok Sabha with regard to his Ministry. ”
The Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture has held its meeting on 10th August 2004 to consider the Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Tourism for the year 2004-05. The Committee had also taken the Oral Evidence of officers of the Ministry. The Committee which analysing the Demands for Grants of the Ministry with reference to the aims, objectives and achievements presented its 79th Report on the Demands for Grants (2004-05) (Demand No. 93) of the Ministry of Tourism (The Report was presented to the Rajya Sabha on 26.8.2004)
Mr. Speaker Sir, in its Report the Standing Committee made 23 Recommendations in all. Out of 23 Recommendations, the Ministry has accepted 18 Recommendations and 4 Recommendations have been partially accepted. One Recommendation to bring the ‘Tourism’ into the Concurrent List is under examination of my Ministry. The Action Taken Report on Recommendations of the Committee has been furnished to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat vide Ministry of Tourism’s O.M. dated 29th November, 2004.
*Statement was laid on the Table.(Placed in Library. See No.2260/05).
I also lay on the Table of the House the status of implementation of each recommendation as Annexure.