India, Feb. 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

State/UT

Number of Uploaded Villages

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

176

Andhra Pradesh

17142

Arunachal Pradesh

4613

Assam

26074

Bihar

39563

Chandigarh

12

Chhattisgarh

19571

Delhi

252

Goa

431

Gujarat

19271

Haryana

7579

Himachal Pradesh

18735

Jammu & Kashmir

6926

Jharkhand

29908

Karnataka

29569

Kerala

1275

Ladakh

238

Lakshadweep Islands

13

Madhya Pradesh

56429

Maharashtra

40042

Manipur

306

Meghalaya

7012

Mizoram

1026

Nagaland

1498

Odisha

47209

Puducherry

127

Punjab

12084

Rajasthan

46696

Sikkim

464

Tamil Nadu

19219

Telangana

9824

The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

107

Tripura

899

Uttar Pradesh

103003

Uttarakhand

15727

West Bengal

40429

The State/UT-wise distribution of mapped villages is placed at Annexure-I. The number of villages mapped in the concerned districts is as under:

At present, the MGMD initiative is designed as a digital repository for documenting village-level tangible and intangible cultural heritage. There is no such provision under the scheme for integration of the MGMD database with the One District One Product (ODOP) scheme.

The MGMD programme does not provide for sanctioning or allocation of infrastructure funds for rural tourism through Cultural Registries.

The scope of MGMD under the National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM) is limited to documentation and digital archiving of the cultural attributes of villages. As such, it does not involve commercial activities and, therefore, does not lead to duplication of efforts with initiatives of the Ministry of Commerce.

The MGMD portal provides for periodic updation of information through a crowdsourcing-based mechanism. Local communities and individuals may contribute relevant cultural information through the 'Contribute' feature on the portal. Such inputs are subject to validation and moderation before being incorporated into the portal.

This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Lok Sabha today

Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.