{"id":6644,"date":"2025-12-24T12:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T12:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelvaidya.com\/blog\/?p=6644"},"modified":"2025-12-24T12:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T12:23:08","slug":"central-government-allocates-%e2%82%b9284-crore-to-strengthen-mountain-tourism-in-uttarakhand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelvaidya.com\/blog\/central-government-allocates-%e2%82%b9284-crore-to-strengthen-mountain-tourism-in-uttarakhand\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Government Allocates \u20b9284 Crore to Strengthen Mountain Tourism in Uttarakhand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Central Government has allocated \u20b9284 crore to boost mountain tourism in Uttarakhand, with a focus on improving tourism facilities, developing new destinations, generating employment, and supporting the local economy. The information was shared in Parliament during the winter session by Union Tourism Minister <strong>Gajendra Singh Shekhawat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The funding is being channelled through key central tourism schemes, including Swadesh Darshan, Swadesh Darshan 2.0, PRASAD, CBDD, and SASCI. Under these initiatives, Himalayan states have collectively received allocations exceeding \u20b91,726 crore, with more than \u20b91,200 crore already released for on-ground projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"6646\" src=\"https:\/\/travelvaidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mountain-Tourism-in-Uttarakhand-1024x512.png\" alt=\"Mountain Tourism in Uttarakhand\" class=\"wp-image-6646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelvaidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mountain-Tourism-in-Uttarakhand-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/travelvaidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mountain-Tourism-in-Uttarakhand-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/travelvaidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mountain-Tourism-in-Uttarakhand-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/travelvaidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mountain-Tourism-in-Uttarakhand.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mountain Tourism in Uttarakhand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Uttarakhand, major projects supported by central funding include the Integrated Development of <strong>Kedarnath<\/strong>, aimed at improving pilgrimage infrastructure and visitor management, and expansion works at <strong>Badrinath Dham<\/strong> to enhance facilities for pilgrims. Additional investments have supported infrastructure upgrades at the Gangotri\u2013Yamunotri circuit and the development of a rafting base station in Rishikesh to promote adventure tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials said the sustained investment is intended to create long-term economic benefits by strengthening tourism-linked livelihoods, improving visitor experiences, and positioning Uttarakhand as a leading destination for spiritual, cultural, and adventure tourism in the Himalayan region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailyjagran.com\/uttarakhand\/centre-invests-heavily-in-uttarakhand-mountain-tourism-over-rs-284-crore-released-since-2015-40060626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Daily Jagran<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Government has allocated \u20b9284 crore to boost mountain tourism in Uttarakhand, with a focus on improving tourism facilities, developing new destinations, generating employment, and supporting the local economy. The information was shared in Parliament during the winter session by Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. The funding is being channelled through key central &#8230; <a title=\"Central Government Allocates \u20b9284 Crore to Strengthen Mountain Tourism in Uttarakhand\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/travelvaidya.com\/blog\/central-government-allocates-%e2%82%b9284-crore-to-strengthen-mountain-tourism-in-uttarakhand\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Central Government Allocates \u20b9284 Crore to Strengthen Mountain Tourism in Uttarakhand\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelvaidya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelvaidya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelvaidya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelvaidya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelvaidya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/travelvaidya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6648,"href":"https:\/\/travelvaidya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6644\/revisions\/6648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelvaidya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelvaidya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelvaidya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelvaidya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}