Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times

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WORLD HERITAGE SITES

Union Minister of Culture and Tourism informed Lok Sabha about the Declaration Of World Heritage Sites By UNESCO.

Important points:

• At present, India has 38 World Heritage Properties. All the sites under the Ministry are conserved as per ASI’s Conservation Policy.
• At present, India has 42 sites listed under Tentative List which is a pre-requisite condition for inscription as World Heritage Site.
• ‘Dholavira: A Harappan City’ has been submitted for nomination of World Heritage Site in 2019-2020.
• Nomination dossiers of ‘Santiniketan, India’ and ‘Sacred Ensemble of Hoysalas’ have been submitted to UNESCO for the year 2021-22 cycle.
• Augmentation of sites on the World Heritage List/Tentative List is a continuous process and sites are selected on the basis of their potential for fulfilling criteria under Operational Guidelines and demonstration of Outstanding Universal Value.

SOURCE:PIB