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NATIONAL MONUMENTS AUTHORITY

9th July, 2022 Polity and Governance

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  • The National Monuments Authority has recommended that 2 sites associated with Dr Ambedkar be declared Monuments of National importance.
    • Sankalp Bhumi Banyan tree campus in Vadodara, where Dr Ambedkar had taken resolved to eradicate untouchability in 1917.
    • A place in Satara (Maharashtra) where Bhim Rao Ambedkar received his primary education in Pratap Rao Bhosle High School.
  • These recommendations have been placed before the Ministry of Culture.

 

National Monuments Authority

  • The Authority works under the Ministry of Culture.
  • The Authority was established as per the provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains AMASR (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2010.
  • The Authority aims to;
    • Work for the protection and preservation of monuments and sites.
    • Management of the prohibited and regulated areas around the centrally protected monuments.
    • Evaluate the permissions for construction-related activity in the prohibited and regulated area.

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1840163

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