NATIONAL MONUMENTS AUTHORITY
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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