 bill no 77 of  2014 the ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains (amendment) bill, 2014 by shri at nana patil, mp a billfurther to amend the ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains act, 1958be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains (amendment) act, 2014short title and commencement24 of 19582 in section 20a of the ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains act, 1958 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), in sub-section (1),—amendment of section 20a(i) for the words "one hundred meters", the words "fifty meters" shall be substituted; and(ii) the proviso shall be omitted3  in section 20b of the principal act,—amendment of section 20b(i) for the words "two hundred meters", the words "one hundred meters" shall be substituted; and(ii) the first proviso shall be omitted5amendment of section 20c4 in section 20c of the principal act, in sub-section (1), for the words, "before the16th day of june, 1992", the words, "on the date of coming into force of the ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains (amendment and validation) act, 2010,"shall be substituted105 in section 20-i of the principal act, in sub-section (1), after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—amendment of section 20-i"(ba) prepare plans for beautification, renovation and development of ancient monuments and archaeological sites and upgradation and creation of infrastructural facilities in and around the ancient monuments and archaeological sites"156 after section 20q of the principal act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section 20r"20r the central government shall make available adequate funds for development of all monuments and archaeological sites and for creation and upgradation of infrastructure at such sites, as recommended by the authority under clause (ba) of sub-section (1) of section 20-i"central government to provide funds for development of all monuments and archaeological sites statement of objects and reasonsthe ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains act, 1958 was amended in 2010 which came as a shock to thousands of people owning properties near monuments and sites covered under the act with the coming into force of the act, thousands of people can no longer construct or repair or renovate their properties because of the restriction imposed by the act on any such activity within the stipulated distance from the monumentsseveral public projects have come to standstill or have been disallowed due to restrictions imposed under the act on the one hand people are suffering because they are not allowed to undertake any construction activity and on the other hand public works have been stalledthere are thousands of monuments in our country which are lying in a dilapidated condition they are misused by anti-social elements for illegal activities a situation has arisen that these monuments are neither improved nor used for any purpose nor any construction activity is allowed near the monuments it is accordingly proposed to renovate/ upgrade facilities in these sites so as to exploit their tourism potential the bill seeks to amend the act, with a view to relax the restrictions imposed under the act so as to mitigate the difficulties faced by the peoplehence this billat nana patilnew delhi;june, 27, 2014 financial  memorandumclause 6 of the bill provides that the central government shall make available adequate funds for preparing plan for beautification, renovation, development, upgradation, creation of infrastructural facilities in and around ancient monuments and archaeological sites the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees five thousand crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one thousand crore is also likely to be involved annexure extract from the ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains act, 1958 (24 of 1958)       20a (1) every area, beginning at the limit of the protected area or the protected monument, as the case may be, and extending to a distance of one hundred metres in all directions shall be the prohibited area in respect of such protected area or protected monument:declaration of prohibited area and carrying out public work or other works in prohibited areaprovided that the central government may, on the recommendation of the authority, by notification in the official gazette, specify an area more than one hundred metres to be the prohibited area having regard to the classification of any protected monument or protected area, as the case may be, under section 4a(2)    (3)    20b every area, beginning at the limit of prohibited area in respect of every ancient monument and archaeological site and remains, declared as of national importance under sections 3 and 4 and extending to a distance of two hundred metres in all directions shall be the regulated area in respect of every ancient monument and archaeological site and remains:declaration of regulated area in respect of every protected monumentprovided that the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, specify an area more than two hundred metres to be the regulated area having regard to the classification of any protected monument or protected area, as the case may be, under section 4a20c (1) any person, who owns any building or structure, which existed in a prohibited area before the 16th day of june, 1992, or, which had been subsequently constructed with the approval of the director-general and desires to carry out any repair or renovation of such building or structure, may make an application to the competent authority for carrying out such repair or renovation, as the case may beapplication for repair or renovation in prohibited area, or construction or reconstruction or repair or renovation in regulated area       20-i (1) the authority shall exercise or discharge the following powers or functions, namely:—functions and powers of authority(a)      (b) make recommendations to the central government for grading and classifying protected monuments and protected areas which may be declared after the commencement of the ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains (amendment and validation) act, 2010, as of national importance under section 4;       —————abillfurther to amend the ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains act, 1958—————(shri at nana patil, mp)gmgipmrnd—989ls(s3)—24-07-2014