NATIONAL MONUMENTS AUTHORITY

February 9, 2021
Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
Category: DPN Topics

NATIONAL MONUMENTS AUTHORITY

Subject : National Organisation

Context: Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel on Monday announced the withdrawal of draft heritage bylaws for development around the Jagannath temple in Puri.

Concept :

It is established under The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2010 (AMASR Act, 2010).
Parent ministry: Union Ministry of Culture.
Composition: The Act provides for NMA to be constituted with a Chairperson and up to 5 Whole Time and 5 Part Time Members each and a Member Secretary. Director-General of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is an ex officio Member.
HQ: New Delhi.
Mandate: Several functions have been assigned to the NMA for the preservation of centrally protected monuments through management of the prohibited and regulated area around these monuments. Some of the responsibilities are –
To consider grant of permissions to applicants for construction related activity in the prohibited and regulated area.
To formulate heritage by-laws for protected monuments in the country to determine nature of new construction activity in regulated areas.