Monuments of National Importance

The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture & Tourism Shri Shripad Yesso Naik has said that presently there are 25 proposals received from various parts of the country for protection of monuments.  . In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today he said, protected monuments/sites under ASI are conserved, preserved and maintained by way of structural and chemical preservation on priority basis, as per archaeological norms, subject to availability of resources.   List of Monuments/Sites Identified For Declaration As of National Importance Sl.No. Name of Monument/Site Locality District State 1. Ancient Site Junikaran Kutch Gujarat 2. Palace building near Firozshah Palace and Tehkhana Hissar Hissar Haryana 3. Group of Temples Haradib Ranchi Jharkhad 4. Shahpur QuiIa Shahpur Palamu Jharkhand 5. Navratanagarh Fort and Temple Complex Gumla Gumla Jharkhand 6. Tiliagarh Fort Sahebganj Sahebganj Jharkhand 7. Fort and Jain Rock Cut sculptures Koluha hill Chatra Jharkhand 8. Janardana Temple Panamaram Waynad Kerala 9. Vishnu Temple Nadavayal Waynad Kerala 10. Fortification wall of Daulatabad Fort Daulatabad Aurangabad Maharashtra 11. Old High Court Building Nagpur Nagpur Maharashtra 12. Fort Ginnurgarh Sehore Madhya Pradesh 13. Biranchi Narayana Temple Buguda Ganjam Odisha 14. Group of Temples Ranipur Jharial Bolangir Odisha 15. Sita Ram Ji Temple Deeg Bharatpur Rajasthan 16. Rambagh Palace Deeg Bharatpur Rajasthan 17. Bala Qila Alwar Alwar Rajasthan 18. Step well Neemrana Alwar Rajasthan 19. St. Thomas Church Dehradun Dehradun Uttarakhad 20. Nauseri Banu Mosque Kella Nizamat Murshidabad West Bengal 21. Chowk Masjid Kella Nizamat Murshidabad West Bengal 22. Archaeological Site (Sakeesena Mound) Mogalbari Paschim Medinapur West Bengal 23. Khwaza Anwar Berh (Nawab Bari Palace) Khawaja Anwar Berh Barddhaman West Bengal 24. Brindaban Chandra Temple Birsingha Bankura West Bengal 25. Radha Damodar Temple Birsingha Bankura West Bengal Provision Regarding Contribution to Political Parties by the Companies

Contributions to political parties are governed by Section 182 of the Companies Act, 2013. A company that is not a Government company and which is in existence for at least last three financial years may contribute up to 7.5% of its average net profits during the last three years to a political party/parties registered under the representation of Peoples Act, 1951. This is subject to further elaborations and restrictions in the said section. Following permission to establish Electoral Trust companies under the Income Tax Act, a company can also make contributions within the above limits and restrictions to ‘Electoral Trust Companies’ and reflect these contributions in their books of accounts. The Electoral Trust Companies are, however, required to indicate the amounts passed on to them by companies and contributed by them to a political party or parties in the manner laid down in section 182(3) of the Companies Act, 2013. There is no proposal to review the above arrangements. The relevant provisions of the Companies (Donations to National Funds) Act, 1951 have already been incorporated in the Companies Act, 2013. Section 181 and 183 of the Act allows companies to contribute to bonafide and charitable funds and to national funds etc. In view of this, this Ministry has initiated to repeal the Companies (Donations to National Funds) Act, 1951.