ASI excavation projects: details of sites, permissions and expenditure
Archaeological Survey of India reports ongoing excavations at multiple sites across India and 121 excavation permissions over five years
- The Archaeological Survey of India sends samples to various institutions for scientific validation whenever required.
- The Archaeological Survey of India is carrying out excavations at multiple sites across India, including heritage and pre-historic locations.
What happened
The Ministry of Culture informed the Lok Sabha that the Archaeological Survey of India is carrying out excavations at multiple sites across India. The Union government also stated that the Archaeological Survey of India granted 121 excavation permissions over five years from 2021-22 to 2025.
The reply is useful for UPSC because it links a current parliamentary disclosure to India’s long-running archaeology and heritage-conservation framework.
UPSC can use the Archaeological Survey of India’s excavation update to test archaeology as part of Indian heritage studies in Prelims and to ask about the institutional role of the Archaeological Survey of India, site conservation, and the balance between excavation, scientific analysis, and preservation in Mains.
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