{"id":21894,"date":"2024-03-27T11:50:25","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T06:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=21894"},"modified":"2025-04-06T16:03:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T10:33:53","slug":"monuments-of-national-importance-mni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/monuments-of-national-importance-mni\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Monuments of National Importance (MNI)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Monuments of National Importance (MNI)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act (AMASR Act), 1958 (amended in 2010),\u00a0provides for\u00a0the declaration and conservation of ancient and historical monuments, and archaeological sites, and remains of national importance.<\/li>\n<li>Presently,\u00a0there are 3,693\u00a0MNI in India.\u00a0Uttar Pradesh (745 monuments\/sites)\u00a0have the highest\u00a0number.<\/li>\n<li>Declaration:\n<ul>\n<li>The Central Government\u00a0issues a notification of\u00a0its intention to declare any ancient monument which archaeologically, historically, or architecturally qualifies to be of national importance\u00a0by giving two months\u2019 notice, inviting views\/objections from the public.<\/li>\n<li>After considering the views\/objections received within the stipulated period, the\u00a0Central Government may declare the ancient monument to be of national importance by publishing a notification in the official gazette.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Once a monument or a site\u00a0is declared to be MNI,\u00a0their protection\u00a0and upkeep is the responsibility of\u00a0the Archaeological Survey of India, under the Ministry of Culture.\n<ul>\n<li>ASI\u00a0undertakes the conservation, preservation, and maintenance of MNI\u00a0throughout the country.<\/li>\n<li>The One-hundred-meter radius of the monument is then considered a \u2018prohibited area\u2019 where there is a\u00a0ban on construction activities.\u00a0Further 200 meters (i.e., 100+200 meters) are considered a \u2018regulated area\u2019 where there are\u00a0regulations on construction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0ASI also has the power to delist monuments it deems to &#8220;have ceased to be of national importance&#8221; under Section 35 of the Act.\u00a0Once a monument is delisted, the\u00a0ASI becomes no longer responsible for protecting these monuments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)?<\/h3>\n<p>ASI, under the Ministry of Culture, Govt of India is the premier organization for the archaeological research and protection of the cultural heritage of the nation. Maintenance of ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains of national importance is the prime concern of the ASI. Besides, it regulates all archaeological activities in the country as per the provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958. It also regulates the Antiquities and Art Treasure Act, 1972.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/archaeological-survey-protect-delist-lost-monuments-here-is-why-2519567-2024-03-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Why Centre won&#8217;t &#8216;protect&#8217; these 18 &#8216;lost&#8217; monuments<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act (AMASR Act), 1958, provides for the declaration and conservation of ancient and historical monuments, and archaeological sites, and remains of national importance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21894","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}