National Monuments Authority

About National Monuments Authority

National Monuments Authority (NMA) under the ministry of culture, the government of India has been set up as per provisions of the ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains AMASR (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2010 which was enacted in March 2010. Several functions have been assigned to the NMA for the protection and preservation of monuments and sites through the management of the prohibited and regulated area around the centrally protected monuments. One amongst these responsibilities of NMA is also to consider grant of permissions to applicants for construction-related activity in the prohibited and regulated area. With an increase in urbanization, development, growth and increasing population pressure, there is growing pressure on land including the land around centrally protected monuments.