Entry for Taj hiked from Rs 750 to Rs 1000/ Fee hiked
for other monuments too
For the 32 World Heritage Monuments in India, the entry fee has been
increased to Rs 30 from earlier Rs 10 for domestic visitor, and for
foreign nationals it has been hiked to Rs 500 from Rs 250, effective from
April 1, 2016. The entry fee at 116 centrally protected ticketed monuments
under Archaeological Survey of India has been enhanced and revised by the
Ministry of Culture (MoC). For Indians and visitors from SAARC and BIMSTEC
countries, as well as overseas citizens of India (OCI), the entry fees at
world heritage monuments has been increased from Rs 10 to Rs 30 per head
while all other nationals will now pay Rs 500 per head as compared to the
previous fee of Rs 250. At all the other monuments, Indians, visitors from
SAARC and BIMSTEC countries and OCI will be charged Rs 15 from the earlier
rate of Rs 5, while other nationals will be charged Rs 200 from the
previous fee of Rs 100. Additionally, for ticket holders of Rs 200, Rs
300, Rs 500 and Rs 750, separate queues will be provided to endure smooth
entry into the monument. Now, the revised entry fee at Taj Mahal for
foreign tourists will be Rs 1000, for citizens of SAARC and BIMSTEC
countries it is Rs 530, and Indian citizens will pay Rs 40.
Bihar imposes total alcohol ban, turns dry state from 5th April
The sale of absolutely any type of alcohol, including Indian Made Foreign
Liquor (IMFL) - not just country liquor - has now been completely banned
in Bihar immediately, the state government said on Tuesday, 5th April.
The decision on the ban on any type of alcohol was taken this afternoon by
the Bihar cabinet, four days after a ban began on the production and sale
of country liquor, or desi liquor.
Bihar is now the fourth dry state after Gujarat, Kerala and Nagaland.