Improving ranking of India from 65th to 62nd position in travel and tourism competitiveness index has been set as a target in the Result Framework Document of Tourism Minister for the year 2014-15, Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma said in a written reply.
He said government has taken steps for the development and promotion tourism including creation of infrastructure. New schemes have been announced for development of five tourist circuits around specific themes and an amount of Rs 500 crore has been allocated for this purpose.