Indian culture ministry blocks Kandy museum project
An Indian initiative to build a gallery at an international Buddhist museum in Kandy has hit a controversy, with India’s culture ministry refusing to take charge of the project proposed by the ministry of external affairs.
The culture ministry, headed by Kumari Selja, has mounted a scathing attack on the MEA, headed by SM Krishna, citing procedural lapses and a 21-fold inflation of the project cost from Rs 53.8 lakh in 2009 to Rs 8.56 crore in March 2011, ‘Hindustan Times’ reports.