Lok Sabha Question No. 2694 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Wildlife Tourism
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: RITI PATHAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†2694 ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018

## WILDLIFE TOURISM

## †2694. SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any plan to develop the wild life and forest tourism in the country;
- (b) if  so, the details thereof along with the possibilities available in various States for the same State/UT-wise including Madhya Pradesh;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposals  from State Governments or public representatives in this regard;
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof and the status of these proposals;
- (e) the  year-wise  details  of  the  fund  allocated  for  the  purpose during the last three years and the current year; and
- (f) the other steps taken by the Government for developing these forests as tourist places and the time by which these places are  likely  to  be  developed  as  wild  life  and  forest  tourist places?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI K.J. ALPHONS)

(a) to (f): The  Ministry  of  Tourism  has  launched  the  Swadesh Darshan Scheme  for Integrated Development of  Theme-Based Tourist Circuits in 2014-15 for development of tourism infrastructure in the country including for the Wildlife Circuit. The details of funds sanctioned  under  the  Wildlife  Circuit  theme  of  Swadesh  Darshan Scheme are at Annexure-I.

Further,  the  Ministry  of  Environment  Forests  and  Climate Change (MoEFCC) informs that the Management of Protected Areas including tourism activities is the  mandate  of  the  respective State/Union  Territory  Governments and  that  the  Tourism  activities in  these  areas  are  taken  up  as  per  provisions  of  the  respective Wildlife Management Plans. Governments/UT Wildlife Habitats, Project Tiger and Project Elephant schemes of Ministry of

The details of funds released to State administrations under the Integrated Development of Environment Forests and Climate Change are at Annexure-II.

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ANNEXURE-I

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†2694 ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018 REGARDING WILDLIFE TOURISM.

FUNDS  SANCTIONED  UNDER  THE  WILDLIFE  CIRCUIT  THEME  OF SWADESH DARSHAN SCHEME OF MINISTRY OF TOURISM

(Rs. in crore)

|   Sl. No. | State/UT       | Name of the Project                                                                                                     |   Amt. Sanctioned |
|-----------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|         1 | Madhya Pradesh | Development of Wildlife Circuit at Panna- Mukundpur- Sanjay- Dubri- Bandhavgarh- Kanha- Mukki- Pench in Madhya Pradesh. |             92.22 |
|         2 | Assam          | Development of Manas- Probitora- Nameri- Kaziranga- Dibru- Saikhowa as Wildlife Circuit in Assam.                       |             95.67 |

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ANNEXURE-II

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a) TO (f)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†2694 ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018 REGARDING WILDLIFE TOURISM.

## (I) FUNDS RELEASED UNDER INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF WILDLIFE HABITATS SCHEME  OF MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(Rs. in lakhs)

| Sl. No.             | Name of States/UTs   | 2014-15   |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|---------------------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1                   | A& N Islands         | 0         |    100    |    118.49 |
| 2                   | Andhra Pradesh       | 63.31     |      0    |      0    |
| 3                   | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0         |    304.02 |    256.81 |
| 4                   | Assam                | 149.11    |     87.1  |      0    |
| 5                   | Bihar                | 85.24     |    108.01 |    100.57 |
| 6 Chandigarh        | 0                    |           |      0    |     26.06 |
| 7                   | Chhattisgarh         | 482.08    |    213.4  |    278.94 |
| 8 Goa               | 00                   |           |      0    |      0    |
| 9 Gujarat           |                      | 634.94    |    395.79 |    497.6  |
| 10 Haryana          |                      | 14.71     |     99.33 |    124.65 |
| 11 Himachal Pradesh | 430.34               |           |    431.83 |    280.31 |
| 12 Jammu            | & Kashmir            | 506.76    |    354    |    336.5  |
| 13 Jharkhand        | 101.12               |           |     18.62 |      0    |
| 14                  | Karnataka            | 483.77    |    262.13 |    325.52 |
| 15 Kerala           |                      | 818.49    |    967.38 |   1928.42 |
| 16 Madhya           | Pradesh              | 371.35    |    394.56 |    322.26 |
| 17                  | Maharashtra          | 402.72    |    277.94 |    497.35 |
| 18                  | Manipur              | 129.19    |    248.91 |    340.03 |
| 19                  | Meghalaya            | 44.87     |     38.39 |     55.23 |
| 20                  | Mizoram              | 131.54    |     94.55 |   1234.95 |
| 21                  | Nagaland             | 85.15     |    235.48 |    357.84 |
| 22                  | Odisha               | 350.32    |    246.83 |    279.65 |
| 23 Puducherry       | CR                   | 12.00     |      0    |      0    |
| 24                  | Rajasthan            | 367.29    |    314.78 |    453.87 |
| 25                  | Sikkim               | 169.15    |    290.32 |    145.52 |
| 26                  | Tamil Nadu           | 280.62    |    113.26 |      0    |
| 27                  | Telangana            | 0         |      0    |      0    |
| 28 Uttar            | Pradesh              | 224.89    |    235.05 |    250.95 |
| 29 Uttarakhand      | 141.11               |           |    188.31 |    545.3  |
| 30                  | West Bengal          | 108.84    |    100.93 |    237.66 |

(II) FUNDS RELEASED UNDER PROJECT TIGER SCHEME OF MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(Rs. in Lakhs)

|   Sl. No. | State             | 2014-15   |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 184.14    |      0    |    173.48 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 658.42    |    429.53 |    597.28 |
|         3 | Assam             | 1509.38   |   1425.41 |   1510.92 |
|         4 | Bihar             | 317.09    |    223.55 |    487.83 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh      | 609.82    |    398.94 |    626.56 |
|         6 | Jharkhand         | 199.08    |     47.98 |    323.76 |
|         7 | Karnataka         | 1565.77   |   1378.19 |   3203.61 |
|         8 | Kerala            | 517.53    |    396.6  |    780.23 |
|         9 | Madhya Pradesh    | 4335.11   |   1421    |  12885.6  |
|        10 | Maharashtra       | 3425.52   |   3923.07 |   8229.71 |
|        11 | Mizoram           | 232.18    |    187.98 |    301.54 |
|        12 | Odisha            | 707.38    |    544.8  |    917.16 |
|        13 | Rajasthan         | 627.19    |   1257.8  |    381.3  |
|        14 | Tamil Nadu        | 864.31    |   1950.17 |    949.86 |
|        15 | Telangana         | -         |    214.81 |    239.25 |
|        16 | Uttarakhand       | 391.19    |    683.98 |   1023.4  |
|        17 | Uttar Pradesh     | 760.92    |    624.54 |   1057.04 |
|        18 | West Bengal       | 596.88    |    376.5  |    536.14 |

(III)  FUNDS  RELEASED  UNDER  PROJECT  ELEPHANT  SCHEME  OF MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(Rs. in lakhs)

|   Sl. No | State/UTs         | 2014-15   | 2015-16   |   2016-17 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 13.52 0   |           |     13.62 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 97.71     | 61.20     |    100.06 |
|        3 | Assam             | 236.66    | 0         |    275.66 |
|        4 | Chhattisgarh      | 43.74     | 21.91     |     61.16 |
|        5 | Jharkhand         | 88.42     | 53.45     |     95.77 |
|        6 | Karnataka         | 225.31    | 181.05    |    254.8  |
|        7 | Kerala            | 236.72    | 204.54    |    429.87 |
|        8 | Maharashtra       | 38.20     | 8.06      |     14.33 |
|        9 | Meghalaya         | 118.83    | 81.38     |    130.26 |
|       10 | Nagaland          | 44.81     | 15.44     |     20.31 |
|       11 | Odisha            | 153.35    | 105.63    |    284.03 |
|       12 | Tamil Nadu        | 251.20    | 160.53    |     25.8  |
|       13 | Tripura           | 6.03      | 26.10     |     22.46 |

|   14 | Uttar Pradesh   |   5.16 |   15.33 |   14.17 |
|------|-----------------|--------|---------|---------|
|   15 | Uttarakhand     | 103.9  |   82.61 |  175.45 |
|   16 | West Bengal     | 103.81 |  105.17 |  101.45 |
|   17 | Haryana         |   0    |   10    |    0    |
|   18 | Bihar           |   0    |    3.01 |   16.29 |
|   19 | Rajasthan       |   0    |    0    |   15.84 |
|   20 | Punjab          |   0    |    0    |    1.82 |
|   21 | Madhya Pradesh  |   0    |    0    |    6.84 |

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