Lok Sabha Question No. 3065 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-21
Subject: Forest Development Activities
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: KIRRON KHER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO.  3065

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2017

## Forest Development Activities

## 3065.   SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER:

Will  the  Minister  of  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND  CLIMATE  CHANGE  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) the details of forest development activities undertaken currently in the country;
- (b) the details  of  funds  allocated  for  forest  development  activities  during  the  last  three years;
- (c) whether  initiatives  have  been  taken  to  involve  local  people  in  forest  development activities; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

(a) & (b) The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) implements three major forest related schemes for development of forest areas i.e. National Afforestation Programme (NAP) scheme, National Mission for a Green India (GIM) and Intensification of Forest Management Scheme (IFMS). While NAP is implemented for afforestation of degraded forest  lands, the GIM aims at improving the quality of forest/increase in forest cover besides cross  sectoral  activities  on  landscape  basis,  while  the  IFMS  supports  the  forest  protection, development  and  conservation  related  activities  such  as  patrolling  of  the  forests,  forest  fire control, survey and demarcation of forest areas and strengthening of forest infrastructure etc. The details of funds allocated by the Central Government under these three schemes for the last three years are given in Annexure.

(c) &  (d)  Local  people  are  involved  in  the  forest  management  and  development  activities through the Joint Forest Management (JFM) wherein the State forest department and the local communities enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly manage the forest area.  The Schemes of NAP and GIM are implemented in participatory mode under the Joint Forest Management (JFM) approach involving Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) at village level, which has a major contribution towards the afforestation efforts in the country. About 42,000 JFMCs are involved in development of forests through afforestation under NAP.

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a)&(b) of Lok Sabha UnStarred Question No. 3065    due  for  reply  on  21.03.2017  by  Shrimati  Kirron  Kher  regarding  Forest Development Activities.

Details  of  funds  released  during  last  three  years  (2013-14  to  2015-16)  under  National  Afforestation Programme (NAP), National Mission For Green India (GIM) and Intensification of Forest Management Scheme (IFMS)

| S. No.   |                       | Amount Released (Rs. in crore)   | Amount Released (Rs. in crore)   | Amount Released (Rs. in crore)   |
|----------|-----------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|          | State                 | NAP*                             | GIM*                             | IFMS                             |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh        | 9.18                             | 0.00                             | 0.38                             |
| 2        | Bihar                 | 24.85                            | 2.25                             | 1.02                             |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh          | 51.58                            | 23.39                            | 7.86                             |
| 4        | Goa                   | 0.00                             | -                                | 0.61                             |
| 5        | Gujarat               | 30.72                            | 0.00                             | 8.75                             |
| 6        | Haryana               | 29.66                            | 0.00                             | 3.81                             |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh      | 3.34                             | 0.00                             | 10.32                            |
| 8        | Jammu &Kashmir        | 11.70                            | 0.00                             | 2.99                             |
| 9        | Jharkhand             | 17.62                            | 0.00                             | 6.42                             |
| 10       | Karnataka             | 31.66                            | 1.06                             | 8.19                             |
| 11       | Kerala                | 10.83                            | 9.15                             | 5.25                             |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh        | 52.55                            | 0.00                             | 18.65                            |
| 13       | Maharashtra           | 82.23                            | 0.00                             | 7.71                             |
| 14       | Orissa                | 32.77                            | 1.83                             | 5.60                             |
| 15       | Punjab                | 3.87                             | 6.12                             | 0.77                             |
| 16       | Rajasthan             | 6.91                             | 0.00                             | 4.63                             |
| 17       | Tamil Nadu            | 8.88                             | 0.00                             | 2.03                             |
| 18       | Telangana             | 2.03                             | 0.00                             | 1.61                             |
| 19       | Uttar Pradesh         | 34.83                            | 0.00                             | 5.13                             |
| 20       | Uttarakhand           | 11.56                            | 20.21                            | 9.89                             |
| 21       | West Bengal           | 3.74                             | 3.01                             | 1.15                             |
|          | Total (Other States)  | 460.51                           | 67.00                            | 112.77                           |
| 22       | Arunachal Pradesh     | 0.15                             | 1.27                             | 3.05                             |
| 23       | Assam                 | 5.55                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             |
| 24       | Manipur               | 23.79                            | 8.35                             | 5.36                             |
| 25       | Meghalaya             | 9.46                             | 0.90                             | 4.25                             |
| 26       | Mizoram               | 37.11                            | 2.24                             | 6.94                             |
| 27       | Nagaland              | 20.82                            | 0.00                             | 4.94                             |
| 28       | Sikkim                | 11.29                            | 3.00                             | 4.79                             |
| 29       | Tripura               | 26.89                            | 0.00                             | 5.23                             |
|          | Total (NE States)     | 135.06                           | 15.75                            | 34.55                            |
|          | Union Territories(UT) |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| 1        | A &NIslands           | -                                | -                                | 0.41                             |
| 2        | Chandigarh            | -                                | -                                | 0.37                             |
| 3        | D&N Haveli            | -                                | -                                | 0                                |
| 4        | Daman &Diu            | -                                | -                                | 0                                |
| 5        | Lakshadweep           | -                                | -                                | 0                                |
| 6        | New Delhi             | -                                | -                                | 0                                |
| 7        | Pondicherry           | -                                | -                                | 0.38                             |
|          | Total(UT)             | -                                | -                                | 1.16                             |
|          | G. Total              | 595.57                           | 82.75                            | 148.48                           |

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