Lok Sabha Question No. 1713 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Loss of Land due to Land Erosion
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF LAND RESOURCES

## LOK SABHA

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LTNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. t7t3 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.12.2017

Loss of Land due to Land Erosion

## T713. SHRI BADRUDDIN  AJMAL:

will the Minister  of RURAL  DEVELOPMENT  be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Union Govemment  has conducted any study' on the loss of land due to land erosion in various States ofNorth-Eastern Region  including  Assam;

- (b) if so, the details and the outcome  thereof;

(c) whether some State Governments  have requestecl the {Jnion Government for providing assistance for rehabilitation  of families  aftbcted due to land erosion;  and

(d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken/heir:g  ial,lsn by the Union  Government in this regard,  State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR RURAL DEVET,OPMENT (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

- (a)  & (b) The Department  of Land Resources,  Ministry of Rural Development  has not conducted  any study on the loss of lanri due to land erosion in various  States of North-Eastern  I'l.egion including Assam. However, as per infonnation  received from Indian Council of Agriculture R.ese*rch (ICAR), the extent  of land degradation  including land erosion in the countl; is 120.4 million ha comprising of 82.6 million ha due to water erosion,  12.0 million ha due to wind *rosior, 24.8 million ha due to chemical degradation  and 1.0 million Iu clue to phvsical degradation.  The State-wise  details includirag  States of North-Eastern Region including  Assam, is given in Annexure"
- (c  )  & (d) The Department of Land Resources has not received any request  f'om the State Governments  to provide finani;ial  assistance  f'or rehabilitation of tamilies affected due to land erosion.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to pa.rts (a) to (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred  Question  No. l7l3 fo r"  answer on 28.12.2A17

state-wise  extent of la;rd degradation incluciir:g  soil erosion  in India

| Sr. No.   | State                        | Area of Degraded land thousand ha   |
|-----------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhri Prade;,';(e,st",l,il. | 9193                                |
| 2.        | Arunachal Prarlesh           | 2t54                                |
| J.        | Assam                        | 457 I                               |
| 4.        | Bihar                        | 1371                                |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh                 | 4784                                |
| 6.        | Goa                          | 122                                 |
| 7.        | Gujarat _                    | 3t29                                |
| 8         | Haryana                      | 55t                                 |
| 9         | Himachal                     | 1065                                |
| 10        | Jammu &                      | ?-094                               |
| I l.      | Jharkhand                    | 3943                                |
| t2        | Karnataka                    | 8093                                |
| 13        | Kerala                       | 2508                                |
| 14.       | Madhya Pl'rrdr:si            | 14095                               |
| 15.       | Maharashtra                  | 9728                                |
| 16.       |                              | 1768                                |
| l7        | ralaya _ -l4erypsr__         | t732                                |
| 18        | Mizorarn                     | ii63                                |
| 19.       | Nagaland                     | I 550                               |
| 20        | Orissa --]                   | 3722                                |
| 2t        | Puni                         |                                     |
| ))        | Raianfhan                    | 494 24424                           |
| 23.       | Sikkim                       | 6t)                                 |
| 24.       | Tamil Nadu                   | 299'i                               |
| 25.       | Tri                          | 785                                 |
| 26.       | Uttar Pradesh                | 4445                                |
| 27.       | Uttarakhand                  |                                     |
| 28.       | West                         | 1435                                |
| 29.       | Delhi                        | 2t4A                                |
| 30        | A&N Islands                  | lrl                                 |
| 31        | Others                       | ?1 l2i                              |
|           | Total                        | 1204CI0                             |