Lok Sabha Question No. 1105 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-22
Subject: Diversion of Forest Land
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY, ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1105

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.11.2016

## Diversion of Forest Land

## 1105.   SHRI J. C. DIVAKAR REDDY: SHRI V. ELUMALAI:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the diversion of forest lands to industrial units and for various other projects;
- (b) if so, the details of such diversion reported during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the corrective steps being taken in this regard;
- (d) whether any compulsory afforestation has been undertaken against the said diversion; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) & (b) Details of diversion of forest lands to industrial units and other projects reported  during  last  3  years  and  the  current  year,  State/UT  wise  are  at annexure-I.
- (c) Diversion of forest land is allowed as per the procedure and provisions laid down in Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.
- (d) & (e) Compensatory  afforestation  in  lieu  of  forest  land  diverted  under  Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 to industrial units and for various other projects has been  undertaken.  Details  of  such  Compensatory  afforestation  taken  up  till 31.03.2015 is given in annexure-II.

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## Statement Showing Cases (State wise and Calander Year wise) For Diversion Of Forest Land in Last five years Under FC Act 1980

Category:

All

Categories

During the Period :

01/01/2013 to 16/11/16

Case Status:

APPROVED

| S. No.                | STATE/UT            | 2013 Approved   | 2013 Approved              | 2014 Approved   | 2014 Approved   | 2015     | 2015          | 2016 Approved   | 2016 Approved   | Grand Total Approved   | Grand Total Approved   |
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| S. No.                | STATE/UT            | No. of Cases    | Area Diverted No. of Cases | Area            | Diverted No.    | of Cases | Area Diverted | No. of Cases    | Area Diverted   | No. of Cases           | Area Diverted          |
| 1                     | Andaman and Nicobar | 6 15.03         | 2                          |                 | 3.96            | 5        | 14.97         | 1               | 5.26 14         |                        | 39                     |
| 2                     | Andhra Pradesh      | 5               | 135.39 9                   | 388.08          |                 | 5        | 2056.29       | 4 14.17         |                 | 23                     | 2594                   |
| 3 Arunachal Pradesh   | 9                   | 1695.47         | 15                         | 623.58          | 4               |          | 46.21         | 2               | 67.17           | 30                     | 2432                   |
| 4 Assam               | 1                   | 8.88            | 0                          | 0.00            | 0               |          | 0.00          | 0               | 0.00            | 1                      | 9                      |
| 5 Bihar               | 8                   | 258.87          | 20                         | 84.25           | 8               |          | 75.19 15      |                 | 186.29 51       |                        | 605                    |
| 6 Chandigarh          | 1                   | 0.07            | 1                          | 39.86           | 1               | 0.37     | 1             | 0.02            | 4               |                        | 40                     |
| 7 Chhattisgarh        | 3                   | 425.21          | 10                         | 1646.20         | 14              | 2355.29  | 6             | 388.37          | 33              |                        | 4815                   |
| 8 Dadar &Nagar Haveli | 2                   | 5.38            | 1                          | 0.01            | 1               | 12.00    | 1             | 1.50            | 5               |                        | 19                     |
| 9 Delhi               | 0                   | 0.00            | 3                          | 3.15            | 0               | 0.00     | 0             | 0.00            | 3               |                        | 3                      |
| 10 Gujarat            | 18                  | 59.15           | 33                         | 343.72          | 33              | 387.19   | 14            | 364.98          | 98              |                        | 1155                   |
| 11 Haryana            | 171                 | 556.15          | 212                        | 89.56           |                 | 143      | 72.15 140     | 378.37          | 666             |                        | 1096                   |
| 12 Himachal           | Pradesh 7           | 82.93           | 1                          | 239.51          | 5               |          | 261.47 13     | 13.39           | 26              |                        | 597                    |
| 13 Jharkhand          | 8                   | 415.50          | 9                          | 2565.69         |                 | 6        | 234.21 5      | 303.82          | 28              |                        | 3519                   |
| 14                    | Karnataka           | 2 69.70         | 3                          | 179.00          |                 | 6        | 117.50 25     | 304.31          | 36              |                        | 671                    |
| 15                    | Kerala              | 1 4.33          | 1                          | 4.92            |                 | 0        | 0.00 2        | 9.81            | 4               |                        | 19                     |

| 16           | Madhya Pradesh   | 19         | 1108.82    | 25      | 2687.69   | 41      | 3039.03   | 18      | 923.38   | 103   |   7759 |
|--------------|------------------|------------|------------|---------|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|----------|-------|--------|
| 17           | Maharashtra      | 11 233.78  | 15         | 2223.39 | 8         | 679.91  | 5         | 1747.33 | 39       |       |   4884 |
| 18           | Manipur          | 3 1325.82  | 3          | 504.70  | 4         |         | 117.64 1  | 87.00   | 11       |       |   2035 |
| 19           | Meghalaya        | 1          | 0.98 0     | 0.00    | 1         | 138.11  | 0         | 0.00    | 2        |       |    139 |
| 20           | Mizoram          | 1          | 384.03 1   | 74.49   | 0         | 0.00    | 0         | 0.00    | 2        |       |    459 |
| 21           | Orissa           | 14         | 2984.22 30 | 3445.84 | 10        |         | 1018.19   | 12      | 538.59   | 66    |   7987 |
| 22 Punjab    |                  | 145 523.76 | 109        | 234.76  | 65        |         | 47.82 109 |         | 45.22    | 428   |    852 |
| 23 Rajasthan |                  | 4          | 636.69 12  | 1928.15 | 4         | 265.48  | 13        | 187.96  | 33       |       |   3018 |
| 24           | Sikkim           | 10         | 32.74 5    | 3.28    | 3         | 9.36    | 4         | 14.33   |          | 22    |     60 |
| 25           | Tamil Nadu       | 4          | 32.98 4    | 23.25   | 3         | 458.30  | 3         | 26.75   | 14       |       |    541 |
| 26           | Telangana        | 9          | 2216.85 2  | 294.84  | 8         | 2463.01 | 3         | 11.88   | 22       |       |   4987 |
| 27           | Tripura          | 6          | 54.53 2    | 10.03   | 2         |         | 44.18 2   |         | 11.76    | 12    |    120 |
| 28           | Uttar Pradesh    | 20         | 662.89 6   |         | 391.35 2  |         | 214.32    | 0       | 0.00     | 28    |   1269 |
| 29           | Uttarakhand      | 5          | 819.23 3   |         | 153.02 1  |         | 1.89      | 32      | 1464.90  | 41    |   2439 |
| 30           | West Bengal      | 2          | 6.00 2     |         | 6.31 0    |         | 0.00 3    |         | 170.22   | 7     |    183 |
| TOTAL        | TOTAL            | 496        | 14755.37   | 539     | 18192.60  | 383     | 14130.08  | 434     | 7266.78  | 1852  |  54345 |

Annexure - II

Compensatory Afforestation undertaken till 31.3.2015 in various States.

|   Sl No | Name of the State   |   Compensatory Afforestation done (in hectares) |
|---------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|      01 | Andaman &Nicobar    |                                       2164.15   |
|      02 | Andhra Pradesh      |                                      27601      |
|      03 | Arunachal Pradesh   |                                      12096.5    |
|      04 | Assam               |                                       6371.58   |
|      05 | Bihar               |                                        964.026  |
|      06 | Chandigarh          |                                         26.0148 |
|      07 | Chhattisgarh        |                                      42361.1    |
|      08 | Delhi               |                                         87.84   |
|      09 | Goa                 |                                       1771.82   |
|      10 | Gujarat             |                                      81580.7    |
|      11 | Haryana             |                                       3715.51   |
|      12 | Himachal Pradesh    |                                      16185      |
|      13 | Jammu &Kashmir      |                                      25612      |
|      14 | Jharkhand           |                                      15839.8    |
|      15 | Karnataka           |                                      25920.9    |
|      16 | Kerala              |                                      58578.4    |
|      17 | Madhya Pradesh      |                                     132057      |
|      18 | Maharashtra         |                                      94316.9    |
|      19 | Manipur             |                                        802.99   |
|      20 | Mizoram             |                                       3482.63   |
|      21 | Odisha              |                                      42313.7    |
|      22 | Punjab              |                                       9831      |
|      23 | Rajasthan           |                                      16918.6    |
|      24 | Sikkim              |                                       3529.79   |
|      25 | Tamil Nadu          |                                       3341.54   |
|      26 | Tripura             |                                       3951.12   |
|      27 | Uttar Pradesh       |                                      10253.8    |
|      28 | Uttarakhand         |                                      34548      |
|      29 | West Bengal         |                                       3288.75   |
|      30 | Telangana           |                                       8297.08   |