Lok Sabha Question No. 2085 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-29
Subject: Salim Ali Centre
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: P.R. SUNDARAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2085

TO BE ANSWERED ON  29.11.2016

## Salim Ali Centre

## 2085.  SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

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

- (a) the details of steps taken by the Government to develop Bird sanctuaries as well as Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) in Tamil Nadu;
- (b) whether the Government has any plan to fill the vacant posts including the post of the Director, SACON and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  provided  adequate  funds  and  infrastructure  facilities  to develop and improve the wild life and Bird sanctuaries, Zoological parks in the country to protect endangered animals and bird; and
- (d) the details of the funds allocated and disbursed during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) Management of Wildlife Sanctuaries including Bird Sanctuaries is the responsibility of the concerned State Government. However, the Ministry provides financial assistance under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of 'Integrated Development  of  Wildlife  Habitats' in  accordance  with  the  Annual  Plan  of Operation  submitted  every  year  and  subject  to  availability  of  funds  to  the  state governments.

Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) was established in 1990  as  a  Centre  of  Excellence  under  the  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and Climate Change. The Ministry has sanctioned a total of  Rs. 5.70 crores to SACON for  the  financial  Year  2016-17  of  which    Rs.  3.55  crores  has  been  released  as  first installment.

- (b) The post of Director, SACON has been filled up.Action for filling up of two vacant

faculty positions at the level of Scientist (Rs.15600-39100 + 6600 PB3) has already been taken up.

- (c)&(d) The  Ministry  provides  financial  and  technical  assistance to  the  State/Union TerritoryGovernments for protection and conservation of wildlife and its habitatsin accordance  with  the  Annual  Plan  of  Operation  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored Schemes of 'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats', 'Project Tiger' and 'Project Elephant'. Details of funds released to States/UTs under these schemes during last three years and the current year is given in the Annexure I,II and III.

Similarly,  zoos  are  operated  by  the  respective  State  Governments/  Municipal Corporation/Trust/Society. Provision of infrastructure in zoos is the responsibility ofthe  respective operator  of the zoo.  However,  the  Central  Zoo  Authority  (CZA) provides financial assistance on case to case basis to zoos recognized under Section 38H of the  Wild  Life  (Protection)  Act,  1972  for  development  of  zoos  to  protect endangered animals and birds. State-wise details of financial assistance provided by the  CZA  to  zoos  during  the  last  three  years  and  current  year  are  given  in  the Annexure IV.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) AND (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2085 REGARDING 'SALIM ALI CENTRE' BY SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM DUE FOR REPLY ON 29.11.2016.

## Details of funds released to State/ UT Governments under CSS-'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats' during last three years and the current year

Rs. in lakhs)

| S.No.   | Name of States/UTs   | 2013-14    | 2014-15    | 2015-16    |   2016-17 (As on 24.11.2016) |
|---------|----------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------------------------|
| 1       | A&NIslands           | 150.00     | 00         | 100.00     |                      118.49  |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh       | 00         | 63.31      | 0          |                        0     |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 220.439    | 00         | 304.02     |                      256.811 |
| 4       | Assam                | 138.88     | 149.11     | 87.10      |                        0     |
| 5       | Bihar                | 34.8715    | 85.249     | 108.011    |                      100.576 |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh         | 408.74     | 482.087    | 213.409    |                      278.945 |
| 7       | Goa                  | 00         | 00         | 00         |                        0     |
| 8       | Gujarat              | 537.84457  | 634.94     | 395.798    |                      497.604 |
| 9       | Haryana              | 00         | 14.71      | 99.33      |                      124.657 |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh     | 475.849    | 430.345    | 431.837    |                      280.31  |
| 11      | Jammu &Kashmir       | 485.747    | 506.761    | 354.00     |                      336.506 |
| 12      | Jharkhand            | 97.7655    | 101.12     | 18.62      |                        0     |
| 13      | Karnataka            | 351.00     | 483.7769   | 262.13     |                      325.52  |
| 14      | Kerala               | 505.782    | 818.491    | 967.386    |                      700.317 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh       | 454.354    | 371.354    | 394.565    |                      322.265 |
| 16      | Maharashtra          | 470.772    | 402.723    | 277.94     |                      497.35  |
| 17      | Manipur              | 80.80      | 129.192    | 248.919    |                      340.032 |
| 18      | Meghalaya            | 25.56      | 44.87      | 38.3902    |                       55.23  |
| 19      | Mizoram              | 210.334    | 131.54134  | 94.55      |                     1196.76  |
| 20      | Nagaland             | 15.375     | 85.155     | 235.48     |                      169.226 |
| 21      | Odisha               | 341.7448   | 350.3229   | 246.8365   |                      279.65  |
| 22      | Rajasthan            | 430.884    | 367.296    | 314.788    |                      429.998 |
| 23      | Sikkim               | 129.27836  | 169.15643  | 290.32635  |                      145.52  |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu           | 277.7918   | 280.626    | 113.261    |                        0     |
| 25      | Telangana            | --         | -          | --         |                        0     |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh        | 323.531    | 224.899    | 235.05     |                      250.956 |
| 27      | Uttarakhand          | 326.282    | 141.116    | 188.318    |                      482.351 |
| 28      | West Bengal          | 184.3735   | 108.847    | 100.934    |                      237.66  |
| 29      | Puducherry           | 0          | 12.00      | 00         |                        0     |
|         | TOTAL                | 6677.99903 | 6588.99857 | 6120.99905 |                     7426.73  |

## ANNEXURE-II

## Details of the funds allocated and disbursed during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise under CSS-'Project Tiger'.

(Rs. in Lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | States            | 2013-14      | 2014-15   | 2015-16     |   2016-17 (as on 31.10.2016) |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------|-----------|-------------|------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 211.7804     | 184.141   | 0.00        |                      173.486 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 757.1705     | 658.426   | 429.53900   |                      522.945 |
| 3         | Assam             | 808.9665     | 1509.389  | 1425.4130   |                      649.213 |
| 4         | Bihar             | 285.0898     | 317.096   | 223.55051   |                      384.655 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 583.056      | 609.827   | 398.94500   |                      626.567 |
| 6         | Jharkhand         | 251.168      | 199.080   | 47.98470    |                      251.949 |
| 7         | Karnataka         | 2016.0318    | 1565.773  | 1378.19440  |                     2841.86  |
| 8         | Kerala            | 489.296      | 517.5351  | 396.60100   |                      623.543 |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    | 4815.734     | 4335.118  | 1421.00700  |                     7459     |
| 10        | Maharashtra       | 3453.3483    | 3425.524  | 3923.07890  |                     4956.65  |
| 11        | Mizoram           | 233.68       | 232.189   | 187.98450   |                      234.438 |
| 12        | Odisha            | 786.9        | 707.391   | 544.80052   |                      719.848 |
| 13        | Rajasthan         | 512.848      | 627.192   | 1257.80800  |                      280.623 |
| 14        | Tamil Nadu        | 763.255      | 864.316   | 1950.17128  |                      838.258 |
| 15        | Telangana         | 0.00         | 0.00      | 214.81920   |                      239.259 |
| 16        | Uttarakhand       | 384.045      | 391.1941  | 683.98538   |                      961.383 |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh     | 525.876      | 760.928   | 624.54630   |                     1057.05  |
| 18        | West Bengal       | 348.516      | 596.882   | 376.50781   |                      536.141 |
| 19        | Goa               | 2.05         | 0.00      | 0.00        |                        0     |
|           | Total             | 17,228.81133 | 17,502.00 | 15,484.9365 |                    23356.9   |

## ANNEXURE-III

## Details of funds released to State Governments under CSS-'Project Elephant' during last three years and the current year

(Rs. in lakhs)

| Sl. No   | State/UTs         | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16    | 2016-17    |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | -         | 13.523    | -          | 13.62282   |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 83.48     | 97.714    | 61.206     | 80.0496    |
| 3        | Assam             | 173.00    | 236.664   | -          | -          |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh      | 49.622    | 43.7456   | 21.91      | 61.1624    |
| 5        | Jharkhand         | 95.655    | 88.4256   | 53.453     | 73.47      |
| 6        | Karnataka         | 325.412   | 225.319   | 181.054    | 254.80     |
| 7        | Kerala            | 252.90    | 236.72    | 204.54     | 343.89696  |
| 8        | Maharashtra       | 18.682    | 38.202    | 8.062      | 14.335     |
| 9        | Meghalaya         | 101.00    | 118.838   | 81.387     | 104.2128   |
| 10       | Nagaland          | 21.75     | 44.8132   | 15.44      | 20.3143    |
| 11       | Orissa            | 257.60    | 153.35    | 105.63     | 182.4276   |
| 12       | Tamil Nadu        | 211.00    | 251.208   | 160.533    | 25.80      |
| 13       | Tripura           | 9.766     | 6.03      | 26.10932   | 22.464     |
| 14       | Uttar Pradesh     | -         | 5.16      | 15.33      | 14.174     |
| 15       | Uttarakhand       | 115.068   | 103.908   | 82.61      | 175.4576   |
| 16       | West Bengal       | 97.626    | 103.814   | 105.174    | 101.45     |
| 17       | Haryana           | 30.97     | -         | 10.00      | -          |
| 18.      | Bihar             | -         | -         | 3.008      | 16.2904    |
| 19.      | Rajasthan         | -         | -         | -          | 15.84      |
| 20.      | Punjab            | -         | -         | -          | 1.825      |
| 21.      | Madhya Pradesh    | -         | -         | -          | 6.8442     |
|          | Total             | 1843.531  | 1767.4344 | 1135.44632 | 1528.43668 |

ANNEXURE-IV State-wise details of financial assistance provided by the Central Zoo Authority during the

## last three years and current year.

(Amount in rupees)

| S.No.   | State             | 2013-2014    | 2014-2015    | 2015-2016   | 2016-17 (current year till 22.11.2016)   |
|---------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh    | 12,78,000    | 2,03,00,000  |             |                                          |
| 2.      | Arunachal Pradesh | 52,55,000    |              | 24,22,000   |                                          |
| 3.      | Assam             | 4,07,22,000  | 1,80,77,800  | 32,35,000   |                                          |
| 4.      | Bihar             | 0            | 53,87,000    | 61,19,000   | 55,10,000                                |
| 5.      | Delhi             | 83,23,000    |              |             |                                          |
| 6.      | Gujarat           | 36,16,000    |              |             | 3,20,000                                 |
| 7.      | Haryana           | 4000000      | 68,06,000    |             |                                          |
| 8.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 0            | 18,40,000    |             |                                          |
| 9.      | Karnataka         | 33,50,000    | 2,01,92,000  |             |                                          |
| 10.     | Kerala            | 0            |              | 40,000      | 7,48,000                                 |
| 11.     | Madhya Pradesh    | 48,05,000    | 1,00,000     | 2,00,000    |                                          |
| 12.     | Maharashtra       | 0            | 2,80,000     | 1,20,000    |                                          |
| 13.     | Manipur           | 45,28,000    | 2,34,53,000  | 83,98,000   |                                          |
| 14.     | Meghalaya         | 0            | 1,88,09,000  |             |                                          |
| 15.     | Mizoram           | 66,23,000    | 12,60,000    | 1,00,023    |                                          |
| 16.     | Nagaland          | 3,18,99,000  | 2,43,15,000  | 1,26,84,000 | 10,72,000                                |
| 17.     | Odisha            | 54,34,884    | 1,25,30,000  | 15,00,000   |                                          |
| 18.     | Punjab            | 1,06,00,000  |              |             |                                          |
| 19.     | Rajasthan         | 76,21,000    | 3,00,000     |             | 21,29,000                                |
| 20.     | Sikkim            | 6,00,000     |              |             |                                          |
| 21.     | Tamil Nadu        | 2,71,000     | 27,50,000    |             |                                          |
| 22.     | Telangana         | 0            | 19,96,000    | 16,18,372   | 27,82,000                                |
| 23.     | Tripura           | 44,63,000    | 7,63,000     |             |                                          |
| 24.     | Uttar Pradesh     | 35,33,000    | 73,18,000    |             | 3,20,000                                 |
| 25.     | Uttarakhand       | 67,62,000    |              |             | 24,85,000                                |
| 26.     | West Bengal       | 1,97,08,000  | 3,31,35,000  | 5,62,000    |                                          |
|         | Total             | 17,33,91,884 | 19,96,11,800 | 3,99,98,395 | 1,42,94,000                              |

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