Lok Sabha Question No. 101 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-15
Subject: Tree Plantation
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shrirang Appa Barne, KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N

## NO.  101 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2017

## Tree Plantation

## 101. SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE : SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL : SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

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

- (a)    whether  the  Union  Government  had  requested  State/  UT  Governments  to  launch plantation drive;
- (b)    If  so,  the  details  thereof    indicating  the  total  central  assistance  provided  to  each State/UT for plantation  and the total number of plants planted during the last three years;
- (c)  whether the Union Government had requested the State/UT Governments to conduct audit of plantation drive to find out success rate of the said drive and if so, the success rate of plantation drive during each of  the last three years, State/ UT-wise;
- (d)  whether it is a fact that success rate is below 50 per cent during the third year and if so,  the  reasons  therefor  and  the  corrective  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to achieve the targeted success rate; and
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  special  policy  of  tree  plantation  for Bundelkhand and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) and (b)  Every year the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change fixes annual targets  for  tree  plantation/  afforestation,  under  Twenty  Point  Programme  (TPP),  for states and Union Territories. During 2017-18, an area of 1.43 million hectare is targeted to be planted under Twenty Point Programme. The State/UT-wise number of seedlings planted under TPP during the period from 2014-15 to 2016-17 is given in Annexure I. The  tree  plantation/afforestation  activities  are  taken  up  cross-sectorally  by  various departments,  NGOs,  civil  society,  corporate  etc.  under  various  Centrally  Sponsored Schemes  and  also  under  different  State  Plan/Non  Plan  Schemes  including  Externally Aided Projects.

The  Ministry  has  also  issued  instructions  to  States/  Union  Territories  to  take  up plantation/afforestation on special days like during Van Mahotsav, World Environment Day, Wildlife Week etc. and also under Swachch Bharat Mission.  Some of the States have also taken up massive plantation across the State from their own resources, and for which no financial assistance was provided by the Ministry.

The  Ministry  is  implementing  two  major  Tree  Plantation/afforestation  schemes  in  the country  for  improvement  of  forestry  and  environment i.e. National  Afforestation Programme (NAP) scheme and National Mission for a Green India (GIM) under which financial  grant  is  provided  to  states  for  taking  up  plantation.  While  NAP  is  being implemented  for  afforestation  of  degraded  forest  lands,  GIM  aims  at  improving  the quality  of  forest/increase  in  forest  cover  besides  cross-sectoral  activities  on  landscape basis.  The State-wise details of funds released under NAP and GIM during 2014-15 to 2016-17 are given in Annexure-II.

- (c) and  (d)  The  afforestation sites are periodically evaluated  by the State Forest Development Agencies (SFDAs), Forest Development Agencies (FDAs), and MoEF & CC-NAEB,  Government  of  India  through  engaging  independent  evaluators  having credibility and expertise.  The concurrent evaluation of plantations is also carried out in the 3 rd and 5 th year of the five year plantation cycle by SFDA and MoEF & CC- NAEB. The  survival  percentage  varies  and  depends  on  biotic  interference,  soil  moisture availability and edaphic conditions, etc. During maintenance period the dead seedlings are replaced by new seedlings.
- (e)    During  last  three  years  no  funds  have  been  released  to  Bundelkhand  under  National Afforestation Programme (NAP).

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  101  due  for  reply  on 15.12.2017 by Shri Shrirang Appa Barne, Shri Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel and Shri Vinayak Bhaurao Raut regarding Tree Plantation.

Statement showing Achievement under Twenty Point Programme (TPP) during 2014-15 to 2016-17

| Sl.No   | NAMEOF STATE/UT   | Point 51(b) - No. of Seedlings planted in lakhs   | Point 51(b) - No. of Seedlings planted in lakhs   | Point 51(b) - No. of Seedlings planted in lakhs   |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|         |                   | 2014-15                                           | 2015-16                                           | 2016-17*                                          |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 2212.73                                           | 1839.48                                           | 1628.44                                           |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.27                                              | 0.06                                              | 0.00                                              |
| 3       | Assam             | 0.00                                              | 0.00                                              | 0.00                                              |
| 4       | Bihar             | 604.21                                            | 269.22                                            | 216.01                                            |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 696.00                                            | 98.70                                             | 649.42                                            |
| 6       | Goa               | 4.50                                              | 0.33                                              | 0.32                                              |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 1820.39                                           | 1689.92                                           | 1791.46                                           |
| 8       | Haryana           | 279.27                                            | 238.50                                            | 189.95                                            |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 135.00                                            | 121.68                                            | 79.36                                             |
| 10      | Jammu and Kashmir | 59.61                                             | 76.60                                             | 12.17                                             |
| 11      | Jharkhand         | 74.26                                             | NR                                                | 192.10                                            |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 519.29                                            | 435.38                                            | 546.48                                            |
| 13      | Kerala            | 10.53                                             | 17.30                                             | 29.48                                             |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    | 866.87                                            | 63.94                                             | 855.37                                            |
| 15      | Maharashtra       | 863.12                                            | 557.50                                            | 566.62                                            |
| 16      | Manipur           | 92.02                                             | 62.06                                             | 68.44                                             |
| 17      | Meghalaya         | 45.04                                             | 33.65                                             | 0.00                                              |
| 18      | Mizoram           | 0.00                                              | NR                                                | 26.46                                             |
| 19      | Nagaland          | 0.00                                              | NR                                                | 0.00                                              |
| 20      | Orissa            | 1242.17                                           | 960.03                                            | 831.20                                            |
| 21      | Punjab            | 18.00                                             | 19.07                                             | 32.65                                             |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | 451.96                                            | 461.14                                            | 438.55                                            |
| 23      | Sikkim            | 23.07                                             | 16.31                                             | 22.99                                             |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | 456.53                                            | 293.34                                            | 186.40                                            |
| 25      | Telangana         | 445.79                                            | 1378.31                                           | 3673.17                                           |
| 26      | Tripura           | 106.19                                            | 15.38                                             | 433.31                                            |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       | 175.09                                            | 157.76                                            | 156.17                                            |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     | 919.73                                            | 587.03                                            | 667.66                                            |
| 29      | West Bengal       | 100.18                                            | 324.19                                            | 27.51                                             |
| 30      | A &NIslands       | 6.73                                              | 7.13                                              | 7.00                                              |
| 31      | Chandigarh        | 0.82                                              | 1.33                                              | 1.38                                              |
| 32      | D &NHaveli        | 3.52                                              | 3.03                                              | 3.83                                              |
| 33      | Daman &Diu        | 0.16                                              | 0.00                                              | 0.00                                              |
| 34      | Delhi             | 9.54                                              | 9.74                                              | 8.45                                              |
| 35      | Lakshadweep       | 0.00                                              | 0.00                                              | 0.00                                              |
| 36      | Puducherry        | 1.46                                              | 0.33                                              | 0.87                                              |
| Total : | Total :           | 12244.07                                          | 9738.43                                           | 13343.21                                          |

Note*: Achievement upto December 2016

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  101  due  for  reply  on 15.12.2017 by Shri Shrirang Appa Barne, Shri Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel and Shri Vinayak Bhaurao Raut regarding Tree Plantation.

## State-wise Details of funds released during  2014-15 to 2016-17 under National Afforestation Programme (NAP) and National Mission For Green India (GIM)

## (A) National Afforestation Programme (NAP) Amount Released(Rs. in crore)

| S. No.   | State                | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   |   TOTAL |
|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 4.56      | 0.87      | 1.33      |    6.76 |
| 2        | Bihar                | 7.00      | 5.01      | 2.18      |   14.19 |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh         | 20.00     | 10.20     | 4.92      |   35.12 |
| 4        | Goa                  | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |    0    |
| 5        | Gujarat              | 10.50     | 8.54      | 4.36      |   23.4  |
| 6        | Haryana              | 11.00     | 0.72      | 3.50      |   15.22 |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh     | 0.73      | 0.00      | 0.00      |    0.73 |
| 8        | Jammu &Kashmir       | 3.59      | 0.00      | 0.00      |    3.59 |
| 9        | Jharkhand            | 8.60      | 0.00      | 0.00      |    8.6  |
| 10       | Karnataka            | 21.35     | 1.05      | 7.33      |   29.73 |
| 11       | Kerala               | 2.82      | 1.02      |           |    3.84 |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh       | 21.00     | 9.45      | 4.00      |   34.45 |
| 13       | Maharashtra          | 35.00     | 14.90     | 4.76      |   54.66 |
| 14       | Orissa               | 17.92     | 9.49      | 4.62      |   32.03 |
| 15       | Punjab               | 1.87      | 0.00      |           |    1.87 |
| 16       | Rajasthan            | 3.35      | 0.75      | 0.00      |    4.1  |
| 17       | Tamil Nadu           | 4.25      | 1.42      | 1.56      |    7.23 |
| 18       | Telangana            | 2.03      | 0.00      |           |    2.03 |
| 19       | Uttar Pradesh        | 12.00     | 2.68      | 2.55      |   17.23 |
| 20       | Uttarakhand          | 2.50      | 3.05      |           |    5.55 |
| 21       | West Bengal          | 0.78      | 0.00      |           |    0.78 |
|          | Total (Other States) | 190.85    | 69.16     | 41.10     |  301.11 |
|          | North Eastern states |           |           |           |    0    |
| 22       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0.15      | 0.00      |           |    0.15 |
| 23       | Assam                | 0.00      | 2.56      |           |    2.56 |
| 24       | Manipur              | 8.00      | 3.67      | 1.21      |   12.88 |
| 25       | Meghalaya            | 3.61      | 1.35      |           |    4.96 |
| 26       | Mizoram              | 15.00     | 10.17     | 6.74      |   31.91 |
| 27       | Nagaland             | 11.00     | 0.00      | 5.21      |   16.21 |
| 28       | Sikkim               | 6.00      | 1.52      | 5.09      |   12.61 |
| 29       | Tripura              | 9.17      | 5.73      |           |   14.9  |
|          | Total (NE States)    | 52.93     | 25.00     | 18.25     |   96.18 |
|          | G. Total             | 243.78    | 94.16     | 59.35     |  397.29 |

(B) Green India Mission (GIM))

| Sl. No   | States            | Amount Released (Rupees in crores   | Amount Released (Rupees in crores   | Amount Released (Rupees in crores   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Sl. No   | States            | 2014-15                             | 2015-16                             | 2016-17                             |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | -                                   | -                                   | 1.06                                |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   |
| 3        | Assam             | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   |
| 4        | Bihar             | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | -                                   | 23.39                               | 20.23                               |
| 6        | Gujarat           | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   |
| 7        | Haryana           | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir    | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   |
| 10       | Jharkhand         | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   |
| 11       | Karnataka         | -                                   | 1.05                                | 0.87                                |
| 12       | Kerala            | -                                   | 9.15**                              | -                                   |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   |
| 14       | Maharashtra       | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   |
| 15       | Manipur           | -                                   | 8.35                                | 7.82                                |
| 16       | Meghalaya         | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   |
| 17       | Mizoram           | -                                   | -                                   | 9.88                                |
| 18       | Nagaland          | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   |
| 19       | Odisha            | -                                   | 1.83                                | 1.39                                |
| 20       | Punjab            | -                                   | 6.11**                              | -                                   |
| 21       | Rajasthan         | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   |
| 22       | Sikkim            | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        | -                                   | -                                   | --                                  |
| 24       | Tripura           | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh     | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   |
| 26       | Uttarakhand       | -                                   | 20.21**                             | -                                   |
| 27       | West Bengal       | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   |
|          | TOTAL             | 0                                   | 70.09                               | 41.25                               |

** The funds have been re-appropriated in the current financial year.

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