Lok Sabha Question No. 3003 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-05
Subject: Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: POONAM  MAHAJAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3003

TO BE ANSWERED ON  05.01.2018

## Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats

## 3003.  SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government has launched Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (IDWH) scheme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the components and activities of the Scheme;
- (c) the number of protected areas in the country identified under the scheme, State/UTwise;
- (d) the amount of funds spent by the Government since the inception of IDWH scheme, year-wise; and
- (e) whether  IDWH has  been  effective  in  terms  of  saving  critically  endangered  species from extinction since the inception of the Scheme 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) The  'Integrated  Development  of  Wildlife  Habitats'  (IDWH)  is  an  on-going Centrally Sponsored Scheme which has been made operational  by adding  more components  and  activities to the erstwhile  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme'Assistance  for the Development of National Parks and Sanctuaries' during the 11 th Plan Period.  Under IDWH, the financial assistance is provided to State/UT Governments  for  protection  and  conservation  of  wildlife  and  its  habitats  in Protected  Areas  (PAs)  as  well  as  outside  PAs  and  also  for  the  recovery programmes of  the  critically endangered species.

The scheme has following three components:

- i. Support  to  Protected  Areas  (National  Parks,  Wildlife  Sanctuaries, Conservation reserves and Community Reserves).
- ii. Protection of Wildlife outside Protected Areas.
- iii. Recovery  programmes  for saving  critically  endangered  species  and habitats.

The activities supported under the scheme are:

- i. Management planning and capacity building.
- ii. Anti-poaching and infrastructure development.
- iii. Restoration of habitats.
- iv. Ecodevelopment and community oriented activities.
5. (c) All  the  Protected  Areas  (excluding  Tiger  reserves)  are  covered  under  this Scheme.
6. (d) Year-wise details of funds released to State/UT Governments since the inception of IDWH  is given on the Annexure.
7. (e) IDWH has helped in conservation and improvement of habitats of the critically endangered  species  like  Asiatic  lion,  Snow  leopard,  Hangul,  Manipur  Browantlered deer, Nilgiri Tahr, Great Indian bustard, Asian wild buffalo, Edible-nest Swiftlets, Vulture etc.  Population of the critically endangered  species like  lion, vulture, Manipur Brow-antlered deer, Edible-nest Swiftlets has increased.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3003 REGARDING 'INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF WILDLIFE HABITATS' RAISED BY SHRIMATI POONAM MAHANAJ DUE FOR REPLY ON 05.01.2018.

## Year-wise details of funds released to State/UT Governments since the inception of IDWH:

## (Rs. in lakhs)

|   S.No | Name of the State/UTs   |   2008-09 |   2009-10 |   2010-11 |   2011-12 |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 (as on 1.1.2018) |
|--------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------|
|      1 | A&NIslands              |    73.48  |    85.91  |    87.872 |  127.06   |  109.5    |  150      |     0     |  100      |  118.49   |                      0     |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh          |    92.378 |   102.02  |    64.341 |   71.5    |  180.335  |    0      |    63.31  |    0      |    0      |                      0     |
|      3 | Arunachal Pradesh       |   193.31  |   193.14  |   213.197 |  168.11   |  162.376  |  220.439  |     0     |  304.02   |  256.811  |                    269.935 |
|      4 | Assam                   |   161.095 |   114.79  |   186.63  |  234.17   |  146      |  138.88   |   149.11  |   87.1    |    0      |                    275.827 |
|      5 | Bihar                   |    37.558 |    42.29  |    19.889 |    0      |   64.685  |   34.8715 |    85.249 |  108.011  |  100.576  |                    249.578 |
|      6 | Chandigarh              |     0     |     0     |    12.29  |   19.98   |    0      |    0      |     0     |    0      |   26.0651 |                      0     |
|      7 | Chhattisgarh            |   323.235 |   851.15  |   281.966 |  241.783  |  449.566  |  408.74   |   482.087 |  213.409  |  278.945  |                    383.524 |
|      8 | Dadra &Nagar Haweli     |    15.62  |    14.88  |     0     |    0      |    0      |    0      |     0     |    0      |    0      |                      0     |
|      9 | Daman &Diu              |     6.12  |     6.05  |     0     |    0      |    0      |    0      |     0     |    0      |    0      |                      0     |
|     10 | Goa                     |    41.94  |    71.03  |    32.879 |   21.458  |  148.12   |    0      |     0     |    0      |    0      |                     30.72  |
|     11 | Gujarat                 |   318.52  |   426.1   |  1106.75  | 1126.59   |  517.926  |  537.845  |   634.94  |  395.798  |  497.604  |                    558.52  |
|     12 | Haryana                 |    86.02  |    17.22  |    15.114 |   28.7    |   52      |    0      |    14.71  |   99.33   |  124.657  |                    181.445 |
|     13 | Himachal Pradesh        |   241.983 |   265.92  |   253.8   |  242.11   |  318.967  |  475.849  |   430.345 |  431.837  |  280.31   |                    237.411 |
|     14 | J8K                     |   470.87  |   375.397 |   537.336 |  445.085  |  515.957  |  485.747  |   506.761 |  354      |  336.506  |                    577.915 |
|     15 | Jharkhand               |    99.753 |    80.267 |    63.64  |   64.2615 |   81.6195 |   97.7655 |   101.12  |   18.62   |    0      |                     95.607 |
|     16 | Karnataka               |   625.15  |   566.71  |   412.252 |  335.851  |  434.502  |  351      |   483.777 |  262.13   |  325.52   |                    427.89  |
|     17 | Kerala                  |   864.96  |   432.48  |   366.786 |  941.79   | 1210.08   |  505.782  |   818.491 |  967.386  | 1928.42   |                    553.881 |
|     18 | Madhya Pradesh          |   613.34  |   541.98  |   635.366 |  506.164  |  467.707  |  454.354  |   371.354 |  394.565  |  322.265  |                    568.118 |
|     19 | Maharashtra             |   390.22  |   273.679 |   343.32  |  322.391  |  425.883  |  470.772  |   402.723 |  277.94   |  497.35   |                    653.515 |
|     20 | Manipur                 |   100.095 |   118.31  |    88.316 |   86.65   |   73.925  |   80.8    |   129.192 |  248.919  |  340.032  |                    425.664 |
|     21 | Meghalaya               |    58.007 |    59.75  |    58.03  |   43.8    |   22.08   |   25.56   |    44.87  |   38.3902 |   55.23   |                    114.061 |
|     22 | Mizoram                 |   289.09  |   186.85  |   707.763 |  153.445  |   96.392  |  210.334  |   131.541 |   94.55   | 1234.95   |                    462.025 |

| 23   | Nagaland       |   28.415 |   34.115 |   33.595 |   30.333 | 25.855    |   15.375 |   85.155 |   235.48 |   357.846 |   565.871 |
|------|----------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|-----------|-----------|
| 24   | Odisha         |  576.88  |  390.95  |  315.331 |  331.265 | 368.208   |  341.745 |  350.323 |  246.837 |   279.65  |   275.167 |
| 25   | Punjab         |   40.29  |   36.26  |   25.12  |    0     | 0         |    0     |    0     |    0     |     0     |     0     |
| 26   | Puducherry     |    0     |    0     |    0     |    0     | 0         |    0     |   12     |    0     |     0     |     6.71  |
| 27   | Rajasthan      |  414.58  |  496.746 |  348.068 |  291.387 | 478.249   |  430.884 |  367.296 |  314.788 |   453.879 |   422.973 |
| 28   | Sikkim         |  187.73  |  240.93  |  183.78  |  131.793 | 177.579   |  129.278 |  169.156 |  290.326 |   145.52  |   161.72  |
| 29   | Tamil nadu     |  727.91  |  518.67  |  334.449 |  256.027 | 258.479   |  277.792 |  280.626 |  113.261 |     0     |   294.279 |
| 30   | Tripura        |    0     |   13     |    2.84  |    0     | 0         |    0     |    0     |    0     |     0     |     0     |
| 31   | Telangana      |    0     |    0     |    0     |    0     | 0         |    0     |    0     |    0     |     0     |   157.083 |
| 32   | Uttar Pradesh  |  307.173 |  274.45  |  296.179 |  204.371 | 319.09    |  323.531 |  224.899 |  235.05  |   250.956 |   386.968 |
| 33   | Uttarakhand    |  216.09  |  145.08  |  134.9   |  201.144 | 220.27    |  326.282 |  141.116 |  188.318 |   545.306 |  2530.29  |
| 34   | West Bengal    |  345.78  |  381.318 |  276.385 |  246.425 | 164.135   |  184.374 |  108.847 |  100.934 |   237.66  |   657.991 |
| 35   | Dehradun (WII) |    0     |    0     |    0     |    0     |           |    0     |    0     |    0     |     0     |   200     |
|      | Total          | 7947.59  | 7357.44  | 7438.18  | 6873.64  | 7489.4855 | 6678     | 6589     | 6121     |  8994.55  | 11724.7   |

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