Lok Sabha Question No. 213 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-09
Subject: Death of Wild Animals
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: GAURAV GOGOI, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*213

TO BE ANSWERED ON  09.03.2018

## Death of Wild Animals

## *213.  SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

## SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

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

- (a) whether the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) has recently revealed that a large  number  of  leopards,  lions  and  other  wild  animals  have  died  in  the  past  few months across the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  wild  animals  killed/died  in  the  past  six  months  along  with  the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the  State  Governments/  Wildlife  Sanctuary  Protection  Authorities  have proved completely ineffective in protecting wild animals from poaching etc.;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  concrete  plans  formulated  by  the  Union  Government  in  consultation  with  State Governments to provide adequate protection to wild animals across the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS  (a),  (b),(c),(d)  AND  (e)  OF THE  LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *213  REGARDING  'DEATH  OF WILD ANIMALS' RAISED BY SHRI GAURAV GOGOI AND SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA DUE FOR REPLY ON 09.03.2018.

- (a)and(b) The Ministry  is  aware  of  death  of  wild  animals  including  leopards  in  various parts of the country. The death of wild animals is attributed to various factors like ageing, diseases, in-fighting, poaching etc.

The management and protection of wildlife is primarily the responsibility of the concerned  State/  Union  Territory  Governments.  Information  on  death  of  wild animals in the States/Union Territories is not collated in the Ministry.

- (c) No, Sir.  Due to the effective management and enforcement of the State Forest Department, the population of several wild animals like tigers, lions, rhinos and elephant have increased.
- (d) Does not arise.
- (e) The  measures  taken  by  the  Union  Government  for  protection  of  wild  animal includes:
- i. Government of India provides financial assistance to all State/Union territory Governments under the various Centrally Sponsored Schemes for conservation and management of wildlife in the country. Details  of    funds  released  under  these  schemes  viz.  'Integrated Development  of  Wildlife  Habitats',    'Project  Tiger'  and  'Project Elephant'  during the last three years is at Annexure-1a, 1b and 1c.
- ii. Government  of  India  has  also  provided  necessary  advisories  for management of Human-Wildlife conflict in States/UTs.
- iii. Government  of  India  has  launched  third  'National  Wildlife  Action Plan  (2017-2031)  in  consultation  with  State  Governments      and wildlife experts which envisages   various priority action points for conservation and protection of wildlife. The Action Plan is divided into 17 Chapters like protection, control of poaching and illegal trade in  wildlife,  wildlife  health  and  human-wildlife  conflict  mitigation etc.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF    THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *213  REGARDING  'DEATH  OF  WILD  ANIMALS' RAISED  BY SHRI  GAURAV  GOGOI  AND  SHRI  JYOTIRADITYA  M.  SCINDIA DUE FOR REPLY ON 09.03.2018.

## Details of funds released to State/ UT Governments under IDWH

(Rs. in lakhs)

| S.No.   | Name of States/UTs   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|---------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | A&NIslands           |     0     |  100      |  118.49   |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh       |    63.31  |    0      |    0      |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh    |     0     |  304.02   |  256.811  |
| 4       | Assam                |   149.11  |   87.1    |    0      |
| 5       | Bihar                |    85.249 |  108.011  |  100.576  |
| 6       | Chandigarh           |     0     |    0      |   26.0651 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh         |   482.087 |  213.409  |  278.945  |
| 8       | Goa                  |     0     |    0      |    0      |
| 9       | Gujarat              |   634.94  |  395.798  |  497.604  |
| 10      | Haryana              |    14.71  |   99.33   |  124.657  |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh     |   430.345 |  431.837  |  280.31   |
| 12      | Jammu &Kashmir       |   506.761 |  354      |  336.506  |
| 13      | Jharkhand            |   101.12  |   18.62   |    0      |
| 14      | Karnataka            |   483.777 |  262.13   |  325.52   |
| 15      | Kerala               |   818.491 |  967.386  | 1928.42   |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh       |   371.354 |  394.565  |  322.265  |
| 17      | Maharashtra          |   402.723 |  277.94   |  497.35   |
| 18      | Manipur              |   129.192 |  248.919  |  340.032  |
| 19      | Meghalaya            |    44.87  |   38.3902 |   55.23   |
| 20      | Mizoram              |   131.541 |   94.55   | 1234.95   |
| 21      | Nagaland             |    85.155 |  235.48   |  357.846  |
| 22      | Odisha               |   350.323 |  246.837  |  279.65   |
| 23      | Puducherry CR        |    12     |    0      |    0      |
| 24      | Rajasthan            |   367.296 |  314.788  |  453.879  |
| 25      | Sikkim               |   169.156 |  290.326  |  145.52   |
| 26      | Tamil Nadu           |   280.626 |  113.261  |    0      |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh        |   224.899 |  235.05   |  250.956  |
| 28      | Uttarakhand          |   141.116 |  188.318  |  545.306  |
| 29      | West Bengal          |   108.847 |  100.934  |  237.66   |
|         | TOTAL                |  6589     | 6121      | 8994.55   |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF    THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *213  REGARDING  'DEATH  OF  WILD  ANIMALS' RAISED  BY SHRI  GAURAV  GOGOI  AND  SHRI  JYOTIRADITYA  M.  SCINDIA DUE FOR REPLY ON 09.03.2018.

## Details of funds released to State/ UT Governments under Project Tiger

## (Rs. in Lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | State             | 2014-15    | 2015-16     | 2016-17     |
|-----------|-------------------|------------|-------------|-------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 184.141    | 0.00000     | 173.48600   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 658.4260   | 429.53900   | 597.28900   |
| 3         | Assam             | 1509.389   | 1425.41300  | 1510.92100  |
| 4         | Bihar             | 317.096    | 223.55051   | 487.83800   |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 609.827    | 398.94500   | 626.56700   |
| 6         | Jharkhand         | 199.08     | 47.98470    | 323.76200   |
| 7         | Karnataka         | 1565.7726  | 1378.19440  | 3203.61440  |
| 8         | Kerala            | 517.5351   | 396.60100   | 780.23100   |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    | 4335.1182  | 1421.00700  | 12885.59790 |
| 10        | Maharashtra       | 3425.5241  | 3923.07890  | 8229.71800  |
| 11        | Mizoram           | 232.1896   | 187.98450   | 301.54800   |
| 12        | Odisha            | 707.3885   | 544.80052   | 917.16700   |
| 13        | Rajasthan         | 627.192    | 1257.80800  | 381.30200   |
| 14        | Tamil Nadu        | 864.316    | 1950.17128  | 949.86900   |
| 15        | Telangana         | -          | 214.81920   | 239.25900   |
| 16        | Uttarakhand       | 391.19     | 683.98538   | 1023.40300  |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh     | 760.9283   | 624.54630   | 1057.04500  |
| 18        | West Bengal       | 596.8825   | 376.50781   | 536.14070   |
|           | Total             | 17,502.000 | 15,484.9365 | 34,224.7580 |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF    THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *213  REGARDING  'DEATH  OF  WILD  ANIMALS' RAISED  BY SHRI  GAURAV  GOGOI  AND  SHRI  JYOTIRADITYA  M.  SCINDIA DUE FOR REPLY ON 09.03.2018.

## Details of funds released to State/ UT Governments under Project Elephant

## (Rs. in lakhs)

| Sl. No   | State/UTs      | 2014-15   | 2015-16    | 2016-17    |
|----------|----------------|-----------|------------|------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh | 13.523    | -          | 13.62282   |
| 2        | Arunachal Pr.  | 97.714    | 61.206     | 100.062    |
| 3        | Assam          | 236.664   | -          | 275.6668   |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh   | 43.7456   | 21.91      | 61.1624    |
| 5        | Jharkhand      | 88.4256   | 53.453     | 95.7704    |
| 6        | Karnataka      | 225.319   | 181.054    | 254.80     |
| 7        | Kerala         | 236.72    | 204.54     | 429.8712   |
| 8        | Maharashtra    | 38.202    | 8.062      | 14.335     |
| 9        | Meghalaya      | 118.838   | 81.387     | 130.266    |
| 10       | Nagaland       | 44.8132   | 15.44      | 20.3143    |
| 11       | Orissa         | 153.35    | 105.63     | 284.0342   |
| 12       | Tamil Nadu     | 251.208   | 160.533    | 25.80      |
| 13       | Tripura        | 6.03      | 26.10932   | 22.464     |
| 14       | Uttar Pr.      | 5.16      | 15.33      | 14.174     |
| 15       | Uttarakhand    | 103.908   | 82.61      | 175.4576   |
| 16       | West Bengal    | 103.814   | 105.174    | 101.45     |
| 17       | Haryana        | -         | 10.00      | -          |
| 18       | Bihar          | -         | 3.008      | 16.2904    |
| 19       | Rajasthan      | -         | -          | 15.84      |
| 20       | Punjab         | -         | -          | 1.825      |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh | -         | -          | 6.8442     |
| 22       | Manipur        | -         | -          | -          |
|          | Total          | 1767.4344 | 1135.44632 | 2060.05032 |

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