Lok Sabha Question No. 3356 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-06
Subject: Acute Water Shortage
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3356

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2016

## Acute Water Shortage

## 3356.   SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY:

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

- (a) whether  forest  cover  in  the  country  is  decreasing  due  to  acute  water  shortage  and environmental  degradation    and  if  so,  the  steps  taken  to  provide  adequate  support  to increase forest cover;
- (b) the  details  of  the  steps  taken  for  greening  of  degraded  lands,  forestation  and  ecorestoration of ecologically sensitive areas and the technology based monitoring of forest cover  biodiversity, etc. through dedicated satellite by 2017;
- (c) the details of funds allocated and disbursed for these green initiatives, State-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government has established an open web-based National Forestry and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a)     No, Sir. Forest Survey of India, Dehradun, a subordinate organization under Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has been carrying out the assessment of forest cover  of  the  country  biennially.  The  findings  of  the  assessment  are  published  in  India State of Forest Report. The latest report in the series is India State of Forest Report 2015. As  per  this  report,  the  total  forest  cover  of  the  country  is  7,  01,673  square  kilometers which is 21.34% of the total geographical area of the country. There is a net increase of 3775 square kilometers in the forest cover of the country as compared with India State of Forest Report-2013.
- (b) to (d)      Afforestation Programme is taken up under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes such as National Afforestation Programme (NAP), Green India Mission (GIM), Mahatma Gandhi National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS),  Integrated  Watershed Management  Programme  (IWMP)  which  from  2015-16  has  been  amalgamated  as  the Watershed  Development  Component  of  the  'Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana (PMKSY)', National  Bamboo  Mission  (NBM)  and  under  Compensatory  Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA). In addition different States/UTs

Government also undertake steps for greening and restoration of degraded lands under various Plan/Non-Plan Schemes.

The  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  change  has  two  major  Centrally Sponsored  schemes  (CSSs)  namely  National  Afforestation  Programme  (NAP)  Scheme and  the  Green  India  Mission  (GIM)  for  afforestation  and  eco-restoration  of  degraded forests and adjoining landscapes. These Schemes are implemented in participatory mode under  Joint  Forest  Management  approach.  GIM  envisages  development  of  a  cadre  of community foresters in villages to provide support in community-based forest conservation,  community  livelihood  enhancement  and  monitoring  etc.  Under  NAP,  an amount of  Rs.  625.04  crore  has  been  released  to  the  States  to  treat  an  area  of  around about 192918 hectare during the last three years including current year (2013-14 to 201617). The state-wise details of funds released is given in Annexure-I . During the financial year 2015-16, an amount of Rs. 70.25 crore was allocated as Grants-in-aid under Green India  Mission  while  for  the  financial  year  2016-17  the  Grants-in-aid  allocation  is  Rs. 43.25 crore. The state-wise details of funds released under Green India Mission for the financial year 2015-16 and the current financial year are given in Annexure-II.

The  forest  and  tree  cover  of  the  country  is  monitored  by  FSI  using  remote  sensing technology (IRS Resources at 2 Linear Imaginary Self Scanning Sensor (LISS III) on a biennial  basis.    Further,  FSI,  Dehradun  is  implementing  National  Forestry  Information System (NFIS) on pilot basis in 14 districts which deals with monitoring the implementation of various country-wide afforestation programmes/schemes.  There is no dedicated satellite for forest cover mapping.

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Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3356 due for answer on 06-12-2016 regarding 'Acute Water Shortage'

## Details of funds released during last three years and current year under National Afforestation Programme Scheme

( Rs. in Crore)

| S. No.   | States               |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 | 2016-17 As on 30.10.2016   |   TOTAL |
|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------|---------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       |      3.75 |      4.56 |      0.87 |                            |    9.17 |
| 2        | Bihar                |     12.84 |      7    |      5.01 | 1.50                       |   26.35 |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh         |     21.38 |     20    |     10.2  | 4.92                       |   56.5  |
| 4        | Goa                  |      0    |      0    |      0    | 0.00                       |    0    |
| 5        | Gujarat              |     11.68 |     10.5  |      8.54 | 1.00                       |   31.72 |
| 6        | Haryana              |     17.94 |     11    |      0.72 |                            |   29.66 |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh     |      2.61 |      0.73 |      0    |                            |    3.34 |
| 8        | Jammu &Kashmir       |      8.11 |      3.59 |      0    |                            |   11.7  |
| 9        | Jharkhand            |      9.02 |      8.6  |      0    |                            |   17.62 |
| 10       | Karnataka            |      9.26 |     21.35 |      1.05 |                            |   31.65 |
| 11       | Kerala               |      6.99 |      2.82 |      1.02 |                            |   10.82 |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh       |     22.1  |     21    |      9.45 |                            |   52.55 |
| 13       | Maharashtra          |     32.33 |     35    |     14.9  | 3.21                       |   85.45 |
| 14       | Odhisa               |      5.36 |     17.92 |      9.49 | 3.50                       |   36.27 |
| 15       | Punjab               |      2    |      1.87 |      0    |                            |    3.87 |
| 16       | Rajasthan            |      2.81 |      3.35 |      0.75 |                            |    6.91 |
| 17       | Tamil Nadu           |      3.21 |      4.25 |      1.42 |                            |    8.87 |
| 18       | Telangana            |      0    |      2.03 |      0    |                            |    2.03 |
| 19       | Uttar Pradesh        |     20.15 |     12    |      2.68 |                            |   34.82 |
| 20       | Uttarakhand          |      6.01 |      2.5  |      3.05 |                            |   11.56 |
| 21       | West Bengal          |      2.96 |      0.78 |      0    |                            |    3.74 |
|          | Total (Other States) |    200.49 |    190.85 |     69.16 | 14.13                      |  474.63 |
| 22       | Arunachal Pradesh    |      0    |      0.15 |      0    |                            |    0.15 |
| 23       | Assam                |      2.99 |      0    |      2.56 |                            |    5.55 |
| 24       | Manipur              |     12.12 |      8    |      3.67 |                            |   23.79 |
| 25       | Meghalaya            |      4.5  |      3.61 |      1.35 |                            |    9.46 |
| 26       | Mizoram              |     11.94 |     15    |     10.17 | 5.05                       |   42.16 |
| 27       | Nagaland             |      9.82 |     11    |      0    | 5.21                       |   26.02 |
| 28       | Sikkim               |      3.77 |      6    |      1.52 | 5.09                       |   16.38 |
| 29       | Tripura              |     11.99 |      9.17 |      5.73 |                            |   26.89 |
|          | Total (NE States)    |     57.13 |     52.93 |     25    | 15.35                      |  150.41 |
|          | G. Total             |    257.62 |    243.78 |     94.16 | 29.49                      |  625.04 |

Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3356 due for answer on 06-12-2016 regarding 'Acute Water Shortage'. Details of funds released to the State Governments under Green India Mission.

| Sl.   | State          | Funds disbursed in (Rs. Lakh)   | Funds disbursed in (Rs. Lakh)   |
|-------|----------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| No.   |                | 2015-16                         | (2016-17)                       |
| 1.    | Andhra Pradesh | -                               | 105.53                          |
| 2.    | Chhattisgarh   | 2338.55                         | 1739.381                        |
| 3.    | Karnataka      | 105.53                          | 86.853                          |
| 4.    | Kerala         | 914.82                          | -                               |
| 5.    | Manipur        | 834.84                          | -                               |
| 6.    | Mizoram        | -                               | 988.35                          |
| 7.    | Odisha         | 182.92                          | 138.964                         |
| 8.    | Punjab         | 611.53                          | -                               |
| 9.    | Uttarakhand    | 2020.9                          | -                               |
| TOTAL | TOTAL          | 7009.09                         | 3059.078                        |