Lok Sabha Question No. 523 (STARRED), answered on 2017-04-11
Subject: Nagar Van Udyan Yojana
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: George Baker, ANIL SHIROLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No.523

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.04.2017

## Nagar Van Udyan Yojana

## *523.  SHRI GEORGE BAKER : SHRI ANIL SHIROLE :

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

- (a) the salient features of the Nagar Van Udyan Yojana;
- (b) the  details  of  States/cities  covered  under  this  Yojana  in  the  country  including Maharashtra;
- (c) the details of the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilised under this Yojana so far, State/UT wise;
- (d) the details of the targets fixed and achievements made so far in this regard; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  complaint  regarding  misuse  of  the funds  allocated  under  this  Yojana  in  some  of  the  States  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

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

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Statement  referred  to  in  the  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (e)  of  Lok  Sabha  Question  No.523 regarding  Nagar  Van  Udyan  Yojana,  raised  by  Shri  George  Baker  and  Shri  Anil Shirole, due for oral answer on 11 th April 2017.

- (a) The proposal for 'Nagar Van Udyan Yojana' was approved in principle in the 6 th meeting of the National CAMPA Advisory Council, held on 8 th July 2015.
- i. The salient features of the Project are as under :
-  To create 200 city forests of area between 20 ha and 100 ha in the country. A city forest will be developed in each city with Municipal Council ;
-  To create awareness on plants and biodiversity ;
-  Conservation  education  on  important  flora  and  fauna  of  the  region including threat perception ;
-  Ecological  rejuvenation  of  the  cities  -  Forests  the  green  lungs  will contribute to environmental improvement of cities by pollution mitigation, cleaner air, noise reduction, water harvesting and reduction of hat islands effect ;
-  In-situ biodiversity conservation ;
-  Health benefits to citizens ;
-  Making cities climate resilient. ;
- ii. the release of an amount of Rs.50 crores for the project during 2015-16  ;
- iii. The scheme envisages sanction of funds @ Rs.2 lakhs per hectare.  20% of funds to be made available by the State Government;   80% of the funds to be provided from CAMPA funds
- (b)&(c) proposals for financing under the Nagar Van Udyan Yojana have been invited from all States and Union Territories.  The details of funds sanctioned and utilized in various States/ UTs is contained in the statement at Annexure  ;
- (d) there are no fixed physical targets fixed under the Nagar Van Yojana Scheme.
- (e) No, Sir.

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Annexure  referred to in parts (b) & (c) of the answer to Lok Sabha Starred Question No 523  answered  on  11 th April  2017,  regarding  'Nagar  Van  Udyan  Yojana',  by  Shri George Baker and Shri Anil Shirole.

| Sl No   | Name of State, Location                                                                                               | No of Nagar Vans   | CAMPA/ NCAC share (80%)   | CAMPA/ NCAC share (80%)   | CAMPA/ NCAC share (80%)                  | Remarks   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------|
| Sl No   | Name of State, Location                                                                                               | No of Nagar Vans   | Sanctioned                | Released                  | Utilised                                 | Remarks   |
| 01      | Andaman &Nicobar Aberdeen Village                                                                                     | 01                 | 3360000                   | 1680000                   | UC Not received                          |           |
| 02      | Andhra Pradesh Out of 13 proposals received from State, assistance has been restricted to 5                           | 05                 | 80000000                  | 40000000                  | UC Not received                          |           |
| 03      | Assam Agiathuri Reserve Forest, Guwahati                                                                              | 01                 | 4320000                   | 2160000                   | 75% funds utilized as on 18 11 2017      |           |
| 04      | Chandigarh Lake Beat, Chandigarh Range                                                                                | 01                 | 16000000                  | 8000000                   | 7975415                                  |           |
| 05      | Chhattisgarh Have proposed 9 locations, have been asked to restrict to 5                                              | 05                 | 80000000                  | 40000000                  | UC not received                          |           |
| 06      | Himachal Pradesh Shimla City Forests                                                                                  | 01                 | 16000000                  | 8000000                   | UC not received                          |           |
| 07      | Karnataka Have proposed at 9 locations, have been asked to restrict to 5                                              | 05                 | 80000000                  | 40000000                  | No UC; late release of State funds       |           |
| 08      | Maharashtra i. Pachgaon Parvati (Pune) ii. Warje (Pune) iii. Mudshingi (Kolhapur) iv. Ambazari (Nagpur) v. Chandrapur | 04                 | 55680000                  | 27840000                  | 104.00 lakhs utilized upto February 2017 |           |
| 09      | Madhya Pradesh i. Indore ; ii. Bhopal ; iii. Jabalpur ; iv. Gwalior ; v. Sagar                                        | 05                 | 72000000                  | 36000000                  | UC not received                          |           |
| 10      | Manipur Langol RF, Imphal                                                                                             | 01                 | 16000000                  | 8000000                   | UC not received                          |           |
| 11      | Mizoram Aizawl city                                                                                                   | 01                 | 16000000                  | 8000000                   | UC not received                          |           |
| 12      | Punjab i. Hoshiarpur ; ii. SAS Nagar ; iii. Ludhiana ; iv. Amritsar/                                                  | 04                 | 40280000                  | 20140000                  | UC not received                          |           |
| 13      | Rajasthan i. Muhana, Jaipur ; ii. Mahua Bir, Ajmer ; iii. Bhadana, Kota ;                                             | 04                 | 20240000                  | 10120000                  | UC not received                          |           |

|       | iv. Chirwa Ghata, Udaipur.                                                              |    |           |           |                 |                  |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----|-----------|-----------|-----------------|------------------|
| 14    | Sikkim Bulbulay RF                                                                      | 01 |   8960000 |   4480000 | UC not received |                  |
| 15    | Telangana i. Hyderabad.Rangareddy ii. Nizamabad iii. Khammam iv. Warangal v. Ramagundam | 05 |  56640000 |  28320000 | 12699400        | As on 31 12 2016 |
| 16    | Tripura                                                                                 | 01 |  14400000 |   7200000 | 650000          | As on 31 12 2016 |
| Total |                                                                                         | 45 | 579880000 | 289940000 |                 |                  |

Note : Out of the total budget permitted for the individual Projects, the NCAC/ CAMPA share is 80%; the remaining 20% share is to be met by the State Govts.