Lok Sabha Question No. 2143 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-29
Subject: Plantation of Trees
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: NATUBHAI GOMANBHAI PATEL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.2143

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2016

## Plantation of Trees

## 2143.     SHRI NATUBHAI GOMANBHAI PATEL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has fixed any target for plantation of trees for the year 2016-17;
- (b)  if  so,  whether  the  Government  is  formulating  any  concrete  plan  to  create  awareness among people; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and efforts made so far in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

(a)          Yes,  Sir.  Afforestation/Tree  plantation  target  in  the  country  under  Item  No.51  (a) (Area  Covered  under  Public  and  Forest  Lands)  and  51  (b)  (No.  of  Seedlings  Planted)  of Twenty Point Programme(TPP) is fixed by Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change  (MoEF  &  CC)  annually  to  States/UTs.    For  the  year  2016-17,  the  afforestation target  of  about  10.90  lakh  ha.  and  71  crore  seedlings  has  been  fixed  under  TPP.    The State/UT wise target is given in Annexure .

(b) & (c)   Afforestation/Tree plantation activities in the country under various Central and State  schemes  are  taken  up  by  involving  local  people/community  with  participatory approach.      However,  to  spread  public  awareness  regarding  plantation  of  trees  in  the country, Information Education and Communication (IEC) activities through modes of mass communication i.e print  media,  radio  and  T.V  are  taken  up  in  National  Afforestation  and Eco-development Board Scheme (NAEB). For meeting area and region specific communication  needs,  assistance  is  also  provided  to  Forest  Development  Agencies, Regional  Centres  of  NAEB  and  other  organization  at  the  Central  and  State  level  for undertaking IEC activities in decentralized manner.

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Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2143 on 'Plantation of Trees' asked by Shri Natubhai Gomanbhai Patel for reply on 29.11.2016.

State/UT-wise details of the Afforestation/Tree Plantation Target under Point 51 (a) (area covered under Afforestation activities on public and forest land in hectares) and Point 51 (b) (number of seedling planted in lakhs) of Twenty Point Programme for the year 2016-17

| Sl.No   | Name of the State/UT   | Target 2016-17                   | Target 2016-17              |
|---------|------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Sl.No   | Name of the State/UT   | Point 51(a) Area of forest and   | Point 51 (b) Number of      |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh         | public land covered under 208591 | Seedlings Planted ( 1355.84 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh      | 210                              | 1.37                        |
| 3       | Assam                  | 40                               | 0.26                        |
| 4       | Bihar                  | 30330                            | 197.15                      |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh           | 60581                            | 393.78                      |
| 6       | Goa                    | 154                              | 1.00                        |
| 7       | Gujarat                | 139283                           | 905.34                      |
| 8       | Haryana                | 35798                            | 232.69                      |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh       | 20728                            | 134.73                      |
| 10      | Jammu and Kashmir      | 8454                             | 54.95                       |
| 11      | Jharkhand              | 3450                             | 22.43                       |
| 12      | Karnataka              | 41000                            | 266.50                      |
| 13      | Kerala                 | 3700                             | 24.05                       |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh         | 7499                             | 48.74                       |
| 15      | Maharashtra            | 91413                            | 594.18                      |
| 16      | Manipur                | 11547                            | 75.06                       |
| 17      | Meghalaya              | 1991                             | 12.94                       |
| 18      | Mizoram                | 4070                             | 26.46                       |
| 19      | Nagaland               | 1050                             | 6.83                        |
| 20      | Orissa                 | 107287                           | 697.37                      |
| 21      | Punjab                 | 2769                             | 18.00                       |
| 22      | Rajasthan              | 57103                            | 371.17                      |
| 23      | Sikkim                 | 4095                             | 26.62                       |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu             | 70235                            | 456.53                      |
| 25      | Telangana              | 80446                            | 522.90                      |
| 26      | Tripura                | 16280                            | 105.82                      |
| 27      | Uttarakhand            | 17268                            | 112.24                      |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh          | 57907                            | 376.40                      |
| 29      | West Bengal            | 3910                             | 25.42                       |
| 30      | A &NIslands            | 1116                             | 7.25                        |
| 31      | Chandigarh             | 126                              | 0.82                        |
| 32      | D &NHaveli             | 200                              | 1.30                        |
| 33      | Daman &Diu             | 10                               | 0.07                        |
| 34      | Delhi                  | 848                              | 5.51                        |
| 35      | Lakshadweep            | 25                               | 0.16                        |
| 36      | Puducherry             | 41                               | 0.27                        |
| Total   | Total                  | 1089555                          | 7082.15                     |