Lok Sabha Question No. 5852 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-03
Subject: Allocation under National Agro Forestry and Bamboo Mission
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5852

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD  APRIL, 2018

## ALLOCATION UNDER NATIONAL AGRO FORESTRY AND BAMBOO MISSION

5852.      SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether funds have been released by the Union Government to the State Government of Maharashtra under the National Agro Forestry and Bamboo Mission, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  details  of  funds  allocated  and  released  by  the  Union  Government  to  State Government of Maharashtra under the mission over the past three years; and
- (c) the details of all the schemes implemented under the mission in Maharashtra over the past three years along with the yield of bamboo crop in the country over the past three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  PARSHOTTAM  RUPALA)

- (a) & (b): The  details  of    Central  share  allocated  and  released    to  Maharashtra  under National Agroforestry & Bamboo Mission (NABM) during last three years is as under:

(Rs. in lakh)

| 2014-15    | 2014-15   | 2015-16    | 2015-16   | 2016-17    | 2016-17   |
|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release   |
| 268.80     | 58.61     | 245.70     | 175.00    | 18.02      | 0.00*     |

* No releases were made during 2016-17 due to availability of unspent balance of   Rs. 114.38 lakh from previous years with the State Government.
- (c): As informed by Government of Maharastra, during the last three years under NABM, 3 no. of nurseries were established and 358 ha. area have been brought under plantation.

Details of Physiographic Zone-wise bamboo estimation outside forest areas and Statewise distribution of bamboo area alongwith sound weight of culms in recorded forest are given at Annexure-I and II respectively.

## Annexure to Lok Sabha USQ No. 5852 for answer on 03.04.2018

## Physiographic Zone-wise* Bamboo estimation outside Forest area (Rural)

| S.No.   | Physiographic Zone   |   Area of Phy. Zone (Sq. km.) |   Equivalent Green Weight (million tonnes) |
|---------|----------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Western Himalayas    |                        328952 |                                      0.589 |
| 2       | Eastern Himalayas    |                         81752 |                                      0.362 |
| 3       | North East           |                        127857 |                                      3.579 |
| 4       | Northern Plains      |                        295909 |                                      0.569 |
| 5       | Eastern Plains       |                        222365 |                                      7.084 |
| 6       | Western Plains       |                        320507 |                                      0.048 |
| 7       | Central Highlands    |                        371281 |                                      0.611 |
| 8       | North Deccan         |                        365711 |                                      0.556 |
| 9       | East Deccan          |                        333824 |                                      1.264 |
| 10      | South Deccan         |                        291317 |                                      0.462 |
| 11      | Western Ghats        |                         73681 |                                      0.614 |
| 12      | Eastern Ghats        |                        192068 |                                      0.166 |
| 13      | West Coast           |                        113611 |                                      1.118 |
| 14      | East Coast           |                        168634 |                                      0.39  |
|         | Total                |                       3287469 |                                     17.412 |

Source: Table 7.7 of India State of Forest Report 2017, Forest Survey of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India

Annexure-II Annexure to Lok Sabha USQ No. 5852  for answer on 03.04.2018

| State-wise Distribution of Bamboo Area and sound weight of culms in   | State-wise Distribution of Bamboo Area and sound weight of culms in   | State-wise Distribution of Bamboo Area and sound weight of culms in   | State-wise Distribution of Bamboo Area and sound weight of culms in   | State-wise Distribution of Bamboo Area and sound weight of culms in   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/ UT                                                             | Bamboo bearing area* (sq. Km.)                                        | Green Soundness (000' tonnes)                                         | Dry sound (000' tonnes)                                               | Total Green Weight (000' tonnes)                                      |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                        | 7578                                                                  | 5945                                                                  | 3958                                                                  | 9903                                                                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                     | 15125                                                                 | 15427                                                                 | 3436                                                                  | 18863                                                                 |
| Assam                                                                 | 8955                                                                  | 10375                                                                 | 4537                                                                  | 14912                                                                 |
| Bihar                                                                 | 1004                                                                  | 997                                                                   | 695                                                                   | 1692                                                                  |
| Chhattisgarh                                                          | 11060                                                                 | 4481                                                                  | 1461                                                                  | 5942                                                                  |
| Goa                                                                   | 382                                                                   | 106                                                                   | 42                                                                    | 148                                                                   |
| Gujarat                                                               | 3544                                                                  | 3659                                                                  | 2376                                                                  | 6035                                                                  |
| Haryana                                                               | 21                                                                    | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                      | 540                                                                   | 826                                                                   | 330                                                                   | 1156                                                                  |
| Jharkhand                                                             | 4470                                                                  | 1901                                                                  | 619                                                                   | 2520                                                                  |
| Karnataka                                                             | 10442                                                                 | 9556                                                                  | 6982                                                                  | 16538                                                                 |
| Kerala                                                                | 3484                                                                  | 4192                                                                  | 3028                                                                  | 7220                                                                  |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                        | 18167                                                                 | 6127                                                                  | 2946                                                                  | 9073                                                                  |
| Maharashtra                                                           | 15927                                                                 | 11006                                                                 | 4873                                                                  | 15879                                                                 |
| Manipur                                                               | 10687                                                                 | 12648                                                                 | 2821                                                                  | 15469                                                                 |
| Meghalaya                                                             | 5943                                                                  | 8175                                                                  | 3287                                                                  | 11462                                                                 |
| Mizoram                                                               | 3267                                                                  | 4434                                                                  | 1783                                                                  | 6217                                                                  |
| Nagaland                                                              | 6025                                                                  | 8037                                                                  | 3232                                                                  | 11269                                                                 |
| Orissa                                                                | 12109                                                                 | 6614                                                                  | 3250                                                                  | 9864                                                                  |
| Punjab                                                                | 44                                                                    | 19                                                                    | 8                                                                     | 27                                                                    |
| Rajasthan                                                             | 1976                                                                  | 2125                                                                  | 1536                                                                  | 3661                                                                  |
| Sikkim                                                                | 553                                                                   | 220                                                                   | 85                                                                    | 305                                                                   |
| Tamil Nadu                                                            | 4154                                                                  | 3917                                                                  | 2553                                                                  | 6470                                                                  |
| Telangana                                                             | 4778                                                                  | 3291                                                                  | 1718                                                                  | 5009                                                                  |
| Tripura                                                               | 3617                                                                  | 5512                                                                  | 982                                                                   | 6494                                                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                         | 936                                                                   | 460                                                                   | 181                                                                   | 641                                                                   |
| Uttarakhand                                                           | 1078                                                                  | 671                                                                   | 292                                                                   | 963                                                                   |
| West Bengal                                                           | 942                                                                   | 571                                                                   | 377                                                                   | 948                                                                   |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                  | 58                                                                    | 46                                                                    | 33                                                                    | 79                                                                    |
| Total                                                                 | 156866                                                                | 131338                                                                | 57421                                                                 | 188759                                                                |

Source: Table 7.3 & 7.6 of India State of Forest Report 2017, Forest Survey of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India

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