Lok Sabha Question No. 6207 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-11
Subject: Endangered Species
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: PR. SENTHILNATHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTR Y OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6207

TO BE ANSWERED ON  11.04.2017

## Endangered Species

## 6207. SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN:

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

- (a) the  total  number  of  endangered  animals  and  birds  recorded  in  the  country during each of the last three years, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has taken latest and adequate security measures for the  establishment  of  special  parks  and  protection  of  endangered  species  of animals and birds in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the amount sanctioned in this regard during the said period, State-wise;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  formed  or  advised the  State/UTs to  form important committees/wings dealing with endangered animals; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the composition, roles and responsibilities of such committees/wings?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Enumeration  of  major  species  like  tiger,  elephant  and  rhino  are  done periodically in the country. However, as per the Red list  version published by the International Union  for Conservation  of Nature  (IUCN), followings were listed as 'Threatened  Species' (Critically  Endangered,  Endangered and Vulnerable) during the  last three years:
- (b)&(c) Though some of the Protected Areas are specifically dedicated for conservation of certain endangered species, financial assistance under various Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  viz, 'Integrated  Development of Wildlife Habitats',  'Project  Tiger',  and  'Project  Elephant'  are  provided  to  State/UT

| S.No.   |                     |   Year |   Year |   Year |
|---------|---------------------|--------|--------|--------|
|         | Taxa                |   2013 |   2015 |   2016 |
| 1       | Mammals             |     95 |     96 |     92 |
| 2       | Birds               |     80 |     82 |     87 |
| 3       | Reptiles            |     50 |     53 |     54 |
| 4       | Amphibians          |     74 |     75 |     75 |
| 5       | Fishes              |    213 |    214 |    222 |
| 6       | Other Invertebrates |    134 |    135 |    135 |

Governments for protection and conservation of wildlife including endangered  species  and  their  habitats. State-wise  details  of  funds  released under these schemes during the last three years are given in the Annexure-I.

- (d)&(e) State Governments are empowered to constitute Committees for conservation of wildlife based on need based assessment. However, the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, stipulates formation of State Board for Wild Life under the chairmanship of respective Chief Ministers. Chief Wildlife Wardens of  the  respective  states  are  responsible  for  coordination  of  activities  for wildlife  conservation.  The  composition  and  duties  of  the  State  Board  is  at Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b)AND (c) OF THE LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  6207  REGARDING  'ENDANGERED SPECIES' BY SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN DUE FOR REPLY ON 11.04.2017.

## Details of funds released to State/ UT Governments under CSS-'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats' during last three years

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  | 1928.43   |
| 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      | Rajasthan            |   367.296 |  314.788  |  453.879  |
| 24      | Sikkim               |   169.156 |  290.326  |  145.52   |
| 25      | TamilNadu            |   280.626 |  113.261  |    0      |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh        |   224.899 |  235.05   |  250.956  |
| 27      | Uttarakhand          |   141.116 |  188.318  |  545.306  |
| 28      | West Bengal          |   108.847 |  100.934  |  237.66   |
| 29      | Puducherry           |    12     |    0      |    0      |
|         | TOTAL                |  6589     | 6121      | 8994.56   |

Annexure-I Funding assistance provided to tiger range States under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of 'Project Tiger' during last three years State-wise (Rs. in lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | States            |   2014-15 |    2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |   184.141 |     0      |   173.486 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |   658.426 |   429.539  |   597.289 |
| 3         | Assam             |  1509.39  |  1425.41   |  1510.92  |
| 4         | Bihar             |   317.096 |   223.551  |   487.838 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |   609.827 |   398.945  |   626.567 |
| 6         | Jharkhand         |   199.08  |    47.9847 |   323.762 |
| 7         | Karnataka         |  1565.77  |  1378.19   |  3203.61  |
| 8         | Kerala            |   517.535 |   396.601  |   780.231 |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    |  4335.12  |  1421.01   | 12885.6   |
| 10        | Maharashtra       |  3425.52  |  3923.08   |  8229.72  |
| 11        | Mizoram           |   232.189 |   187.984  |   301.548 |
| 12        | Odisha            |   707.391 |   544.801  |   917.167 |
| 13        | Rajasthan         |   627.192 |  1257.81   |   381.302 |
| 14        | Tamil Nadu        |   864.316 |  1950.17   |   949.869 |
| 15        | Telangana         |     0     |   214.819  |   239.259 |
| 16        | Uttarakhand       |   391.194 |   683.985  |  1023.4   |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh     |   760.928 |   624.546  |  1057.05  |
| 18        | West Bengal       |   596.882 |   376.508  |   536.141 |
|           | Total             | 17502     | 15484.9    | 34224.8   |

Annexure-I

## STATE WISE FUND RELEASED UNDER CENTRAL SPONSORED  SCHEME

## (CSS) OF 'PROJECT ELEPHANT'

(Rs. in Lakh)

| Sl. No   | State/UTs         | 2014-15   | 2015-16    |   2016-17 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 13.523    | -          |   13.6228 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 97.714    | 61.206     |  100.062  |
| 3        | Assam             | 236.664   | -          |  275.667  |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh      | 43.7456   | 21.91      |   61.1624 |
| 5        | Jharkhand         | 88.4256   | 53.453     |   95.7704 |
| 6        | Karnataka         | 225.319   | 181.054    |  254.8    |
| 7        | Kerala            | 236.72    | 204.54     |  429.871  |
| 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       | Odisha            | 153.35    | 105.63     |  284.034  |
| 12       | TamilNadu         | 251.208   | 160.533    |   25.8    |
| 13       | Tripura           | 6.03      | 26.10932   |   22.464  |
| 14       | Uttar Pradesh     | 5.16      | 15.33      |   14.174  |
| 15       | Uttarakhand       | 103.908   | 82.61      |  175.458  |
| 16       | West Bengal       | 103.814   | 105.174    |  101.45   |
| 17       | Haryana           | -         | 10.00      |    0      |
| 18       | Bihar             | -         | 3.008      |   16.2904 |
| 19       | Rajasthan         | -         | -          |   15.84   |
| 20       | Punjab            | -         | -          |    1.825  |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh    | -         | -          |    6.8442 |
|          | Total             | 1767.4344 | 1135.44632 | 2060.05   |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) AND (e) OF THE LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  6207  REGARDING  'ENDANGERED SPECIES' BY SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN DUE FOR REPLY ON 11.04.2017.

## The composition of the State Board for wildlife:

- (a) The Chief Minister of the State and in case of the Union Territory, either  Chief Minister or Administrator, as the case may be- Chairperson
- (b) The Minister in-charge of forests and Wildlife-Vice Chairperson
- (c) Three  members  of  the  State Legislature  or  in  case  of  a  Union  Territory  with Legislature, two members of the Legislative Assembly  of that Union Territory
- (d) Three persons to represent on-governmental organizations dealing with wild life to be nominated by the state government
- (e) Ten persons to be nominated by the State Government from amongst eminent conservationists, ecologists and environmentalists including at least two representatives of the Scheduled Tribes
- (f) Secretary to the State Government or the Government of the Union Territory, as the case maybe, in charge of Forests and Wild Life
- (g) Officer in-charge of the State Forest Department
- (h) Secretary to the State Government, Department of Tribal Welfare
- (i) Managing Director, State Tourism Development Corporation
- (j) An  officer  of  the  State  Police  Department  not  below  the  rank  of  InspectorGeneral
- (k) A representative  of  the  Armed Forces  not  below  the  rank  of  a Brigadier  to  be nominated by the Central Government
- (l) Director, Department of Animal Husbandry of the State
- (m) Director, Department of Fisheries of the State
- (n) An officer to be nominated by the Director, Wild Life Preservation
- (o) A representative of the Wild Life Institute of India, Dehradun
- (p) A representative of the Botanical Survey of India
- (q) A representative of the Zoological Survey of India;
- (r) Chief Wild Life Warden- the Member-Secretary.

## Duties of the State Board for Wildlife:

The State Board for Wildlife advise the State Government-

- a) in the selection and management of areas to be declared as protected areas;
- b) in  formulation  of  the  policy  for  protection  and  conservation  of  wildlife  and specified plants;
- c) in relation to the measures to be taken for harmonizing the needs of the tribals and other dwellers of the forest with the protection and conservation of wildlife; and
- d) in any matter that may be referred to it by the State Government.