Lok Sabha Question No. 6504 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-06
Subject: Allotment of Forest Land
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6504

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.04.2018

## Allotment of Forest Land.

## 6504.  SHRI BADRIDDIN AJMAL:

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

- (a)  the  norms  laid    down  by  the  Government  for allotting  forest  land  to  Industrial  Houses  to setup Industries;
- (b) the extent  to  which  the environmental norms have been observed;
- (c) the details of proposals from the Public and Private Sector Companies received by the Union Government for environmental clearance for setting up of the Industrial Units during the last three years; and
- (d)  the  details  of  proposals  cleared  by  the  Government  thereon  along  with  the  names  of  the companies allotted forest land?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a)   The forest land is allotted to industrial houses to set up site specific projects only on the recommendations  of  State  government    on  prescribed  format.  The  detail  procedure  is available on the website http://forestsclearance.nic.in/
- (b)   The Environmental norms have been prescribed by the Ministry under the Environmental Protection Act, which is available on the website http://environmentclearance.nic.in/
- (c)     In the last three years 615 proposals which have been received from Public and Private Sector Companies by the Union Government for environmental clearance is annexed at Annexure A.
- (d)     The details of proposal granted forest clearance in last three years is annexed at Annexure B.

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## Annexure A referred to in the answer to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.6504, to be answered on 06.04.2018 regarding "Allotment of Forest Land" by SHRI BADRIDDIN AJMAL, Member of Parliament

| S. No.      | STATE / UT          |   No. of Cases |
|-------------|---------------------|----------------|
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh      |             44 |
| 3           | Assam               |             14 |
| 4           | Bihar               |             12 |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh        |             20 |
| 6           | Dadar &Nagar Haveli |              2 |
| 7           | Gujarat             |            172 |
| 8           | Himachal Pradesh    |              2 |
| 9           | Haryana             |             11 |
| 10          | Jammu and Kashmir   |              2 |
| 11          | Jharkhand           |             14 |
| 12          | Karnataka           |             34 |
| 13          | Kerala              |              5 |
| 14          | Madhya Pradesh      |             10 |
| 15          | Maharashtra         |             85 |
| 16          | Orissa              |             27 |
| 17          | Punjab              |             17 |
| 18          | Pondicherry         |              2 |
| 19          | Rajasthan           |             28 |
| 20          | Tamil Nadu          |             27 |
| 21          | Telangana           |             22 |
| 22          | Tripura             |              2 |
| 23          | Uttar Pradesh       |             20 |
| 24          | Uttarakhand         |              6 |
| 25          | West Bengal         |             35 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total         |            615 |

Annexure B referred to in the answer to part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.6504, to be answered on 06.04.2018 regarding "Allotment of Forest Land" by SHRI BADRIDDIN AJMAL,Member of Parliament

| Statement Showing proposals Approved Under FC ACT, 1980 in last three year   | Statement Showing proposals Approved Under FC ACT, 1980 in last three year   | Statement Showing proposals Approved Under FC ACT, 1980 in last three year   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                       | STATE / UT                                                                   | Approved No. of Cases                                                        |
| 1                                                                            | Andaman And Nicobar                                                          | 6                                                                            |
| 2                                                                            | Andhra Pradesh                                                               | 20                                                                           |
| 3                                                                            | Arunachal Pradesh                                                            | 12                                                                           |
| 4                                                                            | Bihar                                                                        | 60                                                                           |
| 5                                                                            | Chandigarh                                                                   | 2                                                                            |
| 6                                                                            | Chhattisgarh                                                                 | 28                                                                           |
| 7                                                                            | Dadar &Nagar Haveli                                                          | 1                                                                            |
| 8                                                                            | Delhi                                                                        | 1                                                                            |
| 9                                                                            | Goa                                                                          | 5                                                                            |
| 10                                                                           | Gujarat                                                                      | 64                                                                           |
| 11                                                                           | Haryana                                                                      | 627                                                                          |
| 12                                                                           | Himachal Pradesh                                                             | 60                                                                           |
| 13                                                                           | Jharkhand                                                                    | 15                                                                           |
| 14                                                                           | Karnataka                                                                    | 55                                                                           |
| 15                                                                           | Kerala                                                                       | 3                                                                            |
| 16                                                                           | Madhya Pradesh                                                               | 74                                                                           |
| 17                                                                           | Maharashtra                                                                  | 25                                                                           |
| 18                                                                           | Manipur                                                                      | 7                                                                            |
| 19                                                                           | Meghalaya                                                                    | 2                                                                            |
| 20                                                                           | Mizoram                                                                      | 1                                                                            |
| 21                                                                           | Orissa                                                                       | 40                                                                           |
| 22                                                                           | Punjab                                                                       | 485                                                                          |
| 23                                                                           | Rajasthan                                                                    | 45                                                                           |
| 24                                                                           | Sikkim                                                                       | 7                                                                            |
| 25                                                                           | Tamil Nadu                                                                   | 9                                                                            |
| 26                                                                           | Telangana                                                                    | 19                                                                           |
| 27                                                                           | Tripura                                                                      | 6                                                                            |
| 28                                                                           | Uttar Pradesh                                                                | 3                                                                            |
| 29                                                                           | Uttarakhand                                                                  | 115                                                                          |
| 30                                                                           | West Bengal                                                                  | 8                                                                            |
| Total                                                                        |                                                                              | 1805                                                                         |