Lok Sabha Question No. 2099 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-29
Subject: National Bamboo Mission
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: SRINIVAS KESINENI

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2099

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 29 TH   NOVEMBER, 2016

## NATIONAL BAMBOO MISSION

2099.       SHRI KESINENI NANI:

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

- (a) the details  of  the  achievements made by the Government under the National Bamboo Mission along with the bamboo coverage in the country since 2005, year-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  the  export  revenue  from  bamboo  and  bamboo  related  products\  both  in absolute terms and as a percentage of total exports;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to increase bamboo cultivation in the country; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  also  imported  bamboo  from  other  countries,  if  so,  the details thereof ?

## 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): Year-wise  &  major  component-wise  achievements  since  2006-07  to  2015-16  under National Bamboo Mission, renamed as National Agroforestry & Bamboo Mission (NABM) on 6 th July, 2015 is available at Annexure - I.
- (b): Export data of the bamboo and bamboo related products for the last three years and current year is available at Annexure - II.  (Source : DGCI&S).
- (c): Various steps have been taken to further promote the cultivation of bamoo in the country like
- (i)    Establishment of High-Tech nurseries and rehabilitation of Tissue Culture units for making available good quality planting material
- (ii)  stress on training to farmers
- (iii)    dissemination  of  information  of  best  practices  for  cultivation  and  harvesting  techniques through seminars and printing material etc.
- (iv)   under R&D work, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun and  its  research  institutes,  identified  and  collected  various  superior  genotypes  of  bamboo species  from  different  eco-zones  of  country  including  NE  states.  Now  ICFRE  is  intended  to multiply  genotypes  for  various  bamboo  breeding  /  improvement  programme  and  also  for production of quality planting material.
- (d): Yes, import data of the bamboo and bamboo related products for the last three years and current year is available at Annexure - III.  (Source : DGCI&S)

## Annexure - I

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question

## Dy. No. 2099 due for answer on 29.11.2016 regarding 'National Bamboo Mission'

| Total physical achievement of major components during 2006-07 to 2015-16 under NABM- MIDH   | Total physical achievement of major components during 2006-07 to 2015-16 under NABM- MIDH   | Total physical achievement of major components during 2006-07 to 2015-16 under NABM- MIDH   | Total physical achievement of major components during 2006-07 to 2015-16 under NABM- MIDH   | Total physical achievement of major components during 2006-07 to 2015-16 under NABM- MIDH   | Total physical achievement of major components during 2006-07 to 2015-16 under NABM- MIDH   | Total physical achievement of major components during 2006-07 to 2015-16 under NABM- MIDH   | Total physical achievement of major components during 2006-07 to 2015-16 under NABM- MIDH   | Total physical achievement of major components during 2006-07 to 2015-16 under NABM- MIDH   | Total physical achievement of major components during 2006-07 to 2015-16 under NABM- MIDH   | Total physical achievement of major components during 2006-07 to 2015-16 under NABM- MIDH   | Total physical achievement of major components during 2006-07 to 2015-16 under NABM- MIDH   | Total physical achievement of major components during 2006-07 to 2015-16 under NABM- MIDH   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                      | Description                                                                                 | 2006- 07                                                                                    | 2007- 08                                                                                    | 2008- 09                                                                                    | 2009- 10                                                                                    | 2010- 11                                                                                    | 2011- 12                                                                                    | 2012- 13                                                                                    | 2013- 14                                                                                    | 2014- 15                                                                                    | 2015- 16                                                                                    | Total                                                                                       |
| 1                                                                                           | Plantation in forest area (in ha.)                                                          | 17805                                                                                       | 41715                                                                                       | 18499                                                                                       | 17673                                                                                       | 27009                                                                                       | 21822                                                                                       | 31819                                                                                       | 39306                                                                                       | 5644                                                                                        | 15408                                                                                       | 236700                                                                                      |
| 2                                                                                           | Plantation in Non- forest area (in ha.)                                                     | 8915                                                                                        | 14938                                                                                       | 6719                                                                                        | 10690                                                                                       | 14679                                                                                       | 19181                                                                                       | 12265                                                                                       | 18647                                                                                       | 6059                                                                                        | 3498                                                                                        | 115591                                                                                      |
| 3                                                                                           | Plantation in non- forest on Government land (in ha.)                                       |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             | 729                                                                                         | 988                                                                                         | 1713                                                                                        | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 3430                                                                                        |
| 4                                                                                           | Plantation in non- forest with Drip Irrigation (in ha.)                                     |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             | 370                                                                                         | 5700                                                                                        | 6070                                                                                        |
| 5                                                                                           | Improvement of Existing Stock (in ha.)                                                      | 7552                                                                                        | 18894                                                                                       | 7653                                                                                        | 5370                                                                                        | 9148                                                                                        | 6108                                                                                        | 6352                                                                                        | 15329                                                                                       | 3362                                                                                        | 11947                                                                                       | 91715                                                                                       |
| 6                                                                                           | Training of Farmers within state (in nos.)                                                  | 4147                                                                                        | 17005                                                                                       | 5471                                                                                        | 1548                                                                                        | 2917                                                                                        | 3049                                                                                        | 3177                                                                                        | 2149                                                                                        | 3166                                                                                        | 9169                                                                                        | 51798                                                                                       |
| 7                                                                                           | Training of Farmers Outside State (in nos.)                                                 | 491                                                                                         | 2746                                                                                        | 1372                                                                                        | 538                                                                                         | 942                                                                                         | 908                                                                                         | 544                                                                                         | 927                                                                                         | 415                                                                                         | 445                                                                                         | 9328                                                                                        |
| 8                                                                                           | Training of field functionaries (nos.)                                                      | 1034                                                                                        | 2816                                                                                        | 912                                                                                         | 245                                                                                         | 729                                                                                         | 387                                                                                         | 555                                                                                         | 692                                                                                         | 1141                                                                                        | 4199                                                                                        | 12710                                                                                       |
| 9                                                                                           | Nurseries (in nos.)                                                                         | 457                                                                                         | 489                                                                                         | 219                                                                                         | 25                                                                                          | 4                                                                                           | 41                                                                                          | 65                                                                                          | 107                                                                                         | 23                                                                                          | 36                                                                                          | 1466                                                                                        |
| 10                                                                                          | Workshop/Seminars - International / National Level (nos.)                                   |                                                                                             |                                                                                             | 1                                                                                           |                                                                                             | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 4                                                                                           | 11                                                                                          |
| 11                                                                                          | Workshop/Seminars- State Level (nos.)                                                       | 10                                                                                          | 15                                                                                          | 14                                                                                          | 6                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           | 11                                                                                          | 7                                                                                           | 16                                                                                          | 10                                                                                          | 9                                                                                           | 103                                                                                         |
| 12                                                                                          | Workshop/Seminars- District Level (nos.)                                                    | 58                                                                                          | 256                                                                                         | 107                                                                                         | 29                                                                                          | 50                                                                                          | 36                                                                                          | 69                                                                                          | 81                                                                                          |                                                                                             |                                                                                             | 686                                                                                         |
| 13                                                                                          | Pest and Disease Management (ha.)                                                           | 15235                                                                                       | 23450                                                                                       | 3050                                                                                        | 16498                                                                                       | 8222                                                                                        | 12513                                                                                       | 2060                                                                                        | 3272                                                                                        | 500                                                                                         | 1090                                                                                        | 85890                                                                                       |
| 14                                                                                          | Micro-irrigation (ha)                                                                       | 1450                                                                                        | 1442                                                                                        | 80                                                                                          |                                                                                             | 1685                                                                                        | 1500                                                                                        | 251                                                                                         | 316                                                                                         |                                                                                             |                                                                                             | 6724                                                                                        |
| 15                                                                                          | Demonstration of Technology (in nos)                                                        | 112                                                                                         | 411                                                                                         | 169                                                                                         | 21                                                                                          | 71                                                                                          | 68                                                                                          | 25                                                                                          | 27                                                                                          | 37                                                                                          | 86                                                                                          | 1027                                                                                        |
| 16                                                                                          | Post Harvest Storage & Treatment Facilities (in ha.)                                        |                                                                                             | 3                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 4                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           | 4                                                                                           | 6                                                                                           | 9                                                                                           | 40                                                                                          |
| 17                                                                                          | Bamboo Wholesale & Retail Markets near village (in nos.)                                    |                                                                                             | 5                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           | 6                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 6                                                                                           | 13                                                                                          | 3                                                                                           |                                                                                             | 39                                                                                          |
| 18                                                                                          | Bamboo Bazaar (in nos.)                                                                     |                                                                                             | 2                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 7                                                                                           | 9                                                                                           | 10                                                                                          | 2                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 40                                                                                          |
| 19                                                                                          | Retail outlets (in nos.)                                                                    |                                                                                             |                                                                                             | 1                                                                                           | 1                                                                                           | 4                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 3                                                                                           | 4                                                                                           | 10                                                                                          | 3                                                                                           | 29                                                                                          |
| 20                                                                                          | Participation in Domestic Trade Fairs (in nos.)                                             |                                                                                             | 14                                                                                          | 6                                                                                           | 9                                                                                           | 7                                                                                           | 14                                                                                          | 20                                                                                          | 32                                                                                          | 18                                                                                          | 14                                                                                          | 134                                                                                         |
| 21                                                                                          | Tissue Culture units/ Rehabilitation of Tissue Culture (in Nos.)                            | 1                                                                                           |                                                                                             | 1                                                                                           |                                                                                             |                                                                                             | 1                                                                                           |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             | 3                                                                                           |

Note: During 2016-17, fund is being released only for maintenance of plantation done during previous two years i.e. 2014-15 & 2015-16 and no Annual Action Plan (AAP) is considered in this fiscal.

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question Dy. No. 2099 due for answer on 29.11.2016 regarding 'National Bamboo Mission'

## Details of Export of Bamboo and Bamboo related products in last three year & current year (upto Aug-16)

|          |                                                                                         |      | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17(upto Aug-16)*   | 2016-17(upto Aug-16)*   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| HSCODE   | Commodity Description                                                                   | UNIT | QTY       | VAL(USD)  | QTY       | VAL(USD)  | QTY       | VAL(USD)  | QTY                     | VAL(USD)                |
| 14011000 | BAMBOOS                                                                                 | KGS  | 30730     | 68436     | 53868     | 54077     | 2054      | 16215     | 16969                   | 21720                   |
| 20059100 | BAMBOO SHOOTS                                                                           | KGS  | 220       | 334       | 20        | 45        |           |           | 28                      | 47                      |
| 44021010 | WOOD CHARCOAL (INCL SHELL OR NUT CHARCOAL) WHETHER OR NOT AGGLOMERATED OF BAMBOO        | TON  | 25        | 2421      | 4977      | 1157154   | 5459      | 1438920   |                         |                         |
| 44092100 | WOOD CONTINUOUSLY SHAPED ALONG ANY OF ITS EDGES OR FACES- OF BAMBOO                     | KGS  | 3430      | 21824     | 2040      | 46726     | 22086     | 304804    | 4336                    | 110812                  |
| 44121000 | PLYWOOD, VENEERED PANELS AND SIMILAR LAMINATED WOOD -OF BAMBOO                          | CUM  | 406       | 53770     | 2303      | 124486    | 2441      | 99127     | 81                      | 22245                   |
| 46012100 | MATS, MATTING AND SCREENS OF BAMBOO                                                     | KGS  | 64779     | 216540    | 35702     | 166073    | 25499     | 126826    | 384                     | 1065                    |
| 46019200 | PLAITS & SIMILAR PRODUCTS OF PLAITING MATERIALS EXCL MATS, MATTING & SCREENS -OF BAMBOO | KGS  | 5876      | 8111      | 200       | 402       | 20139     | 31068     | 28952                   | 41455                   |
| 46021100 | BASKETWORK, WICKERWORK AND OTHER ARTICLES - OF BAMBOO                                   | KGS  | 6208      | 47202     | 9197      | 37050     | 5933      | 18415     | 12029                   | 19751                   |
| 47063000 | PULPS OF FIBRES DERIVED RECOVERED PAPER OR PAPERBOARD -OF BAMBOO                        | KGS  | 5124      | 8625      | 660       | 3369      | 2880      | 7781      | 707                     | 444                     |
| 48236100 | TRAYS, DISHES, PLATES, CUPS AND THE LIKE OF PAPER AND PAPERBOARD -OF BAMBOO             | KGS  | 31276     | 99411     | 37214     | 102978    | 9531      | 9250      | 470                     | 768                     |
| 94015100 | SEATS OF BAMBOO OR RATTAN                                                               | NOS  | 11702     | 453268    | 4214      | 159072    | 4196      | 61353     | 5060                    | 27547                   |
| 94038100 | FURNITURE OF BAMBOO OR RATTAN                                                           | NOS  | 15286     | 621783    | 10691     | 374137    | 7772      | 155270    | 4894                    | 127848                  |
| Total    | Total                                                                                   |      |           | 1601725   |           | 2225569   |           | 2269029   |                         | 373702                  |

## Annexure - III Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question Dy. No. 2099 due for answer on 29.11.2016

## regarding 'National Bamboo Mission'

## Details of Import of Bamboo and Bamboo related products in last three year & current year (upto Aug-16)

|          |                                                                                         |      | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17(upto Aug-16)*   | 2016-17(upto Aug-16)*   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| HSCODE   | Commodity Description                                                                   | UNIT | QTY       | VAL(USD)  | QTY       | VAL(USD)  | QTY       | VAL(USD)  | QTY                     | VAL(USD)                |
| 14011000 | BAMBOOS                                                                                 | KGS  | 10789948  | 9703161   | 16675599  | 17970526  | 20437248  | 22738842  | 12506322                | 14519606                |
| 20059100 | BAMBOO SHOOTS                                                                           | KGS  | 48086     | 70927     | 178176    | 153473    | 77873     | 77211     | 33544                   | 24726                   |
| 44021010 | WOOD CHARCOAL (INCL SHELL OR NUT CHARCOAL) WHETHER OR NOT AGGLOMERATED OF BAMBOO        | TON  | 2         | 1061      | 61        | 19480     | 204       | 46667     | 17                      | 3417                    |
| 44092100 | WOOD CONTINUOUSLY SHAPED ALONG ANY OF ITS EDGES OR FACES- OF BAMBOO                     | KGS  | 225726    | 418090    | 215215    | 473406    | 264798    | 603927    | 190038                  | 310197                  |
| 44121000 | PLYWOOD, VENEERED PANELS AND SIMILAR LAMINATEDWOOD -OF BAMBOO                           | CUM  | 23529     | 12271140  | 14214     | 8568794   | 10876     | 6687547   | 996                     | 395707                  |
| 46012100 | MATS, MATTING AND SCREENS OF BAMBOO                                                     | KGS  | 387239    | 647047    | 416995    | 743999    | 301729    | 514306    | 116231                  | 213781                  |
| 46019200 | PLAITS & SIMILAR PRODUCTS OF PLAITING MATERIALS EXCL MATS, MATTING & SCREENS -OF BAMBOO | KGS  | 351906    | 716064    | 151521    | 302625    | 138665    | 241369    | 44224                   | 84720                   |
| 46021100 | BASKETWORK, WICKERWORK AND OTHER ARTICLES - OF BAMBOO                                   | KGS  | 244741    | 374885    | 308201    | 508169    | 274736    | 476050    | 237466                  | 371738                  |
| 47063000 | PULPS OF FIBRES DERIVED RECOVERED PAPER OR PAPERBOARD -OF BAMBOO                        | KGS  | 301795    | 589338    | 459795    | 617695    | 1112201   | 1022064   | 197688                  | 157782                  |
| 48236100 | TRAYS, DISHES, PLATES, CUPS AND THE LIKE OF PAPER AND PAPERBOARD -OF BAMBOO             | KGS  | 12178     | 28019     | 1841      | 9756      | 1         | 30        | 216                     | 3098                    |
| 94015100 | SEATS OF BAMBOO OR RATTAN                                                               | NOS  | 789       | 44043     | 1425      | 52922     | 826       | 44838     | 892                     | 27616                   |
| 94038100 | FURNITURE OF BAMBOO OR RATTAN                                                           | NOS  | 12197     | 492053    | 36130     | 1201935   | 12938     | 364170    | 7715                    | 86602                   |
| Total    | Total                                                                                   |      |           | 25355828  |           | 30622780  |           | 32817021  |                         | 16198990                |