Lok Sabha Question No. 2555 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-01
Subject: Teak Trees
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO.  2555

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01/08/2017

## Teak Trees

## 2555.   SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to encourage farmers to grow teak trees in their fields;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government has any estimation of the areas of land in acres used at present to grow teak wood in the country including Bihar and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a) & (b)  There  is  no  specific  proposal  to  encourage  farmers  to  grow  teak  trees  in  their fields. However, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Chang is providing funds  to  the  States  under  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  Afforestation Programme  (NAP),  for  regeneration  of  degraded  forests  and  adjoining  areas  in  the country.  Apart  from  NAP,  this  ministry  is  also  implementing  National  Mission  for  a Green India (GIM) which is one of the eight missions under National Action Plan on Climate  Change  (NAPCC).  GIM  aims  to  increase  forest  &  tree  cover  and  improve quality  of  forest  cover,  and  also  envisages  Agro-forestry  and  Social  forestry  as  one among  the  five  sub-missions  under  the  scheme.  The  choice  of  species  to  be  planted under NAP  &  GIM  is  decided by the Joint Forest Management  Committees (JFMCs)/Gram  Sabhas,  based  on local preferences, suitability and agro-climatic conditions.    In  addition to NAP&GIM, afforestation/tree plantation activities are also taken up cross sectorally under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes of other Ministries and also under different State Plan/Non plan schemes in country. As informed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Co-operation and Farmer's Welfare, no specific programme to encourage  teak  plantation  on  farmers  field  is  being  implemented  by  the  ministry. However,  the  Sub-Mission  on  Agro-forestry  (SMAF)  is  being  implemented  from  the year 2016-17 for promotion of agro-forestry in the country under which tree plantation in  non-forest  area/  on  farmland  along  with  crops/cropping  system  and  as  block plantation in cultivable waste land etc. is being promoted.
- (c) The area under different crop composition in recorded forest area of the country has been estimated by Forest Survey of  India (FSI) once and published in  India State of Forest Report (ISFR)-2013. As per the report, the area of Teak in recorded forest area is given as follows:

| i)   | Teak                                   | 36121 sq. k.m. (8925693.5 acres)   |
|------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| ii)  | Teak with miscellaneous 32648 sq. k.m. | (8067496.5 acres)                  |
| iii) | Teak mixed with 617 sq. k.m.           | (152464.0 acres)                   |
| iv)  | Teak mixed with Sal 154 sq. k.m.       | (38054.2 acres)                    |

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