Lok Sabha Question No. 2797 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-03
Subject: Expenditure on National Parks
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RITI PATHAK

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2797

TO BE ANSWERED ON  03.08.2018

## Expenditure on National Parks

## 2797.  SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

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

- (a) the details of the expenditure incurred by the Union and State/UTs Governments on the conservation of National Parks during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise ;
- (b) the  revenue  earned  from  national  parks  through  tourism  during  the  said  period, State/UT and year-wise; and
- (c) the steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  increasing  Tourism  and conserve maintenance of national parks of the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  details  of  financial  assistance    provided  by  the  Ministry  of  Environment, Forest  and  Climate  Change  to  State/Union  Territories    under  the  Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  of  'Integrated  Development  of  Wildlife  Habitats',  which inter-alia ,  includes Development of Wildlife Habitats, Project Tiger and Project Elephant  during  the  last  three  years,  for  conservation  of  National  Parks  and Sanctuaries  is at Annexure-1a, 1b and 1c .
- (b) Management of National Parks including tourism activities is the mandate of the respective  State/Union  Territory  Governments.  The  State/Union  Territory  wise details of revenue earned form National Parks through tourism is not collated at the level of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
- (c) The  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change  provides  financial assistance  to State/Union Territories  under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of 'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats', which inter-alia , includes Development  of  Wildlife  Habitats,  Project  Tiger  and  Project  Elephant,  for protection and conservation of National Parks.

Concerned State/UT Governments  prepare Management  Plans which also incorporates  tourism,  ensuring  better  conservation  and  protection  of  National Parks.

The National Tiger Conservation Authority has issued guidelines, namely, 'The National Tiger Conservation Authority (Normative  Standards for Tourism activities and Project Tiger) Guideline, 2012' with respect to tourism.

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## ANNEXURE-1a

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 2797  REGARDING  'EXPENDITURE  ON NATIONAL PARKS' RAISED BY SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK DUE FOR REPLY ON 3.8.2018.

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

## Rs. in lakhs)

| S.No.   | Name of States/UTs   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |    2017-18 |   2018-19 (As on 30.7.2018 ) |
|---------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------|
| 1       | A& N Islands         |     0     |  100      |  118.49   |   141.934  |                      190.976 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh       |    63.31  |    0      |    0      |     0      |                        0     |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh    |     0     |  304.02   |  256.811  |   269.935  |                        0     |
| 4       | Assam                |   149.11  |   87.1    |    0      |   275.827  |                        0     |
| 5       | Bihar                |    85.249 |  108.011  |  100.576  |   322.674  |                        0     |
| 6       | Chandigarh           |     0     |    0      |   26.0651 |    26.065  |                        0     |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh         |   482.087 |  213.409  |  278.945  |   435.014  |                        0     |
| 8       | Goa                  |     0     |    0      |    0      |    85.9938 |                        0     |
| 9       | Gujarat              |   634.94  |  395.798  |  497.604  |   558.52   |                        0     |
| 10      | Haryana              |    14.71  |   99.33   |  124.657  |   181.445  |                        0     |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh     |   430.345 |  431.837  |  280.31   |   237.411  |                        0     |
| 12      | Jammu &Kashmir       |   506.761 |  354      |  336.506  |   577.915  |                        0     |
| 13      | Jharkhand            |   101.12  |   18.62   |    0      |    95.607  |                        0     |
| 14      | Karnataka            |   483.777 |  262.13   |  325.52   |   427.89   |                        0     |
| 15      | Kerala               |   818.491 |  967.386  | 1928.42   |   900.834  |                      549.633 |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh       |   371.354 |  394.565  |  322.265  |  1379.49   |                        0     |
| 17      | Maharashtra          |   402.723 |  277.94   |  497.35   |   808.056  |                        0     |
| 18      | Manipur              |   129.192 |  248.919  |  340.032  |   425.664  |                        0     |
| 19      | Meghalaya            |    44.87  |   38.3902 |   55.23   |   114.061  |                        0     |
| 20      | Mizoram              |   131.541 |   94.55   | 1234.95   |   487.445  |                      274.7   |
| 21      | Nagaland             |    85.155 |  235.48   |  357.846  |   565.871  |                      294.591 |
| 22      | Odisha               |   350.323 |  246.837  |  279.65   |   342.937  |                      397.75  |
| 23      | Rajasthan            |   367.296 |  314.788  |  453.879  |   622.421  |                      541.246 |
| 24      | Sikkim               |   169.156 |  290.326  |  145.52   |   202.154  |                        0     |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu           |   280.626 |  113.261  |    0      |   394.725  |                      327.098 |
| 26      | Telangana            |     0     |    0      |    0      |   157.083  |                        0     |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh        |   224.899 |  235.05   |  250.956  |   386.968  |                        0     |
| 28      | Uttarakhand          |   141.116 |  188.318  |  545.306  |  2979.36   |                        0     |
| 29      | West Bengal          |   108.847 |  100.934  |  237.66   |   657.992  |                        0     |
| 30      | Puducherry           |    12     |    0      |    0      |     6.71   |                        0     |
| 31      | MEE-Dehradun         |     0     |    0      |    0      |   932      |                       83.25  |
|         | TOTAL                |  6589     | 6121      | 8994.55   | 15000      |                     2659.24  |

## ANNEXURE-1b

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2797 REGARDING 'EXPENDITURE ON NATIONAL PARKS' RAISED BY SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK DUE FOR REPLY ON 3.8.2018.

## Details of funds released to State/ UT Governments under CSS-' Project Tiger' during last three years and the current year

(Rs. in lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | State             | 2015-16    | 2016-17     | 2017-18   | 2018-19                    |
|-----------|-------------------|------------|-------------|-----------|----------------------------|
|           |                   | Released   | Released    | Released  | Released (as on 23.7.2018) |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 0.00000    | 173.48600   | 232.49    | 162.178                    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 429.53900  | 597.28900   | 671.0222  | 0                          |
| 3         | Assam             | 1425.41300 | 1510.92100  | 2309.608  | 0                          |
| 4         | Bihar             | 223.55051  | 487.83800   | 552.273   | 0                          |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 398.94500  | 626.56700   | 1315.076  | 0                          |
| 6         | Jharkhand         | 47.98470   | 323.76200   | 338.62    | 293.45                     |
| 7         | Karnataka         | 1378.19440 | 3203.61440  | 2308.846  | 1764.964                   |
| 8         | Kerala            | 396.60100  | 780.23100   | 636.412   | 0                          |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    | 1421.00700 | 12885.59790 | 11455.457 | 0                          |
| 10        | Maharashtra       | 3923.07890 | 8229.71800  | 6524.165  | 0                          |
| 11        | Mizoram           | 187.98450  | 301.54800   | 215.316   | 0                          |
| 12        | Odisha            | 544.80052  | 917.16700   | 1646.127  | 0                          |
| 13        | Rajasthan         | 1257.80800 | 381.30200   | 773.09    | 0                          |
| 14        | Tamil Nadu        | 1950.17128 | 949.86900   | 2551.058  | 0                          |
| 15        | Telangana         | 214.81920  | 239.25900   | 350.416   | 0                          |
| 16        | Uttarakhand       | 683.98538  | 1023.40300  | 1187.439  | 0                          |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh     | 624.54630  | 1057.04500  | 820.074   | 0                          |
| 18        | West Bengal       | 376.50781  | 536.14070   | 597.5808  | 0                          |
| 19        | Goa               | 0.00000    | 0.00000     | 10.88     | 0                          |
| 20        | Manipur           | 0.00000    | 0.00000     | 2.70      | 0                          |
| 21        | Nagaland          | 0.00000    | 0.00000     | 1.35      | 0                          |
|           | Total             | 15484.9365 | 34224.7580  | 34500.000 | 2220.592                   |

## ANNEXURE-1c

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2797 REGARDING 'EXPENDITURE ON NATIONAL PARKS' RAISED BY SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK DUE FOR REPLY ON 3.8.2018.

## Details of funds released to State/ UT Governments under CSS-' Project Elephant' during last three years and the current year

(Rs. in Lakh)

| Sl. No   | State/UTs      | 2015-16    | 2016-17    | 2017-18    |   2018-19 |
|----------|----------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh | -          | 13.62282   | 17.394     |    0      |
| 2        | Arunachal Pr.  | 61.206     | 100.062    | 118.8504   |    0      |
| 3        | Assam          | -          | 275.6668   | -          |    0      |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh   | 21.91      | 61.1624    | 48.00      |    0      |
| 5        | Jharkhand      | 53.453     | 95.7704    | 105.5184   |    0      |
| 6        | Karnataka      | 181.054    | 254.80     | 355.5484   |  309.304  |
| 7        | Kerala         | 204.54     | 429.8712   | 482.55     |  363.13   |
| 8        | Maharashtra    | 8.062      | 14.335     | 27.00      |    0      |
| 9        | Meghalaya      | 81.387     | 130.266    | 162.849    |    0      |
| 10       | Nagaland       | 15.44      | 20.3143    | 25.20      |   35.136  |
| 11       | Odisha         | 105.63     | 284.0342   | 124.8382   |  197.28   |
| 12       | Tamil Nadu     | 160.533    | 25.80      | 291.92     |  231.198  |
| 13       | Tripura        | 26.10932   | 22.464     | 10.08      |    0      |
| 14       | Uttar Pr.      | 15.33      | 14.174     | 30.672     |   20.244  |
| 15       | Uttarakhand    | 82.61      | 175.4576   | 341.563    |    0      |
| 16       | West Bengal    | 105.174    | 101.45     | 79.93022   |    0      |
| 17       | Haryana        | 10.00      | -          | 17.76      |    8.385  |
| 18       | Bihar          | 3.008      | 16.2904    | 154.40     |    0      |
| 19       | Rajasthan      | -          | 15.84      | 14.454     |   12.6596 |
| 20       | Punjab         | -          | 1.825      | -          |    0      |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh | -          | 6.8442     | -          |    3.4978 |
| 22       | Manipur        | -          | -          | 10.80      |    9.072  |
|          | Total          | 1135.44632 | 2060.05032 | 2419.32762 | 1189.91   |