Lok Sabha Question No. 203 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-09
Subject: National Parks
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: MANSHANKAR NINAMA, RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*203

TO BE ANSWERED ON  09.03.2018

## National Parks

- *203.  SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA: DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK':

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

- (a) the details of the expenditure incurred by the Government for conservation of National Parks during each of the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the  amount  of  revenue  earned  from  National  Parks  through  tourism  during  the  said period, State/UT and year-wise; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to protect and conserve National Parks and promote tourism in such parks in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a),(b) and (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF THE LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO  *203  REGARDING  'NATIONAL  PARKS' BY SHRI  MANSHANKAR  NINAMA  AND  DR.  RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK' DUE FOR REPLY ON 09.03.2018.

- (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 IDWH, Project Tiger and Project Elephant,  during the last three years, for conservation of National Parks, 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 from 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 the State/Union Territory Governments under the Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  'Integrated  Development  of  Wildlife Habitats',  which inter-alia, includes  IDWH,  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)  Guidelines,  2012' with respect to tourism.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO *203 REGARDING 'NATIONAL PARKS' BY SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA AND DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK' DUE FOR REPLY ON 09.03.2018.

## Details of funds released to State/ UT Governments under IDWH

(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  | 1928.42   |
| 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      | Puducherry CR        |    12     |    0      |    0      |
| 24      | Rajasthan            |   367.296 |  314.788  |  453.879  |
| 25      | Sikkim               |   169.156 |  290.326  |  145.52   |
| 26      | Tamil Nadu           |   280.626 |  113.261  |    0      |
| 27      | Telangana            |     0     |    0      |    0      |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh        |   224.899 |  235.05   |  250.956  |
| 29      | Uttarakhand          |   141.116 |  188.318  |  545.306  |
| 30      | West Bengal          |   108.847 |  100.934  |  237.66   |
| 31      | MEE Dehradun         |     0     |    0      |    0      |
|         | TOTAL                |  6589     | 6121      | 8994.55   |

Annexure-1b

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO *203 REGARDING 'NATIONAL PARKS' BY SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA AND DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK' DUE FOR REPLY ON 09.03.2018.

## Details of funds released to State/ UT Governments under Project Tiger

## (Rs. in Lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | State             | 2014-15    | 2015-16     | 2016-17     |
|-----------|-------------------|------------|-------------|-------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 184.141    | 0.00000     | 173.48600   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 658.4260   | 429.53900   | 597.28900   |
| 3         | Assam             | 1509.389   | 1425.41300  | 1510.92100  |
| 4         | Bihar             | 317.096    | 223.55051   | 487.83800   |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 609.827    | 398.94500   | 626.56700   |
| 6         | Jharkhand         | 199.08     | 47.98470    | 323.76200   |
| 7         | Karnataka         | 1565.7726  | 1378.19440  | 3203.61440  |
| 8         | Kerala            | 517.5351   | 396.60100   | 780.23100   |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    | 4335.1182  | 1421.00700  | 12885.59790 |
| 10        | Maharashtra       | 3425.5241  | 3923.07890  | 8229.71800  |
| 11        | Mizoram           | 232.1896   | 187.98450   | 301.54800   |
| 12        | Odisha            | 707.3885   | 544.80052   | 917.16700   |
| 13        | Rajasthan         | 627.192    | 1257.80800  | 381.30200   |
| 14        | Tamil Nadu        | 864.316    | 1950.17128  | 949.86900   |
| 15        | Telangana         | -          | 214.81920   | 239.25900   |
| 16        | Uttarakhand       | 391.19     | 683.98538   | 1023.40300  |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh     | 760.9283   | 624.54630   | 1057.04500  |
| 18        | West Bengal       | 596.8825   | 376.50781   | 536.14070   |
|           | Total             | 17,502.000 | 15,484.9365 | 34,224.7580 |

Annexure-1c

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO *203 REGARDING 'NATIONAL PARKS' BY SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA AND DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK' DUE FOR REPLY ON 09.03.2018.

## Details of funds released to State/ UT Governments under Project Elephant

## (Rs. in lakhs)

| Sl. No   | State/UTs      | 2014-15   | 2015-16    | 2016-17    |
|----------|----------------|-----------|------------|------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh | 13.523    | -          | 13.62282   |
| 2        | Arunachal Pr.  | 97.714    | 61.206     | 100.062    |
| 3        | Assam          | 236.664   | -          | 275.6668   |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh   | 43.7456   | 21.91      | 61.1624    |
| 5        | Jharkhand      | 88.4256   | 53.453     | 95.7704    |
| 6        | Karnataka      | 225.319   | 181.054    | 254.80     |
| 7        | Kerala         | 236.72    | 204.54     | 429.8712   |
| 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       | Orissa         | 153.35    | 105.63     | 284.0342   |
| 12       | Tamil Nadu     | 251.208   | 160.533    | 25.80      |
| 13       | Tripura        | 6.03      | 26.10932   | 22.464     |
| 14       | Uttar Pr.      | 5.16      | 15.33      | 14.174     |
| 15       | Uttarakhand    | 103.908   | 82.61      | 175.4576   |
| 16       | West Bengal    | 103.814   | 105.174    | 101.45     |
| 17       | Haryana        | -         | 10.00      | -          |
| 18       | Bihar          | -         | 3.008      | 16.2904    |
| 19       | Rajasthan      | -         | -          | 15.84      |
| 20       | Punjab         | -         | -          | 1.825      |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh | -         | -          | 6.8442     |
| 22       | Manipur        | -         | -          | -          |
|          | Total          | 1767.4344 | 1135.44632 | 2060.05032 |

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