Lok Sabha Question No. 2587 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-01
Subject: Endangered Species
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: PR. SENTHILNATHAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2587

TO BE ANSWERED ON  01.08.2017

## Endangered Species

## 2587. SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN:

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

- (a) the  total  number  of  endangered  species  of  Animals  and  Birds  recorded  in  the country during the last three years, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has taken latest and adequate security measures for the establishment  of  special  parks  and  protection  of  endangered  species  of  animals and birds in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the amount sanctioned for the purpose during the last three years, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has formed or advised the State/UTs to form important committees/wings dealing with endangered animals; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the composition, roles and responsibilities of such committees/wings?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a) Enumeration  of  major  species  like  tiger,  elephant  and  rhino  are  done periodically in the country. However, as per the Red list  version published by  the  International  Union  for  Conservation  of  Nature  (IUCN),  followings were listed as 'Threatened Species' (Critically Endangered, Endangered and Vulnerable) during the  last three years:
- (b)&(c) Though some of the Protected Areas are specifically dedicated for conservation of certain endangered species, financial assistance under various  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  viz,  'Integrated  Development  of Wildlife  Habitats',  'Project  Tiger',  and  'Project  Elephant'  are  provided  to State/UT  Governments  for protection and conservation of wildlife including

| S.No.   |                     |   Year |   Year |   Year |
|---------|---------------------|--------|--------|--------|
|         | Taxa                |   2013 |   2015 |   2016 |
| 1       | Mammals             |     95 |     96 |     92 |
| 2       | Birds               |     80 |     82 |     87 |
| 3       | Reptiles            |     50 |     53 |     54 |
| 4       | Amphibians          |     74 |     75 |     75 |
| 5       | Fishes              |    213 |    214 |    222 |
| 6       | Other Invertebrates |    134 |    135 |    135 |

endangered  species  and  their  habitats.  State-wise  details  of  funds  released under these schemes during the last three years are given in the Annexure-I.

- (d)&(e) State Governments are empowered to constitute Committees for conservation of  wildlife  based  on  need  based  assessment.  However,  the  Wild  Life (Protection)  Act,  1972,  stipulates  formation  of  State  Board  for  Wild  Life under  the chairmanship  of respective Chief Ministers. Chief Wildlife Wardens of the respective states are responsible for coordination of activities for wildlife conservation. The composition and duties of the State Board is at Annexure-II

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b)AND (c) OF THE LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2587  REGARDING  'ENDANGERED SPECIES' BY SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN DUE FOR REPLY ON 01.08.2017.

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

## Rs. in lakhs)

| S.No.   | Name of States/UTs   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|---------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | A& N Islands         |     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  | 1928.43   |
| 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      | Rajasthan            |   367.296 |  314.788  |  453.879  |
| 24      | Sikkim               |   169.156 |  290.326  |  145.52   |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu           |   280.626 |  113.261  |    0      |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh        |   224.899 |  235.05   |  250.956  |
| 27      | Uttarakhand          |   141.116 |  188.318  |  545.306  |
| 28      | West Bengal          |   108.847 |  100.934  |  237.66   |
| 29      | Puducherry           |    12     |    0      |    0      |
|         | TOTAL                |  6589     | 6121      | 8994.56   |

Annexure-I Funding assistance provided to tiger range States under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of 'Project Tiger' during last three years State-wise (Rs. in lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | States            |   2014-15 |    2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |   184.141 |     0      |   173.486 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |   658.426 |   429.539  |   597.289 |
| 3         | Assam             |  1509.39  |  1425.41   |  1510.92  |
| 4         | Bihar             |   317.096 |   223.551  |   487.838 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |   609.827 |   398.945  |   626.567 |
| 6         | Jharkhand         |   199.08  |    47.9847 |   323.762 |
| 7         | Karnataka         |  1565.77  |  1378.19   |  3203.61  |
| 8         | Kerala            |   517.535 |   396.601  |   780.231 |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    |  4335.12  |  1421.01   | 12885.6   |
| 10        | Maharashtra       |  3425.52  |  3923.08   |  8229.72  |
| 11        | Mizoram           |   232.189 |   187.984  |   301.548 |
| 12        | Odisha            |   707.391 |   544.801  |   917.167 |
| 13        | Rajasthan         |   627.192 |  1257.81   |   381.302 |
| 14        | Tamil Nadu        |   864.316 |  1950.17   |   949.869 |
| 15        | Telangana         |     0     |   214.819  |   239.259 |
| 16        | Uttarakhand       |   391.194 |   683.985  |  1023.4   |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh     |   760.928 |   624.546  |  1057.05  |
| 18        | West Bengal       |   596.882 |   376.508  |   536.141 |
|           | Total             | 17502     | 15484.9    | 34224.8   |

Annexure-I

## STATE WISE FUND RELEASED UNDER CENTRAL SPONSORED  SCHEME

## OF 'PROJECT ELEPHANT'

(Rs. in Lakh)

| Sl. No   | State/UTs         | 2014-15   | 2015-16    |   2016-17 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 13.523    | -          |   13.6228 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 97.714    | 61.206     |  100.062  |
| 3        | Assam             | 236.664   | -          |  275.667  |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh      | 43.7456   | 21.91      |   61.1624 |
| 5        | Jharkhand         | 88.4256   | 53.453     |   95.7704 |
| 6        | Karnataka         | 225.319   | 181.054    |  254.8    |
| 7        | Kerala            | 236.72    | 204.54     |  429.871  |
| 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       | Odisha            | 153.35    | 105.63     |  284.034  |
| 12       | Tamil Nadu        | 251.208   | 160.533    |   25.8    |
| 13       | Tripura           | 6.03      | 26.10932   |   22.464  |
| 14       | Uttar Pradesh     | 5.16      | 15.33      |   14.174  |
| 15       | Uttarakhand       | 103.908   | 82.61      |  175.458  |
| 16       | West Bengal       | 103.814   | 105.174    |  101.45   |
| 17       | Haryana           | -         | 10.00      |    0      |
| 18       | Bihar             | -         | 3.008      |   16.2904 |
| 19       | Rajasthan         | -         | -          |   15.84   |
| 20       | Punjab            | -         | -          |    1.825  |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh    | -         | -          |    6.8442 |
|          | Total             | 1767.4344 | 1135.44632 | 2060.05   |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) AND (e) OF THE LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2587  REGARDING  'ENDANGERED SPECIES' BY SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN DUE FOR REPLY ON 01.08.2017.

## The composition of the State Board for wildlife:

- (a) The Chief Minister of the State and in case of the Union Territory, either  Chief Minister or Administrator, as the case may be- Chairperson
- (b) The Minister in-charge of forests and Wildlife-Vice Chairperson
- (c) Three  members  of  the  State  Legislature  or  in  case  of  a  Union  Territory  with Legislature, two members of the Legislative Assembly  of that Union Territory
- (d) Three persons to represent on-governmental organizations dealing with wild life to be nominated by the state government
- (e) Ten  persons  to  be  nominated  by  the  State  Government  from  amongst  eminent conservationists, ecologists and environmentalists including at least two representatives of the Scheduled Tribes
- (f) Secretary to the State Government or the Government of the Union Territory, as the case maybe, in charge of Forests and Wild Life
- (g) Officer in-charge of the State Forest Department
- (h) Secretary to the State Government, Department of Tribal Welfare
- (i) Managing Director, State Tourism Development Corporation
- (j) An officer of the State Police Department not below the rank of Inspector-General
- (k) A representative  of  the  Armed  Forces  not  below  the  rank  of  a  Brigadier  to  be nominated by the Central Government
- (l) Director, Department of Animal Husbandry of the State
- (m) Director, Department of Fisheries of the State
- (n) An officer to be nominated by the Director, Wild Life Preservation
- (o) A representative of the Wild Life Institute of India, Dehradun
- (p) A representative of the Botanical Survey of India
- (q) A representative of the Zoological Survey of India;
- (r) Chief Wild Life Warden- the Member-Secretary.

## Duties of the State Board for Wildlife:

The State Board for Wildlife advise the State Government-

- a) in the selection and management of areas to be declared as protected areas;
- b) in  formulation  of  the  policy  for  protection  and  conservation  of  wildlife  and specified plants;
- c) in relation to the measures to be taken for harmonizing the needs of the tribals and other dwellers of the forest with the protection and conservation of wildlife; and
- d) in any matter that may be referred to it by the State Government.

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