Lok Sabha Question No. 293 (STARRED), answered on 2016-12-06
Subject: Green India Mission
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, REKHA ARUN VERMA

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 293

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2016

## Green India Mission

## *293:   SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:

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

- (a) the  details  of  forest  areas  in  the  country  where  Green  India  Mission  is  being implemented at present;
- (b) the criteria/guidelines laid down for the selection of topographical areas under the said Mission;
- (c) the funds allocated and utilised under the said Mission during the last one year and the current year, State-wise;
- (d) the details of proposals/schemes received from various States by the Government in the current  year and the status of such proposals along with the time by which a final decision is likely to be taken thereon, State-wise; and
- (e) the physical achievements, in terms of targets fixed and works undertaken under the Green India Mission, so far?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

( a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 293 BY SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE AND  SHRIMATI  REKHA  VERMA  REGARDING  'GREEN  INDIA  MISSION' DUE FOR REPLY ON 06.12.2016

- (a) The  National  Mission  for  a  Green  India  (GIM)  has  a  target  of  increasing forest/tree  cover  to  the  extent  of  5  million  hectares  (mha)  and  to  improving quality of forest/tree cover of another 5 mha of forest/non forest land. At  present  the  GIM  has  been  implemented  to  cover  30,072  hectares  under plantation  and  23,280  hectares  under  advance  work.  State-wise  details  of  the same are annexed.
- (b) The  Mission  has  adopted  a  landscape  approach  to  identify  large  contiguous areas of forest and non forests land. The operational units like micro watersheds and villages/hamlets are taken up for implementation. Criteria for identification of landscapes include projected vulnerability of forests to climate change, status of  forest  cover,  significant  biodiversity  and  other  ecosystem  values,  critical habitats,  corridors  and  potential  of  area  for  carbon  sink.  Overlays  of  socioeconomic  criteria  like  poverty  and  ethnicity  (tribal/non-tribal)  further  helps prioritisation of project area within the potential landscapes.
- (c) During the financial year 2015-16, against an allocation of Rs. 70.25 crores, Rs. 70.09  crores  was  released  to  the  seven  States  as grants-  in  -aid under  the National  Mission  for  a  Green  India  (GIM).  Similarly,  during  the  current financial  year,  against  an  allocation  of  Rs.  43.25  crores,  Rs.  30.59  crores  has been released to five States. State-wise detail of the same are annexed.
- (d) During  the  current  financial  year,  the  Government  has  received  Perspective Plans  from  three  States  namely;  Bihar,  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Jammu  & Kashmir.  Sanctions  are  accorded  to  such  plans  on  the  basis  of  resources available to meet the requirement as well the committed liability of creation and maintenance of plantations.
- (e) As given in reply to (a) above.

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) and (c) of the Lok Sabha Starred  Question  No.  293  by  Shri  Krupal  Balaji  Tumane  and Shrimati Rekha Verma Regarding 'Green India Mission' due for reply on 06.12.2016

## Release of funds and achievements under the (GIM)

- A.

## Financial Year:  2015-16

( Physical: area in hectares, Financial: rupees in crores)

|       |              | Physical     | Physical   | Physical     | Physical    | Financial     | Financial     |
|-------|--------------|--------------|------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
| Sl.   | State        | Target       | Target     | Achievement  | Achievement | Amt. Released | Amt. Utilised |
|       |              | Advance Work | Creation** | Advance Work | Creation**  |               |               |
| 1.    | Chhattisgarh | 20716        | -          | 20716        | -           | 23.39         | 23.39         |
| 2.    | Karnataka    | 760          | -          | 760          | -           | 1.06          | 1.06          |
| 3.    | Kerala*      | 4978         | -          | -            | -           | 9.15          | -             |
| 4.    | Manipur      | 9906         | -          | 8798         | -           | 8.34          | 8.34          |
| 5.    | Odisha       | 2178         | -          | 2178         | -           | 1.83          | 1.83          |
| 6.    | Punjab*      | 3000         | -          | -            | -           | 6.12          | -             |
| 7.    | Uttarakhand* | 7483         | -          | -            | -           | 20.20         | -             |
| Total | Total        | 49021        | -          | 32452        | -           | 70.09         | 34.62         |

## B.  Financial Year: 2016-17

( Physical: area in hectares, Financial: rupees in crores)

|       |                | Physical     | Physical   | Physical     | Physical    | Financial     | Financial     |
|-------|----------------|--------------|------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
| Sl.   | State          | Target       | Target     | Achievement  | Achievement | Amt. Released | Amt. Utilised |
| No.   |                | Advance Work | Creation** | Advance Work | Creation**  |               |               |
| 1.    | Andhra Pradesh | 881          | -          | 150          | -           | 1.06          | 0.08          |
| 2.    | Chhattisgarh   | -            | 20716      | -            | 17322       | 17.39         | 17.39         |
| 3.    | Karnataka      | -            | 760        | -            | 760         | 0.87          | -             |
| 4.    | Kerala         | 4978         | -          | -            | -           | -             | -             |
| 5.    | Manipur#       | -            | 8798       | -            | 8789        | -             | -             |
| 6.    | Mizoram        | 19643        | -          | 19643        |             | 9.88          | 9.88          |
| 7.    | Odisha         | -            | 2094       | -            | 2094        | 1.39          | 1.32          |
| 8.    | Punjab         | 3000         | -          | 1107         | 1107        | -             | 3.07          |
| 9.    | Uttarakhand    | 7483         | -          | -            | -           | -             | -             |
| Total | Total          | 35985        | 32368      | 20900        | 30072       | 30.59         | 31.74         |

- #: Manipur has reported that in anticipation of sanction and release of the grants-in-aid during the year 2016-17, plantations on the sites where advance work was undertaken from funds released during the year 2015-16 have already been created during the year 2016-17.
- **: Creation implies actual area under planting of trees and maintenance in the first year of planting .

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