Lok Sabha Question No. 3141 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-05
Subject: Loss of Lives and Properties by Wild Animals
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH, B. S. YEDDYURAPPA, SANJAY(KAKA) RAMCHANDRA PATIL, Tejpratap Singh,Yadav, BODH SINGH BHAGAT

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3141

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.01.2018

## Loss of Lives and Properties by Wild Animals

## 3141.   SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH:

SHRI B.S. YEDIYURAPPA:

SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL:

SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV:

SHRI BODHSINGH BHAGAT:

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

- (a) whether  incidents of loss of human  lives and damage  to  standing crops by animals/wild animals have been reported from various parts of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof separately during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the  provisions  for  compensation  to  the  victims  of  such  incidents  along  with  the amount paid as compensation and the number of beneficiaries during the said period, State-wise; and
- (d) the measures being taken or proposed to be taken by the Government to check humananimal  conflict  and  destruction  of  crops  of  farmers  by  wild  animals  along  with reaction  of  the  Government  for  family  planning  of  such  animals  to  control  their population?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)&(b) Reports of the loss of human lives and damage to standing crops by wild animals in  various  parts  of  the  country,  has  been  received  in  the  Ministry.  State  wise details of such incidence are not collated in the Ministry. However, the State-wise details loss of human lives due to tiger and elephant, during the last three years and  current  year,  as  available  in  the  Ministry,  is  given  in Annexure-I  and Annexure-II .
- (c) The  Central  Government  provides  financial  assistance  to  the  States/  Union Territory  Governments  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of  'Integrated Development  of  Wildlife  Habitats',  'Project  Tiger'  and 'Project  Elephant', inter alia, to make payment of ex-gratia relief.  The amount of ex-gratia relief eligible for assistance under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes for payment to the victims of predation/depredation by wild animals, is as follows:

| Sl. No.   | Nature of damage caused by wild animals   | Amount of ex-gratia relief                             |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| (a)       | Death or permanent incapacitation         | Rs. 2,00,000/-                                         |
| (b)       | Grievous injury                           | 30% of (a)                                             |
| (c)       | Minor injury                              | Cost of treatment                                      |
| (d)       | Loss of property                          | Value of loss/damage as assessed by authorized officer |

The details of amount paid as compensation and details of beneficiaries are not collated in the Ministry.

- (d) The Government has taken following remedial measures to prevent man- animal conflicts:
- (i) Ministry  through  its  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  (CSS)  namely 'Project  Tiger',  'Project  Elephant'  and  'Integrated  Development  of Wildlife  Habitats  (IDWH)'  provides  funds  to  States  and  UTs  for carrying  various  activities  for  habitat  improvement  works  namely restoration of natural water bodies, creation of artificial ponds, waterholes,  augmenting  food/fodder  sources  at  various  places  within Protected Areas to minimize the human animal conflict.
- (ii) Ministry  has  also  formulated  a  scheme  'Augmentation  of  Fodder  & Water Scheme in Protected Areas/Forest Areas' under central component of the fund managed by Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management  and  Planning  Authority  (CAMPA).  The  scheme  is primarily  for  augmentation  of  fodder  and  water  sources  for  wild herbivores within the Protected Area/Forests where degraded habitat is known to be the cause of significant human-wildlife conflict.
- (iii) The  Ministry  has  issued  guidelines  in  context  of  human-wildlife conflict to the Chief Wildlife Wardens of all the State Governments/Union  Territory  Administrations  dated  24 th December, 2014 and 1 st June, 2015.

The  Ministry  has  approved  a  pilot  project  on  the  immuno-contraception  for controlling the population of wild animals responsible for damage and destruction, namely; elephant, wild boar, monkey, and nilgai.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) AND (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3141  REGARDING  'LOSS  OF  LIVES  AND PROPERTIES BY WILD ANIMALS' BY  SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH, SHRI B.S.  YEDIYURAPPA,  SHRI  SANJAY  KAKA  PATIL,  SHRI  TEJ  PRATAP  SINGH YADAV, SHRI BODHSINGH BHAGAT DUE FOR REPLY ON 05.01.2018.

## Details of Human death by tiger attacks in the states for calendar year (During last three years and current year)

| S. No.   | State            |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18(as on 18.5.2017) |
|----------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 2        | Arunchal Pradesh |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 3        | Assam            |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 4        | Bihar            |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh     |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 6        | Jammu& Kashmir   |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 7        | Jharkhand        |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 8        | Karnataka        |         4 |         2 |         0 |                          0 |
| 9        | Kerala           |         1 |         1 |         0 |                          0 |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh   |         6 |         6 |         3 |                          0 |
| 11       | Maharashtra      |         8 |         0 |         4 |                          4 |
| 12       | Mizoram          |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 13       | Odisha           |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 14       | Rajasthan        |         0 |         1 |         0 |                          0 |
| 15       | Tamil Nadu       |         1 |         1 |         0 |                          0 |
| 16       | Telangana        |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 17       | Uttar Pradesh    |         0 |         1 |         6 |                          7 |
| 18       | Uttarakhand      |         0 |         1 |         1 |                          2 |
| 19       | West Bengal      |        14 |        18 |         0 |                          0 |
| Total    |                  |        34 |        31 |        14 |                         13 |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) AND (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3141  REGARDING  'LOSS  OF  LIVES  AND PROPERTIES BY WILD ANIMALS' BY  SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH, SHRI B.S.  YEDIYURAPPA,  SHRI  SANJAY  KAKA  PATIL,  SHRI  TEJ  PRATAP  SINGH YADAV, SHRI BODHSINGH BHAGAT DUE FOR REPLY ON 05.01.2018.

## Number of Human Deaths caused by elephant form 2014-15 to 2017-18

| S. No.   | State             | 2014-15   |   2015-16 | 2016-17   | 2017-18 (upto November 2017)       | Remarks   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 2 0       |         2 | 3         |                                    |           |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 1         |         1 | NR NR     |                                    |           |
| 3        | Assam             | 54        |        31 | 91 31     |                                    |           |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh      | 32        |        59 | 67 NR     |                                    |           |
| 5        | Jharkhand         | 53        |        66 | 59 38     |                                    |           |
| 6        |                   | 53        |        47 | 49 9      | (2017-18 figure is upto 16.8.2017) | Karnataka |
| 7        | Kerala            | 20        |         6 | 22 NR     |                                    |           |
| 8        | Maharashtra 3     |           |         0 | 0 NR      |                                    |           |
| 9        | Meghalaya         | 3         |         9 | NR NR     |                                    |           |
| 10       | Nagaland          | 1         |         1 | 1 NR      |                                    |           |
| 11       | Odisha            | 64        |        63 | 65 42     |                                    |           |
| 12       | Tamil Nadu        | 31        |        47 | 43 36     |                                    |           |
| 13       | Tripura           | 1         |         0 | 2         | NR                                 |           |
| 14       | Uttar Pradesh     | 1         |         0 | 3 1       |                                    |           |
| 15       | Uttarakhand       | 7         |         7 | 4         | NR                                 |           |
| 16       | West Bengal       | 89        |       112 | 84 41     |                                    |           |
| Total    |                   | 415       |       449 | 492       | 201                                |           |