Lok Sabha Question No. 3540 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-08
Subject: Development of National Parks/ Sanctuaries
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.3540

TO BE ANSWERED ON  08.08.2017

## Development of National Parks/Sanctuaries

## 3540. SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

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

- (a) whether the Government has adopted some scientific and innovative measures to control the human and wild animal conflicts in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has provided adequate funds and infrastructural facilities for  developing  National  parks/sanctuaries for the  protection  of  endangered animals and birds;
- (c) the details of the funds allocated and released for this purpose during each of the last three years and the current year, State/Union territory-wise; and
- (d) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  develop  National  Parks/bird sanctuaries in the country including Madhya Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR  ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a) Measures taken by the Ministry  to control the human-wild animal conflict in the country includes:
- i. Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/ guidelines for management of major problematic animals  like tiger,  elephant,  leopard,  rhino  etc  are being used by the respective state governments.
- ii. Provisions  provided  under  Section  11  of  the  Wild  Life  (Protection) Act,  1972, inter-alia, empowering  the  Chief  Wildlife  Warden  and authorised  officer  to  take  necessary  steps  to  handle  problematic  wild animals.
- iii.  Construction/erecting of physical barriers, such as barbed wire fence, solar powered electric fence, bio-fencing using cactus, boundary wall etc. to prevent the entry of wild animals into human habitats/crop field.
- iv.   Improvement  of  wildlife  habitats  by  augmenting  the  availability  of food  and  water  in  forest  areas  to  reduce  the  entry  of  animals  from forest to human habitations.
- v.  The  Ministry  has  issued  guidelines  dated  24 th December,  2014  and 1 st June,  2015  in  context  of  human-wildlife  conflict  to  all  the  State Governments/Union Territory Administrations. The Ministry has specifically sought proposal from States/UTs, after objective

assessment of the situation, details of the areas in which it is essential to reduce the over-population of wild animals for specified period.

- (b)&(c) The Ministry has provided financial assistance to State/UT Governments for protection and conservation of wildlife and its habitats including development  of  infrastructural  facilities    in  Protected  Areas  under  the Centrally  Sponsored    Schemes  of  'Integrated  Development  of  Wildlife Habitats', 'Project Tiger' and Project Elephant'.

State-wise details of funds released under these schemes during the last three years and the current year is given in the Annexure.

- (d) Management  of  National  Parks  and  Sanctuaries  is  the  mandate  of  the respective  State/Union  Territory  Governments.  The  concerned  State/UT Governments  prepare  Management  Plans  for  National  Parks  and  Wildlife Sanctuaries including bird sanctuaries for a period of ten years in consultation  with  the  scientific  institutes  to  ensure  better      management  of Protected Areas.

As informed by the State Government of Madhya Pradesh, for the protection and conservation of wildlife and their habitats in 10 National Parks and 25 Wildlife  Sanctuaries,  the  state  Government  obtains  funds  from  the  Central Government, State Government and CAMPA. Further, the State Government has relocated 61 villages from Protected Areas for providing more inviolate spaces for wildlife.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b)AND (c) OF THE LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3540  REGARDING  'DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS/SANCTUARIES' BY SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK DUE FOR REPLY ON 08.08.2017.

## Details of funds released to State/ UT Governments under CSS-'Integrated 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 (as on 2.8.2017)   |
|---------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------|
| 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   | 237.4107                   |
| 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   | 465.081                    |
| 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  | 162.25                     |
| 19      | Meghalaya            |    44.87  |   38.3902 |   55.23   | -                          |
| 20      | Mizoram              |   131.541 |   94.55   | 1234.95   | 462.12544                  |
| 21      | Nagaland             |    85.155 |  235.48   |  357.846  | 111.29                     |
| 22      | Odisha               |   350.323 |  246.837  |  279.65   | 275.16705                  |
| 23      | Rajasthan            |   367.296 |  314.788  |  453.879  | 36.57                      |
| 24      | Sikkim               |   169.156 |  290.326  |  145.52   | 161.72                     |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu           |   280.626 |  113.261  |    0      | 294.274                    |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh        |   224.899 |  235.05   |  250.956  | 386.968                    |
| 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   | 2592.85619                 |

ANNEXURE State-wise details of funds release under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of 'Project Tiger' during last three years and the current year (Rs. in lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | States            | 2014-15   | 2015-16     |   2016-17 |   2017-18 (as on 21.07.2017) |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 184.141   | 0.00        |   173.486 |                      180.246 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 658.426   | 429.53900   |   597.289 |                      147.103 |
| 3         | Assam             | 1509.389  | 1425.4130   |  1510.92  |                        0     |
| 4         | Bihar             | 317.096   | 223.55051   |   487.838 |                        1     |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 609.827   | 398.94500   |   626.567 |                        0     |
| 6         | Jharkhand         | 199.080   | 47.98470    |   323.762 |                      262.758 |
| 7         | Karnataka         | 1565.773  | 1378.19440  |  3203.61  |                      257.16  |
| 8         | Kerala            | 517.5351  | 396.60100   |   780.231 |                      215.813 |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    | 4335.118  | 1421.00700  | 12885.6   |                      310.992 |
| 10        | Maharashtra       | 3425.524  | 3923.07890  |  8229.72  |                     1031.16  |
| 11        | Mizoram           | 232.189   | 187.98450   |   301.548 |                        0     |
| 12        | Odisha            | 707.391   | 544.80052   |   917.167 |                      676.578 |
| 13        | Rajasthan         | 627.192   | 1257.80800  |   381.302 |                      319.734 |
| 14        | Tamil Nadu        | 864.316   | 1950.17128  |   949.869 |                        0     |
| 15        | Telangana         | 0.00      | 214.81920   |   239.259 |                        0     |
| 16        | Uttarakhand       | 391.1941  | 683.98538   |  1023.4   |                        0     |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh     | 760.928   | 624.54630   |  1057.05  |                      218.65  |
| 18        | West Bengal       | 596.882   | 376.50781   |   536.141 |                      200.49  |
| 19        | Goa               | 0.00      | 0.00        |     0     |                        0     |
|           | Total             | 17,502.00 | 15,484.9365 | 34224.8   |                     3821.68  |

## ANNEXURE

## State-wise details of funds release under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of 'Project Elephant' during last three years and the current year

(Rs. in Lakh)

| Sl. No   | State/UTs         | 2014-15   | 2015-16    | 2016-17    | 2017-18 (As on 3.8.2017)   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|------------|------------|----------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 13.523    | -          | 13.62282   | -                          |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 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     | 279.67                     |
| 7        | Kerala            | 236.72    | 204.54     | 429.8712   | -                          |
| 8        | Maharashtra       | 38.202    | 8.062      | 14.335     | 21.60                      |
| 9        | Meghalaya         | 118.838   | 81.387     | 130.266    | 99.04                      |
| 10       | Nagaland          | 44.8132   | 15.44      | 20.3143    | 25.20                      |
| 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     | 10.08                      |
| 14       | Uttar Pradesh     | 5.16      | 15.33      | 14.174     | -                          |
| 15       | Uttarakhand       | 103.908   | 82.61      | 175.4576   | 128.875                    |
| 16       | West Bengal       | 103.814   | 105.174    | 101.45     | -                          |
| 17       | Haryana           | -         | 10.00      | -          | 17.76                      |
| 18       | Bihar             | -         | 3.008      | 16.2904    | -                          |
| 19       | Rajasthan         | -         | -          | 15.84      | 10.3512                    |
| 20       | Punjab            | -         | -          | 1.825      | -                          |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh    | -         | -          | 6.8442     | -                          |
| 22       | Manipur           | -         | -          | -          | 10.80                      |
|          | Total             | 1767.4344 | 1135.44632 | 2060.05032 | 603.3762                   |