Lok Sabha Question No. 4203 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-13
Subject: Afforestation Units
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: P. Ravindhranath

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO.4203

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13/12/2019

## Afforestation Units

## 4203.  SHRI P. RAVEENDRANATH KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether  there is any proposal to produce  good  quality plants in nurseries and environmental afforestation units for expansion of forests outside the designated forest areas, during the current financial year, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the further steps taken by the Government along with the proposed plan for restoration of ecology;
- (c) whether the Government has a proposal for the expansion of existing forest area in the country, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  details  of  funds  provided  by  the  Government  for  conservation,  development  and promotion of forests in the various States including Tamil Nadu during the last five years and the current year, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) Tree  Plantation/Afforestation  is  a  cross-sectoral  and  multi-agency  activity  taken  up  by various  Departments,  NGOs,  Civil  Society,  Corporate  bodies  etc.  under  various  Central and State Plan/Non Plan Schemes or from other resources.  Afforestation is done both in forest  and  outside  forest  areas.  Saplings  for  plantation  both  in  forest  areas  and  outside forest areas are raised from various nurseries established in different locations in the States with the funding sources from various schemes implemented in the States.  No separate proposals  for  establishing  nursery  for  good  quality  material  is  available,  however,  the funds released under various schemes of the ministry are inclusive of nursery raising to produce quality  planting  material.  States  are  also  advised  to  raise  good  quality  planting material.
- (b) For  restoration  and  conservation  of  ecology,  the  Government  is  implementing  various Centrally  Sponsored  Umbrella  schemes  namely  National  Mission  for  a  Green  India, Integrated  Development  of  Wildlife  Habitats,  Conservation  of  Natural  Resources  & Ecosystems,  and  National  River  Conservation  Programme.The  funds  collected  under Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  Management  and  Planning  Authority  (CAMPA),  as compensatory  levies  from  states inter-alia ,  is  also  used  in  plantation  activity  including compensatory  afforestation  by  States/UTs.  The  schemes  primarily  supports  ecological restoration through afforestation in and outside forest areas, forest landscape restoration, habitat improvement, soil and water conservation measures, protection etc.
- (c) Expansion of forest and tree cover is an inherent principle of National Forest Policy, 1988, which envisages a national goal to have a minimum of one-third of the total land area of the country under forest and tree cover. Various afforestation related schemes implemented by MoEF&CC and other ministries aim at increasing and improving forest and  tree  cover.  State  Governments  also  implement  various  schemes  for  restoration  of degraded forest areas.
- (d) MoEF&CCprovides  funds  forconservation,  development  and  promotion  of  forests  in various  States  under  its  three  major  schemes  namely,National  Afforestation  Programme (NAP),  Green  India  Mission  (GIM)and  Forest  Fire  Protection  &Management  Scheme (FFPM). Thedetails of funds provided by the Government under these schemes to various States including Tamil Nadu during the last five years and the current year are given in annexure.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the LokSabha Un-Starred Question No. 4203 due for reply on 13.12.2019 by ShriP. Raveendranath Kumar regarding 'Afforestation Units'.

State-wise  details  of  funds  released  during  the  last  five  years  (2014-15  to  2018-19)  and current year under National Afforestation Programme(NAP), Green India Mission(GIM) and Forest Fire Protection &Management Scheme(FFPM).

## (A) National AfforestationProgramme (NAP)

| Sl. No.   | State                | Amount Released (Rs. in crore)   | Amount Released (Rs. in crore)   | Amount Released (Rs. in crore)   | Amount Released (Rs. in crore)   | Amount Released (Rs. in crore)   | Amount Released (Rs. in crore)   |
|-----------|----------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State                | 2014-15                          | 2015-16                          | 2016-17                          | 2017-18                          | 2018-19                          | 2019-20 (Till November, 2019)    |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 4.56                             | 0.87                             | 1.33                             | 3.36                             | 6.38                             |                                  |
| 2         | Bihar                | 7.00                             | 5.01                             | 2.18                             | 4.23                             |                                  |                                  |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh         | 20.00                            | 10.20                            | 4.92                             | 10.86                            | 7.82                             | 5.71                             |
| 4         | Goa                  | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| 5         | Gujarat              | 10.50                            | 8.54                             | 4.36                             |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| 6         | Haryana              | 11.00                            | 0.72                             | 3.50                             | 2.71                             |                                  |                                  |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh     | 0.73                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 1.73                             | 2.92                             | 0.52                             |
| 8         | Jammu &Kashmir       | 3.59                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 7.20                             |                                  |                                  |
| 9         | Jharkhand            | 8.60                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| 10        | Karnataka            | 21.35                            | 1.05                             | 7.33                             | 3.24                             | 10.99                            |                                  |
| 11        | Kerala               | 2.82                             | 1.02                             | 0.00                             |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh       | 21.00                            | 9.45                             | 4.00                             | 8.74                             | 7.78                             |                                  |
| 13        | Maharashtra          | 35.00                            | 14.90                            | 4.76                             | 6.73                             | 15.33                            |                                  |
| 14        | Orissa               | 17.92                            | 9.49                             | 4.62                             | 3.49                             | 11.36                            | 8.45                             |
| 15        | Punjab               | 1.87                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| 16        | Rajasthan            | 3.35                             | 0.75                             | 0.00                             | 1.40                             | 1.95                             |                                  |
| 17        | Tamil Nadu           | 4.25                             | 1.42                             | 1.56                             |                                  | 2.07                             |                                  |
| 18        | Telangana            | 2.03                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| 19        | Uttar Pradesh        | 12.00                            | 2.68                             | 2.55                             | 0.67                             | 0.32                             |                                  |
| 20        | Uttarakhand          | 2.50                             | 3.05                             | 0.00                             | 3.36                             | 2.58                             |                                  |
| 21        | West Bengal          | 0.78                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             |                                  |                                  |                                  |
|           | Total (Other States) | 190.85                           | 69.16                            | 41.10                            | 57.71                            | 69.51                            | 14.69                            |
|           | North Eastern states |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| 22        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0.15                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.86                             |                                  |                                  |
| 23        | Assam                | 0.00                             | 2.56                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.58                             |                                  |
| 24        | Manipur              | 8.00                             | 3.67                             | 1.21                             | 3.20                             | 4.38                             |                                  |
| 25        | Meghalaya            | 3.61                             | 1.35                             | 0.00                             | 1.65                             | 0.74                             |                                  |
| 26        | Mizoram              | 15.00                            | 10.17                            | 6.74                             | 5.80                             | 7.79                             |                                  |
| 27        | Nagaland             | 11.00                            | 0.00                             | 5.21                             | 5.85                             | 6.41                             | 2.35                             |
| 28        | Sikkim               | 6.00                             | 1.52                             | 5.09                             | 0.00                             | 5.98                             |                                  |
| 29        | Tripura              | 9.17                             | 5.73                             | 0.00                             | 4.94                             |                                  | 3.76                             |
|           | Total (NE States)    | 52.93                            | 25.00                            | 18.25                            | 22.29                            | 25.87                            | 6.11                             |
|           | G. Total             | 243.78                           | 94.16                            | 59.35                            | 80.00                            | 95.38                            | 20.80                            |

Contd….

Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the LokSabha Un-Starred Question No. 4203 due for reply on 13.12.2019 by Shri P. Raveendranath Kumar regarding 'Afforestation Units'.

State-wise  details  of  funds  released  during  the  last  five  years  (2014-15  to  2018-19)  and current year  under National Afforestation Programme(NAP), Green India Mission(GIM) and Forest Fire Protection &Management Scheme(FFPM).

## (B) Green India Mission (GIM)

(Rs. In lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | States         | Total Funds Released during 2015-16 to 2018-19   | Funds Released in Current year (2019-20)   |
|-----------|----------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh | 416.75                                           |                                            |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh   | 5992.907                                         | 503.61                                     |
| 3         | Karnataka      | 440.456                                          | 220.99                                     |
| 4         | Kerala         | 914.82                                           | 1631.8                                     |
| 5         | Manipur        | 2747.516                                         | 416.23                                     |
| 6         | Mizoram        | 5224.75                                          | 1770.9                                     |
| 7         | Odisha         | 936.774                                          | 1418.9                                     |
| 8         | Punjab         | 1233.26                                          | 318.57                                     |
| 9         | Uttarakhand    | 2020.9                                           |                                            |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh | 2415.9                                           |                                            |
| 11        | Maharashtra    | 1030.188                                         |                                            |
| 12        | Sikkim         | 332.36                                           | 312.42                                     |
| 13        | Tamil Nadu*    |                                                  |                                            |
| Total     | Total          | 23706.581                                        | 6593.451                                   |

The funds could not be released during 2014-15 as the GIM implementation Guidelines were approved in November,2014

Contd….

Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the LokSabha Un-Starred Question No. 4203 due for reply on 13.12.2019 by Shri P. Raveendranath Kumar regarding 'Afforestation Units'.

State-wise details of funds released during the last five years (2014-15 to 2018-19) and current year under  National  Afforestation  Programme  (NAP),  Green  India  Mission(GIM)  and  Forest  Fire Protection &Management Scheme(FFPM).

(C) Forest Fire Protection and Management Scheme (erstwhile Intensification Of Forest Management Scheme-IFMS)

## (Rs. in Lakhs)

| S. No.            | States            | 2014-15           | 2015-16           | 2016-17           | 2017-18           | 2018-19           | 2019-20(as on 20.11.2019)   |
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
| Other States      | Other States      | Other States      | Other States      | Other States      | Other States      | Other States      | Other States                |
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh    | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              | 260.06            | 216.13                      |
| 2                 | Bihar             | 0.00              | 59.09             | 88.59             | 75.00             | 57.17             | 208.16                      |
| 3                 | Chhattisgarh      | 411.96            | 120.75            | 211.04            | 168.00            | 104.60            | 0.00                        |
| 4                 | Gujarat           | 349.71            | 179.99            | 122.26            | 75.00             | 92.16             | 183.92                      |
| 5                 | Goa               | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              | 87.83             | 0.00                        |
| 6                 | Haryana           | 149.56            | 77.86             | 93.91             | 75.00             | 0.00              | 49.26                       |
| 7                 | Himachal Pradesh  | 365.90            | 302.16            | 331.36            | 276.70            | 0.00              | 199.99                      |
| 8                 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 0.00              | 193.93            | 95.61             | 75.00             | 0.00              | 0.00                        |
| 9                 | Jharkhand         | 303.03            | 83.62             | 199.63            | 105.00            | 107.84            | 222.02                      |
| 10                | Karnataka         | 266.54            | 228.19            | 203.27            | 105.00            | 174.70            | 136.75                      |
| 11                | Kerala            | 183.76            | 86.00             | 163.65            | 234.53            | 279.57            | 0.00                        |
| 12                | Madhya Pradesh    | 701.07            | 420.00            | 281.15            | 168.00            | 628.25            | 0.00                        |
| 13                | Maharashtra       | 228.02            | 447.32            | 372.58            | 321.58            | 787.28            | 331.42                      |
| 14                | Orissa            | 220.50            | 136.00            | 266.14            | 168.00            | 435.00            | 378.66                      |
| 15                | Punjab            | 0.00              | 77.00             | 0.00              | 75.00             | 0.00              | 13.56                       |
| 16                | Rajasthan         | 205.09            | 112.54            | 174.22            | 105.00            | 98.82             | 0.00                        |
| 17                | Tamil Nadu        | 0.00              | 203.02            | 74.29             | 105.00            | 0.00              | 0.00                        |
| 18                | Telangana         | 160.73            | 0.00              | 0.00              | 105.00            | 0.00              | 0.00                        |
| 19                | Uttar Pradesh     | 218.36            | 156.15            | 139.72            | 75.00             | 100.61            | 0.00                        |
| 20                | Uttarakhand       | 332.57            | 356.83            | 304.03            | 168.00            | 438.38            | 480.03                      |
| 21                | West Bengal       | 115.46            | 0.00              | 92.83             | 75.00             | 54.14             | 95.61                       |
|                   | Total             | 4212.26           | 3240.45           | 3214.28           | 2554.81           | 3706.41           | 2515.51                     |
| NE &Sikkim        | NE &Sikkim        | NE &Sikkim        | NE &Sikkim        | NE &Sikkim        | NE &Sikkim        | NE &Sikkim        | NE &Sikkim                  |
| 1                 | Assam             | 0.00              | 0                 | 0.00              | 0.00              | 93.23             | 0.00                        |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh | 219.59            | 85.07             | 181.34            | 102.00            | 89.08             | 0.00                        |
| 3                 | Manipur           | 0.00              | 240.76            | 125.02            | 219.88            | 230.54            | 55.34                       |
| 4                 | Meghalaya         | 0.00              | 180.26            | 126.57            | 104.63            | 113.53            | 73.94                       |
| 5                 | Mizoram           | 256.27            | 153.17            | 131.29            | 90.59             | 110.47            | 0.00                        |
| 6                 | Nagaland          | 225.13            | 122.6             | 170.01            | 92.56             | 83.12             | 79.95                       |
| 7                 | Sikkim            | 162.17            | 150               | 119.73            | 148.59            | 0.00              | 96.47                       |
| 8                 | Tripura           | 243.84            | 147.19            | 190.76            | 66.00             | 109.73            | 103.43                      |
|                   | Total             | 1107.00           | 1079.05           | 1044.72           | 824.25            | 829.70            | 409.13                      |
| Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories           |
| 1                 | A &NIslands       | 0.00              | 28.00             | 56.23             | 9.00              | 26.41             | 0.00                        |
| 2                 | Chandigarh        | 0.00              | 36.99890          | 74.52             | 8.00              | 1.00              | 0.00                        |
| 3                 | D&N Haveli        | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00                        |
| 4                 | Daman &Diu        | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00                        |
| 5                 | Lakshadweep       | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00                        |
| 6                 | New Delhi         | 0.00              | 0.00              | 50.00             | 30.00             | 0.00              | 0.00                        |
| 7                 | Pondicherry       | 37.77             | 0.00              | 0.00              | 30.00             | 49.84             | 0.00                        |
| 1                 | Total             | 37.77             | 65.00             | 180.75            | 77.00             | 77.25             | 0.00                        |
| 1                 | Grand Total       | 5357.03           | 4384.50           | 4439.75           | 3456.06           | 4613.36           | 2924.64                     |