Lok Sabha Question No. 4038 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-19
Subject: Plantation of Trees
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Ranjeeta Koli

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO. 4038

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2021

## Plantation of Tree

## 4038.  SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI:

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

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  is  implementing  any  scheme  to  give  financial  and technical assistance to the people in Rajasthan for plantation of trees;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, scheme-wise;
- (c) the total financial assistance allocated/sanctioned to the State Government of Rajasthan during the last three years, year-wise; and
- (d) the  number  of  trees  planted  with  the  said  assistance  during  the  last  three  years,  yearwise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and (b) The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) implements two  major  afforestation  schemes  for  increasing  forest  resources  in  the  country, including  Rajasthan,  namely  National  Afforestation  Programme  (NAP)  for  tree plantation in degraded forests through people's participation and National Mission for a Green India (GIM), for plantation on landscape basis. Besides, afforestation is  a  major  activity  under  the  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  as  per  the provisions of the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016 and the Rules made thereunder.
- (c) and (d) During last three years, an amount of Rs. 3.35 crore has been released to Rajasthan under NAP. No fund has been released under GIM during this period to Rajasthan. Further, an amount of Rs. 1748.26 crore, as share of the State as per Compensatory Fund  Act,  2016,  has  been  transferred  to  State  Compensatory  Afforestation Management Planning Authority (CAMPA) of Rajasthan from National Authority of CAMPA during 2019 for taking up various activities including afforestation as per approved Annual Plans of Operation (APO).

The  details  of  year-wise  (2017-18  to  2019-20)  funds  released  under  NAP,  GIM and CAMPA to Rajasthan, and seedlings planted under various schemes/agencies including NAP, GIM and CAMPA as reported by the State are given below:

| Sl.No   | Year     | Funds released under NAP (Rs. in crores)   | Funds released under GIM (Rs. in crores)   | CAMPA funds released (Rs. in crores)   |   Number of seedlings planted (in Lakhs) |
|---------|----------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | 2017- 18 | 1.40                                       | Nil                                        | 179.00                                 |                                   300.67 |
| 2.      | 2018- 19 | 1.95                                       | Nil                                        | 182.03                                 |                                   203.56 |
| 3.      | 2019- 20 | Nil                                        | Nil                                        | 267.69*                                |                                   160.19 |
|         | Total    | 3.35                                       |                                            | 628.72                                 |                                   664.42 |

(*= APO for the year 2019-20, amounting to Rs. 267.69 crore was sanctioned)

Further,  tree  plantation,  is  a  multi-departmental,  multi-agency  activity,  and  is  also being taken up cross-sectorally under various programmes / funding sources of other ministries/ organizations and also through State Plan budgets.

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