Lok Sabha Question No. 4524 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Conservation of National Parks
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Nishikant  Dubey, Manoj Kumar Tiwari

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4524

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.03.2020.

## Conservation of National Parks

## 4524.   SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

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

- (a) the details of the expenditure incurred by the Government for conservation of National Parks during each of the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the  amount  of  revenue  earned  from  National  Parks  through  tourism  during  the  said  period, State/UT and year-wise; and
- (c) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  protect  and  conserve  National  Parks  and  promote tourism in such parks in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  details  of  financial  assistance  provided  by  the  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and Climate  Change  to  States/UTs  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme,  which  includes Development of Wildlife Habitats, Project Tiger and Project Elephant,  during the last three years, for conservation and management of wildlife including in the National Parks, is at Annexure-1a, 1b and 1c.
- (b) Management of National Parks including for eco-tourism activities is primarily the mandate of  the  respective  State  Government  /Union  Territory  Administration.    The  State/UT  wise details  of  revenue  earned  from  National  Parks  through  eco-tourism  is  not  collated  at  the level of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
- (c) The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change provides financial assistance to the States/UTs under the  Centrally Sponsored schemes - Development of Wildlife Habitats, Project  Tiger  and  Project  Elephant,    for  protection,  conservation  and  management  of wildlife including in the National Parks. Concerned States/UTs prepare Management Plans for  management of  Protected  Areas  which  also  incorporates  eco-tourism,  ensuring  better conservation  and  protection  of  wildlife.  The  National  Tiger  Conservation  Authority  has issued guidelines, namely, 'The National Tiger Conservation Authority (Normative Standards for Tourism Activities and Project Tiger) Guidelines, 2012' with respect to ecotourism.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4524 REGARDING 'CONSERVATION OF NATIONAL PARKS'  BY SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA, SHRI RAVI KISHAN, DR. NISHIKANT DUBE, SHRI MANOJ TIWARI DUE FOR REPLY ON 20.03.2020

Details of funds released under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme- 'Development of Wildlife Habitats'

## (Rs.in lakh)

| S.No.   | Name of States/UTs           |   2016-17 |    2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|---------|------------------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| 1       | A&NIslands                   |  118.49   |   141.934  |    191    |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh               |    0      |     0      |     75    |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh            |  256.811  |   269.935  |    344.42 |
| 4       | Assam                        |    0      |   275.827  |    265.32 |
| 5       | Bihar                        |  100.576  |   322.674  |    749    |
| 6       | Chandigarh                   |   26.0651 |    26.065  |      0    |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                 |  278.945  |   435.014  |    350.61 |
| 8       | Goa                          |    0      |    85.9938 |      0    |
| 9       | Gujarat                      |  497.604  |   558.52   |   2232    |
| 10      | Haryana                      |  124.657  |   181.445  |    155    |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh             |  280.31   |   237.411  |    370.3  |
| 12      | Jammu &Kashmir               |  336.506  |   577.915  |    492.43 |
| 13      | Jharkhand                    |    0      |    95.607  |     50.51 |
| 14      | Karnataka                    |  325.52   |   427.89   |    653    |
| 15      | Kerala                       | 1928.42   |   900.834  |   1293.4  |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh               |  322.265  |  1379.49   |    912.2  |
| 17      | Maharashtra                  |  497.35   |   808.056  |   1031.2  |
| 18      | Manipur                      |  340.032  |   425.664  |    405.6  |
| 19      | Meghalaya                    |   55.23   |   114.061  |    312    |
| 20      | Mizoram                      | 1234.95   |   487.445  |    430    |
| 21      | Nagaland                     |  357.846  |   565.871  |    882.2  |
| 22      | Odisha                       |  279.65   |   342.937  |    499    |
| 23      | Rajasthan                    |  453.879  |   622.421  |    585    |
| 24      | Sikkim                       |  145.52   |   202.154  |    394    |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu                   |    0      |   394.725  |    384.1  |
| 26      | Telangana                    |    0      |   157.083  |      0    |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh                |  250.956  |   386.968  |    119.81 |
| 28      | Uttarakhand                  |  545.306  |  2979.36   |   1764.1  |
| 29      | West Bengal                  |  237.66   |   657.992  |    960.6  |
| 30      | Puducherry                   |    0      |     0      |      0    |
| 31      | Lakshadweep                  |    0      |     6.71   |     46.3  |
| 32      | Delhi                        |    0      |     0      |    551.9  |
| 33      | WII, Dehradun- (Uttarakhand) |    0      |   932      |      0    |
| 33      | Tripura                      |    0      |     0      |      0    |
|         | TOTAL                        | 8994.55   | 15000      |  16500    |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4524 REGARDING 'CONSERVATION OF NATIONAL PARKS'  BY SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA, SHRI RAVI KISHAN, DR. NISHIKANT DUBE, SHRI MANOJ TIWARI DUE FOR REPLY ON 20.03.2020

## Details of funds released under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme- PROJECT TIGER (In Rs. Lakh)

| S. No.   | State                           | 2016-2017   |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|----------|---------------------------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                  | 173.49      |   232.49  |   217.99  |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh               | 597.289     |   641.943 |   929.762 |
| 3        | Assam                           | 1510.921    |  2309.61  |  1919.62  |
| 4        | Bihar                           | 487.84      |   552.27  |   570.9   |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                    | 626.567     |  1315.08  |   536.135 |
| 6        | Jharkhand                       | 323.76      |   338.62  |   367     |
| 7        | Karnataka                       | 3203.6144   |  2263.85  |  2267.43  |
| 8        | Kerala                          | 780.23      |   636.412 |   653.03  |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh                  | 12885.6     | 11455.5   |  5343.89  |
| 10       | Maharashtra                     | 8229.72     |  6524.16  | 11049.6   |
| 11       | Mizoram                         | 301.55      |   215.316 |   318.842 |
| 12       | Odisha                          | 917.17      |  1646.13  |  1022.32  |
| 13       | Rajasthan                       | 381.3       |   773.09  |   791.83  |
| 14       | Tamil Nadu                      | 949.87      |  2551.06  |  2366.82  |
| 15       | Telangana                       | 239.26      |   350.416 |  1115.65  |
| 16       | Uttar Pradesh                   | 1057.05     |   820.074 |  1417.26  |
| 17       | Uttarakhand                     | 1023.41     |  1187.44  |   685.336 |
| 18       | West Bengal                     | 536.14      |   597.581 |   719.01  |
| 19       | All India Tiger Estimation 2018 | -           |    14.93  |    24.865 |
|          | Total                           | 34224.7814  | 34425.9   | 32317.3   |

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4524 REGARDING 'CONSERVATION OF NATIONAL PARKS'  BY SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA, SHRI RAVI KISHAN, DR. NISHIKANT DUBE, SHRI MANOJ TIWARI DUE FOR REPLY ON 20.03.2020

## Details of funds released under the Centrally Sponsored SchemePROJECT ELEPHANT

(Amount Rs. in Lakh)

| Sl. No   | State/UTs         |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |   13.6228 |   17.394  |   29.016  |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |  100.062  |  118.85   |    0      |
| 3        | Assam             |  275.667  |    0      |  354.351  |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh      |   61.1624 |   48      |   65.28   |
| 5        | Jharkhand         |   95.7704 |  105.518  |  116.464  |
| 6        | Karnataka         |  254.8    |  355.548  |  353.914  |
| 7        | Kerala            |  429.871  |  482.55   |  466.69   |
| 8        | Maharashtra       |   14.335  |   27      |   46.536  |
| 9        | Meghalaya         |  130.266  |  162.849  |  217.879  |
| 10       | Nagaland          |   20.3143 |   25.2    |  141.219  |
| 11       | Odisha            |  284.034  |  124.838  |  197.28   |
| 12       | Tamil Nadu        |   25.8    |  291.92   |  383.106  |
| 13       | Tripura           |   22.464  |   10.08   |   43.92   |
| 14       | Uttar Pradesh     |   14.174  |   30.672  |   20.244  |
| 15       | Uttarakhand       |  175.458  |  341.563  |  192.168  |
| 16       | West Bengal       |  101.45   |   79.9302 |   83.94   |
| 17       | Haryana           |    0      |   17.76   |    8.385  |
| 18       | Bihar             |   16.2904 |  154.4    |  165.324  |
| 19       | Rajasthan         |   15.84   |   14.454  |   12.6596 |
| 20       | Punjab            |    1.825  |    0      |    0      |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh    |    6.8442 |    0      |    4.7578 |
| 22       | Manipur           |    0      |   10.8    |    9.072  |
|          | Total             | 2060.05   | 2419.33   | 2912.2    |

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