Lok Sabha Question No. 5568 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-26
Subject: Land Covered under Afforestation
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: C.N. Annadurai

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO.5568

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2019

## Land Covered under Afforestation

## 5568.SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

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

- (a) the total land in hectares covered under afforestation by the National Afforestation and Eco-Development Board under National Afforestation Programme since its inception till  Financial  Year  2018-19 along with the total expenditure incurred in this regard, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  the  status  of  activities  undertaken  by  the  Board  for  rejuvenation  of  degraded  forest areas  in  Jawadhu  Hill  in  Thiruvannamalai  and  Vellore  Districts  along  with  the expenditure incurred thereon;
- (c)  whether  any  plan/proposal  is  under  contemplation  of  the  Government  to  plant trees/medicinal/herb-plants  on  more  than  10,000  acres  of  degraded  forest  land  at Melchangam in Thiruvannamalai constituency; and
- (d)  if  so,  the  details  of  the  proposal  and  time-line  fixed  for  the  implementation  of  the same?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) National Afforestation Programme (NAP) is implemented for afforestation in degraded forest areas with participatory approach by National Afforestation and EcoDevelopment Board of MoEF&CC.State-wise details of the total land area sanctioned for new afforestation and total amount released under NAP since inception (2000-02) till 2018-19 is given in Annexure.
- (b) The  NAP  scheme  is  implemented  through  the  State  Forest  Development  Agency (SFDA) at the state  level,  Forest  Development  Agency  (FDA)  at  the  forest  division level and the Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) at the village level. The NAP is demand driven and SFDAs submit their FDA wise consolidated proposal for approval under the scheme. During last three years no demand has been submitted for Vellore and Tiruvannamalai districts by SFDA, Tamil Nadu under NAP. However, as informed  by  the  SFDA  Tamil  Nadu  plantation  activities,maintenance  of  plantation andsoil moisture conservation works like construction of check dams, percolation pond etc.  were  undertaken  from  2004  to  2010  in  15  villages  located  in  Jawadhu  Hills  in Tiruvanamali Division at a cost of Rs.93.69 lakhs.
- (c) There  is  no  such  proposal  at  present  in  the  ministry  under  contemplation  to  plant trees/medicinal/herb-plants  on  more  than  10,000  acres  of  degraded  forest  land  at Melchangam in Thiruvannamalai constituency.
- (d) Question does not arise.

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## Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the LokSabhaUnStarred Question No. 5568 due for reply on 26.07.2019 by Shri C.N. Annadurai regarding 'Land Covered under Afforestation '.

## A. State-wise details of Advance Work area sanctioned for new afforestation under National Afforestation Programme(NAP) since inception till 2018-19

## Area in hectare

| States                    | Years     | Years       | Years   | Years      | Years   | Years   | Years      | Years     | Years      | Years      | Years      | Years      | Years      | Years      | Years     | Years     | Years     | Years      | Years                |
|---------------------------|-----------|-------------|---------|------------|---------|---------|------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|----------------------|
| States                    | 00-02     | 02-03       | 03-04   | 04-05      | 05-06   | 06-07   | 07-08      | 08-09     | 09-10      | 10-11      | 11-12      | 12-13      | 13-14      | 14-15      | 15-16     | 16-17     | 17-18     | 18-19      | Total                |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 2000      | 21090       | 13040   | 7780       | 2690    |         | 13859      | 8182      | 4182       | 2341       | 5453       | 0          | 1605       | 810        | 913       | 445       | 1487      | 1480       | 87357                |
| Bihar                     | 0         | 0           | 7750    | 2400       | 2165    |         | 9016       | 3675      | 3475       | 0          | 5647       | 2415       | 3885       | 1786       | 2500      | 0         | 2450      |            | 47164                |
| Chhattisgarh              | 1950      | 15670       | 19869   | 2800       | 2225    |         | 40990      | 14706     | 8450       | 1177       | 8370       | 2934       | 5906       | 4699       | 4475      | 0 2983    |           | 2000       | 139204               |
| Goa                       | 0         | 0           | 1250    | 0          | 0       |         | 0          | 0         | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0         | 0         |           |            | 1250                 |
| Gujarat                   | 1500      | 12415       | 6600    | 4930       | 5000    |         | 32545      | 14620     | 4920       | 1760       | 11150      | 2000       | 2735       | 5284       | 2755      | 0         |           |            | 108214               |
| Haryana                   | 9400      | 3405        | 7250    | 1000       | 1050    |         | 8298       | 8260      | 5526       | 1100       | 3145       | 1519       | 3035       | 1900       | 2195      | 0         | 0         |            | 57083                |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 2950      | 1520        | 20434   | 7474       | 0       |         | 10028      | 1222      | 1255       | 1646       | 2566       | 1450       | 908        | 2237       | 0         | 0         | 2139      |            | 55829                |
| Jammu &Kashmir            | 4580      | 28204       | 15055   | 0          | 0       |         | 7735       | 6370      | 3550       | 0          | 4857       | 4486       | 2260       | 1606       | 0         | 0         | 2128      |            | 80831                |
| Jharkhand                 | 0         | 5700        | 25400   | 7500       | 1250    |         | 31990      | 14680     | 9980       | 0          | 4815       | 0          | 3975       | 3924       | 0         | 0         |           |            | 109214               |
| Karnataka                 | 625       | 42770       | 6450    | 4790       | 2650    |         | 32905      | 3765      | 2200       | 0          | 9523       | 1880       | 3070       | 2900       | 2580      | 0 2095    |           | 6085       | 124288               |
| Kerala *                  | 0         | 6600        | 5890    | 805        | 2955    |         | 10518      | 4118      | 1095       | 666        | 3913       | 1000       | 1620       | 1478       | 0         | 0         |           |            | 40658                |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 20300     | 32650       | 5700    | 14700      | 3170    |         | 28707      | 13367     | 6188       | 13000      | 10219      | 5125       | 5110       | 4786       | 3655      | 0         | 5255      |            | 171932               |
| Maharashtra               | 4003      | 17925       | 31580   | 8605       | 3175    |         | 41538      | 5182      | 7219       | 0          | 9854       | 2900       | 6850       | 6647       | 4135      | 0         | 4150      |            | 153763               |
| Orissa                    | 820       | 39636       | 6228    | 2313       | 6025    |         | 59140      | 7400      | 1745       | 0          | 7410       | 1975       | 4910       | 6535       | 1980      | 0         | 4565      | 3188       | 153870               |
| Punjab                    | 650       | 0           | 3300    | 900        | 3385    |         | 7687       | 1640      | 547        | 0          | 625        | 0          | 1347       | 1628       | 0         | 0         |           |            | 21709                |
| Rajasthan                 | 1250      | 12550       | 6800    | 2500       | 5090    |         | 1000       | 9500      | 6800       | 400        | 3300       | 1250       | 2325       | 2550       | 800       | 0         | 1400      |            | 57515                |
| Tamil Nadu                | 2500      | 21400       | 19577   | 7450       | 1340    |         | 6230       | 5670      | 4025       | 0          | 2984       | 1800       | 2094       | 750        | 1500      | 0         |           |            | 77320                |
| Telangana                 | 0         | 0           | 0       | 0          | 0       | 0       | 0          | 0         | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 795        | 0         | 0         |           |            | 795                  |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 7344      | 33615       | 19028   | 2000       | 1017    |         | 39104      | 18355     | 9664       | 5167       | 12435      | 4270       | 4890       | 8548       | 2985      | 0         | 0         |            | 168422               |
| Uttarakhand               | 815       | 4122        | 18186   | 10346      | 5665    |         | 18867      | 3510      | 4065       | 3340       | 5058       | 2350       | 1241       | 1330       | 2132      | 0         | 2782      |            | 83809                |
| West Bengal               | 0         | 9470        | 9286    | 3900       | 200     |         | 9984       | 4793      | 615        | 2815       | 2360       | 710        | 970        | 2495       | 0         | 0         |           |            | 47598                |
| Total (Other States)      | 60687     | 308742      | 248673  | 92193      | 49052   | 0       | 410141     | 149015    | 85501      | 33412      | 113684     | 38064      | 58736      | 62688      | 32605     | 445 31434 |           | 12753      | 1787825              |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 3846      | 11030       | 4600    | 0          | 1940    |         | 5705       | 1450      | 1750       | 3125       | 0          | 0          | 0          | 1000       | 0         | 0         | 1010      |            | 35456                |
| Assam                     | 0         | 0           | 19665   | 4350       | 2940    |         | 15660      | 6365      | 3625       | 0          | 0          | 0          | 3675       | 0          | 0         | 0         |           | 373        | 56653                |
| Manipur                   | 0         | 11674       | 5600    | 600        | 500     |         | 12295      | 2950      | 1525       | 3599       | 4250       | 3970       | 2530       | 1835       | 0         | 0         | 1733      |            | 53061                |
| Meghalaya                 | 0         | 0           | 0       | 7400       | 0       |         | 8075       | 1970      | 800        | 4800       | 3930       | 3000       | 3000       | 0          | 0         | 0         |           |            | 32975                |
| Mizoram                   | 0         | 26170       | 600     | 0          | 0       |         | 16150      | 4500      | 2700       | 2370       | 2600       | 2500       | 3000       | 3135       | 905       | 0         | 1750      | 1960       | 68340                |
| Nagaland                  | 4130      | 19000       | 2398    | 0          | 0       |         | 10640      | 3500      | 4050       | 2000       | 8000       | 2910       | 4000       | 2130       | 0         | 0         | 2085      |            | 64843                |
| Sikkim                    |           |             |         |            | 0       |         |            | 3350      | 2225       |            |            |            |            | 1851       | 0         | 1914      |           |            |                      |
|                           | 1600      | 11783       | 1000    | 0          |         |         | 6045       |           |            | 1549       | 3730       | 650        | 1095       |            |           |           |           |            | 36792                |
| Tripura Total (NE States) | 805 10381 | 16400 96057 | 0 33863 | 2200 14550 | 0 5380  | 0       | 8350 82920 | 335 24420 | 1380 18055 | 6271 23714 | 6220 28730 | 4435 17465 | 4547 21847 | 1796 11747 | 2476 3381 | 0 1914    | 1835 8413 | 2333 15086 | 57050 405170 2192995 |
| TOTAL                     | 71068     | 404799      | 282536  | 106743     | 54432   | 0       | 493061     | 173435    | 103556     | 57126      | 142414     | 55529      | 80583      | 74435      | 35986     | 2359      | 39847     |            |                      |

## (B) State-wise details of funds released under National Afforestation Programme(NAP) since inception till 2018-19

## Amount :Rs in crores

| S. No.               | State                | 2000- 02   | 2002- 03   | 2003- 04    | 2004- 05   | 2005- 06   | 2006- 07   | 2007- 08   | 2008- 09   | 2009- 10   | 2010- 11   | 2011- 12   | 2012- 13   | 2013- 14   | 2014- 15   | 2015- 16   | 2016- 17    | 2017- 18   | 2018- 19   | TOTAL        | TOTAL        |
|----------------------|----------------------|------------|------------|-------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------|------------|------------|--------------|--------------|
| 1                    | Andhra Pradesh       | 0.99       | 8.35       | 10.44 14.21 |            | 7.08       | 11.06      | 9.97       | 11.54      | 11.03      | 10.48      | 15.15      | 2.71       | 3.75       | 4.56       | 0.87       | 1.33        | 3.36       | 6.38       | 133.26       | 133.26       |
| 2                    | Bihar                | 0.00       | 0.00       | 1.88 2.74   | 3.42       |            | 4.94       | 6.92       | 6.48       | 7.74       | 5.48       | 6.92       | 3.40       | 12.84      | 7.00       | 5.01       | 2.18        | 4.23       |            | 81.18        | 81.18        |
| 3                    | Chhattisgarh         | 0.77       | 5.89       | 10.20 17.50 | 17.63      | 13.05      |            | 42.71      | 25.66      | 25.12      | 33.25      | 24.74      | 13.33      | 21.38      | 20.00      | 10.20 4.92 | 10.86       |            | 7.82       | 305.02       | 305.02       |
| 4                    | Goa                  | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.64 0.00   |            | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0          | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.00        |            |            | 0.64         | 0.64         |
| 5                    | Gujarat              | 0.85       | 3.87       | 3.20        | 8.77       | 12.05      | 17.52      | 30.93      | 25.75      | 24.44      | 29.43      | 27.00      | 14.30      | 11.68      | 10.50      | 8.54 4.36  |             |            |            | 233.19       | 233.19       |
| 6                    | Haryana              | 9.23       | 10.58      | 7.76        | 7.46       | 4.35       | 9.20       | 12.93      | 20.14      | 20.57      | 24.20      | 12.28      | 6.41       | 17.94      | 11.00      | 0.72 3.50  |             | 2.71       |            | 180.98       | 180.98       |
| 7                    | Himachal Pradesh     | 2.20       | 0.60       | 6.95        | 10.60      | 9.08       | 11.56      | 7.43       | 6.72       | 3.59       | 3.45       | 3.50       | 3.62       | 2.61       | 0.73       | 0.00       | 0.00 1.73   |            | 2.92       | 77.29        | 77.29        |
| 8                    | Jammu& Kashmir       | 1.54       | 5.45       | 7.21        | 3.56       | 5.28       | 5.83       | 8.13       | 8.47       | 9.81       | 3.99       | 6.89       | 3.37       | 8.11       | 3.59       | 0.00       |             | 7.20       |            |              | 88.44        |
| 9                    | Jharkhand            | 0.00       | 1.34       | 9.27        | 8.66       | 7.85       | 19.03      | 24.56      | 26.32      | 21.06      | 8.73       | 10.42      | 4.69       | 9.02       | 8.60       | 0.00       | 0.00 0.00   |            |            | 159.56       | 159.56       |
| 10                   | Karnataka            | 0.43       | 15.70      | 15.54       | 21.17      | 23.03      | 23.54      | 31.02      | 15.46      | 11.95      | 8.12       | 12.92      | 6.81       | 9.26       | 21.35      | 1.05       |             | 3.24       | 10.99      | 238.89       | 238.89       |
| 11                   | Kerala               | 0.00       | 1.06       | 3.47 1.04   |            | 4.99       | 12.75      | 8.81       | 9.45       | 4.02       | 7.54       | 2.04       | 11.30      | 6.99       | 2.82       | 1.02       | 7.33 0.00   |            |            | 77.28        | 77.28        |
| 12                   | Madhya Pradesh       | 13.71      | 13.81      | 10.92       | 17.18      | 12.61      | 15.83      | 13.84      | 22.55      | 22.53      | 30.39      | 21.43      | 9.15       | 22.10      | 21.00      | 9.45       | 4.00        | 8.74       | 7.78       |              | 277.02       |
| 13                   | Maharashtra          | 1.85       | 4.87       | 11.91       | 13.12      | 14.69      | 15.93      | 29.92      | 21.87      | 20.53      | 16.17      | 28.51      | 28.87      | 32.33      | 35.00      | 14.90      | 4.76 6.73   |            | 15.33      | 317.30       | 317.30       |
| 14                   | Orissa               | 0.05       | 13.14      | 5.96        | 11.26      | 12.05      | 14.07      | 19.01      | 21.63      | 8.82       | 11.20      | 7.30       | 3.38       | 5.36       | 17.92      | 9.49       | 4.62 3.49   |            | 11.36      | 180.11       | 180.11       |
| 15                   | Punjab               | 0.25       | 0.25       | 1.74        | 0.14       | 3.97       | 3.36       | 5.88       | 3.30       | 3.01       | 0          | 0.46       | 0.76       | 2.00       | 1.87       | 0.00       | 0.00        |            |            | 27.00        | 27.00        |
| 16                   | Rajasthan            | 1.29       | 4.45       | 5.56        | 4.80       | 7.26       | 5.62       | 2.50       | 7.32       | 10.67      | 4.94       | 6.23       | 4.14       | 2.81       | 3.35       | 0.75       | 0.00        | 1.40       | 1.95       | 75.04        | 75.04        |
| 17                   | Tamil Nadu           | 0.76       | 7.82       | 14.66       | 14.06      | 20.92      | 17.22      | 9.46       | 8.86       | 7.98       | 7.21       | 3.08       | 2.78       | 3.21       | 4.25       | 1.42       | 1.56        |            | 2.07       | 127.31       | 127.31       |
| 18                   | Telangana            | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.00        | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.00       | 2.03       | 0.00       | 0.00        |            |            | 2.03         | 2.03         |
| 19                   | Uttar Pradesh        | 7.04       | 20.01      | 21.34       | 18.16      | 17.04      | 11.88      | 36.77      | 30.80      | 30.20      | 21.33      | 26.23      | 15.27      | 20.15      | 12.00      | 2.68       | 2.55        | 0.67       | 0.32       | 294.42       | 294.42       |
| 20                   | Uttarakhand          | 0.40       | 2.34       | 5.81        | 10.54      | 13.10      | 11.52      | 12.39      | 9.24       | 7.00       | 4.47       | 6.61       | 6.25       | 6.01       | 2.50       | 3.05       | 0.00        | 3.36       | 2.58       | 107.18       | 107.18       |
| 21                   | West Bengal          | 0.00       | 2.26       | 5.55        | 6.03       | 5.92       | 7.00       | 7.23       | 9.06       | 3.11       | 4.12       | 6.29       | 2.57       | 2.96       | 0.78       | 0.00       | 0.00        |            |            | 62.89        | 62.89        |
|                      | Total (Other States) | 41.36      | 121.79     | 160.01      | 191.00     | 202.32     | 230.92     | 320.40     | 290.62     | 253.17     | 234.50     | 228.00     | 143.11     | 200.49     | 190.85     | 69.16      | 41.10 57.71 |            | 69.51      | 3046.02      | 3046.02      |
| North Eastern states |                      |            |            |             |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |             |            |            |              |              |
| 22                   | Arunachal Pradesh    | 1.40       | 2.76       | 4.49 0.76   |            | 2.89       | 2.93       | 4.85       | 3.25       | 2.37       | 5.52       | 0.00       | 1.66       | 0.00       | 0.15       | 0.00       | 0.00        | 0.86       |            | 33.88        | 33.88        |
| 23                   | Assam                | 0.00       | 0.00       | 5.58        | 7.99       | 5.50       | 13.60      | 8.58       | 9.78       | 14.48      | 6.08       | 7.95       | 1.47       | 2.99       | 0.00       | 2.56       | 0.00        | 0.00       | 0.58       | 87.13        | 87.13        |
| 24                   | Manipur              | 0.00       | 2.40       | 5.08        | 5.43       | 6.30       | 7.78       | 12.37      | 9.51       | 5.93       | 10.37      | 12.74      | 9.46       | 12.12      | 8.00       | 3.67       | 1.21        | 3.20       | 4.38       | 119.94       | 119.94       |
| 25                   | Meghalaya            | 0.00       | 0.00       | 0.00        | 2.45       | 5.18       | 5.44       | 5.94       | 4.69       | 2.21       | 8.79       | 4.31       | 9.10       | 4.50       | 3.61       | 1.35       | 0.00        | 1.65       | 0.74       | 59.95        | 59.95        |
| 26                   | Mizoram              | 0.00       | 8.86       | 15.85       | 11.20      | 10.06      | 13.09      | 16.75      | 13.61      | 17.27      | 12.21      | 13.44      | 8.78       | 11.94      | 15.00      | 10.17      | 6.74        | 5.80       | 7.79       | 198.57       | 198.57       |
| 27                   | Nagaland             | 2.08       | 8.51       | 8.94        | 5.60       | 5.37       | 7.22       | 7.75       | 6.64       | 10.67      | 10.11      | 11.69      | 10.88      | 9.82       | 11.00      | 0.00       | 5.21        | 5.85       | 6.41       | 133.74       | 133.74       |
| 28                   | Sikkim               | 2.43       | 3.76       | 4.06        | 3.94       | 6.23       | 7.41       | 11.28      | 6.63       | 8.86       | 11.99      | 11.18      | 5.42       | 3.77       | 6.00       | 1.52 5.09  | 0.00        | 5.98       | 105.55     | 105.55       | 105.55       |
|                      | Tripura              | 0.26       | 3.18       | 3.97        |            |            |            |            | 0.89       | 3.20       | 10.43      | 13.69      | 3.50       | 11.99      | 9.17       |            | 4.94        |            |            | 89.24        | 89.24        |
| 29                   | Total (NE            | 6.17       | 29.47      | 47.97       | 4.63 42.00 | 4.27 45.80 | 4.37 61.83 | 5.02 72.55 | 55.00      | 65.00      | 75.49      | 75.00      | 50.26      | 57.13      | 52.93      | 5.73 25.00 | 0.00 18.25  | 22.29      |            | 25.87 828.00 | 25.87 828.00 |
|                      | States) G. Total     | 47.53      | 151.26     |             | 233.00     |            |            |            | 345.62     | 318.17     | 309.99     | 303.00     | 193.37     | 257.62     | 243.78     | 94.16      | 59.35       |            | 80.00      | 95.38        | 3874.02      |
|                      |                      |            |            | 207.98      |            | 248.12     | 292.75     | 392.95     |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |             |            |            |              |              |