Lok Sabha Question No. 598 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-20
Subject: Forest Land
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SUNIL KUMAR SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  598

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2018

## Forest Land

## 598.    SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) the  details of forest land out of total land in terms of percentage in the country, State/UTwise including Jharkhand;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  open  Indian  Institute  of  Forest  Management  in Jharkhand; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) Forest Survey of India, Dehradun carries out the assessment of forest cover of the Country after every two years and the findings are published in India State of Forest Report. The latest report in the series is India State of Forest Report (ISFR)- 2017. As per this report, the total forest and tree cover in the State of Jharkhand is 26,475 square kilometers which is 33.22 percent of the total geographical area of the State.  The details of forest and tree cover in terms of percentage, State/UT-wise as per ISFR-2017 is given in Annexure I and II respectively.
- (b) & (c) There is no proposal at present to open Indian Institute of Forest Management in the State of Jharkhand.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 598 due for answer on 20.07.2018 regarding 'Forest Land'

Forest Cover in States/UTs as per India State of Forest Report (ISFR) -2017.

(Area in square kilometers)

| State               | Geographic Area   | Total Forest cover as per ISFR-2017   | Forest cover percentage w.r.t geographic area of State   |
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh      | 162968            | 28,147                                | 17.27                                                    |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 83743             | 66,964                                | 79.96                                                    |
| Assam               | 78438             | 28,105                                | 35.83                                                    |
| Bihar               | 94163             | 7,299                                 | 7.75                                                     |
| Chhattisgarh        | 135192            | 55,547                                | 41.09                                                    |
| Delhi               | 1483              | 192.41                                | 12.97                                                    |
| Goa                 | 3702              | 2,229                                 | 60.21                                                    |
| Gujarat             | 196244            | 14,757                                | 7.52                                                     |
| Haryana             | 44212             | 1,588                                 | 3.59                                                     |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 55673             | 15,100                                | 27.12                                                    |
| Jammu &Kashmir *    | 222236            | 23,241                                | 10.46                                                    |
| Jharkhand           | 79716             | 23,553                                | 29.55                                                    |
| Karnataka           | 191791            | 37,550                                | 19.58                                                    |
| Kerala              | 38852             | 20,321                                | 52.30                                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 308252            | 77,414                                | 25.11                                                    |
| Maharashtra         | 307713            | 50,682                                | 16.47                                                    |
| Manipur             | 22327             | 17,346                                | 77.69                                                    |
| Meghalaya           | 22429             | 17,146                                | 76.45                                                    |
| Mizoram             | 21081             | 18,186                                | 86.27                                                    |
| Nagaland            | 16579             | 12,489                                | 75.33                                                    |
| Odisha              | 155707            | 51,345                                | 32.98                                                    |
| Punjab              | 50362             | 1837                                  | 3.65                                                     |
| Rajasthan           | 342239            | 16,572                                | 4.84                                                     |
| Sikkim              | 7096              | 3,344                                 | 47.13                                                    |
| Tamil Nadu          | 130060            | 26,281                                | 20.21                                                    |
| Telangana           | 112077            | 20,419                                | 18.22                                                    |
| Tripura             | 10486             | 7,726                                 | 73.68                                                    |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 240928            | 14,679                                | 6.09                                                     |
| Uttarakhand         | 53483             | 24,295                                | 45.43                                                    |
| West Bengal         | 88752             | 16,847                                | 18.98                                                    |
| A&N Islands         | 8249              | 6,742                                 | 81.73                                                    |
| Chandigarh          | 114               | 21.56                                 | 18.91                                                    |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 491               | 207                                   | 42.16                                                    |
| Daman &Diu          | 111               | 20.49                                 | 18.46                                                    |
| Lakshadweep         | 30                | 27.10                                 | 90.33                                                    |
| Puducherry          | 490               | 53.67                                 | 10.95                                                    |
| Grand Total         | 32,87,469         | 7,08,273                              | -----                                                    |

The total forest cover of the country is 21.54% of geographical area.

## Annexure II

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 598 due for answer on 20.07.2018 regarding 'Forest Land.'

## Tree Cover in States/UTs in India

(area in square kilometer)

| State               | Geographic Area   | Total Tree cover as per ISFR- 2017   | Percent of Geographic area   |
|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh      | 162968            | 3,753                                | 2.30                         |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 83743             | 807                                  | 0.96                         |
| Assam               | 78438             | 1,496                                | 1.91                         |
| Bihar               | 94163             | 2,263                                | 2.40                         |
| Chhattisgarh        | 135192            | 3,833                                | 2.84                         |
| Delhi               | 1483              | 113                                  | 7.62                         |
| Goa                 | 3702              | 323                                  | 8.73                         |
| Gujarat             | 196244            | 8,024                                | 4.09                         |
| Haryana             | 44212             | 1,415                                | 3.20                         |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 55673             | 822                                  | 1.48                         |
| Jammu &Kashmir *    | 222236            | 7,815                                | 3.52                         |
| Jharkhand           | 79716             | 2,922                                | 3.67                         |
| Karnataka           | 191791            | 5,713                                | 2.98                         |
| Kerala              | 38852             | 2,959                                | 7.62                         |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 308252            | 8,073                                | 2.62                         |
| Maharashtra         | 307713            | 9,831                                | 3.19                         |
| Manipur             | 22327             | 220                                  | 0.99                         |
| Meghalaya           | 22429             | 657                                  | 2.93                         |
| Mizoram             | 21081             | 467                                  | 2.22                         |
| Nagaland            | 16579             | 379                                  | 2.29                         |
| Odisha              | 155707            | 3,993                                | 2.56                         |
| Punjab              | 50362             | 1,622                                | 3.22                         |
| Rajasthan           | 342239            | 8,266                                | 2.42                         |
| Sikkim              | 7096              | 35                                   | 0.49                         |
| Tamil Nadu          | 130060            | 4,671                                | 3.59                         |
| Telangana           | 112077            | 2,669                                | 2.38                         |
| Tripura             | 10486             | 215                                  | 2.05                         |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 240928            | 7,442                                | 3.09                         |
| Uttarakhand         | 53483             | 767                                  | 1.43                         |
| West Bengal         | 88752             | 2,136                                | 2.41                         |
| A&N Islands         | 8249              | 35                                   | 0.42                         |
| Chandigarh          | 114               | 10                                   | 8.77                         |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 491               | 30                                   | 6.11                         |
| Daman &Diu          | 111               | 10                                   | 9.01                         |
| Lakshadweep         | 30                | 2                                    | 6.67                         |
| Puducherry          | 490               | 27                                   | 5.51                         |
| Grand Total         | 32,87,469         | 93,815                               | -------                      |