Lok Sabha Question No. 4447 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Conservation of Forests
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Ravindra Kushawaha, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Sunil Baburao Mendhe

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4447

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2019

## Conservation of Forests

4447:   SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHIL SUNIL BABURAO MENDHE:

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

- a) the funds allocated for promoting issues relating to environment in the country during the last three years, State/UT-wise including Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh;
- b) whether the Government proposes to formulate any consolidated plan for the development of tourism  in  forest  areas  of  the  country,  especially  in  Rajasthan,  Maharashtra  and  Uttar Pradesh;
- c) if so, the details thereof; and
- d) the other steps taken for conservation of forest in the said States?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) The  details  of  funds  released  for  promoting  issues  relating  to  environment  in  the country during the last three years, State/UT-wise including Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are as given in Annexure.
- (b) & (c) The MoEFCC has prepared a draft 'Policy on Ecotourism in Forest and Wildlife areas' with  the  main  objective  of  adopting  low  impact  nature  tourism which  ensures ecological integrity, through engaging local communities. The emphasis of the ecotourism policy is on Community participation. People living in and around Protected Areas  and  other  forest  areas  are  to  be  involved  in  eco-tourism  activities,  through imparting  necessary  skills,  including  through  'Green  Skill  Development',  which would  eventually  enable  the  people  to  earn  their  livelihood  from  eco-tourism activities.
- (d) For  conservation  of  forest,  afforestation  programmes  are  being  taken  up  under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes in the country, including State of Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, such as National Afforestation Programme (NAP) and Green India Mission (GIM) being implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Afforestation activities are also taken up under various programmes/funding sources such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana, Compensatory Afforestation Funds (CAF) and under concerned State/UT schemes/plans. GIM aims at protecting, restoring and enhancing India's forest cover and responding to Climate Change. NAP is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for afforestation and eco-restoration of degraded forests and adjoining areas through people's participation. To compensate the loss of forest for development works, compensatory afforestation is undertaken  on  non-forest  land  and  degraded  forest  land  from  the  funds  collected from the user agencies and deposited in the CAF. In addition net present value of the forest land diverted is also deposited in CAF and utilized for additional afforestation and allied forestry activities for eco-restoration of the loss due to forest diversion.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4447 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2019 REGARDING "CONSERVATION OF FORESTS' BY SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHAWAHA: SHRI RAVI KISHAN: SHRE SUNIL BABURAO MENDHE:

| 2016-17   | 2016-17             | 2016-17          |
|-----------|---------------------|------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States / UTs        | Release in Crore |
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar | 0.13             |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh      | 0.19             |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 0.20             |
| 4         | Assam               | 1.85             |
| 5         | Chandigarh          | 4.41             |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh        | 0.41             |
| 7         | Delhi               | 15.50            |
| 8         | Goa                 | 0.05             |
| 9         | Gujarat             | 12.23            |
| 10        | Haryana             | 1.46             |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh    | 2.34             |
| 12        | Jammu &Kashmir      | 0.59             |
| 13        | Jharkhand           | 0.85             |
| 14        | Karnataka           | 9.32             |
| 15        | Kerala              | 1.51             |
| 16        | Lakshadweep         | 0.17             |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh      | 26.76            |
| 18        | Maharashtra         | 6.02             |
| 19        | Manipur             | 0.60             |
| 20        | Meghalaya           | 0.21             |
| 21        | Mizoram             | 1.07             |
| 22        | Nagaland            | 0.20             |
| 23        | Odisha              | 2.20             |
| 24        | Puducherry          | 0.21             |
| 25        | Rajasthan           | 2.25             |
| 26        | Sikkim              | 13.95            |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu          | 15.49            |
| 28        | Telangana           | 24.84            |
| 29        | Tripura             | 0.22             |
| 30        | Uttar Pradesh       | 4.36             |
| 31        | Uttarakhand         | 26.54            |

| 2016-17                     | 2016-17                     | 2016-17                     |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Centrally Sponsored Schemes | Centrally Sponsored Schemes | Centrally Sponsored Schemes |
| Sl. No.                     | State / UT Name             |                             |
| 1                           | Andhra Pradesh              | 5.08                        |
| 2                           | Arunachal Pradesh           | 11.36                       |
| 3                           | Assam                       | 18.31                       |
| 4                           | Bihar                       | 9.11                        |
| 5                           | Chhattisgarh                | 37.71                       |
| 6                           | Delhi                       | 0.50                        |
| 7                           | Gujarat                     | 98.47                       |
| 8                           | Haryana                     | 6.34                        |
| 9                           | Himachal Pradesh            | 7.68                        |
| 10                          | Jammu And Kashmir           | 4.32                        |
| 11                          | Jharkhand                   | 6.19                        |
| 12                          | Karnataka                   | 51.35                       |
| 13                          | Kerala                      | 33.60                       |
| 14                          | Madhya Pradesh              | 151.38                      |
| 15                          | Maharashtra                 | 116.90                      |
| 16                          | Manipur                     | 14.71                       |
| 17                          | Meghalaya                   | 3.68                        |
| 18                          | Mizoram                     | 33.89                       |
| 19                          | Nagaland                    | 11.11                       |
| 20                          | Odisha                      | 25.59                       |
| 21                          | Puducherry                  | 0.10                        |
| 22                          | Punjab                      | 0.02                        |
| 23                          | Rajasthan                   | 23.81                       |
| 24                          | Sikkim                      | 13.46                       |
| 25                          | Tamil Nadu                  | 17.03                       |
| 26                          | Telangana                   | 2.39                        |
| 27                          | Tripura                     | 2.13                        |
| 28                          | Uttar Pradesh               | 43.34                       |
| 29                          | Uttarakhand                 | 24.91                       |

| 2017-18                |
|------------------------|
| Central Sector Schemes |

|   SI No. | States / UTs      |   Release in crore |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    |               1.9  |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh |               0.45 |
|        3 | Assam             |               2.92 |
|        4 | Bihar             |               1.97 |
|        5 | Chandigarh        |               3.53 |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh      |               1.2  |
|        7 | Delhi             |              16.84 |
|        8 | Goa               |               0.76 |
|        9 | Gujarat           |               5.02 |
|       10 | Haryana           |               0.49 |
|       11 | Himachal Pradesh  |               2.23 |
|       12 | Jammu &Kashmir    |               0.45 |
|       13 | Jharkhand         |               0.59 |
|       14 | Karnataka         |               0.61 |
|       15 | Kerala            |               2.03 |
|       16 | Lakshadweep       |               0.03 |
|       17 | Madhya Pradesh    |              10.44 |
|       18 | Maharashtra       |               2.62 |
|       19 | Manipur           |               2.73 |
|       20 | Meghalaya         |               0.17 |
|       21 | Mizoram           |               1.6  |
|       22 | Nagaland          |               1.73 |
|       23 | Odisha            |               4.07 |
|       24 | Puducherry        |               0.16 |
|       25 | Punjab            |               3.5  |
|       26 | Rajasthan         |               1.05 |
|       27 | Sikkim            |               0.36 |
|       28 | Tamil Nadu        |              20.53 |
|       29 | Telangana         |              27.54 |
|       30 | Tripura           |               0.5  |
|       31 | Uttar Pradesh     |               3.98 |
|       32 | Uttarakhand       |               1.03 |
|       33 | West Bengal       |              38.79 |

| 2017-18   | 2017-18         | 2017-18          |
|-----------|-----------------|------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State / UT Name | Release in crore |

|   1 | Andhra Pradesh    |   11.12 |
|-----|-------------------|---------|
|   2 | Arunachal Pradesh |   13.12 |
|   3 | Assam             |   26.65 |
|   4 | Bihar             |   18.88 |
|   5 | Chhattisgarh      |   42.46 |
|   6 | Delhi             |    0.3  |
|   7 | Goa               |    3.97 |
|   8 | Gujarat           |   76.99 |
|   9 | Haryana           |    5.58 |
|  10 | Himachal Pradesh  |    7.86 |
|  11 | Jammu And Kashmir |   37.55 |
|  12 | Jharkhand         |    6.45 |
|  13 | Karnataka         |   36.59 |
|  14 | Kerala            |   28.54 |
|  15 | Madhya Pradesh    |  144.74 |
|  16 | Maharashtra       |  128.5  |
|  17 | Manipur           |   17.13 |
|  18 | Meghalaya         |    6.31 |
|  19 | Mizoram           |   34.71 |
|  20 | Nagaland          |   17.7  |
|  21 | Odisha            |   38.13 |
|  22 | Puducherry        |    0.67 |
|  23 | Punjab            |   56.97 |
|  24 | Rajasthan         |   18.09 |
|  25 | Sikkim            |   23.36 |
|  26 | Tamil Nadu        |   40.32 |
|  27 | Telangana         |    6.12 |
|  28 | Tripura           |    5.7  |
|  29 | Uttar Pradesh     |   13.8  |
|  30 | Uttarakhand       |   57.08 |
|  31 | West Bengal       |   16.66 |

| 2018-19 Central Sector Schemes   | 2018-19 Central Sector Schemes   | 2018-19 Central Sector Schemes   |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Sl. No                           | States / UTs                     | Release in crore                 |
| 1                                | Andhra Pradesh                   | 2.21                             |
| 2                                | Arunachal Pradesh                | 0.53                             |

|   3 | Assam             |   7.62 |
|-----|-------------------|--------|
|   4 | Bihar             |   0.49 |
|   5 | Chandigarh        |   0.89 |
|   6 | Chhatisgarh       |   1.82 |
|   7 | Delhi             |  13.9  |
|   8 | Goa               |   0.1  |
|   9 | Gujarat           |   7.07 |
|  11 | Himachal Pradesh  |   3.36 |
|  12 | Jammu and Kashmir |   0.21 |
|  13 | Jharkhand         |   0.95 |
|  14 | Karnataka         |   2.36 |
|  15 | Kerala            |   7.04 |
|  16 | Lakshadweep       |   0.14 |
|  17 | Madhya Pradesh    |  13.27 |
|  18 | Maharashtra       |   4.14 |
|  19 | Manipur           |   3.07 |
|  20 | Meghalaya         |   1.76 |
|  21 | Mizoram           |   1.6  |
|  22 | Nagaland          |   0.95 |
|  23 | Odisha            |   2.29 |
|  24 | Puducherry        |   0.15 |
|  25 | Punjab            |   2.88 |
|  26 | Rajasthan         |   4.57 |
|  27 | Sikkim            |   1.29 |
|  28 | Tamil Nadu        |  22.02 |
|  29 | Telangana         |   3.1  |
|  30 | Tripura           |   2.32 |
|  31 | Uttar Pradesh     |   3.86 |
|  32 | Uttarakhand       |  29.12 |
|  33 | West Bengal       |   8.16 |

| 2018-19 Centrally Sponsored Schemes   | 2018-19 Centrally Sponsored Schemes   | 2018-19 Centrally Sponsored Schemes   |
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                               | State / UT Name                       | Release in crore                      |
| 1                                     | Andhra Pradesh                        | 15.96                                 |
| 2                                     | Arunachal Pradesh                     | 13.63                                 |
| 3                                     | Assam                                 | 26.90                                 |
| 4                                     | Bihar                                 | 21.68                                 |
| 5                                     | Chhattisgarh                          | 25.25                                 |

|   6 | Delhi             |   5.43 |
|-----|-------------------|--------|
|   7 | Goa               |   0.88 |
|   8 | Gujarat           |  85.34 |
|   9 | Haryana           |   3.06 |
|  10 | Himachal Pradesh  |   7.73 |
|  11 | Jammu And Kashmir |  35.79 |
|  12 | Jharkhand         |   6.42 |
|  13 | Karnataka         |  47.04 |
|  14 | Kerala            |  28.27 |
|  15 | Madhya Pradesh    | 105.08 |
|  16 | Maharashtra       | 159.7  |
|  17 | Manipur           |  22.57 |
|  18 | Meghalaya         |   8.52 |
|  19 | Mizoram           |  39.96 |
|  20 | Nagaland          |  32.71 |
|  21 | Odisha            |  44.87 |
|  22 | Puducherry        |   1    |
|  23 | Punjab            |   0.09 |
|  24 | Rajasthan         |  16.92 |
|  25 | Sikkim            |  60.42 |
|  26 | Tamil Nadu        |  36.3  |
|  27 | Telangana         |  11.16 |
|  28 | Tripura           |   1.54 |
|  29 | Uttar Pradesh     |  28.06 |
|  30 | Uttarakhand       |  36.29 |
|  31 | West Bengal       |  20.14 |