Lok Sabha Question No. 3720 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-17
Subject: Restructured National Bamboo Mission
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Bhagwanth Khuba

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3720

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 17 TH  MARCH, 2020

## RESTRUCTURED NATIONAL BAMBOO MISSION

3720. SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) the objectives and salient features of the restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM);
- (b) whether the Government has any record regarding the area under bamboo plantation in the country and if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Karnataka; and
- (c) whether the Government has any record regarding the number of applications received, approved and the amount distributed for various  projects  under NBM during each of the last three years and the current year and if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Karnataka?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) The restructured  National Bamboo  Mission (NBM) has been launched in 2018-19  with following objectives:
- i) To  increase  the  area  under  bamboo  plantation  in  non  forest  Government  and  private lands to supplement farm income and contribute towards resilience to climate change as well as availability  of  quality  raw  material  requirement  of  industries.  The  bamboo  plantations  will  be promoted predominantly in farmers' fields, homesteads, community lands, arable wastelands, and along irrigation canals, water bodies etc.
- ii) To  improve  post-harvest  management  through  establishment  of  innovative  primary processing  units  near  the  source  of  production,  primary  treatment  and  seasoning  plants, preservation technologies and market infrastructure.
- iii) To  promote  product  development  keeping  in view  market  demand,  by  assisting  R&D, entrepreneurship  &  business  models  at  micro,  small  and  medium  levels  and  feed  bigger industry.
- iv) To rejuvenate the under developed bamboo industry in India.
- v) To promote skill development, capacity building, awareness generation from development of bamboo sector from production to market demand.
- vi) To  realign  efforts  so  as  to  reduce  dependency  on  import  of  bamboo  and  bamboo products by way of improved productivity and suitability of domestic raw material for industry, so as to enhance income of the primary producers.

The salient features of the restructured National Bamboo Mission are as follows:

- i) Production of genetically superior planting material  of bamboo species with commercial and industrial demand for plantations.
2. ii) Adoption of end to end solution i.e. complete value chain approach starting from bamboo growers to consumers. Focus is given on production and productivity  enhancement and good agronomic practices, treatment, processing, product development, and marketing in an integrated manner adopting cluster approach involving inter alia Farmers Producers Organizations and Cooperatives.
3. iii) Mission  has  been  developed  as  a  platform  for  integration  of  Ministries/  Departments/ Agencies  with  implementation  responsibilities  based  on  their  competency  and  allocation  of business rules, ensuring appropriate synergy and seamless development process.
4. iv) Capacity building of  the officials, field  functionaries,  entrepreneurs  and  farmers  through skill development and trainings is emphasized.
- v) Focus on Research & Development (R&D) to increase the production and productivity of bamboo by identifying its superior clones, improvement of processing technology, development of new products and tools & machinery, etc.
6. (b): Details  of  bamboo  bearing  area  in  recorded  forest  area  of  the  country  including Karnataka (as per India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2019) is given at Annexure I. Regarding bamboo  outside  forest  (as  per  India  State  of  Forest  Report  (ISFR)  2019)  in  Trees  Outside Forests (TOF) areas the total number of culms estimated at National level are 3046 million with an equivalent green weight of 1973 million tons.
7. (c): The funds are released based on the approved Annual Action Plan from the States and Bamboo Technical Support Groups (BTSGs). Details of funds released under NBM in last three years  and  the  current  year  to  the  States  including  Karnataka  is  given  at  Annexure  II.  Funds were released in 2016-17 and 2017-18 only for maintenance of plantations raised in previous years.

Annexure-I State-wise details of Bamboo bearing area in Recorded Forest Area

| State/ UT         |   Bamboo bearing area* (in ha) |
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                         700300 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                        1498100 |
| Assam             |                        1052500 |
| Bihar             |                         113600 |
| Chhattisgarh      |                        1125500 |
| Goa               |                          41800 |
| Gujarat           |                         339300 |
| Haryana           |                           7200 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                          65000 |
| Jharkhand         |                         412300 |
| Karnataka         |                        1018100 |
| Kerala            |                         284900 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                        2086700 |
| Maharashtra       |                        1540800 |
| Manipur           |                         990300 |
| Meghalaya         |                         541000 |
| Mizoram           |                         347600 |
| Nagaland          |                         428400 |
| Orissa            |                        1182700 |
| Punjab            |                          25500 |
| Rajasthan         |                         187400 |
| Sikkim            |                         117600 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                         435700 |
| Telangana         |                         543800 |
| Tripura           |                         378300 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                         123500 |
| Uttarakhand       |                         148900 |
| West Bengal       |                          85500 |
| A & N Island      |                         181400 |
| Total             |                       16003700 |

Source: Table 8.3 of India State of Forest Report 2019, Forest Survey of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India.

Annexure-II

| Details of funds released to States & BTSGs during last three years and current   | Details of funds released to States & BTSGs during last three years and current   | Details of funds released to States & BTSGs during last three years and current   | Details of funds released to States & BTSGs during last three years and current   | Details of funds released to States & BTSGs during last three years and current   | Details of funds released to States & BTSGs during last three years and current   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                            |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |
| S. No.                                                                            |                                                                                   | 2016-17*                                                                          | 2017-18*                                                                          | 2018-19                                                                           | 2019-20                                                                           |
| 1                                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                                                    | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 710.41                                                                            | 0.00                                                                              |
| 2                                                                                 | Bihar                                                                             | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 492.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                              |
| 3                                                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                                                      | 143.21                                                                            | 47.77                                                                             | 228.00                                                                            | 376.00                                                                            |
| 4                                                                                 | Gujarat                                                                           | 152.70                                                                            | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 326.94                                                                            |
| 5                                                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                                                  | 24.04                                                                             | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 300.00                                                                            |
| 6                                                                                 | Jharkhand                                                                         | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 320.81                                                                            | 111.26                                                                            |
| 7                                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                         | 133.88                                                                            | 94.50                                                                             | 1000.00                                                                           | 775.00                                                                            |
| 8                                                                                 | Kerala                                                                            | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 580.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                              |
| 9                                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                                                    | 116.49                                                                            | 44.40                                                                             | 2108.41                                                                           | 1093.00                                                                           |
| 10                                                                                | Maharashtra                                                                       | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 1192.59                                                                           | 1084.00                                                                           |
| 11                                                                                | Orissa                                                                            | 102.79                                                                            | 72.00                                                                             | 377.00                                                                            | 100.00                                                                            |
| 12                                                                                | Tamil Nadu                                                                        | 22.79                                                                             | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 90.75                                                                             |
| 13                                                                                | Telangana                                                                         | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 335.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                              |
| 14                                                                                | Uttar Pradesh                                                                     | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 278.97                                                                            |
| 15                                                                                | Uttarakhand                                                                       | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 691.00                                                                            | 293.00                                                                            |
|                                                                                   | SUB-TOTAL (O.S.)                                                                  | 695.90                                                                            | 258.67                                                                            | 8035.22                                                                           | 4828.92                                                                           |
| NE STATES                                                                         | NE STATES                                                                         | NE STATES                                                                         | NE STATES                                                                         | NE STATES                                                                         | NE STATES                                                                         |
| 1                                                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                 | 138.60                                                                            | 75.60                                                                             | 1127.43                                                                           | 450.00                                                                            |
| 2                                                                                 | Assam                                                                             | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 500.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                              |
| 3                                                                                 | Manipur                                                                           | 194.05                                                                            | 217.06                                                                            | 450.00                                                                            | 487.50                                                                            |
| 4                                                                                 | Meghalaya                                                                         | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 290.00                                                                            | 250.00                                                                            |
| 5                                                                                 | Mizoram                                                                           | 416.58                                                                            | 284.46                                                                            | 1894.50                                                                           | 350.00                                                                            |
| 6                                                                                 | Nagaland                                                                          | 244.25                                                                            | 216.75                                                                            | 623.83                                                                            | 796.00                                                                            |
| 7                                                                                 | Sikkim                                                                            | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 344.45                                                                            | 390.00                                                                            |
| 8                                                                                 | Tripura                                                                           | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 1230.00                                                                           | 610.00                                                                            |
|                                                                                   | SUB-TOTAL (N.E.)                                                                  | 993.48                                                                            | 793.87                                                                            | 6460.21                                                                           | 3333.50                                                                           |
| Bamboo Technical Support Groups (BTSGs)                                           | Bamboo Technical Support Groups (BTSGs)                                           | Bamboo Technical Support Groups (BTSGs)                                           | Bamboo Technical Support Groups (BTSGs)                                           | Bamboo Technical Support Groups (BTSGs)                                           | Bamboo Technical Support Groups (BTSGs)                                           |
| 1                                                                                 | Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Peechi                                   | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 100.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                              |
| 2                                                                                 | Indian Council of Forest Research & Education (ICFRE), Dehradun                   | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 180.00                                                                            | 185.00                                                                            |
| 3                                                                                 | Cane & Bamboo Technology Center (CBTC), Guwahati                                  | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 183.65                                                                            | 0.00                                                                              |
| 4                                                                                 | National Horticulture Board (NHB), Gurugram                                       | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 30.00                                                                             | 0.00                                                                              |
|                                                                                   | SUB- TOTAL (BTSGs)                                                                | 0.00                                                                              | 0.00                                                                              | 493.65                                                                            | 185.00                                                                            |
|                                                                                   | GRAND TOTAL                                                                       | 1689.38                                                                           | 1052.54                                                                           | 14989.08                                                                          | 8347.42                                                                           |

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