Lok Sabha Question No. 1147 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-22
Subject: Forestation Activities
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Prabhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N

## NO.1147

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.11.2019

## Forestation Activities

## 1147. SHRI PRABHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA :

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  funds  for  forestation  activities  in  the country in order to achieve targets set under the Nationally Determined Contributions;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/  UT  wise  including  Gujarat  along  with  the  reasons therefor; and
- (c) the details of the funds provided and targets set thereunder, State/UT-wise including Gujarat?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Yes Sir,  the  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change    provides  funds forforestation  activities  under  various  schemes  in  order  toimprove  &  increase  the forest  cover  and  also  to  achieve  various  commitments  including  targets  under Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) relating toadditional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3.0 billion tonnes CO2 eq . through additional forest & tree cover by 2030.
- (b) &  (c)  This  ministry  implements  two  major  schemes  for  afforestation viz National Afforestation  Programme  (NAP)  for  tree  plantation  in  degraded  forests  through people's participation and National Mission for a Green India (GIM), for plantation on landscape basis. An area over 2 million ha. has been afforested with an investment of  about  Rs.3874  crore  under  NAP  since  its  launching  year  2000  which  includes Rs.233.19 crores released to Gujarat state.  Under GIM, an amount of 292.11 crore has  been  released  to  twelve  states  to  take  up  afforestation  activities  in  an  area  of 87.11 thousand hectaressince 2015-16. An amount of Rs.133.80 lakhs was released to Gujarat state for bridge plan under GIM during 2011-12.The State-wise total funds released during the last three years under NAP andGIMis given in the Annexure I Besides,  the  funds  collected  under  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), as compensatory levies from states inter-alia ,  is alsoused  in  various  afforestation  activities  including  compensatory  afforestation  by States/UTs.Government of India has disbursed  an amount of Rs.47,436 crore from National  Fund  to  27  State  fundsas  share  of  respective  states  as  per  Compensatory Fund Act,2016, the state-wise details of which is given in Annexure II.The ministry also supports school nursery and urban forestry programmes. In addition afforestation activities  are  carried  out  by  State/UT  Governments  through  their  various  plan  and

non-plan budgets. Further, plantations are also done by various other departments,Non-government organizations, civil society, corporate bodies etc.

Afforestation/Tree plantation targets in the country under Twenty Point Programme (TPP) in respect of Area Covered under Public and Forest Lands is fixed by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF& CC) annually for States/UTs. The  target  of  plantation  for  the  year  2019-20  is  1.87  million  ha  and  the  details  of State/UT wise targets are given in Annexure III.

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## Annexure I

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) & (c) of the LokSabha Un-Starred Question No. 1147 due for reply on 22.11.2019 by Shri Prabhubhai Nagarbhai Vasavaregarding 'Forestation Activities'.

Statewise Details of total funds released during the last three years (2016-17 to 2018-19) under National Afforestation Programme(NAP) and Green India Mission (GIM)

(Rs. In crores)

| Sl. No.   | State                | NAP    | GIM    |
|-----------|----------------------|--------|--------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 11.07  | 4.18   |
| 2         | Bihar                | 6.41   | -      |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh         | 23.6   | 36.54  |
| 4         | Gujarat              | 4.36   | -      |
| 5         | Haryana              | 6.21   | -      |
| 6         | Himachal Pradesh     | 4.65   | -      |
| 7         | Jammu &Kashmir       | 7.20   | -      |
| 8         | Jharkhand            | -      | -      |
| 9         | Karnataka            | 21.56  | 3.35   |
| 10        | Kerala               | -      | -      |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh       | 20.52  | 24.16  |
| 12        | Maharashtra          | 26.82  | 10.30  |
| 13        | Orissa               | 19.47  | 7.53   |
| 14        | Punjab               | -      | 6.22   |
| 15        | Rajasthan            | 3.35   | -      |
| 16        | Tamil Nadu           | 3.63   | -      |
| 17        | Telangana            | -      | -      |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh        | 3.54   | -      |
| 19        | Uttarakhand          | 5.94   | -      |
| 20        | West Bengal          | -      | -      |
|           | Total (Other States) | 168.33 | 92.28  |
|           | North Eastern states |        |        |
| 21        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0.86   | -      |
| 22        | Assam                | 0.58   | -      |
| 23        | Manipur              | 8.79   | 19.12  |
| 24        | Meghalaya            | 2.39   | -      |
| 25        | Mizoram              | 20.33  | 52.24  |
| 26        | Nagaland             | 17.47  | -      |
| 27        | Sikkim               | 11.07  | 3.32   |
| 28        | Tripura              | 4.94   | -      |
|           | Total (NE States)    | 66.43  | 74.68  |
|           | G. Total             | 234.76 | 166.96 |

## Annexure II

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) & (c) of the LokSabha Un-Starred Question No. 1147 due for reply on 22.11.2019 by ShriPrabhubhaiNagarbhaiVasava regarding'Forestation Activities'.

State-wise  Details  of  Transfer  of  funds  from  the  National  Authority  to  States Authority-29.08.2019

| Sl.No.   | Name of State     |   Funds transferred (Crore Rupees) |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                            1734.81 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                            1588.72 |
| 3        | Assam             |                             560.81 |
| 4        | Bihar             |                             522.95 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |                            5791.7  |
| 6        | Madhya Pradesh    |                            5196.69 |
| 7        | Maharashtra       |                            3844.24 |
| 8        | Manipur           |                             309.76 |
| 9        | Rajasthan         |                            1748.26 |
| 10       | Goa               |                             238.16 |
| 11       | Gujarat           |                            1484.6  |
| 12       | Haryana           |                            1282.65 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh  |                            1660.72 |
| 14       | Jharkhand         |                            4158.02 |
| 15       | Karnataka         |                            1350.37 |
| 16       | Kerala            |                              81.59 |
| 17       | Meghalaya         |                             163.31 |
| 18       | Mizoram           |                             212.98 |
| 19       | Odisha            |                            5933.98 |
| 20       | Punjab            |                            1040.84 |
| 21       | Sikkim            |                             392.36 |
| 22       | Tamil Nadu        |                             113.42 |
| 23       | Telangana         |                            3110.38 |
| 24       | Tripura           |                             183.65 |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh     |                            1819.63 |
| 26       | Uttarakhand       |                            2675.09 |
| 27       | West Bengal       |                             236.48 |
|          | Total             |                           47436.2  |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) & (c) of the LokSabhaUnStarred Question No. 1147 due for reply on 22.11.2019 by ShriPrabhubhaiNagarbhaiVasava regarding'Forestation Activities'.

State/UT wise targets of afforestation fixed under Twenty Point Programme for the year 2019-20

| Sl.No           | NAMEOF STATE/UT   | TARGET- 2019-20 Area of Plantation (in ha.)   |
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 1               | Andhra Pradesh    | 233800                                        |
| 2               | Arunachal Pradesh | 35                                            |
| 3               | Assam             | 50                                            |
| 4               | Bihar             | 23600                                         |
| 5               | Chhattisgarh      | 94700                                         |
| 6               | Goa               | 30                                            |
| 7               | Gujarat           | 182100                                        |
| 8               | Haryana           | 26800                                         |
| 9               | Himachal Pradesh  | 11250                                         |
| 10              | Jammu and Kashmir | 10830                                         |
| 11              | Jharkhand         | 24050                                         |
| 12              | Karnataka         | 70720                                         |
| 13              | Kerala            | 18240                                         |
| 14              | Madhya Pradesh    | 59000                                         |
| 15              | Maharashtra       | 49600                                         |
| 16              | Manipur           | 7900                                          |
| 17              | Meghalaya         | 3260                                          |
| 18              | Mizoram           | 4440                                          |
| 19              | Nagaland          | 1270                                          |
| 20              | Orissa            | 350000                                        |
| 21              | Punjab            | 5590                                          |
| 22              | Rajasthan         | 66580                                         |
| 23              | Sikkim            | 1860                                          |
| 24              | Tamil Nadu        | 43290                                         |
| 25              | Telangana         | 426900                                        |
| 26              | Tripura           | 4130                                          |
| 27              | Uttarakhand       | 21080                                         |
| 28              | Uttar Pradesh     | 113490                                        |
| 29              | West Bengal       | 9370                                          |
| 30              | A &NIslands       | 1150                                          |
| 31              | Chandigarh        | 190                                           |
| 32              | D &NHaveli        | 240                                           |
| 33              | Daman &Diu        | 10                                            |
| 34              | Delhi             | 1540                                          |
| 35              | Lakshadweep       | 10                                            |
| 36              | Puducherry        | 140                                           |
| Total : 1867245 | Total : 1867245   | Total : 1867245                               |