Lok Sabha Question No. 2021 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-29
Subject: Forest/Green Cover
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Girish Bhalchandra Bapat

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2021

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2019

## Forest/Green Cover

## 2021.    SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  mechanism  for  monitoring  and  assessment  of  the forest/green cover in the country and if so, the details thereof, along with the forest cover, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to utilise remote sensing technology for the said purpose and if so, the details thereof including the benefits of the said technology in terms of time and cost;
- (c) whether the Government has any plan for promoting afforestation by planting trees like Sal in various States; and
- (d) the details of the funds allocated, sanctioned and utlised during the last two years and the current year, year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b ) Yes, Sir. Since 1987, assessment and monitoring of forest cover/green cover of the country is  carried  out  by  Forest  Survey  of  India,  Dehradun  (FSI),  an  organization  under  the Ministry. The forest cover assessment is made using remote sensing technology supported by  intensive  ground  truthing.  Remote  sensing  technology  covers  very  large  areas  in  a repetitive manner at different scales & resolutions and allows easy collection of data of the Earth  features  namely  water,  agriculture,  forest,  habitation  etc.  in  a  faster  and  costeffective manner.

The  result  of  forest  cover  assessment  is  published  in  areport  known  as  India  State  of Forest Report (ISFR) on biennial basis.So far 15 such reports have been published. As per the latest report i.e. ISFR-2017, the total forest and tree cover in the country is 8,02,088 square  kilometre  (forest  cover  7,08,273  square  kilometre,  tree  cover  93,815  square kilometre) which is 24.39% of the geographical area of the country. There is an increase of  8,021 square kilometre (forest cover 6,778 square kilometre, tree cover 1,243 square kilometre) of total forest and tree cover in the country including urban areas compared to that of ISFR-2015.  The detail of forest cover/green cover in the States/UTs is given in Annexure-I .

- (c)  &(d)      For  promoting  afforestation  in  the  country,  afforestation  and  conservation  activities  are being taken up under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes such as National Afforestation Programme, Green India Mission and Development of Wildlife Habitats which are being implemented  by  the  Ministry.  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 and under concerned State/UT schemes/plans.

Details  of  fund  released  by  the  Ministry  for  conservation,  development  and  expansion offorests under National Afforestation Programme, Green India Mission and Development ofWildlife Habitats during the last two years and the current year to States/UTs are given in Annexure-II,  III,  IV respectively.Under  Compensatory  Afforestation  Funds  (CAF), the details of State-wise funds released duringlast two years and part of 2019-20 by the Ad-hoc Compensatory Afforestation FundManagement and Planning Authority (CAMPA) are given in Annexure V. After formation of National Authority under CompensatoryAfforestation  (CAF)  Act,  2016,  a  sum  of  Rs.  47436.18  Crore  have  been deposited in Statefunds as per the provision of the CAF Act, 2016. State-wise details of fund deposited inState fund are at Annexure VI.

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## Annexure I

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 2021 due for answer on 29.11.2019 regarding 'Forest/Green Cover'.

## State/UTs wise details of Forest and Tree Cover as per ISFR 2017

(Area in square kilometre)

| State               |   Geographic Area |   Forest cover |   TreeCover |   Total Forest and Tree Cover |   Percentage of Geographical area |
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh      |            162968 |       28147    |        3753 |                      31900    |                             19.57 |
| Arunachal Pradesh   |             83743 |       66964    |         807 |                      67771    |                             80.93 |
| Assam               |             78438 |       28105    |        1496 |                      29601    |                             37.74 |
| Bihar               |             94163 |        7299    |        2263 |                       9562    |                             10.15 |
| Chhattisgarh        |            135192 |       55547    |        3833 |                      59380    |                             43.92 |
| Delhi               |              1483 |         192.41 |         113 |                        305.41 |                             20.59 |
| Goa                 |              3702 |        2229    |         323 |                       2552    |                             68.94 |
| Gujarat             |            196244 |       14757    |        8024 |                      22781    |                             11.61 |
| Haryana             |             44212 |        1588    |        1415 |                       3003    |                              6.79 |
| Himachal Pradesh    |             55673 |       15100    |         822 |                      15922    |                             28.6  |
| Jammu& Kashmir *    |            222236 |       23241    |        7815 |                      31056    |                             13.97 |
| Jharkhand           |             79716 |       23553    |        2922 |                      26475    |                             33.21 |
| Karnataka           |            191791 |       37550    |        5713 |                      43263    |                             22.56 |
| Kerala              |             38852 |       20321    |        2959 |                      23280    |                             59.92 |
| Madhya Pradesh      |            308252 |       77414    |        8073 |                      85487    |                             27.73 |
| Maharashtra         |            307713 |       50682    |        9831 |                      60513    |                             19.67 |
| Manipur             |             22327 |       17346    |         220 |                      17566    |                             78.68 |
| Meghalaya           |             22429 |       17146    |         657 |                      17803    |                             79.37 |
| Mizoram             |             21081 |       18186    |         467 |                      18653    |                             88.48 |
| Nagaland            |             16579 |       12489    |         379 |                      12868    |                             77.62 |
| Odisha              |            155707 |       51345    |        3993 |                      55338    |                             35.54 |
| Punjab              |             50362 |        1837    |        1622 |                       3459    |                              6.87 |
| Rajasthan           |            342239 |       16572    |        8266 |                      24838    |                              7.26 |
| Sikkim              |              7096 |        3344    |          35 |                       3379    |                             47.62 |
| Tamil Nadu          |            130060 |       26281    |        4671 |                      30952    |                             23.8  |
| Telangana           |            112077 |       20419    |        2669 |                      23088    |                             20.6  |
| Tripura             |             10486 |        7726    |         215 |                       7941    |                             75.73 |
| Uttar Pradesh       |            240928 |       14679    |        7442 |                      22121    |                              9.18 |
| Uttarakhand         |             53483 |       24295    |         767 |                      25062    |                             46.86 |
| West Bengal         |             88752 |       16847    |        2136 |                      18983    |                             21.39 |
| A&N Islands         |              8249 |        6742    |          35 |                       6777    |                             82.16 |
| Chandigarh          |               114 |          21.56 |          10 |                         31.56 |                             27.68 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli |               491 |         207    |          30 |                        237    |                             48.27 |
| Daman &Diu          |               111 |          20.49 |          10 |                         30.49 |                             27.47 |
| Lakshadweep         |                30 |          27.1  |           2 |                         29.1  |                             97    |
| Puducherry          |               490 |          53.67 |          27 |                         80.67 |                             16.46 |
| Grand Total         |           3287469 |      708273    |       93815 |                     802088    |                             24.39 |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 2021 due for answer on 29.11.2019 regarding 'Forest/Green Cover'.

## Details of State wise funds released under National Afforestation Programme

|        |                   |            | (Rupees in Crore)   | (Rupees in Crore)   |
|--------|-------------------|------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| S. No. | State             | FY 2017-18 | FY 2018-19          | FY 2019-20          |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 3.36       | 6.38                |                     |
| 2      | Bihar             | 4.23       | 0.00                |                     |
| 3      | Chhattisgarh      | 10.86      | 7.82                | 5.71                |
| 4      | Goa               | 0.00       | 0.00                |                     |
| 5      | Gujarat           | 0.00       | 0.00                |                     |
| 6      | Haryana           | 2.71       | 0.00                |                     |
| 7      | Himachal Pradesh  | 1.72       | 2.92                | 0.52                |
| 8      | Jammu &Kashmir    | 7.20       | 0.00                |                     |
| 9      | Jharkhand         | 0.00       | 0.00                |                     |
| 10     | Karnataka         | 3.24       | 10.99               |                     |
| 11     | Kerala            | 0.00       | 0.00                |                     |
| 12     | Madhya Pradesh    | 8.74       | 7.78                |                     |
| 13     | Maharashtra       | 6.73       | 15.33               |                     |
| 14     | Orissa            | 3.49       | 11.36               | 8.45                |
| 15     | Punjab            | 0.00       | 0.00                |                     |
| 16     | Rajasthan         | 1.40       | 1.95                |                     |
| 17     | Tamil Nadu        | 0.00       | 2.07                |                     |
| 18     | Telangana         | 0.00       | 0.00                |                     |
| 19     | Uttar Pradesh     | 0.67       | 0.32                |                     |
| 20     | Uttarakhand       | 3.36       | 2.58                |                     |
| 21     | West Bengal       | 0.00       | 0.00                |                     |
| 22     | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.86       | 0.00                |                     |
| 23     | Assam             | 0.00       | 0.58                |                     |
| 24     | Manipur           | 3.19       | 4.38                |                     |
| 25     | Meghalaya         | 1.65       | 0.74                |                     |
| 26     | Mizoram           | 5.80       | 7.79                |                     |
| 27     | Nagaland          | 5.85       | 6.41                | 2.35                |
| 28     | Sikkim            | 0.00       | 5.98                |                     |
| 29     | Tripura           | 4.94       | 0.00                | 3.76                |
|        | Total             | 80.00      | 95.38               | 20.80               |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 2021 due for answer on 29.11.2019 regarding 'Forest/Green Cover'.

## State-wise details of funds released under Green India Mission.

## (Rupees in Crore)

| Sl. No.   | State          | FY2017-18   | FY 2018-19   | FY 2019-20   |
|-----------|----------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh | 0.446       | 2.6662       |              |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh   | 10.953      | 5.3607       | 5.036        |
| 3         | Karnataka      | 0.857       | 1.62339      | 2.209        |
| 4         | Kerala*        | -           | -            | 16.318       |
| 5         | Manipur        | 6.416       | 4.88812      | 4.166        |
| 6         | Mizoram        | 20.00       | 22.364       |              |
| 7         | Odisha         | 1.406       | 4.74334      | 14.189       |
| 8         | Punjab*        | 6.217       | -            |              |
| 9         | Uttarakhand**  | -           | -            |              |
| 10        | Sikkim         | -           | 3.3236       | 3.124        |
| 11        | Maharashtra    | -           | 10.30188     |              |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh | -           | 24.15919     |              |
| Total     | Total          | 46.295      | 79.4304      | 45.044       |

Note: *Fund were revalidated for utilization in FY 2016-17.

** Fund were revalidated for utilization in FY 2016-17 and FY 2018-19

Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 2021 due for answer on 29.11.2019 regarding 'Forest/Green Cover'.

## Details of funds released under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme 'Development of Wildlife Habitats'

(Rupees in Crore)

| S.No.   | Name of State/UTs   |   FY 2017-18 |   FY 2018-19 |   FY 2019-20 |
|---------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| 1       | A&N Islands         |       1.4193 |       1.91   |       1.3264 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh      |       0      |       0.75   |       0      |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh   |       2.6993 |       3.4442 |       4.1414 |
| 4       | Assam               |       2.7582 |       2.6532 |       1.6426 |
| 5       | Bihar               |       3.2267 |       7.49   |       1.4137 |
| 6       | Chandigarh          |       0.2606 |       0      |       0      |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh        |       4.3501 |       3.5061 |       3.1003 |
| 8       | Goa                 |       0.8599 |       0      |       0      |
| 9       | Gujarat             |       5.5852 |      22.32   |       0      |
| 10      | Haryana             |       1.8144 |       1.55   |       0.4386 |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh    |       2.3741 |       3.703  |       3.0576 |
| 12      | Jammu &Kashmir      |       5.7791 |       4.9243 |       0      |
| 13      | Jharkhand           |       0.956  |       0.5051 |       0.9396 |
| 14      | Karnataka           |       4.2789 |       6.53   |       4.1856 |
| 15      | Kerala              |       9.0083 |      12.934  |       5.7491 |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh      |      13.7948 |       9.122  |       6.2926 |
| 17      | Maharashtra         |       8.0805 |      10.312  |       5.5333 |
| 18      | Manipur             |       4.2566 |       4.056  |       3.5935 |
| 19      | Meghalaya           |       1.1406 |       3.12   |       0      |
| 20      | Mizoram             |       4.8744 |       4.3    |       0      |
| 21      | Nagaland            |       5.6587 |       8.822  |       7.7783 |
| 22      | Odisha              |       3.4293 |       4.99   |       5.5847 |
| 23      | Rajasthan           |       6.2242 |       5.85   |       6.7956 |
| 24      | Sikkim              |       2.0215 |       3.94   |       3.9627 |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu          |       3.9472 |       3.841  |       4.095  |
| 26      | Telangana           |       1.5708 |       0      |       0      |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh       |       3.8696 |       1.1981 |       4.2661 |
| 28      | Uttarakhand         |      29.7936 |      17.641  |       0      |
| 29      | West Bengal         |       6.5799 |       9.606  |       8.006  |
| 30      | Puducherry          |       0      |       0      |       0      |
| 31      | Lakshadweep         |       0.0671 |       0.463  |       1.3679 |
| 32      | Delhi               |       0      |       5.519  |       0      |
| 33      | Tripura             |       0      |       0      |       0.9031 |
|         | TOTAL               |     150      |     165      |      84.1745 |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 2021 due for answer on 29.11.2019 regarding 'Forest/Green Cover'.

## Details of State/UTs wise funds released under Compensatory Afforestation Funds by Ad-hoc CAMPA

| State/UT                 | FY-17-18          | FY-18-19          | FY-19-20          |
|--------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| State/UT                 | Release (Rs.)     | Release (Rs.)     | Release (Rs.)     |
| Andaman& Nicobar Islands | 1,33,00,000.00    | 1,56,00,000.00    | Nil               |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 97,00,00,000.00   | 1,04,47,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Arunachal Pradesh        |                   | 3,54,15,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Assam                    | 70,00,00,000.00   | 45,84,00,000.00   | Nil               |
| Bihar                    | 30,31,00,000.00   | 46,61,90,000.00   | Nil               |
| Chandigarh               | 1,13,00,000.00    | 1,27,00,000.00    | Nil               |
| Chhattisgarh             | Nil               | Nil               | Nil               |
| Dadar Nagar Haveli       | Nil               | Nil               | Nil               |
| Daman &Diu               | Nil               | Nil               | Nil               |
| Delhi                    | Nil               | Nil               | Nil               |
| Goa                      | Nil               | Nil               | Nil               |
| Gujarat                  | 27,00,00,000.00   | 2,12,6600,000.00  | Nil               |
| Haryana                  | 80,00,00,000.00   | 1,44,20,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Himachal Pradesh         | 1,20,00,00,000.00 | 1,32,52,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Jammu Kashmir            | 69,00,00,000.00   | Nil               | 1,01,77,00,000.00 |
| Jharkhand                | 2,34,00,00,000.00 | 2,86,25,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Karnataka                | 86,00,00,000.00   | 1,01,40,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Kerala                   | 8,00,00,000.00    | 14,61,00,000.00   | Nil               |
| Lakshadweep              | Nil               | Nil               | Nil               |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 2,00,00,00,000.00 | 2,68,76,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Maharashtra              | 1,99,00,00,000.00 | 2,25,00,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Manipur                  | 29,50,00,000.00   | 24,85,00,000.00   | Nil               |
| Meghalaya                | 7,00,00,000.00    | Nil               | Nil               |
| Mizoram                  | 6,85,00,000.00    | 8,30,00,000.00    | Nil               |
| Nagaland                 | Nil               | Nil               | Nil               |
| Orissa                   | 5,09,00,00,000.00 | 5,54,00,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Pudducherry              | Nil               | Nil               | Nil               |
| Punjab                   | 64,00,00,000.00   | 79,20,00,000.00   | Nil               |
| Rajasthan                | 1,79,00,00,000.00 | 1,82,03,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Sikkim                   | Nil               | Nil               | Nil               |
| Tamil Nadu               | 12,68,00,000.00   | 7,00,00,000.00    | Nil               |
| Telangana                | 1,27,00,00,000.00 | 2,37,38,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Tripura                  | 7,10,00,000       | 16,70,00,000.00   | Nil               |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 1,44,00,00,000.00 | 1,50,60,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Uttrakhand               | 96,00,00,000.00   | 3,03,00,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| West Bengal              | Nil               | 21,22,00,000.00   | Nil               |
| Total                    | 24,049,000,000.00 | 35,235,890,000.00 | 1,017,700,000.00  |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 2021 due for answer on 29.11.2019 regarding 'Forest/Green Cover'.

State-wise details of funds deposited under CAF Act, 2016 (Rupees in crore)

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