Lok Sabha Question No. 2 (STARRED), answered on 2019-06-21
Subject: Plantation of Trees
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Ajay (Teni) Misra

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO: 2

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.06.2019

## Plantation of Trees

## *2.SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

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

- (a) Whether the Government has taken a resolve on World Environment Day to plant large number of trees in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the total number of trees proposed to be planted in the year 2019 and 2020;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to plant medicinal and fruit bearing trees at various locations in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) to (d) A statement has been laid on the Table of the House.

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## Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  to  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred Question  No.  2  due  for  reply  on  21.06.2019  by  Shri  Ajay  Misra  Teni regarding 'Plantation of Trees'.

- (a) The World Environment Day(WED) was celebrated this year with the theme of 'Air Pollution',  to  promote  clean  air.  On  this  WED  2019  seedlings  were  planted  and  an advertisement was also released encouraging all to plant a tree.
- (b) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has decided to make plantation a people's  movement through various programmes which will promote school nursery, urban forestry, planting trees on vacant lands, bunds on farm land etc. Tree Plantation/Afforestation activities are also taken up cross-sectorally by various Departments,  NGOs,  Civil  Society,  Corporate  bodies  etc.  under  various  Central  and State  Plan/Non  Plan  Schemes.State/Union  Territory  Governments  also  take  up  tree plantation activities on special occasions and celebrations including World Environment Day, Van Mahotsav etc.

Afforestation/Tree plantation targets in the country in respect of Area Covered under Public  and  Forest  Lands  and  number  of  Seedlings  Planted  under  Twenty  Point Programme  (TPP)  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.

- (c) & (d) The Ministry has issued guidelines for including bamboo and medicinal plants in afforestation activities on degraded forest land and contiguous areas. Advisories have also been issued to State /UT Governments to plant local and indigenous species during plantations.  TheNational  Afforestation  Programme  (NAP)  of  MoEF&CC  has  the provision for inclusion of medicinal plants under various plantation models. Apart from NAP  the  National  Mission  for  a  Green  India  (GIM)  of  MoEF&CC  also  permits plantation of mixed indigenous species by the implementing states.

Besides, as per the information received from National Medicinal Plant Board (NMPB), Ministry of AYUSH, NMPB presently, is implementing a ' Central Sector Scheme on Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants' throughout the country under which support is provided for in-situ / ex-situ conservation and  resource  augmentation  of  various  species  of  medicinal plants. In addition, NMPB, Ministry  of  AYUSH  is  also  implementing  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM) under  which  there  is  a  component  on  'Medicinal Plants' which primarily aims at supporting cultivation of medicinal plants on farmer's land.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 2 due for reply on 21.06.2019 by Shri Ajay Misra Teni regarding 'Plantation of Trees'.

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

| Sl.No   |                   | TARGET- 2019-20         | TARGET- 2019-20                |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Sl.No   | NAMEOF STATE/UT   | Area of Plantation (Ha) | Number of Seedlings (in lakhs) |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 233800                  | 1519.70                        |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 35                      | 0.23                           |
| 3       | Assam             | 50                      | 0.33                           |
| 4       | Bihar             | 23600                   | 153.40                         |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 94700                   | 615.55                         |
| 6       | Goa               | 30                      | 0.20                           |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 182100                  | 1183.65                        |
| 8       | Haryana           | 26800                   | 174.20                         |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 11250                   | 73.13                          |
| 10      | Jammu and Kashmir | 10830                   | 70.40                          |
| 11      | Jharkhand         | 24050                   | 156.33                         |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 70720                   | 459.68                         |
| 13      | Kerala            | 18240                   | 118.56                         |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    | 59000                   | 383.50                         |
| 15      | Maharashtra       | 49600                   | 322.40                         |
| 16      | Manipur           | 7900                    | 51.35                          |
| 17      | Meghalaya         | 3260                    | 21.19                          |
| 18      | Mizoram           | 4440                    | 28.86                          |
| 19      | Nagaland          | 1270                    | 8.26                           |
| 20      | Orissa            | 350000                  | 2275.00                        |
| 21      | Punjab            | 5590                    | 36.34                          |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | 66580                   | 432.77                         |
| 23      | Sikkim            | 1860                    | 12.09                          |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | 43290                   | 281.39                         |
| 25      | Telangana         | 426900                  | 2774.85                        |
| 26      | Tripura           | 4130                    | 26.85                          |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       | 21080                   | 137.02                         |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     | 113490                  | 737.69                         |
| 29      | West Bengal       | 9370                    | 60.91                          |
| 30      | A &NIslands       | 1150                    | 7.48                           |
| 31      | Chandigarh        | 190                     | 1.24                           |
| 32      | D &NHaveli        | 240                     | 1.56                           |
| 33      | Daman &Diu        | 10                      | 0.07                           |
| 34      | Delhi             | 1540                    | 10.01                          |
| 35      | Lakshadweep       | 10                      | 0.07                           |
| 36      | Puducherry        | 140                     | 0.91                           |
| Total : | Total :           | 1867245                 | 12137.09                       |