Lok Sabha Question No. 548 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-20
Subject: Plantation of Trees
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RAVINDRA BABU  PANDULA, NISHIKANT  DUBEY

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO.  548 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2018

## Plantation of Trees

## 548. SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY: SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

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

- (a)   the details of cost and number of trees planted for improvement of forestry and environment during each of the last three years, State/UT-wise and the current year; and
- (b)   the  details  of  funds  released  under  National  Afforestation  Programme  (NAP)  and  National Mission for  a  Green  India  (GIM)  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) Tree Plantation/Afforestation activities are taken up cross sectorally by various departments, NGOs, Civil Society, Corporate  etc.  under various  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  and  also under different State Plan/Non Plan Schemes including Externally Aided Projects. The cost of  tree  plantation  varies  with  different  schemes  based  on  the  plantation  model,  species planted,  area  of  plantation,  prevailing  wage  rate  of  the  area  and  maintenance  activities involved.

Afforestation/Tree  plantation  targets  in  the  country  under  Item  No.51  (a)  (Area  Covered under  Public  and  Forest  Lands)  and  51  (b)  (No.  of  Seedlings  Planted)  of  Twenty  Point Programme (TPP) is fixed by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF &  CC)  annually  to  States/UTs.  The  States/UTs  are  asked  to  take  up  plantation  target  of 10979.70 lakhs seedlings in the current year. The details of State/UT wise achievements for Point 51(b) - No. of Seedlings Planted during last three  years and  current  year targets are given in Annexure-I.

- (b) The State/UT-wise details of funds released under National Afforestation Programme (NAP) and National Mission for a Green India (GIM) during each of the last three years is given in Annexure II .  No  funds  were  released to any of the State/UTs during the current  financial year till date.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.548  regarding 'Plantation of Trees' raised by Shri Ravindra Kumar Pandey and Shri Nishikant Dubey due for reply on 20.07.2018.

State/UT wise Details of afforestation Achievements of Point 51(b) (No. of Seedlings Planted) under Twenty Point Programme during last three years (2015-16 to 2017-18) and target for current year (2018-19)

## (Number of Seedlings in Lakhs)

| Sl.No   | Name of State/UT   | Year 2015-16   |   Year 2016-17 | Year 2017-18 (upto Dec. 2017)   |   Year 2018-19 (Target) |
|---------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh     | 1839.48        |        1820.43 | 2094.47                         |                 1470.17 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh  | 0.06           |           0    | NR                              |                    0.2  |
| 3       | Assam              | 0.00           |           0    | 0.00                            |                    0.29 |
| 4       | Bihar              | 269.22         |         281.32 | 167.67                          |                  260    |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh       | 98.70          |         787    | 598.74                          |                  758.94 |
| 6       | Goa                | 0.33           |           0.32 | 0.12                            |                    0.33 |
| 7       | Gujarat            | 1689.92        |        1841.46 | 1106.56                         |                 1217.13 |
| 8       | Haryana            | 238.50         |         191.64 | 130.70                          |                  219.05 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh   | 121.68         |         106.99 | 75.75                           |                  100.62 |
| 10      | Jammu and Kashmir  | 76.60          |          41.34 | 17.47                           |                   63.44 |
| 11      | Jharkhand          | NR             |         192.1  | 159.95                          |                  101.21 |
| 12      | Karnataka          | 435.38         |         547    | 458.23                          |                  263.9  |
| 13      | Kerala             | 17.30          |          29.48 | 19.66                           |                  122.79 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh     | 63.94          |         855.37 | NR                              |                  273.33 |
| 15      | Maharashtra        | 557.50         |         566.62 | 0.00                            |                  451.17 |
| 16      | Manipur            | 62.06          |          78.09 | 58.65                           |                   63.51 |
| 17      | Meghalaya          | 33.65          |           0    | NR                              |                   18.53 |
| 18      | Mizoram            | NR             |          26.46 | 15.29                           |                   28.96 |
| 19      | Nagaland           | NR             |           0    | NR                              |                    7.51 |
| 20      | Orissa             | 960.03         |         874.32 | 304.64                          |                 1837.91 |
| 21      | Punjab             | 19.07          |          35.35 | 32.67                           |                   26.65 |
| 22      | Rajasthan          | 461.14         |         443.57 | 285.40                          |                  496.05 |
| 23      | Sikkim             | 16.31          |          22.99 | 2.37                            |                   20.96 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu         | 293.34         |         258.63 | 181.61                          |                  369.79 |
| 25      | Telangana          | 1378.31        |        3680.62 | 928.95                          |                 1799.66 |
| 26      | Tripura            | 15.38          |         433.31 | 31.58                           |                   54.34 |
| 27      | Uttarakhand        | 157.76         |         166.58 | 160.30                          |                  127.21 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh      | 587.03         |         711.93 | 568.21                          |                  752.9  |
| 29      | West Bengal        | 324.19         |          27.51 | 424.46                          |                   50.73 |
| 30      | A &NIslands        | 7.13           |           7.25 | 1.62                            |                    8.58 |
| 31      | Chandigarh         | 1.33           |           1.38 | 0.81                            |                    1.11 |
| 32      | D &NHaveli         | 3.03           |           3.83 | 4.55                            |                    1.56 |
| 33      | Daman &Diu         | 0.00           |           0.19 | 0.62                            |                    0.07 |
| 34      | Delhi              | 9.74           |           8.72 | NR                              |                   10.14 |
| 35      | Lakshadweep        | 0.00           |           0    | 0.00                            |                    0.07 |
| 36      | Puducherry         | 0.33           |           0.87 | 0.37                            |                    0.98 |
| Total   |                    | 9738.43        |       14042.9  | 7831.42                         |                10979.7  |

Note : NR= Not Reported

Annexure referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (b)    of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.548    regarding 'Plantation of Trees' raised by Shri Ravindra Kumar Pandey and Shri Nishikant Dubey due for reply on 20.07.2018.

State/UT wise Details of funds released under National Afforestation Programme (NAP) and National Mission for a Green India (GIM) during each of the last three years (2015-16 to 2017-18)

## (A) National Afforestation Programme (NAP)

| S. No.   | State                | Amount Released(Rs. in crore)   | Amount Released(Rs. in crore)   | Amount Released(Rs. in crore)   |
|----------|----------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State                | 2015-16                         | 2016-17                         | 2017-18                         |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 0.87                            | 1.33                            | 3.36                            |
| 2        | Bihar                | 5.01                            | 2.18                            | 4.23                            |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh         | 10.20                           | 4.92                            | 10.86                           |
| 4        | Goa                  | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 5        | Gujarat              | 8.54                            | 4.36                            | 0.00                            |
| 6        | Haryana              | 0.72                            | 3.50                            | 2.71                            |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh     | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 1.73                            |
| 8        | Jammu &Kashmir       | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 7.20                            |
| 9        | Jharkhand            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 10       | Karnataka            | 1.05                            | 7.33                            | 3.24                            |
| 11       | Kerala               | 1.02                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh       | 9.45                            | 4.00                            | 8.74                            |
| 13       | Maharashtra          | 14.90                           | 4.76                            | 6.73                            |
| 14       | Orissa               | 9.49                            | 4.62                            | 3.49                            |
| 15       | Punjab               | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 16       | Rajasthan            | 0.75                            | 0.00                            | 1.40                            |
| 17       | Tamil Nadu           | 1.42                            | 1.56                            | 0.00                            |
| 18       | Telangana            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 19       | Uttar Pradesh        | 2.68                            | 2.55                            | 0.67                            |
| 20       | Uttarakhand          | 3.05                            | 0.00                            | 3.36                            |
| 21       | West Bengal          | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
|          | Total (Other States) | 69.16                           | 41.10                           | 57.71                           |
|          | North Eastern states |                                 |                                 |                                 |
| 22       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.86                            |
| 23       | Assam                | 2.56                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 24       | Manipur              | 3.67                            | 1.21                            | 3.20                            |
| 25       | Meghalaya            | 1.35                            | 0.00                            | 1.65                            |
| 26       | Mizoram              | 10.17                           | 6.74                            | 5.80                            |
| 27       | Nagaland             | 0.00                            | 5.21                            | 5.85                            |
| 28       | Sikkim               | 1.52                            | 5.09                            | 0.00                            |
| 29       | Tripura              | 5.73                            | 0.00                            | 4.94                            |
|          | Total (NE States)    | 25.00                           | 18.25                           | 22.29                           |
|          | G. Total             | 94.16                           | 59.35                           | 80.00                           |

(B) Green India Mission (GIM)

| Sl. No.   | States            | Amount Released (Rupees in crores )   | Amount Released (Rupees in crores )   | Amount Released (Rupees in crores )   |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States            | 2015-16                               | 2016-17                               | 2017-18                               |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | -                                     | 1.06                                  | 0.45                                  |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | -                                     | -                                     | -                                     |
| 3         | Assam             | -                                     | -                                     | -                                     |
| 4         | Bihar             | -                                     | -                                     | -                                     |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 23.39                                 | 20.23                                 | 10.95                                 |
| 6         | Gujarat           | -                                     | -                                     | -                                     |
| 7         | Haryana           | -                                     | -                                     | -                                     |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh  | -                                     | -                                     | -                                     |
| 9         | Jammu &Kashmir    | -                                     | -                                     | -                                     |
| 10        | Jharkhand         | -                                     | -                                     | -                                     |
| 11        | Karnataka         | 1.05                                  | 0.87                                  | 0.86                                  |
| 12        | Kerala            | 9.15                                  | -                                     | -                                     |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | -                                     | -                                     | -                                     |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | -                                     | -                                     | -                                     |
| 15        | Manipur           | 8.35                                  | 7.82                                  | 6.41                                  |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | -                                     | -                                     | -                                     |
| 17        | Mizoram           | -                                     | 9.88                                  | 20.00                                 |
| 18        | Nagaland          | -                                     | -                                     | -                                     |
| 19        | Odisha            | 1.83                                  | 1.39                                  | 1.40                                  |
| 20        | Punjab            | 6.11                                  | -                                     | 6.22                                  |
| 21        | Rajasthan         | -                                     | -                                     | -                                     |
| 22        | Sikkim            | -                                     | -                                     | -                                     |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        | -                                     | -                                     | -                                     |
| 24        | Tripura           | -                                     | -                                     | -                                     |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh     | -                                     | -                                     | -                                     |
| 26        | Uttarakhand       | 20.21                                 | -                                     | -                                     |
| 27        | West Bengal       | -                                     | -                                     | -                                     |
|           | TOTAL             | 70.09                                 | 41.25                                 | 46.29                                 |

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