Lok Sabha Question No. 2932 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-12
Subject: Adverse Effects of Climate Change
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shardaben Anilbhai Patel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2932

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2021

## Adverse Effects of Climate Change

## 2932.  SHRIMATI SHARDA BEN ANILBHAI PATEL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  made  any  assessment  of  the  expenditure  likely  to  be incurred to mitigate the adverse effects of the climate change;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the areas where tiger reserves currently located in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether any new tiger reserve is proposed to be set up in the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): Estimates by NITI Aayog indicate that the mitigation activities for moderate low carbon development would cost around USD 834 billion till 2030 at 2011 prices.
- (c) There are 51 tiger reserves spread across 18 States across in the country covering an area of 73,765.59 sq.km. State/UT wise information is at Annexure .
- (d)  &  (e):  The  Sunabeda  Wildlife  Sanctuary  in  Odisha  and  the  Male-Mahadeshwara  Hills Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka have been recommended for notification as Tiger Reserves by the National Tiger Conservation Authority as per provisions of Section 38V, sub-section 1, of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

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## Annexure

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2932 ON ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE DUE FOR REPLY ON 12/03/2021

State/UT-wise TIGER RESERVES IN INDIA (as on 08.03.2021)

| Sl. No.   | Year of creation   | Name of Tiger Reserve           | State             | Area of the core / critical tiger habitat (In Sq. Kms.)   | Area of the buffer / peripheral (In Sq. Kms.)   | Total area (In Sq.Kms.)   |
|-----------|--------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1         | 1982-83            | NagarjunsagarSrisailam          | Andhra Pradesh    | 2595.720                                                  | 700.590                                         | 3296.310                  |
| 2         | 2016 (8.9.2016)    | Kamlang                         | Arunachal Pradesh | 671.000                                                   | 112.000                                         | 783.000                   |
| 3         | 1982-83            | Namdapha                        | Arunachal Pradesh | 1807.820                                                  | 245.000                                         | 2052.820                  |
| 4         | 1999-2000          | Pakke                           | Arunachal Pradesh | 683.450                                                   | 515.000                                         | 1198.450                  |
| 5         | 1999-2000          | Nameri                          | Assam             | 320.000                                                   | 144.000                                         | 464.000                   |
| 6         | 1973-74            | Manas                           | Assam             | 526.220                                                   | 2310.880                                        | 2837.100                  |
| 7         | 2016 (24.2.2016)   | Orang                           | Assam             | 79.280                                                    | 413.180                                         | 492.460                   |
| 8         | 2008-2009          | Kaziranga                       | Assam             | 625.580                                                   | 548.000                                         | 1173.580                  |
| 9         | 1989-90            | Valmiki                         | Bihar             | 598.450                                                   | 300.930                                         | 899.380                   |
| 10        | 1982-83            | Indravati                       | Chhattisgarh      | 1258.370                                                  | 1540.700                                        | 2799.070                  |
| 11        | 2008-2009          | Udanti-Sitanadi                 | Chattisgarh       | 851.090                                                   | 991.450                                         | 1842.540                  |
| 12        | 2008-2009          | Achanakmar                      | Chattisgarh       | 626.195                                                   | 287.822                                         | 914.017                   |
| 13        | 1973-74            | Palamau                         | Jharkhand         | 414.080                                                   | 715.850                                         | 1129.930                  |
| 14        | 2008-2009          | Dandeli-Anshi                   | Karnataka         | 814.884                                                   | 282.630                                         | 1097.514                  |
| 15        | 2008-2009          | Nagarahole                      | Karnataka         | 643.350                                                   | 562.410                                         | 1205.760                  |
| 16        | 2010-2011          | Biligiri Ranganathaswamy Temple | Karnataka         | 359.100                                                   | 215.720                                         | 574.820                   |
| 17        | 1973-74            | Bandipur                        | Karnataka         | 872.240                                                   | 584.060                                         | 1456.300                  |
| 18        | 1998-99            | Bhadra                          | Karnataka         | 492.460                                                   | 571.830                                         | 1064.290                  |
| 19        | 2008-2009          | Parambikulam                    | Kerala            | 390.890                                                   | 252.772                                         | 643.662                   |
| 20        | 1978-79            | Periyar                         | Kerala            | 881.000                                                   | 44.000                                          | 925.000                   |
| 21        | 1973-74            | Kanha                           | Madhya Pradesh    | 917.430                                                   | 1134.361                                        | 2051.791                  |
| 22        | 1992-93            | Pench                           | Madhya Pradesh    | 411.330                                                   | 768.302                                         | 1179.632                  |
| 23        | 1993-94            | Bandhavgarh                     | Madhya Pradesh    | 716.903                                                   | 820.035                                         | 1536.938                  |
| 24        | 1994-95            | Panna                           | Madhya Pradesh    | 576.130                                                   | 1021.970                                        | 1598.100                  |
| 25        | 1999-2000          | Satpura                         | Madhya Pradesh    | 1339.264                                                  | 794.044                                         | 2133.308                  |
| 26        | 2008-2009          | Sanjay-Dubri                    | Madhya Pradesh    | 812.571                                                   | 861.931                                         | 1674.502                  |
| 27        | 1993-94            | Tadoba-Andhari                  | Maharashtra       | 625.820                                                   | 1101.771                                        | 1727.591                  |
| 28        | 1973-74            | Melghat                         | Maharashtra       | 1500.490                                                  | 1268.030                                        | 2768.520                  |
| 29        | 2013-2014          | Nawegaon-Nagzira                | Maharashtra       | 653.674                                                   | 1241.270                                        | 1894.944                  |
| 30        | 1998-99            | Pench                           | Maharashtra       | 257.260                                                   | 483.960                                         | 741.220                   |
| 31        | 2014               | Bor                             | Maharashtra       | 138.120                                                   | 678.150                                         | 816.270                   |
| 32        | 2009-2010          | Sahyadri                        | Maharashtra       | 600.120                                                   | 565.450                                         | 1165.570                  |
| 33        | 1994-95            | Dampa                           | Mizoram           | 500.000                                                   | 488.000                                         | 988.000                   |
| 34        | 1973-74            | Similipal                       | Odisha            | 1194.750                                                  | 1555.250                                        | 2750.000                  |
| 35        | 2008-2009          | Satkosia                        | Odisha            | 523.610                                                   | 440.260                                         | 963.870                   |
| 36        | 1978-79            | Sariska                         | Rajasthan         | 881.112                                                   | 332.230 342.820                                 | 1213.342                  |
| 37        | 2013-2014          | Mukandra Hills                  | Rajasthan         | 417.170                                                   | 297.927                                         | 759.990 1411.291          |
| 38        | 1973-74            | Ranthambore                     | Rajasthan         | 1113.364                                                  | 521.280                                         | 1479.870                  |
| 39        | 2008-2009          | Anamalai                        | Tamil Nadu        | 958.590                                                   |                                                 |                           |
| 40        | 2021 (8.2.2021)    | Srivilliputhur Megamalai        | Tamil Nadu        | 641.860                                                   | 374.710                                         | 1016.570                  |
| 41        | 2013-2014          | Sathyamangalam                  | Tamil Nadu        | 793.490                                                   | 614.910                                         | 1408.400                  |
| 42        | 2014               | Amrabad                         | Telangana         | 2166.370                                                  | 445.020                                         | 2611.390                  |
| 43        | 2012-2013          | Kawal                           | Telangana         | 892.230                                                   | 1123.212                                        | 2015.440                  |
| 44        | 1988-89            | Kalakad-Mundanthurai            | Tamil Nadu        | 895.000                                                   | 706.542                                         | 1601.542                  |
| 45        | 2008-2009          | Mudumalai                       | Tamil Nadu        | 321.000                                                   | 367.590                                         | 688.590                   |
| 46        | 2015               | Rajaji                          | Uttarakhand       | 819.540                                                   | 255.630                                         | 1075.170                  |
|           |                    |                                 | Uttarakhand       | 821.990                                                   | 466.320                                         | 1288.310                  |
| 47        | 1973-74            | Corbett                         |                   |                                                           |                                                 |                           |
|           |                    | Amangarh (buffer of Corbett TR) | Uttar Pradesh     | -                                                         | 80.600                                          | 80.600                    |
| 48        | 2014               | Pilibhit                        | Uttar Pradesh     | 602.798                                                   | 127.452                                         | 730.250                   |
| 49        | 1987-88            | Dudhwa                          | Uttar Pradesh     | 1093.790                                                  | 1107.985                                        | 2201.775                  |
| 50        | 1973-74            | Sunderbans                      | West Bengal       | 1699.620                                                  | 885.270 367.323                                 | 2584.890 757.904          |
| 51        | 1982-83            | Buxa                            | West Bengal TOTAL | 390.581 40787.160                                         | 32978.430                                       | 73765.590                 |