Lok Sabha Question No. 293 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-13
Subject: Migratory Species of Wildlife
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Shrirang Appa Barne

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. *293

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2020.

## Migratory Species of Wildlife

## *293.   SHRI SANJAY SADASHIV RAO MANDLIK: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

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

- (a) the  details  of  migratory  species  of  wildlife  including  birds  along  with  their  country  of origin/destination and season of migration during which they visit our country;
- (b) whether there has been a decline in the number of such species migrating to the country and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons for the same;
- (c) whether the Union Government has provided financial assistance to the State Governments for protecting such species;
- (d) if so, the details thereof during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to increase their number and facilitate their stay in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a), (b), (c), (d) AND  (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *293 REGARDING 'MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILDLIFE' BY SHRI SANJAY SADASHIV RAO MANDLIK AND  SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE DUE FOR REPLY ON 13.03.2020

- (a) India  is  a  key  habitat  for  a  large  number  of  migratory    species.  In  this  regard, although,  detailed  assessments  with  respect  to  all  migratory  species  visiting  India have not been conducted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, literatures published by experts including Scientific Institutions suggest that about 460 species  of  migratory  birds  visit  India,  out  of  which  175  species  undertake  long distance migration using the Central Asian Flyway (CAF) area. The birds using CAF include    Egyptian  vultures,  Plovers,  Ducks,  Storks,  Ibises,  Flamingoes,  Pochards, Sociable  Lapwing,  European  Roller,  Eurasian  Golden  Oriole,  etc.    In  addition,  the other  important  species  that  migrate  to  India  include  Snow  Leopards,  Arabian  Sea Humpback Whale, Dugongs, Marine Turtles etc.

Generally,  birds  migrate  from  the  northern  hemisphere  during  the  winter  season  to more warmer regions of tropical/equatorial regions. The winter bird visitors arrive in India by October and stay till March/April. The summer migrants usually start coming to India from mid March and remain in India till August.

The  reasons  for  migrations  to  India  include  availability  of  better  food,  conducive habitats and better breeding sites during the migratory seasons.

- (b) No assessment has been carried out to ascertain the fluctuations in the overall number of migratory  species visiting India over different time periods.
- (c) to (e) The  Ministry of  Environment, Forest and  Climate Change  provides  financial assistance  to  the  States/Union  Territories  for  protection  of  wildlife  and  its  habitats including  migratory  species,  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  -  Integrated Development  of  Wildlife  Habitat,  Project  Elephant  and  Project  Tiger.  Financial assistance provided to States/Union Territories under the Scheme during the last three years and current year is at Annexure-1, Annexure-2 and Annexure-3 respectively .

Other  important  initiatives  taken  by  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate Change for conservation of migratory species include:

- i. Several important habitats of  migratory  species  have  been  declared as Protected Areas.
- ii. Rare  and  endangered  migratory  species  found  in  India,  like  Snow  Leopard, Olive Ridley Turtles, Great  Indian  Bustard, Gangetic  Dolphin, Dugong, etc. have been listed in Schedule-I of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, thereby providing them highest degree of protection.
- iii. Stringent punishments have been provided in the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 for violation of provisions of the Act.
- iv. A National Action Plan for conservation of migratory birds along the Central Asian Flyway has been launched.
- v. Local communities have been involved in conservation of migratory species, like Amur Falcon protection in State of Nagaland, Whale Shark protection in Gujarat,  Dugong  protection  in  Tamil  Nadu,  Olive  Ridley  Turtles  in  Odisha, etc.
- vi. India is a signatory to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and India has  also  signed  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MOU)  on  conservation  of species including Siberian Cranes, marine Turtles, Dugongs and Raptors.

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## ANNEXURE-1

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c), (d) AND (e)  OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *293 REGARDING 'MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILDLIFE' BY SHRI SANJAY SADASHIV RAO MANDLIK AND  SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE DUE FOR REPLY ON 13.03.2020

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

## (Rs.in lakh)

| S.No.   | Name of States/UTs           |   2016-17 |    2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 (as on 09.03.2020) |
|---------|------------------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 1       | A&NIslands                   |  118.49   |   141.934  |    191    |                     132.64   |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh               |    0      |     0      |     75    |                       0      |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh            |  256.811  |   269.935  |    344.42 |                     414.14   |
| 4       | Assam                        |    0      |   275.827  |    265.32 |                     164.26   |
| 5       | Bihar                        |  100.576  |   322.674  |    749    |                     148.142  |
| 6       | Chandigarh                   |   26.0651 |    26.065  |      0    |                       0      |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                 |  278.945  |   435.014  |    350.61 |                     310.032  |
| 8       | Goa                          |    0      |    85.9938 |      0    |                     111.654  |
| 9       | Gujarat                      |  497.604  |   558.52   |   2232    |                       0      |
| 10      | Haryana                      |  124.657  |   181.445  |    155    |                     237.608  |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh             |  280.31   |   237.411  |    370.3  |                     305.766  |
| 12      | Jammu &Kashmir               |  336.506  |   577.915  |    492.43 |                       0      |
| 13      | Jharkhand                    |    0      |    95.607  |     50.51 |                      93.96   |
| 14      | Karnataka                    |  325.52   |   427.89   |    653    |                     739.046  |
| 15      | Kerala                       | 1928.42   |   900.834  |   1293.4  |                     845.026  |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh               |  322.265  |  1379.49   |    912.2  |                     629.266  |
| 17      | Maharashtra                  |  497.35   |   808.056  |   1031.2  |                     715.784  |
| 18      | Manipur                      |  340.032  |   425.664  |    405.6  |                     359.35   |
| 19      | Meghalaya                    |   55.23   |   114.061  |    312    |                     238.839  |
| 20      | Mizoram                      | 1234.95   |   487.445  |    430    |                     431.79   |
| 21      | Nagaland                     |  357.846  |   565.871  |    882.2  |                     777.83   |
| 22      | Odisha                       |  279.65   |   342.937  |    499    |                     701.504  |
| 23      | Rajasthan                    |  453.879  |   622.421  |    585    |                     679.568  |
| 24      | Sikkim                       |  145.52   |   202.154  |    394    |                     396.275  |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu                   |    0      |   394.725  |    384.1  |                     409.505  |
| 26      | Telangana                    |    0      |   157.083  |      0    |                       0      |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh                |  250.956  |   386.968  |    119.81 |                     426.611  |
| 28      | Uttarakhand                  |  545.306  |  2979.36   |   1764.1  |                    1126.19   |
| 29      | West Bengal                  |  237.66   |   657.992  |    960.6  |                     891.073  |
| 30      | Puducherry                   |    0      |     0      |      0    |                       0      |
| 31      | Lakshadweep                  |    0      |     6.71   |     46.3  |                     136.792  |
| 32      | Delhi                        |    0      |     0      |    551.9  |                       0      |
| 33      | WII, Dehradun- (Uttarakhand) |    0      |   932      |      0    |                       0      |
| 33      | Tripura                      |    0      |     0      |      0    |                      90.3168 |
|         | TOTAL                        | 8994.55   | 15000      |  16500    |                   11513      |

## ANNEXURE-2

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c), (d) AND (e)  OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *293 REGARDING 'MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILDLIFE' BY SHRI SANJAY SADASHIV RAO MANDLIK AND  SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE DUE FOR REPLY ON 13.03.2020

## Details of funds released under the Centrally Sponsored SchemePROJECT ELEPHANT

(Amount Rs. in Lakh)

| Sl. No   | State/UTs         |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 | 2019-20 (as on 09.03.2020)   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |   13.6228 |   17.394  |   29.016  | 127.03                       |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |  100.062  |  118.85   |    0      | 103.26831                    |
| 3        | Assam             |  275.667  |    0      |  354.351  |                              |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh      |   61.1624 |   48      |   65.28   |                              |
| 5        | Jharkhand         |   95.7704 |  105.518  |  116.464  | 131.586                      |
| 6        | Karnataka         |  254.8    |  355.548  |  353.914  | 319.64799                    |
| 7        | Kerala            |  429.871  |  482.55   |  466.69   | 312.2736                     |
| 8        | Maharashtra       |   14.335  |   27      |   46.536  | 44.1944                      |
| 9        | Meghalaya         |  130.266  |  162.849  |  217.879  | 177.8976                     |
| 10       | Nagaland          |   20.3143 |   25.2    |  141.219  | 213.9498                     |
| 11       | Odisha            |  284.034  |  124.838  |  197.28   | 319.1328                     |
| 12       | Tamil Nadu        |   25.8    |  291.92   |  383.106  | 275.1576                     |
| 13       | Tripura           |   22.464  |   10.08   |   43.92   | 45.38                        |
| 14       | Uttar Pradesh     |   14.174  |   30.672  |   20.244  | 37.74                        |
| 15       | Uttarakhand       |  175.458  |  341.563  |  192.168  | 417.312                      |
| 16       | West Bengal       |  101.45   |   79.9302 |   83.94   | 113.254                      |
| 17       | Haryana           |    0      |   17.76   |    8.385  | 13.44                        |
| 18       | Bihar             |   16.2904 |  154.4    |  165.324  | 57.02752                     |
| 19       | Rajasthan         |   15.84   |   14.454  |   12.6596 | 35.28                        |
| 20       | Punjab            |    1.825  |    0      |    0      |                              |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh    |    6.8442 |    0      |    4.7578 | 13.695                       |
| 22       | Manipur           |    0      |   10.8    |    9.072  | 10.944                       |
|          | Total             | 2060.05   | 2419.33   | 2912.2    | 2768.21062                   |

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## ANNEXURE-3

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c), (d) AND (e)  OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *293 REGARDING 'MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILDLIFE' BY SHRI SANJAY SADASHIV RAO MANDLIK AND  SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE DUE FOR REPLY ON 13.03.2020

## Details of funds released under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme- PROJECT TIGER

(In Rs. Lakh)

| S. No.   | State                           | 2016-2017   |   2017-18 |   2018-19 | 2019-20 (as on today)   |
|----------|---------------------------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                  | 173.49      |   232.49  |   217.99  | 114.48                  |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh               | 597.289     |   641.943 |   929.762 | 737.08                  |
| 3        | Assam                           | 1510.921    |  2309.61  |  1919.62  | 2198.76                 |
| 4        | Bihar                           | 487.84      |   552.27  |   570.9   | 562.84                  |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                    | 626.567     |  1315.08  |   536.135 | 358.53                  |
| 6        | Jharkhand                       | 323.76      |   338.62  |   367     | 1432.07                 |
| 7        | Karnataka                       | 3203.6144   |  2263.85  |  2267.43  | 2252.03                 |
| 8        | Kerala                          | 780.23      |   636.412 |   653.03  | 607.07                  |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh                  | 12885.6     | 11455.5   |  5343.89  | 3501.91                 |
| 10       | Maharashtra                     | 8229.72     |  6524.16  | 11049.6   | 7220.39                 |
| 11       | Mizoram                         | 301.55      |   215.316 |   318.842 | 337.7                   |
| 12       | Odisha                          | 917.17      |  1646.13  |  1022.32  | 1303.32                 |
| 13       | Rajasthan                       | 381.3       |   773.09  |   791.83  | 1203.19                 |
| 14       | Tamil Nadu                      | 949.87      |  2551.06  |  2366.82  | 1586.91                 |
| 15       | Telangana                       | 239.26      |   350.416 |  1115.65  | 359.911                 |
| 16       | Uttar Pradesh                   | 1057.05     |   820.074 |  1417.26  | 1242.49                 |
| 17       | Uttarakhand                     | 1023.41     |  1187.44  |   685.336 | 2289.18                 |
| 18       | West Bengal                     | 536.14      |   597.581 |   719.01  | 758.47                  |
| 19       | All India Tiger Estimation 2018 | -           |    14.93  |    24.865 | -                       |
|          | Total                           | 34224.7814  | 34425.9   | 32317.3   | 28066.331               |

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