Lok Sabha Question No. 4489 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Assistance to Jharkhand for Afforestation
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Annpurna Devi, Pashupati Nath Singh

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 4489 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.03.2020

## Assistance to Jharkhand for Afforestation

## 4489.   SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI: SHRI PASHUPATI NATH SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Union Government has launched any scheme of providing financial and technical assistance to the people of Jharkhand for afforestation and provides any other kind of assistance in this regard;
- (b) if so,  the details thereof, scheme-wise;
- (c) the value of financial assistance provided in Jharkhand during the last three years; and
- (d) the number of trees planted through the said assistance during the last three years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) &  (b)The  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change  is  implementing National  Afforestation  Programme  and  National  Mission  for  a  Green  India  with people's participation.

As per information received from Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, a SubMission on Agroforestry under National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture is being implemented to promote tree planting on farmlands. A restructured National Bamboo Mission  (NBM)  has  also  been  launched  by  the  Ministry  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers Welfare. The objective of the National Bamboo Mission includes increasing the area under  bamboo  plantation  on  non-forest  government  land  and  private  lands  to supplement farm income as well as availability of quality raw material for industries.

- ( c) & (d) As per the information received from Government of Jharkhand, the value of financial  assistance  provided  to  Jharkhand  and  the  number  of  trees  planted  in Jharkhand during last three years is given in Annexure.

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Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) & (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4489 due for reply on  20.03.2020 by ShrimatiAnnpurna Devi and ShriPashupatiNath Singh regarding 'Assistance to Jharkhand for Afforestation '

|   Sl.No. | Name of Scheme              | Year    |   Expenditure (Rs. In Crores) | No. of trees planted                                      |
|----------|-----------------------------|---------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | National Bamboo Mission     | 2017-18 |                          0    | 0.00                                                      |
|        1 | National Bamboo Mission     | 2018-19 |                          1.09 | 28200                                                     |
|        1 | National Bamboo Mission     | 2019-20 |                          3.21 | 26000 (advance work)                                      |
|        2 | Sub-Mission on Agroforestry | 2017-18 |                          3.6  | 9.0 lakh (Nursery) 51500 (Peripheral boundary plantation) |
|        2 | Sub-Mission on Agroforestry | 2018-19 |                          3.39 | 7.0 lakh (Nursery)                                        |
|        2 | Sub-Mission on Agroforestry | 2019-20 |                          2.18 | 4.0 lakh (Nursery)                                        |