Lok Sabha Question No. 3405 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-12
Subject: Tiger Projects
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: B. Y. Raghavendra

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3405

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.07.2019

## Tiger Projects

## 3405.  SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to expand the tiger projects and sanctuaries in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has prepared any action plan for the relocation/rehabilitation of the people  including  tribals  displaced  from  tiger  reserve/sanctuaries/national  parks  in  various States of the country as a result thereof;
- (d) if so, the details of the action plan thereof; and
- (e) the number of people relocated during the last three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) Based  on  advise  of  the  National  Tiger  Conservation  Authority  (NTCA),  States  send proposals of notifying areas as a Tiger Reserve, which is then approved 'in-principle' by the NTCA and finally recommended to the States which notify a tiger reserve as per section 38 V of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Advise has been given to States to notify the following areas as tiger reserves:

- (i) Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary (Goa)
- (ii) Srivilliputhur Grizzled Giant Squirrel / Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuaries / Varushanadu Valley (Tamil Nadu)
- (iii) Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary (Arunachal Pradesh)
- (iv) Cauveri -Malai-Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary (Karnataka)
- (v) Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary (Uttarakhand)
- (vi) Bhoramdeo Wildlife Sanctuary (Chhattisgarh)
- (vii) Karbi Anglong Wildlife Sanctuary (Assam)
- (viii) Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary (Madhya Pradesh)

In-principle  approval  has  been  accorded  by  the  National  Tiger  Conservation Authority for creation of new tiger reserves, and the sites are:

- (i) Sunabeda  Wildlife Sanctuary (Odisha)
- (ii) Guru Ghasidas National Park (Chhattisgarh)
- (c) & (d) The National Tiger Conservation Authority (Normative Standards of Tourism Activities and Project Tiger) Guidelines, 2012' issued under section 38 O (1) (c) of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 has an incentivized voluntary village rehabilitation plan

which is funded under the ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger on receipt of proposal from the States.  As mandated by section 38 V (5) of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, as amended in 2006, the National Tiger Conservation Authority has institutionalized a process of voluntary village relocation ,  details of which are as follows:

- Option I -Payment  of  the  entire  package  amount  (Rs.  10  lakhs per   family)   to the    family    in    case    the    family    opts    so,    without  involving    any rehabilitation  and relocation  process  by  the  Forest Department.
- Option II -Carrying out relocation and rehabilitation of village from protected area and tiger reserve by the Forest Department.

(i) In case of option I, a monitoring  process  involving  the District Magistrate  of  concerned  District  would  be  ensured  so  that  the  villagers rehabilitate  themselves  with  the  package  money  provided  to  them.  In  this regard,  a  mechanism  involving  handholding,  preferably  by  external  agencies should also be ensured, while depositing a considerable portion of the amount in  the  name  of  the beneficiary  in  a  nationalized  bank  for  obtaining  income through interest generated.

- (ii) In   case   of   option   II,   the   package   (per   family)   is as below, at the rate of Rs. 10 lakhs per family, namely:

| (a)   | Agriculture land procurement (2 hectare) and development                                                                                                                                                        | :   | 35% of the total package   |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|----------------------------|
| (b)   | Settlement of rights                                                                                                                                                                                            | :   | 30%of the total package    |
| (c)   | Homestead land and house construction                                                                                                                                                                           | :   | 20% of the total package   |
| (d)   | Incentive                                                                                                                                                                                                       | :   | 5%of the total package     |
| (e)   | Community facilities commuted by the family (access road, irrigation, drinking water, sanitation, electricity, tele- communication, community center, religious places of worship, burial and cremation ground) | :   | 10% of the total package   |

Based on receipt of a detailed proposal from the State, financial assistance is provided for the above packages.

- (e) The total number of families relocated from core/critical tiger habitats, State-wise, is at Annexure-I .

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3405 ON TIGER PROJECTS DUE FOR REPLY ON 12.07.2019

## Number of families relocated from core/critical tiger habitats (CTH), State-wise, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger

|   S. No. | Name of the State   | Name of the Tiger Reserve   |   No. of Families in the notified Core (CTH) | No. of Families relocated from the notified Core (CTH) since the inception of the Project Tiger   |   No. of Families remaining inside the core (CTH) |
|----------|---------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh      | Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam     |                                         1731 | 0                                                                                                 |                                              1731 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh   | Namdapha                    |                                           77 | 0                                                                                                 |                                                77 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh   | Pakke                       |                                            0 | 0                                                                                                 |                                                 0 |
|        4 | Assam               | Kaziranga                   |                                            0 | 0                                                                                                 |                                                 0 |
|        5 | Assam               | Manas                       |                                            0 | 0                                                                                                 |                                                 0 |
|        6 | Assam               | Nameri                      |                                            0 | 0                                                                                                 |                                                 0 |
|        7 | Bihar               | Valmiki                     |                                            0 | 0                                                                                                 |                                                 0 |
|        8 | Chhattisgarh        | Achanakmar                  |                                         3553 | 249                                                                                               |                                              3304 |
|        9 | Chhattisgarh        | Indravati                   |                                         1440 | 0                                                                                                 |                                              1440 |
|       10 | Chhattisgarh        | Udanti-Sitanadi             |                                         4877 | 0                                                                                                 |                                              4877 |
|       11 | Jharkhand           | Palamau                     |                                          633 | 0                                                                                                 |                                               633 |
|       12 | Kamlang             | Arunahcla Pradesh           |                                            0 | 0                                                                                                 |                                                 0 |
|       13 | Karnataka           | Bandipur                    |                                            0 | 0                                                                                                 |                                                 0 |
|       14 | Karnataka           | Bhadra                      |                                          513 | 431                                                                                               |                                                82 |
|       15 | Karnataka           | Swamy Temple                |                                          396 | 0                                                                                                 |                                               396 |
|       16 | Karnataka           | Dandeli-Anshi               |                                         3910 | 0                                                                                                 |                                              3910 |
|       17 | Karnataka           | Nagarhole                   |                                         1803 | 496                                                                                               |                                              1307 |
|       18 | Kerala              | Parambikulam                |                                            0 | 0                                                                                                 |                                                 0 |
|       19 | Kerala              | Periyar                     |                                            0 | 0                                                                                                 |                                                 0 |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh      | Bandhavgarh                 |                                         1957 | 337                                                                                               |                                              1620 |
|       21 | Madhya Pradesh      | Kanha                       |                                         1918 | 1870                                                                                              |                                                48 |
|       22 | Madhya Pradesh      | Panna                       |                                         2514 | 983                                                                                               |                                              1531 |
|       23 | Madhya Pradesh      | Pench                       |                                            0 | 0                                                                                                 |                                                 0 |
|       24 | Madhya Pradesh      | Sanjay-Dubri                |                                         5137 | 0                                                                                                 |                                              5137 |
|       25 | Madhya Pradesh      | Satpura                     |                                         4110 | 2772                                                                                              |                                              1338 |
|       26 | Maharashtra         | Melghat                     |                                         6052 | 2952                                                                                              |                                              3100 |
|       27 | Maharashtra         | Pench                       |                                          118 | 0                                                                                                 |                                               118 |
|       28 | Maharashtra         | Sahayadri                   |                                         2534 | 1646                                                                                              |                                               888 |
|       29 | Maharashtra         | Tadoba-Andhari              |                                         1095 | 455                                                                                               |                                               640 |
|       30 | Maharashtra         | Nawegaon-Nagzira            |                                            0 | 0                                                                                                 |                                                 0 |
|       31 | Maharashtra         | Bor                         |                                            0 | 0                                                                                                 |                                                 0 |
|       32 | Mizoram             | Dampa                       |                                          227 | 227                                                                                               |                                                 0 |
|       33 | Odisha              | Satkosia                    |                                          157 | 0                                                                                                 |                                               157 |
|       34 | Odisha              | Similipal                   |                                          287 | 116                                                                                               |                                               171 |
|       35 | Orang               | Assam                       |                                            0 | 0                                                                                                 |                                                 0 |
|       36 | Rajasthan           | Mukundara Hills             |                                            0 | 0                                                                                                 |                                                 0 |
|       37 | Rajasthan           | Ranthambhore Sariska        |                                         1785 | 1238 650                                                                                          |                                                 0 |
|       38 | Rajasthan           |                             |                                         2533 |                                                                                                   |                                              1883 |

| 39   | Tamil Nadu    | Anamalai             |   1738 |     0 |   1738 |
|------|---------------|----------------------|--------|-------|--------|
| 40   | Tamil Nadu    | Kalakad-Mundanthurai |    527 |     0 |    527 |
| 41   | Tamil Nadu    | Mudumalai            |    546 |    19 |    527 |
| 42   | Tamil Nadu    | Sathyamangalam       |      0 |     0 |      0 |
| 43   | Telangana     | Kawal                |   2752 |     0 |   2752 |
| 44   | Telangana     | Amrabad              |      0 |     0 |      0 |
| 45   | Uttar Pradesh | Dudhwa               |   1056 |     0 |   1056 |
| 46   | Uttar Pradesh | Pilibhit             |      0 |     0 |      0 |
| 47   | Uttarakhand   | Corbett              |    181 |     0 |    181 |
| 48   | Uttarakhand   | Rajaji               |      0 |     0 |      0 |
| 49   | West Bengal   | Buxa                 |   1229 |     0 |   1229 |
| 50   | West Bengal   | Sundarbans           |      0 |     0 |      0 |
|      | Total         |                      |  57386 | 14441 |  42398 |

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