Lok Sabha Question No. 4463 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Tree Plantation in Drought Prone Areas
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Vijay Baghel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO.  4463

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2019

## Tree Plantation in Drought Prone Areas

## 4463. SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any action plan for large scale tree plantation in drought prone areas of Chhattisgarh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  funds  earmarked  for  the  purpose  during  the  last  two  years  along  with  the  funds actually utilised during the said period?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c) The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has not formulated any specific action plan for large scale tree plantation in drought prone areas of Chhattisgarh.

However,  the  Ministry  (MoEF&CC)  is  supporting  State/UT  Governments  to  take  up afforestation programmes under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes such as National Afforestation  Programme  (NAP)  and  Green  India  Mission  (GIM).  The  NAP  which  is implemented for tree  plantation  in  degraded  forests  through  people's  participation  also supports Pasture Development Model as one of its seven plantation models for addressing drought prone areas in the country including Chhattisgarh. The funds released under NAP during last two years to the states including Chhattisgarh are given in Annexure.

Afforestation activities are also taken up under various programmes/funding sources such as  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS), Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY)  and  Compensatory  Afforestation Fund. Further the plantation activities outside forest areas like agro forestry/farm forestry /social forestry including massive plantation on all such lands are also being carried out cross-  sectorally  by  various  departments,  Ministries,  Non-Government  Organizations (NGOs), Civil Society, Corporate etc., under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes and also under different State Plan/Non Plan Schemes including Externally Aided Projects.

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Annexure referred to in  reply of part (a) to(c)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question No.4463  regarding  'Tree  Plantation  in  Drought  Prone  Areas'raised  by  Shri  Vijay Bagheldue for reply on 19.07.2019.

State/UT-wise details of funds released under National Afforestation Programme (NAP)during each of the last two years (2017-18 to2018-19)

(Amount: Rs In Crores)

| S. No.   | State                | FY 2017-18   | FY 2018-19   |
|----------|----------------------|--------------|--------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 3.36         | 6.38         |
| 2        | Bihar                | 4.23         | -            |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh         | 10.86        | 7.82         |
| 4        | Gujarat              | -            | -            |
| 5        | Haryana              | 2.71         |              |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh     | 1.73         | 2.92         |
| 7        | Jammu &Kashmir       | 7.20         | -            |
| 8        | Jharkhand            | -            | -            |
| 9        | Karnataka            | 3.24         | 10.99        |
| 10       | Kerala               | -            | -            |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh       | 8.74         | 7.78         |
| 12       | Maharashtra          | 6.73         | 15.33        |
| 13       | Orissa               | 3.49         | 11.36        |
| 14       | Punjab               | -            | -            |
| 15       | Rajasthan            | 1.40         | 1.95         |
| 16       | Tamil Nadu           | -            | 2.07         |
| 17       | Telangana            | -            | -            |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh        | 0.67         | 0.32         |
| 19       | Uttarakhand          | 3.36         | 2.58         |
| 20       | West Bengal          | -            | -            |
|          | Total (Other States) | 57.71        | 69.50        |
|          | North Eastern states |              |              |
| 21       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0.86         | -            |
| 22       | Assam                | -            | 0.58         |
| 23       | Manipur              | 3.20         | 4.38         |
| 24       | Meghalaya            | 1.65         | 0.74         |
| 25       | Mizoram              | 5.80         | 7.79         |
| 26       | Nagaland             | 5.85         | 6.41         |
| 27       | Sikkim               | -            | 5.98         |
| 28       | Tripura              | 4.94         | -            |
|          | Total (NE States)    | 22.29        | 25.88        |
|          | G. Total             | 80.00        | 95.38        |