Lok Sabha Question No. 4306 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-13
Subject: Land Reserved for Forests
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Diya Kumari

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4306

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2019

## Land Reserved forForests

## 4306 . MS. DIYA KUMARI:

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

- (a) the total area of land reserved for forests in the country, State/UT-wise including Rajasthan, location-wise;
- (b) the total number of people illegally residing on the forest land, location-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has formulated any scheme for the rehabilitation/regularisation of these villages and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the funds allocated and utilised for the said purpose during the last three years, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The details of State/UTs wise Recorded Forest Area as published in the India State of Forest Report-2017 is given inAnnexure-I.
- (b) Details of forest area under encroachment, as per the information provided by the States/UTs, are given in Annexure-II.
- (c) to (d) There is no scheme for the rehabilitation/regularization of people illegally residing on  the  forest  land.  However,  as  per  the  provisions  of  the  Scheduled  Tribes  and Other  Traditional  Forest  Dwellers  (Recognition  of  Forest  Rights)  Act,  2006, claims for 'right to hold and live in the forest land under the individual or common occupation  for  habitation  or  for  self-cultivation  for  livelihood  by  a  member  or members of a forest dwelling Scheduled Tribe or other traditional forest dwellers' is approved by the respective States/UTs.

For voluntary relocation of villages inside Wildlife Sanctuaries/National Parks and Tiger  Reserves,  there  are  provisions  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes namely  'Development of  Wildlife Habitats'  and  'Project  Tiger'.Details  of  funds released during last three years under both the schemes are given in Annexure-III and IV.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4306 due for answer on 13.12.2019 regarding 'Land Reserved for Forests'

## Recorded Forest Areas in States and UTs as per ISFR-2017

## (Area in square kilometre)

| State/ UT           | Geographical Area (GA)   | Recorded Forest Areas (RFA)   | Recorded Forest Areas (RFA)   | Recorded Forest Areas (RFA)   | Total RFA (2017)   | % of GA   |
|---------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------|-----------|
| State/ UT           | Geographical Area (GA)   | Reserved Forests (RF)         | Protected Forests (PF)        | Unclassed Forests             |                    |           |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 162968                   | 31,959                        | 5069                          | 230                           | 37258              | 22.86     |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 83,743                   | 10,589                        | 9,779                         | 31,039                        | 51,407             | 61.39     |
| Assam               | 78,438                   | 17,864                        | 0                             | 8,968                         | 26,832             | 34.21     |
| Bihar               | 94163                    | 693                           | 6183                          | 1                             | 6877               | 7.30      |
| Chhattisgarh        | 135192                   | 25,782                        | 24036                         | 9954                          | 59772              | 44.21     |
| Delhi               | 1,483                    | 78                            | 24                            | 0                             | 102                | 6.88      |
| Goa                 | 3,702                    | 253                           | 0                             | 972                           | 1225               | 33.09     |
| Gujarat             | 196,244                  | 14,373                        | 2886                          | 4388                          | 21647              | 11.03     |
| Haryana             | 44,212                   | 249                           | 1158                          | 152                           | 1559               | 3.53      |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 55,673                   | 1,898                         | 33130                         | 2005                          | 37033              | 66.52     |
| Jammu &Kashmir      | 222,236                  | 17,643                        | 2551                          | 36                            | 20230              | 9.10      |
| Jharkhand           | 79,716                   | 4,387                         | 19185                         | 33                            | 23605              | 29.61     |
| Karnataka           | 191,791                  | 28,690                        | 3931                          | 5663                          | 38284              | 19.96     |
| Kerala              | 38,852                   | 11,309                        | 0                             | 0                             | 11309              | 29.11     |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 308,252                  | 61,886                        | 31098                         | 1705                          | 94689              | 30.72     |
| Maharashtra         | 307,713                  | 49,546                        | 6733                          | 5300                          | 61579              | 20.01     |
| Manipur             | 22,327                   | 1,467                         | 4,171                         | 11,780                        | 17,418             | 78.01     |
| Meghalaya           | 22,429                   | 1,113                         | 12                            | 8,371                         | 9,496              | 42.34     |
| Mizoram             | 21,081                   | 4,483                         | 0                             | 1,158                         | 5,641              | 26.76     |
| Nagaland            | 16,579                   | 234                           | 0                             | 8,389                         | 8,623              | 52.01     |
| Odisha              | 155,707                  | 36049                         | 25133                         | 22                            | 61204              | 39.31     |
| Punjab              | 50,362                   | 44                            | 1137                          | 1903                          | 3084               | 6.12      |
| Rajasthan           | 342,239                  | 12475                         | 18217                         | 2045                          | 32737              | 9.57      |
| Sikkim              | 7,096                    | 5452                          | 389                           | 0                             | 5,841              | 82.31     |
| Tamil Nadu          | 130,060                  | 20293                         | 1782                          | 802                           | 22877              | 17.59     |
| Telangana           | 112,077                  | 20353                         | 5939                          | 612                           | 26904              | 24.00     |
| Tripura             | 10,486                   | 4175                          | 2                             | 2,117                         | 6,294              | 60.02     |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 240,928                  | 12071                         | 1157                          | 3354                          | 16582              | 6.88      |
| Uttarakhand         | 53,483                   | 26547                         | 9885                          | 1568                          | 38000              | 71.05     |
| West Bengal         | 88,752                   | 7054                          | 3772                          | 1053                          | 11879              | 13.38     |
| A&N Islands         | 8,249                    | 5613                          | 1558                          | 0                             | 7171               | 86.93     |
| Chandigarh          | 114                      | 32                            | 0                             | 3                             | 35                 | 30.70     |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 491                      | 199                           | 5                             | 0                             | 204                | 41.55     |
| Daman &Diu          | 111                      | 0                             | 0                             | 8                             | 8                  | 7.21      |
| Lakshadweep         | 30                       | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 0                  | 0.00      |
| Puducherry          | 490                      | 0                             | 2                             | 11                            | 13                 | 2.65      |
| Total               | 32,87,469                | 4,34,705                      | 2,19,432                      | 1,13,881                      | 7,67,419           | 23.34     |

Source: State/UT Forest Departments

Annexure II

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4306 due for answer on 13.12.2019 regarding 'Land Reserved for Forests'

## State/UTs wise details of area under encroachment

## (Area in Square kilometre)

|   S. No. | Name of States/UTs   | Encroachment of forest land   | %of total Recorded Forest Area   |
|----------|----------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh       | 16.9072                       | 0.045                            |
|        2 | Bihar                | 1.3221                        | 0.019                            |
|        3 | Chhattisgarh         | 193.3064                      | 0.323                            |
|        4 | Gujarat              | 347.91                        | 1.607                            |
|        5 | Goa                  | Nil                           | Nil                              |
|        6 | Haryana              | 0.1753                        | 0.011                            |
|        7 | Himachal Pradesh     | 23.3902                       | 0.063                            |
|        8 | Jharkhand            | 264.96                        | 1.122                            |
|        9 | Jammu &Kashmir       | 102.7928                      | 0.508                            |
|       10 | Karnataka            | 280.0123                      | 0.731                            |
|       11 | Kerala               | 78.0110                       | 0.689                            |
|       12 | Madhya Pradesh       | 5347.1728                     | 5.647                            |
|       13 | Maharashtra          | 605.0413                      | 0.982                            |
|       14 | Odisha               | 785.0508                      | 1.282                            |
|       15 | Punjab               | 81.7531                       | 2.650                            |
|       16 | Rajasthan            | 108.3976                      | 0.331                            |
|       17 | Tamil Nadu           | 150.4157                      | 0.657                            |
|       18 | Telangana            | 30.56                         | 0.113                            |
|       19 | Uttar Pradesh        | 261.2535                      | 1.575                            |
|       20 | Uttarakhand          | 106.4911                      | 0.280                            |
|       21 | West Bengal          | 102.1480                      | 0.859                            |
|       22 | Arunachal Pradesh    | 586.3613                      | 1.140                            |
|       23 | Assam                | 3172.1539                     | 11.822                           |
|       24 | Manipur              | 67.2651                       | 0.386                            |
|       25 | Meghalaya            | 0.1397                        | 0.001                            |
|       26 | Mizoram              | 0.08                          | 0.001                            |
|       27 | Nagaland             | 24.7996                       | 0.287                            |
|       28 | Sikkim               | 28.1721                       | 0.482                            |
|       29 | Tripura              | 0.0677                        | 0.000                            |
|       30 | A&NIslands           | 40.6869                       | 0.567                            |
|       31 | Chandigarh           | Nil                           | Nil                              |
|       32 | D&NHaveli            | 0.0008                        | 0.000                            |
|       33 | Daman &Diu           | 0.8783                        | 10.978                           |
|       34 | Lakshadweep          | Nil                           | Nil                              |
|       35 | Delhi                | 6.2951                        | 6.171                            |
|       36 | Puducherry           | Nil                           | Nil                              |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4306 due for answer on 13.12.2019 regarding 'Land Reserved for Forests

## Funds released under the scheme 'Development of Wildlife Habitats'

| (Rs. In lakhs)   | (Rs. In lakhs)   | (Rs. In lakhs)   | (Rs. In lakhs)   | (Rs. In lakhs)   |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| S.No.            | State            | 2016-17          | 2017-18          | 2018-19          |
| 1.               | Kerala           | 1108.80          | 0.00             | 0.00             |
| 2.               | Madhya Pradesh   | 0.00             | 748.00           | 0.00             |
| 3                | Mizoram          | 1044.00          | 261.00           | 0.00             |
| Total            | Total            | 2152.80          | 1009.00          | 0.00             |

Annexure IV Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4306 due for answer on 13.12.2019 regarding 'Land Reserved for Forests

## Funds released under the scheme 'Project Tiger'

| S.No.   | Name of Tiger Reserve   | State          | 2016-17    | 2017-18    | 2018-19   |
|---------|-------------------------|----------------|------------|------------|-----------|
| 1       | Achanakmar              | Chhattisgarh   | 0.000      | 798.000    | 0.000     |
| 2       | Bandhavgarh             | Madhya Pradesh | 1,338.000  | 0.000      | 0.000     |
| 3       | Satpura                 | Madhya Pradesh | 630.000    | 2,076.000  | 1,974.000 |
| 4       | Sanjay Dubri            | Madhya Pradesh | 8,209.960  | 6,610.000  | 606.000   |
| 5       | Mudumalai               | Tamil Nadu     | 0.000      | 1,530.000  | 1,008.000 |
| 6       | Melghat                 | Maharashtra    | 2,856.000  | 2,886.000  | 7,218.000 |
| 7       | Tadoba-Andhdari         | Maharashtra    | 0.000      | 858.000    | 150.000   |
| 8       | Kali (Dandeli-Anshi)    | Karnataka      | 786.000    | 0.000      | 0.000     |
| 9       | Pench                   | Maharashtra    | 1,020.000  | 0.000      | 0.000     |
| 10      | Bor                     | Maharashtra    | 1,860.000  | 0.000      | 0.000     |
| 11      | Satkosia                | Odisha         | 0.000      | 468.000    | 0.000     |
| 12      | Sahyadri                | Maharashtra    | 0.000      | 0.000      | 78.000    |
| 13      | Kawal                   | Telangana      | 0.000      | 0.000      | 852.000   |
| Total   | Total                   | Total          | 16,699.960 | 15,226.000 | 11,886.0  |

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