Lok Sabha Question No. 953 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-22
Subject: Wildlife Sanctuaries
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas, Ravindra Kushawaha, Umesh G. Jadhav, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Chandra Prakash Joshi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.953

TO BE ANSWERED ON  22.11.2019

## Wildlife Sanctuaries

953. SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS: SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA: DR. UMESH G. JADHAV: SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA: SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

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

- (a) the  total  numbers  of  wildlife  sanctuaries,  national  parks,  biological  parks,  biodiversity parks in the  country,  State/UT-wise  including  Maharashtra,  Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Karnataka;
- (b) whether the Government is considering for the expansion/growth of these wildlife sanctuaries, national parks, biological parks, bio-diversity parks, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the amount of funds allocated by the Government for the said sanctuaries/parks during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As  per  the  available  information,  there  are  104  National  Parks,  551  Wildlife Sanctuaries  and  143 recognised  Zoological  Parks  in  the  country  including Maharashtra,  Uttar  Pradesh,  Rajasthan  and  Karnataka.    State/UT-wise  list  of National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries and recognized Zoological Parks is given in the Annexure-I .  However the number of Biodiversity Parks is not compiled in the Ministry.
- (b) Declaration  of  National  Parks,  Wildlife  Sanctuaries  and  Zoological  Parks  falls under  the  jurisdiction  of  State  Government.  However,  any  alteration  in  the boundaries of National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries requires prior approval of National Board for Wildlife.
- (c) Details  of  funds  released  to  National  Parks  and  Wildlife  Sanctuaries  under  the Centrally  Sponsored  scheme  of  'Development  of  Wildlife  Habitats'  and  to recognized Zoological Parks by the Central Zoo Authority during the  last five years is given in the Annexure-II & III.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)  OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 953 REGARDING 'WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES' BY SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS, SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA, DR. UMESH G. JADHAV, SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA AND SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH DUE FOR REPLY ON 22.11.2019.

State-UT-wise details of National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries and recognized Zoological Parks in the country are as below:

| S.No   | Name of States/UTs       |   No. of National Parks |   No. of Wildlife Sanctuaries |   No. of Zoological Parks |
|--------|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1      | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                       9 |                            96 |                         1 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh           |                       3 |                            13 |                         4 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh        |                       2 |                            11 |                         4 |
| 4      | Assam                    |                       5 |                            18 |                         3 |
| 5      | Bihar                    |                       1 |                            12 |                         1 |
| 6      | Chandigarh               |                       0 |                             1 |                         0 |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh             |                       3 |                            11 |                         3 |
| 8      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                       0 |                             1 |                         1 |
| 9      | Daman &Diu               |                       0 |                             1 |                         0 |
| 10     | Delhi                    |                       0 |                             1 |                         2 |
| 11     | Goa                      |                       1 |                             6 |                         1 |
| 12     | Gujarat                  |                       4 |                            23 |                         9 |
| 13     | Haryana                  |                       2 |                             8 |                         6 |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh         |                       5 |                            28 |                         7 |
| 15     | Jammu &Kashmir           |                       4 |                            15 |                         0 |
| 16     | Jharkhand                |                       1 |                            11 |                         4 |
| 17     | Karnataka                |                       5 |                            30 |                        14 |
| 18     | Kerala                   |                       6 |                            17 |                         6 |
| 19     | Lakshadweep              |                       0 |                             1 |                         0 |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh           |                      10 |                            25 |                         4 |
| 21     | Maharashtra              |                       6 |                            46 |                        10 |
| 22     | Manipur                  |                       1 |                             5 |                         1 |
| 23     | Meghalaya                |                       2 |                             4 |                         2 |
| 24     | Mizoram                  |                       2 |                             8 |                         2 |
| 25     | Nagaland                 |                       1 |                             3 |                         1 |
| 26     | Odisha                   |                       2 |                            19 |                        10 |
| 27     | Puducherry               |                       0 |                             1 |                         0 |
| 28     | Punjab                   |                       0 |                            13 |                         5 |
| 29     | Rajasthan                |                       5 |                            25 |                         4 |
| 30     | Sikkim                   |                       1 |                             7 |                         1 |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu               |                       5 |                            29 |                         6 |
| 32     | Telengana                |                       3 |                             9 |                         6 |
| 33     | Tripura                  |                       2 |                             4 |                         1 |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh            |                       1 |                            26 |                         8 |
| 35     | Uttarakhand              |                       6 |                             7 |                         3 |
| 36     | West Bengal              |                       6 |                            16 |                        13 |
|        | Total                    |                     104 |                           551 |                       143 |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c)  OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 953 REGARDING 'WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES' BY SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS, SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA, DR. UMESH G. JADHAV, SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA AND SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH DUE FOR REPLY ON 22.11.2019.

Details of funds released to National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries during the  last five years under the Centrally Sponsored scheme of 'Development of Wildlife Habitats'

(Rs. in lakhs)

| S.No.   | Name of States/UTs          |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |    2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|---------|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| 1       | A&NIslands                  |     0     |  100      |  118.49   |   141.934  |    191    |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh              |    63.31  |    0      |    0      |     0      |     75    |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh           |     0     |  304.02   |  256.811  |   269.935  |    344.42 |
| 4       | Assam                       |   149.11  |   87.1    |    0      |   275.827  |    265.32 |
| 5       | Bihar                       |    85.249 |  108.011  |  100.576  |   322.674  |    749    |
| 6       | Chandigarh                  |     0     |    0      |   26.0651 |    26.065  |      0    |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                |   482.087 |  213.409  |  278.945  |   435.014  |    350.61 |
| 8       | Goa                         |     0     |    0      |    0      |    85.9938 |      0    |
| 9       | Gujarat                     |   634.94  |  395.798  |  497.604  |   558.52   |   2232    |
| 10      | Haryana                     |    14.71  |   99.33   |  124.657  |   181.445  |    155    |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh            |   430.345 |  431.837  |  280.31   |   237.411  |    370.3  |
| 12      | Jammu &Kashmir              |   506.761 |  354      |  336.506  |   577.915  |    492.43 |
| 13      | Jharkhand                   |   101.12  |   18.62   |    0      |    95.607  |     50.51 |
| 14      | Karnataka                   |   483.777 |  262.13   |  325.52   |   427.89   |    653    |
| 15      | Kerala                      |   818.491 |  967.386  | 1928.42   |   900.834  |   1293.4  |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh              |   371.354 |  394.565  |  322.265  |  1379.49   |    912.2  |
| 17      | Maharashtra                 |   402.723 |  277.94   |  497.35   |   808.056  |   1031.2  |
| 18      | Manipur                     |   129.192 |  248.919  |  340.032  |   425.664  |    405.6  |
| 19      | Meghalaya                   |    44.87  |   38.3902 |   55.23   |   114.061  |    312    |
| 20      | Mizoram                     |   131.541 |   94.55   | 1234.95   |   487.445  |    430    |
| 21      | Nagaland                    |    85.155 |  235.48   |  357.846  |   565.871  |    882.2  |
| 22      | Odisha                      |   350.323 |  246.837  |  279.65   |   342.937  |    499    |
| 23      | Rajasthan                   |   367.296 |  314.788  |  453.879  |   622.421  |    585    |
| 24      | Sikkim                      |   169.156 |  290.326  |  145.52   |   202.154  |    394    |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu                  |   280.626 |  113.261  |    0      |   394.725  |    384.1  |
| 26      | Telangana                   |     0     |    0      |    0      |   157.083  |      0    |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh               |   224.899 |  235.05   |  250.956  |   386.968  |    119.81 |
| 28      | Uttarakhand                 |   141.116 |  188.318  |  545.306  |  2979.36   |   1764.1  |
| 29      | West Bengal                 |   108.847 |  100.934  |  237.66   |   657.992  |    960.6  |
| 30      | Puducherry                  |    12     |    0      |    0      |     6.71   |      0    |
| 31      | Lakshadweep                 |     0     |    0      |    0      |     0      |     46.3  |
| 32      | Delhi                       |     0     |    0      |    0      |     0      |    551.9  |
| 33      | WII,Dehradun- (Uttarakhand) |     0     |    0      |    0      |   932      |      0    |
|         | TOTAL                       |  6589     | 6121      | 8994.55   | 15000      |  16500    |

## Annexure - III

## Amount of funds allocated by the Central Zoo Authority for the Zoological Parks during last five years

## Sum of Amount in (Rs.)

| State                   | Name of the Zoo                                              | 2014-15     | 2015-16     | 2016-17     | 2017-18     | 2018-19     | Grand Total   |
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
| Andhra Pradesh          | Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Visakhapatnam                 | 2,00,00,000 |             |             |             |             | 2,00,00,000   |
|                         |                                                              | 43,03,000   | 71,49,000   | 6,13,000    | 15,68,000   | 19,83,000   | 1,56,16,000   |
|                         | Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park, Tirupati                   | 39,58,000   | 94,23,000   |             | 92,63,500   | 31,86,000   | 2,58,30,500   |
|                         |                                                              | 3,00,000    |             |             |             |             | 3,00,000      |
| Andhra Pradesh Total    |                                                              | 2,85,61,000 | 1,65,72,000 | 6,13,000    | 1,08,31,500 | 51,69,000   | 6,17,46,500   |
| Arunachal Pradesh       | Biological Park, Itanagar                                    |             |             | 23,75,000   | 25,88,000   | 30,51,000   | 80,14,000     |
|                         |                                                              |             | 24,22,000   |             |             | 1,35,00,000 | 1,59,22,000   |
| Arunachal Pradesh Total |                                                              |             | 24,22,000   | 23,75,000   | 25,88,000   | 1,65,51,000 | 2,39,36,000   |
| Assam                   | Assam State Zoo, Guwahati                                    | 1,80,00,000 |             |             |             |             | 1,80,00,000   |
|                         |                                                              | 77,800      | 32,35,000   |             |             | 6,36,000    | 39,48,800     |
| Assam Total             |                                                              | 1,80,77,800 | 32,35,000   |             |             | 6,36,000    | 2,19,48,800   |
| Bihar                   | Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park, Patna                         |             |             | 2,32,67,000 |             |             | 2,32,67,000   |
|                         |                                                              | 53,87,000   | 61,19,000   | 61,40,000   |             | 2,32,50,000 | 4,08,96,000   |
|                         |                                                              |             |             | 17,30,000   |             |             | 17,30,000     |
| Bihar Total             |                                                              | 53,87,000   | 61,19,000   | 3,11,37,000 |             | 2,32,50,000 | 6,58,93,000   |
| Gujarat                 | Kamla Nehru Zoological Garden, Ahmedabad                     |             | 1,20,000    |             |             |             | 1,20,000      |
|                         |                                                              |             |             | 3,20,000    |             |             | 3,20,000      |
|                         | Sakkarbaug Zoo, Junagadh, Gujarat                            |             |             |             | 3,60,000    |             | 3,60,000      |
|                         | Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Zoological Garden, Surat, Gujarat |             |             |             |             | 6,00,000    | 6,00,000      |
|                         | Rajkot Municipal Corporation, Rajkot, Gujarat                |             |             |             |             | 20,02,000   | 20,02,000     |
|                         | Sundarvan Nature Discovery Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat        |             |             |             |             | 3,97,500    | 3,97,500      |
| Gujarat Total           |                                                              |             | 1,20,000    | 3,20,000    | 3,60,000    | 29,99,500   | 37,99,500     |

| Haryana                | Mini Zoo, Pipli                                | 31,24,000   |             |           |             |           | 31,24,000   |
|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|                        | Rohtak Zoo                                     | 36,82,000   |             |           |             |           | 36,82,000   |
|                        | Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore  |             |             | 9,50,000  |             |           | 9,50,000    |
| Haryana Total          |                                                | 68,06,000   |             | 9,50,000  |             |           | 77,56,000   |
| Himachal Pradesh       | Dhauladhar Nature Park                         | 3,00,000    |             |           |             |           | 3,00,000    |
|                        | Sarahan Pheasantry                             | 15,40,000   |             |           |             |           | 15,40,000   |
| Himachal Pradesh Total |                                                | 18,40,000   |             |           |             |           | 18,40,000   |
| Karnataka              | Bannerghatta Biological Park, Bengaluru        |             |             | 20,00,000 | 54,00,000   |           | 74,00,000   |
|                        |                                                | 1,01,97,000 | 1,34,33,000 |           | 87,06,000   | 43,72,000 | 3,67,08,000 |
|                        | Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, Mysuru   | 2,01,92,000 |             |           |             |           | 2,01,92,000 |
|                        |                                                |             |             |           | 21,18,000   | 8,75,000  | 29,93,000   |
|                        | Dr. Shivaram Karanth Pillikula Biological Park |             |             |           |             | 33,60,000 | 33,60,000   |
| Karnataka Total        |                                                | 3,03,89,000 | 1,34,33,000 | 20,00,000 | 1,62,24,000 | 86,07,000 | 7,06,53,000 |
| Kerala                 | Parassinikkadaru Snake Park, Kannur            |             | 40,000      |           |             |           | 40,000      |
|                        | Thirissur Zoological Park, Thrissur            |             |             | 3,00,000  |             |           | 3,00,000    |
|                        | Zoological Garden, Thiruvanthapuram            |             |             | 4,48,000  |             |           | 4,48,000    |
| Kerala Total           |                                                |             | 40,000      | 7,48,000  |             |           | 7,88,000    |
| Madhya Pradesh         | Kamla Nehru PraniSangrahalya, Indore           |             | 2,00,000    |           |             |           | 2,00,000    |
|                        |                                                | 1,00,000    |             |           |             |           | 1,00,000    |
|                        |                                                |             |             |           |             | 7,56,000  | 7,56,000    |
|                        | Van Vihar National Park- Zoo, Bhopal           | 24,33,000   |             |           | 13,86,000   |           | 38,19,000   |
|                        |                                                |             |             |           |             | 3,00,000  | 3,00,000    |
|                        |                                                |             |             |           |             | 17,87,000 | 17,87,000   |
| Madhya Pradesh Total   |                                                | 25,33,000   | 2,00,000    |           | 13,86,000   | 28,43,000 | 69,62,000   |
| Maharashtra            | Amte's Animal, Ark, Gadchiroli                 | 40,000      |             |           |             |           | 40,000      |

|                   | Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park and Wildlife Research Centre Pune, Maharastra   | 2,40,000    |             |             |             | 58,74,000   | 61,14,000   |
|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Maharashtra Total |                                                                              | 2,80,000    |             |             |             | 58,74,000   | 61,54,000   |
| Manipur           | Manipur Zoological Garden,                                                   | 2,34,53,000 | 83,98,000   |             | 2,16,16,700 |             | 5,34,67,700 |
|                   |                                                                              |             |             |             |             | 4,29,000    | 4,29,000    |
| Manipur Total     |                                                                              | 2,34,53,000 | 83,98,000   |             | 2,16,16,700 | 4,29,000    | 5,38,96,700 |
| Meghalaya         | State Zoo, Umtrew, Meghalaya                                                 | 1,88,09,000 |             |             |             |             | 1,88,09,000 |
| Meghalaya Total   |                                                                              | 1,88,09,000 |             |             |             |             | 1,88,09,000 |
| Mizoram           | Aizawl Zoological Park, Mizoram                                              | 12,60,000   | 1,00,023    | 54,90,000   |             |             | 68,50,023   |
| Mizoram Total     |                                                                              | 12,60,000   | 1,00,023    | 54,90,000   |             |             | 68,50,023   |
| Nagaland          | Nagaland Zoological Park, Rangapahar                                         | 16,82,000   | 21,32,000   | 16,22,000   | 8,74,000    | 13,72,000   | 76,82,000   |
|                   |                                                                              | 2,32,63,000 | 1,05,52,000 | 99,00,000   | 76,14,000   | 1,28,16,000 | 6,41,45,000 |
|                   |                                                                              |             |             |             | 4,27,000    |             | 4,27,000    |
| Nagaland Total    |                                                                              | 2,49,45,000 | 1,26,84,000 | 1,15,22,000 | 89,15,000   | 1,41,88,000 | 7,22,54,000 |
| Odisha            | Nandankanan Zoological Park, Bhubneswar                                      | 1,16,00,000 | 15,00,000   |             |             |             | 1,31,00,000 |
| Odisha            |                                                                              |             |             | 2,00,000    |             |             | 2,00,000    |
|                   |                                                                              | 3,00,000    |             |             | 3,70,000    |             | 6,70,000    |
| Odisha            |                                                                              | 1,19,00,000 | 15,00,000   | 2,00,000    | 3,70,000    |             | 1,39,70,000 |
| Punjab            | M. C Zoological Park, Chhatbir, Punjab                                       |             |             |             |             | 21,00,000   | 21,00,000   |
| Punjab Total      |                                                                              |             |             |             |             | 21,00,000   | 21,00,000   |
| Rajasthan         | Nahargarh Biological Park, Jaipur                                            |             |             | 21,29,000   |             |             | 21,29,000   |
|                   |                                                                              | 45,81,000   | 33,97,000   | 10,29,000   | 16,95,000   | 9,95,000    | 1,16,97,000 |
|                   |                                                                              | 3,00,000    |             |             |             |             | 3,00,000    |
| Rajasthan Total   |                                                                              | 48,81,000   | 33,97,000   | 31,58,000   | 16,95,000   | 9,95,000    | 1,41,26,000 |
| Sikkim            | Himalayan Zoological Park, Bulbulay, Sikkim                                  |             |             |             |             | 14,05,000   | 14,05,000   |
| Sikkim Total      |                                                                              |             |             |             |             | 14,05,000   | 14,05,000   |
| Tamil Nadu        | Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur                                       | 27,50,000   |             |             |             |             | 27,50,000   |
| Tamil Nadu        |                                                                              | 57,65,000   | 71,27,000   | 12,41,000   | 44,61,000   |             | 1,85,94,000 |

|                     |                                                                      |             |           |           | 4,20,000    |           | 4,20,000    |
|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|                     | Arinagar Ann Zoological Park, Vandalur, Chennai                      |             |           |           |             | 14,38,000 | 14,38,000   |
|                     | Chennai Snake Park Trust                                             |             |           |           |             | 2,55,000  | 2,55,000    |
| Tamil Nadu Total    |                                                                      | 85,15,000   | 71,27,000 | 12,41,000 | 48,81,000   | 16,93,000 | 2,34,57,000 |
| Telangana           | Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad                                     | 19,96,000   | 16,18,372 | 27,82,000 | 24,19,000   | 31,11,000 | 1,19,26,372 |
|                     |                                                                      |             |           |           |             | 1,18,000  | 1,18,000    |
|                     |                                                                      |             |           |           |             | 48,10,000 | 48,10,000   |
| Telangana Total     |                                                                      | 19,96,000   | 16,18,372 | 27,82,000 | 24,19,000   | 80,39,000 | 1,68,54,372 |
| Tripura             | Sepahijala Zoological Park                                           | 4,63,000    |           |           | 31,73,000   | 27,82,000 | 64,18,000   |
|                     |                                                                      |             |           |           | 1,25,34,000 | 6,63,000  | 1,31,97,000 |
|                     |                                                                      | 3,00,000    |           |           |             |           | 3,00,000    |
| Tripura Total       |                                                                      | 7,63,000    |           |           | 1,57,07,000 | 34,45,000 | 1,99,15,000 |
| Uttar Pradesh       | Kanpur Zoological Park, Kanpur                                       | 3,00,000    |           | 3,20,000  |             |           | 6,20,000    |
|                     | Lucknow Zoological Park, Lucknow                                     | 70,18,000   |           |           |             |           | 70,18,000   |
|                     | Nawab Wazid Ali Shah Zoological Park, Lucknow                        |             |           |           |             | 27,26,000 | 27,26,000   |
|                     | Lion Breeding Centre and Multiple Safari Park, Etawah, Uttar Pradesh |             |           |           |             | 4,86,000  | 4,86,000    |
| Uttar Pradesh Total |                                                                      | 73,18,000   |           | 3,20,000  |             | 32,12,000 | 1,08,50,000 |
| Uttarakhand         | Malsi Deer Park, Dehradun                                            |             |           | 24,85,000 |             |           | 24,85,000   |
|                     | Pt. G.B Pant High Alitude Zoo, Nanital                               |             |           |           |             | 11,94,000 | 11,94,000   |
|                     | Dehradun Zoo, Dehradun, Uttarakhand                                  |             |           |           |             | 31,18,000 | 31,18,000   |
| Uttarakhand Total   |                                                                      |             |           | 24,85,000 |             | 43,12,000 | 67,97,000   |
| West Bengal         | Kumari Kangsabati Deer Park                                          | 11,66,000   |           |           |             |           | 11,66,000   |
|                     | Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park, Darjeeling                  | 1,58,88,000 |           |           |             |           | 1,58,88,000 |
|                     |                                                                      | 9,81,000    | 5,62,000  |           |             |           | 15,43,000   |

|                   | Zoological Garden, Alipore, Kolkata              | 1,51,00,000   |             |             |             |              | 1,51,00,000   |
|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|
| West Bengal Total |                                                  | 3,31,35,000   | 5,62,000    |             |             |              | 3,36,97,000   |
| Jharkhand         | Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park, Ranchi, Jharkhand |               |             |             |             | 4,70,000     | 4,70,000      |
| Jharkhand Total   |                                                  |               |             |             |             | 4,70,000     | 4,70,000      |
| Grand Total       |                                                  | 23,08,48,800  | 7,75,27,395 | 6,53,41,000 | 8,69,93,200 | 10,62,17,500 | 56,69,27,895  |