Lok Sabha Question No. 2826 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-12
Subject: Assistance for Tree Plantation
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO. 2826 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2021

## Assistance for Tree Plantation

## 2826.  SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

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

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  has  provided  financial  and  technical  assistance  to State Government of Gujarat for tree plantation schemes;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, scheme-wise;
- (c) the  amount  of  financial  assistance  provided  to  Gujarat  during  the  last  three  years, year-wise; and
- (d) the  number  of  trees  planted  during  the  last  three  years  with  the  said  financial assistance, year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and (b) The Ministry of Environment, Forest and  Climate  Change  (MoEFCC) implements    two major afforestation schemes for increasing forest resources in the  country,  including  Gujarat,  namely  National  Afforestation  Programme (NAP) for tree plantation in degraded forests through people's participation and National  Mission  for  a  Green  India  (GIM),  for  plantation  on  landscape  basis. Besides, the funds are released under Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) to States/UTs for carrying out afforestation  activities.  An  amount  of  Rs.  233.19  crore  has  been  released  to Gujarat  under  NAP  since  inception  of  the  scheme  in  2000  and  an  area  of 1,08,214  ha  has  been  sanctioned  for  new  afforestation  in  the  corresponding period.
- (c) and (d) During last three years no funds have been released to Gujarat under NAP and GIM. However, an amount of Rs. 1484.60 crore, as share of the State as per Compensatory Fund Act, 2016, has been transferred to State CAMPA of Gujarat from National Authority of CAMPA during 2019 for taking up various activities including afforestation as per approved Annual Plan of Operation (APO).

Further, tree plantation, is a multi-departmental, multi-agency activity, and is also being  taken  up  cross-sectorally  under  various  programmes/funding  sources  of other ministries/ organizations and also through State Plan budgets. The details of year-wise (2017-18 to 2019-20) funds released under various schemes to Gujarat

and seedlings planted under various schemes/agencies as reported by the State are given below:

Year- wise Details of funds released under NAP, GIM, CAMPA and number of Seedlings planted (in Lakhs) during the last three years 2017-18 to 2019-20.

| Sl.No   | Year    | Funds released under NAP and GIM (Rs. in crores)   |   CAMPA funds sanctioned (Rs. in crores) |   Number of seedlings planted (in Lakhs) |
|---------|---------|----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | 2017-18 | Nil                                                |                                    27    |                                  1177.56 |
| 2.      | 2018-19 | Nil                                                |                                   212.66 |                                   979.93 |
| 3.      | 2019-20 | Nil                                                |                                     0    |                                   976.36 |
|         | Total   |                                                    |                                   239.66 |                                  3133.85 |

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