Lok Sabha Question No. 893 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-14
Subject: Green Cover
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: R. VANAROJA, PR. SENTHILNATHAN, R.K. BHARATHI MOHAN, V. SATHYABAMA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO.  893

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2018

## Green Cover

893. SHRIMATI VANAROJA R.: SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN: SHRI BHARATHI MOHAN R.K.: SHRIMATI V. SATHYA BAMA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has allocated any funds for the development and increasing of green cover in the country; and
- (b) if  so,  the  details thereof indicating the funds allocated to various States/UTs during the last four years, year-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

& (b) Yes Madam. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has allocated funds to  the States for the development and increasing of green cover under two Centrally Sponsored Schemes viz. ,  National Afforestation Programme (NAP) and National Mission for a Green India (GIM).  While NAP is implemented for afforestation of degraded forest lands with participatory approach, GIM which is one of the eight Missions outlined under the National Action Plan on Climate Change, aims at protecting, restoring and enhancing India's forest cover on landscape basis. The State/UT wise details of funds released during the last four years (2014-15 to 2017-18) under NAP and GIM are given in Annexure .

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Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 893 regarding  'Green  Cover'  raised  by  Shrimati  Vanaroja  R.,  Shri  PR.  Senthil  Nathan,  Shri Bharathi Mohan R.K. and Shrimati V. Sathya Bama due for reply on 14.12.2018.

State/UT wise Details of funds released under National Afforestation Programme (NAP) and National Mission for a Green India (GIM) during each of the last four years (2014-15 to 2017-18)

## (A) National Afforestation Programme (NAP)

| S. No.   | State                | Amount Released -Year wise (Rs. in crore)   | Amount Released -Year wise (Rs. in crore)   | Amount Released -Year wise (Rs. in crore)   | Amount Released -Year wise (Rs. in crore)   |
|----------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State                | 2014-15*                                    | 2015-16                                     | 2016-17                                     | 2017-18                                     |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 4.56                                        | 0.87                                        | 1.33                                        | 3.36                                        |
| 2        | Bihar                | 7.00                                        | 5.01                                        | 2.18                                        | 4.23                                        |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh         | 20.00                                       | 10.20                                       | 4.92                                        | 10.86                                       |
| 4        | Goa                  | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        |
| 5        | Gujarat              | 10.50                                       | 8.54                                        | 4.36                                        | 0.00                                        |
| 6        | Haryana              | 11.00                                       | 0.72                                        | 3.50                                        | 2.71                                        |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh     | 0.73                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        | 1.73                                        |
| 8        | Jammu &Kashmir       | 3.59                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        | 7.20                                        |
| 9        | Jharkhand            | 8.60                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        |
| 10       | Karnataka            | 21.35                                       | 1.05                                        | 7.33                                        | 3.24                                        |
| 11       | Kerala               | 2.82                                        | 1.02                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh       | 21.00                                       | 9.45                                        | 4.00                                        | 8.74                                        |
| 13       | Maharashtra          | 35.00                                       | 14.90                                       | 4.76                                        | 6.73                                        |
| 14       | Orissa               | 17.92                                       | 9.49                                        | 4.62                                        | 3.49                                        |
| 15       | Punjab               | 1.87                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        |
| 16       | Rajasthan            | 3.35                                        | 0.75                                        | 0.00                                        | 1.40                                        |
| 17       | Tamil Nadu           | 4.25                                        | 1.42                                        | 1.56                                        | 0.00                                        |
| 18       | Telangana            | 2.03                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        |
| 19       | Uttar Pradesh        | 12.00                                       | 2.68                                        | 2.55                                        | 0.67                                        |
| 20       | Uttarakhand          | 2.50                                        | 3.05                                        | 0.00                                        | 3.36                                        |
| 21       | West Bengal          | 0.78                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        |
|          | Total (Other States) | 190.85                                      | 69.16                                       | 41.10                                       | 57.71                                       |
|          | North Eastern states |                                             |                                             |                                             |                                             |
| 22       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0.15                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.86                                        |
| 23       | Assam                | 0.00                                        | 2.56                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        |
| 24       | Manipur              | 8.00                                        | 3.67                                        | 1.21                                        | 3.20                                        |
| 25       | Meghalaya            | 3.61                                        | 1.35                                        | 0.00                                        | 1.65                                        |
| 26       | Mizoram              | 15.00                                       | 10.17                                       | 6.74                                        | 5.80                                        |
| 27       | Nagaland             | 11.00                                       | 0.00                                        | 5.21                                        | 5.85                                        |
| 28       | Sikkim               | 6.00                                        | 1.52                                        | 5.09                                        | 0.00                                        |
| 29       | Tripura              | 9.17                                        | 5.73                                        | 0.00                                        | 4.94                                        |
|          | Total (NE States)    | 52.93                                       | 25.00                                       | 18.25                                       | 22.29                                       |
|          | G. Total             | 243.78                                      | 94.16                                       | 59.35                                       | 80.00                                       |

Note:  *100%  CSS  scheme  till  2014-15  and  beyond  that  implemented  on  sharing  pattern  of Centre:State::60:40, except NE and 3 Hilly States where the sharing pattern is 90:10.

## (B) National Mission for a Green India (GIM)

| Sl. No.   | States            | Amount Released -Year wise (Rupees in crores )   | Amount Released -Year wise (Rupees in crores )   | Amount Released -Year wise (Rupees in crores )   | Amount Released -Year wise (Rupees in crores )   |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States            | 2014-15 #                                        | 2015-16                                          | 2016-17                                          | 2017-18                                          |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | -                                                | -                                                | 1.06                                             | 0.45                                             |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
| 3         | Assam             | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
| 4         | Bihar             | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | -                                                | 23.39                                            | 20.23                                            | 10.95                                            |
| 6         | Goa               | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
| 7         | Gujarat           | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
| 8         | Haryana           | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
| 12        | Karnataka         | -                                                | 1.05                                             | 0.87                                             | 0.86                                             |
| 13        | Kerala            | -                                                | 9.15                                             | -                                                | -                                                |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
| 16        | Manipur           | -                                                | 8.35                                             | 7.82                                             | 6.41                                             |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
| 18        | Mizoram           | -                                                | -                                                | 9.88                                             | 20.00                                            |
| 19        | Nagaland          | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
| 20        | Odisha            | -                                                | 1.83                                             | 1.39                                             | 1.40                                             |
| 21        | Punjab            | -                                                | 6.11                                             | -                                                | 6.22                                             |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
| 23        | Sikkim            | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
| 25        | Telangana         | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
| 26        | Tripura           | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | -                                                | 20.21                                            | -                                                | -                                                |
| 29        | West Bengal       | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                | -                                                |
|           | TOTAL             | -                                                | 70.09                                            | 41.25                                            | 46.29                                            |

Note: # Funds not released during 2014-15 under GIM

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