Lok Sabha Question No. 1268 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Plant India Initiative
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Pritam Gopinath Munde, Shrirang Appa Barne, Pushpendra Singh Chandel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO.1268

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 28/06/2019

## Plant India Initiative

## 1268.  SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE:

SHRI SRIRANGA APPA BARNE:

SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to make Plant India initiative a national movement led by people, like the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether State Governments have agreed to participate in the aforesaid scheme, if so, the details thereof along with the share of the State Governments therein;
- (c) whether  a  number  of  developmental  projects  are  pending  for  want  of  environmental clearance, if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (d) the action taken by the Union Government to ensure that the environment is protected and development takes place?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) &(b) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change does not implement any specific  program  by  name  of  'Plant  India  initiative'.  However,  the  Ministry  has decided to make plantation a people's movement through various programmes which will promote school nursery, urban forestry, planting trees on vacant lands, bunds on farm land etc. Involvement of people in different forestry management practices has been the priority of the  Ministry.  In  consonance  with  the  objective  of the National Forest  Policy,  1988  of  taking  up  afforestation  by  creating  a  massive  people's movement, various schemes are being implemented by the Ministry and the State/UT governments with the participation of Joint Forest Management committees, comprising of local villagers and constituted in all States/ UTs. Tree Plantation/Afforestation activities are taken up cross-sectorally by various Departments, Non-Government Organizations, Civil Societies, Corporate bodies etc. In past the Ministry has also issued several advisories for involvement of people in various  plantation  programmes  especially  on  occasions  like  Van  Mahotsav,  World Environment  Day  and  World  Forestry  Day  etc.  Various  states  have  also  launched Mass  Plantation  Campaigns  during  the  last  five  years  especially  since  2014-15, involving  the  civil  society,  farmers,  school  children  and  common  citizens  of  the country.
- (c) The  state-wise  details  of  number  of  developmental  projects  under  process  for environmental clearance are given in annexure.
- (d) The Environmental Management Plan is reviewed and adequate mitigation measures are  stipulated  in  the  Environmental  Clearance  for  balancing  the  environment  due  to impacts caused by the developmental projects.

Besides that for protection and conservation of environment, every year, all the States and Union Territory governments take up plantations under various central and state funded schemes. In addition plantations are also done by various departments, Nongovernment organizations, civil society, corporate bodies etc.

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Annexure referred to in reply of part (c) of the LokSabhaUnstarred Question No.1268 regarding 'Plant India Initiative' raised by ShriVinayakRaut, Dr. ShrikantEknathShinde, Dr. PritamGopinathraoMunde,  ShriSrirangaAppaBarne  and  ShriKunwarPushpendra  Singh  Chandeldue for reply on 28.06.2019.

State-wise  details of number of developmental projects pending for environmental clearance

| Sl.N o   | Name of State/UT   | Thermal Power Projects   | *River Valley &HEPs   | Non-Coal Mining projects   | Coal Mining projects   | Industry -1 Projects   | Industry -2 Projects   | **Infra-2 Sector   |
|----------|--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh     |                          | 1                     | 2                          |                        |                        | 5                      | 1                  |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh  |                          |                       |                            |                        |                        |                        |                    |
| 3        | Assam              |                          | 1                     |                            |                        | 1                      | 5                      |                    |
| 4        | Bihar              |                          |                       |                            |                        |                        |                        |                    |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh       |                          |                       | 2                          | 2                      | 3                      | 1                      |                    |
| 6        | Goa                |                          |                       |                            |                        |                        |                        | 4                  |
| 7        | Gujarat            |                          |                       | 2                          |                        | 2                      | 42                     | 10                 |
| 8        | Haryana            |                          |                       | 1                          |                        |                        | 1                      | 7                  |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh   |                          | 1                     |                            |                        |                        |                        | 3                  |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir  |                          | 2                     |                            |                        |                        |                        | 1                  |
| 11       | Jharkhand          |                          | 1                     | 2                          | 2                      | 1                      |                        | 2                  |
| 12       | Karnataka          | 1                        | 2                     |                            |                        | 1                      | 5                      | 4                  |
| 13       | Kerala             |                          |                       | 1                          |                        |                        |                        | 2                  |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh     |                          | 3                     | 1                          | 4                      | 1                      |                        |                    |
| 15       | Maharashtra        |                          | 1                     | 2                          |                        | 3                      | 18                     | 5                  |
| 16       | Manipur            |                          |                       |                            |                        |                        |                        |                    |
| 17       | Meghalaya          |                          | 1                     |                            |                        |                        |                        |                    |
| 18       | Mizoram            |                          |                       |                            |                        |                        |                        |                    |
| 19       | Nagaland           |                          |                       |                            |                        |                        |                        |                    |
| 20       | Odisha             | 1                        |                       | 8                          | 2                      | 5                      | 4                      | 2                  |
| 21       | Punjab             |                          |                       |                            |                        |                        | 1                      | 2                  |
| 22       | Rajasthan          |                          | 1                     | 5                          |                        | 2                      | 6                      | 2                  |
| 23       | Sikkim             |                          |                       |                            |                        |                        |                        |                    |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu         |                          |                       | 2                          |                        |                        |                        |                    |
| 25       | Telangana          | 1                        | 1                     |                            |                        | 3                      | 6                      | 12                 |
| 26       | Tripura            | 1                        |                       |                            |                        |                        |                        |                    |
| 27       | Uttarakhand        |                          | 3                     |                            |                        |                        |                        | 1                  |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh      |                          |                       |                            | 1                      | 1                      | 8                      | 6                  |
| 29       | West Bengal        |                          |                       | 1                          | 1                      | 2                      | 4                      |                    |
| 30       | A&NIslands         |                          |                       |                            |                        |                        |                        | 1                  |
| 31       | Chandigarh         |                          |                       |                            |                        |                        |                        |                    |
| 32       | D &NHaveli         |                          |                       |                            |                        |                        | 1                      |                    |
| 33       | Daman &Diu         |                          |                       |                            |                        |                        |                        |                    |
| 34       | Delhi              |                          |                       |                            |                        |                        | 1                      | 31                 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep        |                          |                       |                            |                        |                        |                        |                    |
| 36       | Puducherry         |                          |                       |                            |                        |                        | 1                      | 1                  |
|          | Total              | 4                        | 18                    | 29                         | 12                     | 25                     | 109                    | 97                 |