Lok Sabha Question No. 1019 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-22
Subject: Rehabilitation of Villages
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shardaben Anilbhai Patel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1019

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.11.2019

## Rehabilitation of Villages

## 1019.  SHRIMATI SHARDABEN ANILBHAI PATEL:

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

- (a) whether his Ministry is implementing any scheme for rehabilitation of villages; and
- (b) if so, the amount of fund likely to be sanctioned for Gujarat under the said scheme?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Yes,  as  per  the  National  Tiger  Conservation  Authority  (Normative  Standards  for  Tourism activities and Project Tiger) Guidelines, 2012, the Government of India has a voluntary village relocation package for tiger reserves as follows:-
- Option I -Payment  of  the  entire  package  amount  (Rs.  10  lakhs per   family)   to the    family    in    case    the    family    opts    so,    without  involving    any rehabilitation  and relocation  process  by  the  Forest Department.
- Option II -Carrying out relocation and rehabilitation of village from protected area and tiger reserve by the Forest Department.
- (i) In case of option I, a monitoring  process  involving  the District Magistrate of  concerned District would be ensured so that the villagers  rehabilitate  themselves  with  the  package  money  provided  to them. In this regard, a mechanism involving handholding, preferably by external agencies should also be ensured, while depositing a considerable portion of the amount in the name of the beneficiary  in  a nationalized  bank  for  obtaining  income  through interest generated.
- (ii) In    case    of    option    II,    the    following    package    (per    family)    is proposed, at the rate of Rs. 10 lakhs per family, namely:

| (a)   | Agriculture land procurement (2 hectare) and development   | :   | 35% of the total package   |
|-------|------------------------------------------------------------|-----|----------------------------|
| (b)   | Settlement of rights                                       | :   | 30% of the total package   |

| (c)   | Homestead land and house construction                                                                                                                                                                           | :   | 20% of the total package   |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|----------------------------|
| (d)   | Incentive                                                                                                                                                                                                       | :   | 5%of the total package     |
| (e)   | Community facilities commuted by the family (access road, irrigation, drinking water, sanitation, electricity, tele- communication, community center, religious places of worship, burial and cremation ground) | :   | 10% of the total package   |

The rehabilitation process is monitored and implemented by the following two Committees, namely:

## State level Monitoring Committee consisting of:

| Designation                                                      | Status           |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
| Chief Secretary of the State                                     | Chairman         |
| Secretaries of related departments                               | Members          |
| State Principal Chief Conservator of Forests                     | Member           |
| Non-official members of respective Tiger Conservation Foundation | Members          |
| Chief Wildlife Warden                                            | Member-Secretary |

## District level Implementing Committee for ensuring convergence of other sectors, consisting of:

| Designation                                                                                                                                                                                       | Status           |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
| District Collector                                                                                                                                                                                | Chairman         |
| Chief Executive Officer (CEO)                                                                                                                                                                     | Member           |
| Representative officials from Public Works Department (PWD), Social Welfare, Tribal Department, Health Department, Agriculture Department, Education Department, Power and Irrigation Departments | Members          |
| Deputy Director of the tiger reserve or protected area                                                                                                                                            | Member Secretary |

- (b) As there are no tiger reserves in Gujarat, no amount under the said package can be disbursed to the State.