Lok Sabha Question No. 772 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-14
Subject: Bamboo Mission
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  772

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2018

## Bamboo Mission

## 772.    SHRI SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL:

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

- (a) the total land area brought under Bamboo Mission during each of the last two years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  fixed  any  target  for  Bamboo  Mission  under  the  various Environmental Protection Schemes; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof indicating the total land area earmarked for Bamboo Mission in the country, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c)   The  restructured  National  Bamboo  Mission  (NBM)  has  been launched in April, 2018 under the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) under Ministry of  Agriculture  and  Farmers  Welfare.  NBM focuses on the development of complete value chain  of  bamboo  sector  to  link  growers  with  consumers  starting  from  planting  material, plantation,  creation  of  facilities  for  collection,  aggregation,  processing  marketing,  micro, small  &  medium  enterprises,  skill  development  and  brand  building  initiative  in  a  cluster approach mode in order to enhance farmer's income.

The  earlier  Bamboo  Mission  implemented  from  2006-07  to  2014-15  largely  focused  on bamboo plantations in both forest and non-forest areas. This was merged with Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) in 2014-15. No new plantation of bamboo was done under NBM during 2016-17 and 2017-18 and funds were released under NBM to maintain plantations undertaken in previous years.

The scheme is being implemented in non-forest Government land and private farmers field and  in  States  where  it  has  social,  commercial  and  economical  advantage,  including  the bamboo rich States of North Eastern region and Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat,

Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The details of plantation raised under NBM is given in Annexure-1. The details of State-wise plantation target approved as per Approved Action Plans received from  States  so  far  under  restructured  National  Bamboo  Mission  for  2018-19  is  given  in Annexure-II.

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 772 due for answer on 14-12-2018 regarding 'Bamboo Mission'

## Details of plantation raised under earlier National Bamboo Mission from 2006-07 to 2015-16

## Plantation (in hectare)

| S. No.   | States                | Total Plantation   |
|----------|-----------------------|--------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh        | 1083               |
| 2        | Bihar                 | 3952               |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh          | 18508              |
| 4        | Goa                   | 11                 |
| 5        | Gujarat               | 14566              |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh      | 4868               |
| 7        | Jammu &Kashmir        | 1716               |
| 8        | Jharkhand             | 4404               |
| 9        | Karnataka             | 16343              |
| 10       | Kerala                | 1041               |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh        | 12044              |
| 12       | Maharashtra           | 6710               |
| 13       | Odhisa                | 16020              |
| 14       | Punjab                | 800                |
| 15       | Rajasthan             | 7511               |
| 16       | Tamil Nadu            | 3123               |
| 17       | Uttar Pradesh         | 6248               |
| 18       | Uttarakhand           | 6028               |
| 19       | West Bengal           | 390                |
|          | SUB TOTAL             | 125366             |
|          | NE STATES             |                    |
| 20       | Arunachal Pradesh     | 38577              |
| 21       | Assam                 | 20391              |
| 22       | Manipur               | 49724              |
| 23       | Meghalaya             | 5914               |
| 24       | Mizoram               | 56673              |
| 25       | Nagaland              | 44430              |
| 26       | Sikkim                | 13401              |
| 27       | Tripura               | 7315               |
|          | SUB Total (NE States) | 236425             |
|          | GRAND TOTAL           | 361791             |

Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 772

due for answer on 14-12-2018 regarding 'Bamboo Mission'. Details of State-wise approved plantation area during the current year under restructured National Bamboo Mission for 2018-19.

(Area in hectare)

| Sl. No.   | State             |   Total Plantation |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    |                450 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh |                600 |
| 3.        | Assam             |               1200 |
| 4.        | Jharkhand         |                110 |
| 5.        | Karnataka         |               1904 |
| 6.        | Kerala            |                780 |
| 7.        | Madhya Pradesh    |               4331 |
| 8.        | Maharashtra       |               2596 |
| 9.        | Mizoram           |                270 |
| 10.       | Sikkim            |                200 |
| 11.       | Tripura           |                500 |
| 12.       | Uttarakhand       |               1005 |
|           | TOTAL             |              13946 |