Lok Sabha Question No. 5587 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-26
Subject: Plantation of Trees
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Rakesh Singh

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5587 TO BE ANSWERED ON  26.07.2019

## Plantation of Trees

## 5587.   SHRI RAKESH SINGH:

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

- (a) whether any programmes are being conducted to create awareness among school children towards clean environment and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has formulated any programme to ensure participation of school children in plantation campaigns and awareness programmes and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if  not,  whether  the  Government  is  likely  to  set  any  target  for  large  scale  tree  plantation during the monsoon season and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  make  tree  plantation  and  their  management,  an integral part of school curriculum; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) 'The  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change  is  implementing Environment  Education,  Awareness  and  Training  scheme  with  the  objective  to promote  environmental  awareness  among  all  sections  of  the  society  and  to mobilize  people's  participation  for  conservation  of  environment.  Under  the National Green Corps (NGC) programme of the Ministry, about one lakh schools have been identified as Eco-clubs, wherein, nearly thirty lakh students are actively participating in various environment  protection  and conservation activities, including plantation drives and other issues related to the environment management.

The Ministry has launched the Green Good Deed (GGDs) movement in January 2018 which is social movement with the aim of bringing about mass environmental awareness in the society at all levels.

Further, the Ministry has also been involved in promoting environment education to  all  sections  of  the  society  through  various  awareness  programmes.  Various outreach activities, theme-based exhibition galleries, etc. organized from time to time  by  the  National  Museum  of  Natural  History,  New  Delhi  and  its  four Regional  Museums,  located  in  Mysuru,  Bhopal,  Bhubaneswar  and  SawaiMadhopur'.

- (b) In  order  to  ensure  participation  of  school  children  in  plantation  campaigns  and awareness programmes, a scheme named 'School Nursery' is under implementation since 2016 from the Compensatory Afforestation Fund in which plants are raised by school children and planted. 1000 plants per nursery and 505 such  school  nurseries  have  been  established  in  13  States.  The  details  of  funds released to various States under this scheme is in Annexure-I.
- (c) Mass plantation during the monsoon are carried out by various State Governments from  the  fund  made  available  by  the  Central  and  State  Governments  and  other agencies. The Ministry provides funds for afforestation under National Afforestation Programme, Green India Mission and Compensatory Afforestation Fund. Afforestation  targets  in  the  country  under  20  Point  Programme  are  fixed annually by the Ministry in consultation with the States. Plantation target of 1.87 m. ha and 12137 lakh seedlings have been fixed for the current  year (2019-20) under Twenty Point Programme - Annexure-II.
- (d)& (e) There is no proposal under consideration of this Ministry to make tree plantation and their management an integral part of school curriculum.

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## Annexure - I

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lak Sabha Unstarred Question No.5587 due for reply on 26.07.19 by Shri Rakesh Singh regarding Plantation of Trees

## Year wise funds released under 'School Nursery Yojana'

| S. No   | Name of State    |   No. of School Nurseries | Amount released   |
|---------|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|
| 1       | 2                |                         3 | 4                 |
| 1       | Assam            |                        45 | 1,575,000.00      |
| 2       | Chandigarh       |                        10 | 350,000.00        |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh     |                        50 | 1,750,000.00      |
| 4       | Haryana          |                        21 | 525,000.00        |
| 5       | Himachal Pradesh |                        10 | 250,000.00        |
| 6       | Karnataka        |                        30 | 1,010,000.00      |
| 7       | Manipur          |                        63 | 2,205,000.00      |
| 8       | Mizoram          |                        36 | 1,260,000.00      |
| 9       | Odisha           |                        30 | 750,000.00        |
| 10      | Sikkim           |                        19 | 475,000.00        |
| 11      | Telangana        |                        58 | 1,475,000.00      |
| 12      | Tripura          |                        15 | 525,000.00        |
| 13      | West Bengal      |                       118 | 3,230,000.00      |
| Total   | Total            |                       505 | 15,380,000.00     |

## Annexure - II

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lak Sabha Unstarred Question No.5587 due for reply on 26.07.19 by Shri Rakesh Singh regarding Plantation of Trees

State/UTwise targets of afforestation fixed under Twenty Point Programme for the year 2019-20

| Sl.No   |                   | TARGET- 2019-20         | TARGET- 2019-20                |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|         | NAME OF STATE/UT  | Area of Plantation (Ha) | Number of Seedlings (in lakhs) |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 233800                  | 1519.70                        |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 35                      | 0.23                           |
| 3       | Assam             | 50                      | 0.33                           |
| 4       | Bihar             | 23600                   | 153.40                         |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 94700                   | 615.55                         |
| 6       | Goa               | 30                      | 0.20                           |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 182100                  | 1183.65                        |
| 8       | Haryana           | 26800                   | 174.20                         |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 11250                   | 73.13                          |
| 10      | Jammu and Kashmir | 10830                   | 70.40                          |
| 11      | Jharkhand         | 24050                   | 156.33                         |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 70720                   | 459.68                         |
| 13      | Kerala            | 18240                   | 118.56                         |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    | 59000                   | 383.50                         |
| 15      | Maharashtra       | 49600                   | 322.40                         |
| 16      | Manipur           | 7900                    | 51.35                          |
| 17      | Meghalaya         | 3260                    | 21.19                          |
| 18      | Mizoram           | 4440                    | 28.86                          |
| 19      | Nagaland          | 1270                    | 8.26                           |
| 20      | Orissa            | 350000                  | 2275.00                        |
| 21      | Punjab            | 5590                    | 36.34                          |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | 66580                   | 432.77                         |
| 23      | Sikkim            | 1860                    | 12.09                          |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | 43290                   | 281.39                         |
| 25      | Telangana         | 426900                  | 2774.85                        |
| 26      | Tripura           | 4130                    | 26.85                          |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       | 21080                   | 137.02                         |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     | 113490                  | 737.69                         |
| 29      | West Bengal       | 9370                    | 60.91                          |
| 30      | A & N Islands     | 1150                    | 7.48                           |
| 31      | Chandigarh        | 190                     | 1.24                           |
| 32      | D & N Haveli      | 240                     | 1.56                           |
| 33      | Daman & Diu       | 10                      | 0.07                           |
| 34      | Delhi             | 1540                    | 10.01                          |
| 35      | Lakshadweep       | 10                      | 0.07                           |
| 36      | Puducherry        | 140                     | 0.91                           |
| Total : |                   | 1867245                 | 12137.09                       |