Lok Sabha Question No. 5686 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-26
Subject: National Wetlands Conservation Programmes
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Manickam Tagore B

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5686

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2019

## National Wetlands Conservation Programmes

## 5686. SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B.:

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

- (a)  the  details  about  the  National  Wetlands  Conservation  Programme  and  funds  allocated under the programme for the last three years;
- (b) whether the Government has created any data registry about the number of wetlands in the country; and

(c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The Ministry had been providing financial assistance to the States/Union Territories under the National Wetlands Conservation Programme (NWCP) for conservation and management of identified wetlands in the country till the year 2012-13. To have better synergy and avoid overlap,  the  schemes  of  NWCP  &  National  Lake  Conservation  Plan  (NLCP)  have  been merged into new integrated scheme namely 'National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems' (NPCA) in February, 2013. So far, an amount of Rs. 969.90 crore has been released to  the  State  Governments  for  various  conservation  and  management  activities  in  wetlands including lakes. State-wise details of funds released during last three  years and the current financial year under the NPCA are annexed.
- (b) & (c)  Under the National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) programme, the  Ministry  had  sanctioned  a  research  project  to  Space  Applications  Centre  (SAC) Ahmedabad, under which ISRO has carried out National Wetland Inventory and Assessment (NWIA)  at  1:50,000  scale  using  Indian  Remote  Sensing  Satellite  during  2006-2011.  The details were brought out as national and state level wetland inventory Atlases.  A total of 7, 57,060 wetlands have been mapped in the Country.  The total wetland area estimated is 15.26 million hectare that is around 4.63% of the geographical area of the country.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5686 to be  answered  on  Friday  ,  the  26th  July,  2019  on  'National  Wetlands  Conservation Programme' raised by Shri Manickam Tagore B.

Details of State-wise and year-wise funds released to  the  State  Governments/Union Territories  during  last  three  years  and  current  year  for  conservation  and  management  of wetlands including lakes under NPCA scheme.

(Amt. in Rs. Crores)

| S. No.   | State                  | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |
|----------|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Bihar                  | -         | 3.60724   | 6.5965    | -         |
| 2        | Gujarat                | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| 3        | Haryana                | 0.652     | 0.1320    | 1.4264    | 0.48      |
| 4        | H.P.                   | 0.870     | 0.98989   | -         | -         |
| 5        | Jammu& Kashmir         | -         | 23.8201   | 0.86565   | -         |
| 6        | Karnataka              | 2.28      | -         | -         | -         |
| 7        | Kerala                 | -         | 2.07075   | -         | -         |
| 8        | Madhya Pradesh         | 12.00     | 0.9240    | 4.24669   | 1.56      |
| 9        | Manipur                | 1.031     | 0.9280    | 3.852     | -         |
| 10.      | Mizoram                | 0.585     | 0.9846    | 1.2153    | 1.92      |
| 11.      | Maharashtra            | -         | 8.74397   | 4.91942   | -         |
| 12.      | Nagaland               | 0.42      | -         | 10        | -         |
| 13.      | Odisha                 | 0.399     | 6.1846    | 5.8072    | -         |
| 14.      | Puducherry             | 0.10      | 0.30      | 0.5       | -         |
| 15.      | Punjab                 | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| 16.      | Rajasthan              | 13.56     | 1.54      | -         | -         |
| 17.      | Sikkim                 | 0.714     | 1.8374    | 3.11818   | -         |
| 18.      | Tamil Nadu             | -         | 1.05795   | 1.200884  |           |
| 19.      | Uttar Pradesh          | 26.172    | 2.50      | 18.680276 | 1.82      |
| 20.      | West Bengal            | 1.013     | -         | 0.9965    | -         |
|          | Total                  | 59.796    | 55.6205   | 63.425    | -         |
|          | R&D                    | 0.195825  | 0.342     | 0.5313106 | 0.25      |
|          | G. Total (Expenditure) | 59.9918   | 55.9625   | 63.9563   | 6.03      |