Lok Sabha Question No. 1106 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-08
Subject: Green India Mission
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RADHESHYAM BISWAS

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1106

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08-02-2019

## Green India Mission

## 1106. SHRI RADHESHYAM BISWAS:

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

- (a) the objectives of the Green India Mission (GIM);
- (b) whether the said mission has been successful in fulfilling its mandate and if so, the physical  and  financial  achievements  in  the  last  five  years  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  Group  of  Secretaries  in  their  report  on  Energy  and Environment,  submitted  to  the  Government  in  November-December  2016  had recommended  that  'at the Central level, the National Afforestation  and  EcoDevelopment Board will be merged with the GIM Directorate and will be managed by the Forestry Wing of the Ministry';
- (d) the steps taken by his Ministry to implement the said recommendation; and
- (e) the time by which his Ministry will implement the said recommendation of the Group of Secretaries and the revamped GIM Directorate will be functional?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and (b) National Mission for a Green India (GIM) is one of the eight Missions under the  National  Action  Plan  on  Climate  Change.  It  aims  to  address  climate  change  by increasing  the  forest/tree  cover,  improvement  in  the  quality  of  forest/tree  cover  and provision of alternative fuel energy sources to households. GIM activities were started in the Financial Year 2015-16. So far funds amounting to Rs. 200.76 Cr. have been released under GIM to twelve states for carrying out GIM activities. The State wise details of the achievements against the targets sanctioned is placed at Annexure-1 .
- (c) to (e) The  Group  of  Secretaries  in  their  report  in  Energy  and  Environment  has recommended  that  at  the  Central  level,  the  National  Afforestation  and  Eco-Development Board  (NAEB)  be  merged  with  the  GIM  Directorate.  However,  the  recommendations  are advisory in nature. The Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) and Cabinet Committee on Economic  Affairs  (CCEA)  have  approved  a  seamless  transition  of  National  Afforestation Programme (NAP) to GIM in the XIII Plan (i.e. after 2017-18). The Ministry has approved merger of NAP into GIM accordingly.

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## REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  &  (B)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1106 BY SHRI RADHESHYAM BISWAS REGARDING 'GREEN INDIA MISSION' DUE FOR REPLY ON 08-02-2019.

The State wise details of sanctioned targets and achievements under GIM is given below: -

| Sl. No .   |                | FY 2015-16    | FY 2015-16    | FY 2015-16              | FY 2015-16              | FY 2016-17    | FY 2016-17    | FY 2016-17    | FY 2016-17    | FY 2016-17              | FY 2016-17              |
|------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Sl. No .   |                | Physical (ha) | Physical (ha) | Financial (in Rs. Lakh) | Financial (in Rs. Lakh) | Physical (ha) | Physical (ha) | Physical (ha) | Physical (ha) | Financial (in Rs. Lakh) | Financial (in Rs. Lakh) |
| Sl. No .   | States         | Target        | Achievement ^ | Fund Released           | Fund Utilized           | Target        | Target        | Achievement^  | Achievement^  | Fund Released           | Fund Utilized           |
| Sl. No .   |                | Advance Work  | Advance Work  | Fund Released           | Fund Utilized           | Advance Work  | Creation Work | Advance Work  | Creation Work | Fund Released           | Fund Utilized           |
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh | -             | -             | -                       | -                       | 881           | -             | 534           | -             | 105.53                  | 105.53                  |
| 2          | Chhattisgarh   | 19128         | 19128         | 2338.5 5                | 2338.5 5                | -             | 19128         | -             | 19128         | 2023.01 7               | 2023.01 7               |
| 3          | Karnataka      | 760           | 760           | 105.53                  | 105.53                  | -             | 760           |               | 760           | 86.853                  | 86.853                  |
| 4          | Kerala*        | 4978          | -             | 914.82                  | -                       | -             | -             | 2115          | -             | -                       | 383.118                 |
| 5          | Manipur        | 8798          | 8798          | 834.84                  | 834.84                  | -             | 8798          | -             | 8798          | 782.285                 | 782.285                 |
| 6          | Mizoram        | -             | -             | -                       | -                       | 1964 3        | -             | 9869          |               | 988.35                  | 988.35                  |
| 7          | Odisha         | 2177.7 2      | 2177.72       | 182.92                  | 182.92                  | -             | 2094.4        | -             | 2094.4        | 138.964                 | 138.964                 |
| 8          | Punjab*        | 3000          | -             | 611.53                  | -                       | -             | -             | 1704          | 1286** *      | -                       | 606.11                  |
| 9          | Uttarakhand* * | 7483          | -             | 2020.9                  | -                       | -             | -             | -             | -             | -                       | -                       |
| Total      | Total          | 46324. 7      | 30863.72      | 7009.0 9                | 3461.8 4                | 2052 4        | 30780. 4      | 1422 2        | 32066.4       | 4125                    | 5114.22 7               |

- ** Fund were revalidated for utilization in FY 2016-17 and FY 2018-19.
- *** The State of Punjab has also carried out creation activities apart from advance work due to sandy geo- morphology.

^Achievements as reported by States.

| Sl. No.   |                | FY 2017-18    | FY 2017-18       | FY 2017-18    | FY 2017-18       | FY 2017-18              | FY 2017-18              | FY 2018-19    | FY 2018-19       | FY 2018-19              |
|-----------|----------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------------|
| Sl. No.   |                | Physical (ha) | Physical (ha)    | Physical (ha) | Physical (ha)    | Financial (in Rs. Lakh) | Financial (in Rs. Lakh) | Physical (ha) | Physical (ha)    | Financial (in Rs. Lakh) |
| Sl. No.   |                | Target        | Target           | Achievement^  | Achievement^     | Fund                    | Fund                    | Target        | Target           | Fund                    |
| Sl. No.   | States         | Advance Work  | Maintenance Work | Advance Work  | Maintenance Work | Released                | Utilized                | Advance Work  | Maintenance Work | Released                |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh | -             | -                | -             | -                | 44.6                    | -                       | 2203          | 534              | 266.62                  |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh   |               | 19128            |               | 19128            | 1095.27                 | 1095.27                 | -             | 19128            | 536.07                  |
| 3         | Karnataka      | -             | 760              | -             | 760              | 85.734                  | 66.99                   | 600           | 760              | 162.339                 |
| 4         | Kerala*        | -             | -                | -             | -                | -                       | 531.702                 | -             | -                | -                       |
| 5         | Manipur        |               | 8798             |               | 8798             | 641.579                 | 641.579                 | -             | 8798             | 488.812                 |
| 6         | Mizoram        | 9774.6        | -                | 9774.6        | -                | 2000                    | 2000                    | -             | -                | -                       |

| Sl. No.   |                | FY 2017-18    | FY 2017-18       | FY 2017-18    | FY 2017-18       | FY 2017-18              | FY 2017-18              | FY 2018-19    | FY 2018-19       | FY 2018-19              |
|-----------|----------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------------|
| Sl. No.   |                | Physical (ha) | Physical (ha)    | Physical (ha) | Physical (ha)    | Financial (in Rs. Lakh) | Financial (in Rs. Lakh) | Physical (ha) | Physical (ha)    | Financial (in Rs. Lakh) |
| Sl. No.   |                | Target        | Target           | Achievement^  | Achievement^     | Fund                    | Fund                    | Target        | Target           | Fund Released           |
| Sl. No.   | States         | Advance Work  | Maintenance Work | Advance Work  | Maintenance Work | Released                | Utilized                | Advance Work  | Maintenance Work |                         |
| 7         | Odisha         | -             | 2094.4           | -             | 2094.4           | 140.556                 | 140.556                 | 6965          | 2094.4           | 474.334                 |
| 8         | Punjab*        | 1732          | 1286             | -             | -                | 621.73                  | -                       | -             | -                | -                       |
| 9         | Uttarakhand**  | -             | -                | -             | -                |                         | -                       | -             | -                | -                       |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh | -             | -                | -             | -                | -                       | -                       | 11,914        | -                | 1022.497                |
| 11        | Maharashtra    | -             | -                | -             | -                | -                       | -                       | 6766.4        | -                | 1030.188                |
| 12        | Sikkim         | -             | -                | -             | -                | -                       | -                       | 1509.2        | -                | 332.36                  |
| Total     | Total          | 11507         | 32066.4          | 9774.6        | 30780.4          | 4629.47                 | 4476.1                  | 29957.6       | 31314.4          | 4313.22                 |

Note: *Fund were revalidated for utilization in FY 2016-17. ** Fund were revalidated for utilization in FY 2016-17 and FY 2018-19

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