Lok Sabha Question No. 4560 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Tree Plantation
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO.  4560

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2019

## Tree Plantation

## 4560. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

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

- (a) the  total  geographical  area  under  tree  cover  in  square  kilometer  and  as  a  percentage  of total area of the country, State/ UT-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  total  cost/expenditure  incurred  and  total  number  of  trees  planted  by  the Government during each of the last four years and the current year, State/ UT-wise;
- (c) the  total  number  of  trees  proposed  to  be  planted  in  the  next  four  years,  year-wise  and State-wise along with the financial allocation made therefor; and
- (d) the measures taken by the Government to increase tree plantation and tree cover in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND

## CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) As per the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2017, a biennial report by Forest Survey of India  (FSI)  of  this  ministry,  the  forest  and  tree  cover  in  the  country  is  8,02,088  square kilometer (sq.km) ( forest cover 708273 sq.km and tree cover 93815 sq.km) i.e. 24.39% of the total geographical area of the country. The State-wise detail of Forest and Tree cover in the country is given at Annexure-I .
- (b) to  (d)  Afforestation  targets  in  the  country  under  20  Point  Programme  (20  PP)  are  fixed annually  by  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change  (MoEF&CC),  in consultation with the States and achievements are monitored by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) and MoEF&CC. The afforestation targets are achieved through  various  cross-sectoral  and  multi  departmental  activity  under  various  centrally sponsored  schemes  of  different  ministries  and  a  number  of  State  Plan  and  Non  Plan Schemes. State-wise and year-wise achievements for number of seedlings planted under 20 PP during 2015-16 to 2017-18 & the target for the year 2019-20 given at Annexure II.

This  ministry  implements  two  schemes  National  Afforestation  Programme  (NAP)  for  tree plantation  in  degraded  forests  through  people's  participation  and  National  Mission  for  a Green India (GIM), for plantation on landscape basis. An area over 2 million ha. has been afforested  with  an  investment  of about  Rs.3874  crore  under  NAP  since  its  launching  year 2000.  The State-wise funds released during the last three years under NAP and GIM is given in the Annexure-III .

The ministry also supports school nursery and urban forestry programmes. The fund under Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  Management  and  Planning  Authority  (CAMPA), interalia ,  is  also  used  in  plantation  activity  including  compensatory  afforestation.  In  addition plantations  are  also  done  by  various  departments,  Non-government  organizations,  civil society, corporate bodies etc.

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Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4560 regarding 'Tree Plantation' raised by Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy due for reply on 19.07.2019.

## Details of State-wise Forest and Tree Cover (FTC) area in the country

| Sl.No.   | State/UT            |   Geographical Area |   Forest cover | Tree Cover   |   TOTAL (FTC) |
|----------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      |              162968 |          28147 | 3753         |         31900 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh   |               83743 |          66964 | 807          |         67771 |
| 3        | Assam               |               78438 |          28105 | 1496         |         29601 |
| 4        | Bihar               |               94163 |           7299 | 2263         |          9562 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh        |              135192 |          55547 | 3833         |         59380 |
| 6        | Delhi               |                1483 |            192 | 113          |           305 |
| 7        | Goa                 |                3702 |           2229 | 323          |          2552 |
| 8        | Gujarat             |              196244 |          14757 | 8024         |         22781 |
| 9        | Haryana             |               44212 |           1588 | 1415         |          3003 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh    |               55673 |          15100 | 822          |         15922 |
| 11       | Jammu& Kashmir      |              222236 |          23241 | 7815 *       |         31056 |
| 12       | Jharkhand           |               79716 |          23553 | 2922         |         26475 |
| 13       | Karnataka           |              191791 |          37550 | 5713         |         43263 |
| 14       | Kerala              |               38852 |          20321 | 2959         |         23280 |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh      |              308252 |          77414 | 8073         |         85487 |
| 16       | Maharashtra         |              307713 |          50682 | 9831         |         60513 |
| 17       | Manipur             |               22327 |          17346 | 220          |         17566 |
| 18       | Meghalaya           |               22429 |          17146 | 657          |         17803 |
| 19       | Mizoram             |               21081 |          18186 | 467          |         18653 |
| 20       | Nagaland            |               16579 |          12489 | 379          |         12868 |
| 21       | Odisha              |              155707 |          51345 | 3993         |         55338 |
| 22       | Punjab              |               50362 |           1837 | 1622         |          3459 |
| 23       | Rajasthan           |              342239 |          16572 | 8266         |         24838 |
| 24       | Sikkim              |                7096 |           3344 | 35           |          3379 |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu          |              130060 |          26281 | 4671         |         30952 |
| 26       | Telangana           |              112077 |          20419 | 2669         |         23088 |
| 27       | Tripura             |               10486 |           7726 | 215          |          7941 |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh       |              240928 |          14679 | 7442         |         22121 |
| 29       | Uttarakhand         |               53483 |          24295 | 767          |         25062 |
| 30       | West Bengal         |               88752 |          16847 | 2136         |         18983 |
| 31       | A &NIslands         |                8249 |           6742 | 35           |          6777 |
| 32       | Chandigarh          |                 114 |             22 | 10           |            32 |
| 33       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                 491 |            207 | 30           |           237 |
| 34       | Daman &Diu          |                 111 |             20 | 10           |            30 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep         |                  30 |             27 | 2            |            29 |
| 36       | Puducherry          |                 490 |             54 | 27           |            81 |
|          | Grand TOTAL         |             3287469 |         708273 | 93815        |        802088 |

(Area in sq. km.)

*  Includes Jammu & Kashmir area outside LoC that is under illegal occupation of Pakistan and China.

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (b)  to  (d)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.4560 regarding'Tree Plantation' raised by Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy due for reply on 19.07.2019.

## State/UT wise achievements of seedlings planted under Twenty Point Programme during the years 2015-16 to 2017-18& Targets for the year 2019-20

(Number of Seedlings (in lakhs))

| Sl. No   | Name Of State/UT   | Achievements 2015-16   |   Achievements 2016-17 |   Achievements 2017-18 |   Targets 2019-20 |
|----------|--------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh     | 1839.48                |                1820.43 |                2115.5  |           1519.7  |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh  | 0.06                   |                   0    |                   0    |              0.23 |
| 3        | Assam              | 0.00                   |                   0    |                   0    |              0.33 |
| 4        | Bihar              | 269.22                 |                 281.32 |                 228.24 |            153.4  |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh       | 98.70                  |                 787    |                 598.74 |            615.55 |
| 6        | Goa                | 0.33                   |                   0.32 |                   0.12 |              0.2  |
| 7        | Gujarat            | 1689.92                |                1841.46 |                1177.56 |           1183.65 |
| 8        | Haryana            | 238.50                 |                 191.64 |                 165.83 |            174.2  |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh   | 121.68                 |                 106.99 |                  91.82 |             73.13 |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir  | 76.60                  |                  41.34 |                  59.63 |             70.4  |
| 11       | Jharkhand          | NR                     |                 192.1  |                 159.95 |            156.33 |
| 12       | Karnataka          | 435.38                 |                 547    |                 465.08 |            459.68 |
| 13       | Kerala             | 17.30                  |                  29.48 |                  34.41 |            118.56 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh     | 63.94                  |                 855.37 |                   0    |            383.5  |
| 15       | Maharashtra        | 557.50                 |                 566.62 |                   0    |            322.4  |
| 16       | Manipur            | 62.06                  |                  78.09 |                  64.61 |             51.35 |
| 17       | Meghalaya          | 33.65                  |                   0    |                  13.08 |             21.19 |
| 18       | Mizoram            | NR                     |                  26.46 |                  24.81 |             28.86 |
| 19       | Nagaland           | NR                     |                   0    |                   0    |              8.26 |
| 20       | Orissa             | 960.03                 |                 874.32 |                 312    |           2275    |
| 21       | Punjab             | 19.07                  |                  35.35 |                  44.5  |             36.34 |
| 22       | Rajasthan          | 461.14                 |                 443.57 |                 300.67 |            432.77 |
| 23       | Sikkim             | 16.31                  |                  22.99 |                   2.37 |             12.09 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu         | 293.34                 |                 258.63 |                 215.46 |            281.39 |
| 25       | Telangana          | 1378.31                |                3680.62 |                3407.94 |           2774.85 |
| 26       | Tripura            | 15.38                  |                 433.31 |                  31.58 |             26.85 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand        | 157.76                 |                 166.58 |                 189.07 |            137.02 |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh      | 587.03                 |                 711.93 |                 589.92 |            737.69 |
| 29       | West Bengal        | 324.19                 |                  27.51 |                 429.69 |             60.91 |
| 30       | A &NIslands        | 7.13                   |                   7.25 |                   1.62 |              7.48 |
| 31       | Chandigarh         | 1.33                   |                   1.38 |                   1.23 |              1.24 |
| 32       | D &NHaveli         | 3.03                   |                   3.83 |                   4.55 |              1.56 |
| 33       | Daman &Diu         | 0.00                   |                   0.19 |                   0.62 |              0.07 |
| 34       | Delhi              | 9.74                   |                   8.72 |                   0    |             10.01 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep        | 0.00                   |                   0    |                   0    |              0.07 |
| 36       | Puducherry         | 0.33                   |                   0.87 |                   0.41 |              0.91 |
| Total :  | Total :            | 9738.43                |               14042.9  |               10731    |          12137.1  |

Note:

1. NR-Not Reported

2.The achievements for the year 2018-19 has not yet published by MoSPI

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (b)  to  (d)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.4560 regarding 'Tree Plantation' raised by Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy due for reply on 19.07.2019.

## State/UT wise Details of funds released under National Afforestation Programme (NAP) and National Mission for a Green India (GIM) during each of the last four years (2015-16 to 2018-19)

## (A) National Afforestation Programme (NAP)

| Sl. No.   |                      | Amount Released(Rs. in crore)   | Amount Released(Rs. in crore)   | Amount Released(Rs. in crore)   | Amount Released(Rs. in crore)   |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   |                      | 2015-16                         | 2016-17                         | 2017-18                         | 2018-19                         |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 0.87                            | 1.33                            | 3.36                            | 6.38                            |
| 2         | Bihar                | 5.01                            | 2.18                            | 4.23                            | 0.00                            |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh         | 10.20                           | 4.92                            | 10.86                           | 7.82                            |
| 4         | Goa                  | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 5         | Gujarat              | 8.54                            | 4.36                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 6         | Haryana              | 0.72                            | 3.50                            | 2.71                            | 0.00                            |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh     | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 1.73                            | 2.92                            |
| 8         | Jammu &Kashmir       | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 7.20                            | 0.00                            |
| 9         | Jharkhand            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 10        | Karnataka            | 1.05                            | 7.33                            | 3.24                            | 10.99                           |
| 11        | Kerala               | 1.02                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh       | 9.45                            | 4.00                            | 8.74                            | 7.78                            |
| 13        | Maharashtra          | 14.90                           | 4.76                            | 6.73                            | 15.33                           |
| 14        | Orissa               | 9.49                            | 4.62                            | 3.49                            | 11.36                           |
| 15        | Punjab               | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 16        | Rajasthan            | 0.75                            | 0.00                            | 1.40                            | 1.95                            |
| 17        | Tamil Nadu           | 1.42                            | 1.56                            | 0.00                            | 2.07                            |
| 18        | Telangana            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 19        | Uttar Pradesh        | 2.68                            | 2.55                            | 0.67                            | 0.32                            |
| 20        | Uttarakhand          | 3.05                            | 0.00                            | 3.36                            | 2.58                            |
| 21        | West Bengal          | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
|           | Total (Other States) | 69.16                           | 41.10                           | 57.71                           | 69.52                           |
|           | North Eastern states |                                 |                                 |                                 |                                 |
| 22        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.86                            | 0.00                            |
| 23        | Assam                | 2.56                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.58                            |
| 24        | Manipur              | 3.67                            | 1.21                            | 3.20                            | 4.38                            |
| 25        | Meghalaya            | 1.35                            | 0.00                            | 1.65                            | 0.74                            |
| 26        | Mizoram              | 10.17                           | 6.74                            | 5.80                            | 7.79                            |
| 27        | Nagaland             | 0.00                            | 5.21                            | 5.85                            | 6.41                            |
| 28        | Sikkim               | 1.52                            | 5.09                            | 0.00                            | 5.98                            |
| 29        | Tripura              | 5.73                            | 0.00                            | 4.94                            | 0.00                            |
|           | Total (NE States)    | 25.00                           | 18.25                           | 22.29                           | 25.87                           |
|           | G. Total             | 94.16                           | 59.35                           | 80.00                           | 95.39                           |

(B) Green India Mission (GIM)

(Rs. In crores)

| Sl. No.   | States            | FY 2015-16   | FY 2016-17   | FY 2017-18   | FY 2018-19   |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | -            | 1.06         | 0.45         | 2.67         |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | -            | -            | -            | -            |
| 3         | Assam             | -            | -            | -            | -            |
| 4         | Bihar             | -            | -            | -            | -            |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 23.39        | 20.23        | 10.95        | 5.36         |
| 6         | Gujarat           | -            | -            | -            | -            |
| 7         | Haryana           | -            | -            | -            | -            |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh  | -            | -            | -            | -            |
| 9         | Jammu& Kashmir    | -            | -            | -            | -            |
| 10        | Jharkhand         | -            | -            | -            | -            |
| 11        | Karnataka         | 1.05         | 0.87         | 0.86         | 1.62         |
| 12        | Kerala            | 9.15         | -            | -            | -            |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | -            | -            | -            | 24.16        |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | -            | -            | -            | 10.30        |
| 15        | Manipur           | 8.35         | 7.82         | 6.41         | 4.89         |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | -            | -            | -            | -            |
| 17        | Mizoram           | -            | 9.88         | 20.00        | 22.36        |
| 18        | Nagaland          | -            | -            | -            | -            |
| 19        | Odisha            | 1.83         | 1.39         | 1.40         | 4.74         |
| 20        | Punjab            | 6.11         | -            | 6.22         | -            |
| 21        | Rajasthan         | -            | -            | -            | -            |
| 22        | Sikkim            | -            | -            | -            | 3.32         |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        | -            | -            | -            | -            |
| 24        | Telangana         | -            | -            | -            | -            |
| 25        | Tripura           | -            | -            | -            | -            |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     | -            | -            | -            | -            |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       | 20.21        | -            | -            | -            |
| 28        | West Bengal       | -            | -            | -            | -            |
|           | TOTAL             | 70.09        | 41.25        | 46.29        | 79.43        |

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