Lok Sabha Question No. 1694 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-27
Subject: Conservation of Wild and Marine Animals
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SONA RAM CHOUDHARY

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1694 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2018

## Conservation of Wild and Marine Animals

## 1694.    COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) the mechanism in place for conservation of wild animals;
- (b) the  amount  spent  on  conservation,  protection  of  wild  life  during  the  last  three  years, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether there is any scheme to conserve wild and marine animals such as crocodiles, hippopotamus in the country including Rajasthan; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d) The Government has enacted a dedicated legislation for protection to wildlife, viz., the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. The Act provides for the following important provisions for the purpose of conservation of wildlife:
- (i) Creation  of  Protected  Areas  (  National  Parks,  Wildlife  Sanctuaries, Conservation  Reserves  and  Community  Reserves)  for  according better protection to wildlife and its habitats.
- (ii) Appointment of officers like the Wildlife Wardens for implementing the provisions of the Act.
- (iii) Creation of National Tiger Conservation Authority
- (iv) Creation of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
- (v) Legal protection to species through listing them in various Schedules;
- (vi) Stringent punishment for violation of provisions of the Act.
- (vii) Constitution of Boards and Committees for advising the Central/State Governments on various matters pertaining to wildlife conservation.
- (viii) Establishment of Authorities and Statutory Bodies

The  Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change  provides financial  assistance  to  the  State/Union  Territory  Governments,  including Rajasthan  for  conservation  of  wildlife  and  its  habitat  through  Centrally Sponsored Schemes of  'Development of Wildlife Habitat (IDWH), 'Project Tiger'  and  'Project  Elephant'.  The  financial  assistance  provided  to  the State/Union Territory Governments during the last three years, under these schemes is as Annexure-1A, Annexure-1B and Annexure 1  C respectively.

Marine  species  and  Crocodiles  are  also  included  under  the  Centrally Sponsored  Schemes  of  'Development  of  Wildlife  Habitats'  and  'Project Tiger'. However, Hippopotamus being an exotic animal, is permitted to be kept only in the Zoos of the country.

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## Annexure -1A

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1694 REGARDING 'CONSERVATION OF WILD AND MARINE ANIMALS' RAISED BY COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY DUE FOR REPLY ON 27 th  JULY 2018

## Details of funds released to State/ UT Governments under CSS-'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats' during last three years

(Rs. in lakhs)

| S.No.   | Name of States/UTs         |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |    2017-18 |
|---------|----------------------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| 1       | A&NIslands                 |  100      |  118.49   |   141.934  |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh             |    0      |    0      |     0      |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh          |  304.02   |  256.811  |   269.935  |
| 4       | Assam                      |   87.1    |    0      |   275.827  |
| 5       | Bihar                      |  108.011  |  100.576  |   322.674  |
| 6       | Chandigarh                 |    0      |   26.0651 |    26.065  |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh               |  213.409  |  278.945  |   435.014  |
| 8       | Goa                        |    0      |    0      |    85.9938 |
| 9       | Gujarat                    |  395.798  |  497.604  |   558.52   |
| 10      | Haryana                    |   99.33   |  124.657  |   181.445  |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh           |  431.837  |  280.31   |   237.411  |
| 12      | Jammu &Kashmir             |  354      |  336.506  |   577.915  |
| 13      | Jharkhand                  |   18.62   |    0      |    95.607  |
| 14      | Karnataka                  |  262.13   |  325.52   |   427.89   |
| 15      | Kerala                     |  967.386  | 1928.42   |   900.834  |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh             |  394.565  |  322.265  |  1379.49   |
| 17      | Maharashtra                |  277.94   |  497.35   |   808.056  |
| 18      | Manipur                    |  248.919  |  340.032  |   425.664  |
| 19      | Meghalaya                  |   38.3902 |   55.23   |   114.061  |
| 20      | Mizoram                    |   94.55   | 1234.95   |   487.445  |
| 21      | Nagaland                   |  235.48   |  357.846  |   565.871  |
| 22      | Odisha                     |  246.837  |  279.65   |   342.937  |
| 23      | Rajasthan                  |  314.788  |  453.879  |   622.421  |
| 24      | Sikkim                     |  290.326  |  145.52   |   202.154  |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu                 |  113.261  |    0      |   394.725  |
| 26      | Telangana                  |    0      |    0      |   157.083  |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh              |  235.05   |  250.956  |   386.968  |
| 28      | Uttarakhand                |  188.318  |  545.306  |  2979.36   |
| 29      | West Bengal                |  100.934  |  237.66   |   657.992  |
| 30      | Puducherry                 |    0      |    0      |     6.71   |
| 31      | MEE-Dehradun (Uttarakhand) |    0      |    0      |   932      |
|         | TOTAL                      | 6121      | 8994.55   | 15000      |

## Annexure -1B

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1694 REGARDING 'CONSERVATION OF WILD AND MARINE ANIMALS' RAISED BY COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY DUE FOR REPLY ON 27 th  JULY 2018

## Funding assistance provided to tiger range States under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of 'Project Tiger' during last three years State-wise

(Rs. in lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | State             | 2015-16    | 2016-17     | 2017-18(including All India Tiger Estimation)   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State             | Released   | Released    | Released                                        |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 0.00000    | 173.48600   | 232.49                                          |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 429.53900  | 597.28900   | 671.0222                                        |
| 3         | Assam             | 1425.41300 | 1510.92100  | 2309.608                                        |
| 4         | Bihar             | 223.55051  | 487.83800   | 552.273                                         |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 398.94500  | 626.56700   | 1315.076                                        |
| 6         | Jharkhand         | 47.98470   | 323.76200   | 338.62                                          |
| 7         | Karnataka         | 1378.19440 | 3203.61440  | 2308.846                                        |
| 8         | Kerala            | 396.60100  | 780.23100   | 636.412                                         |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    | 1421.00700 | 12885.59790 | 11455.457                                       |
| 10        | Maharashtra       | 3923.07890 | 8229.71800  | 6524.165                                        |
| 11        | Mizoram           | 187.98450  | 301.54800   | 215.316                                         |
| 12        | Odisha            | 544.80052  | 917.16700   | 1646.127                                        |
| 13        | Rajasthan         | 1257.80800 | 381.30200   | 773.09                                          |
| 14        | Tamil Nadu        | 1950.17128 | 949.86900   | 2551.058                                        |
| 15        | Telangana         | 214.81920  | 239.25900   | 350.416                                         |
| 16        | Uttarakhand       | 683.98538  | 1023.40300  | 1187.439                                        |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh     | 624.54630  | 1057.04500  | 820.074                                         |
| 18        | West Bengal       | 376.50781  | 536.14070   | 597.5808                                        |
| 19        | Goa               | 0.00000    | 0.00000     | 10.88                                           |
| 20        | Manipur           | 0.00000    | 0.00000     | 2.70                                            |
| 21        | Nagaland          | 0.00000    | 0.00000     | 1.35                                            |
|           | Total             | 15484.9365 | 34224.7580  | 34500.000                                       |

## Annexure -1C

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1694 REGARDING 'CONSERVATION OF WILD AND MARINE ANIMALS' RAISED BY COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY DUE FOR REPLY ON 27 th  JULY 2018

## STATE WISE FUND RELEASED UNDER CENTRAL SPONSORED  SCHEME (CSS) OF PROJECT ELEPHANT

(Rs. in Lakh)

| Sl. No   | State/UTs      | 2015-16    | 2016-17    | 2017-18    |
|----------|----------------|------------|------------|------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh | -          | 13.62282   | 17.394     |
| 2        | Arunachal Pr.  | 61.206     | 100.062    | 118.8504   |
| 3        | Assam          | -          | 275.6668   | -          |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh   | 21.91      | 61.1624    | 48.00      |
| 5        | Jharkhand      | 53.453     | 95.7704    | 105.5184   |
| 6        | Karnataka      | 181.054    | 254.80     | 355.5484   |
| 7        | Kerala         | 204.54     | 429.8712   | 482.55     |
| 8        | Maharashtra    | 8.062      | 14.335     | 27.00      |
| 9        | Meghalaya      | 81.387     | 130.266    | 162.849    |
| 10       | Nagaland       | 15.44      | 20.3143    | 25.20      |
| 11       | Odisha         | 105.63     | 284.0342   | 124.8382   |
| 12       | Tamil Nadu     | 160.533    | 25.80      | 291.92     |
| 13       | Tripura        | 26.10932   | 22.464     | 10.08      |
| 14       | Uttar Pr.      | 15.33      | 14.174     | 30.672     |
| 15       | Uttarakhand    | 82.61      | 175.4576   | 341.563    |
| 16       | West Bengal    | 105.174    | 101.45     | 79.93022   |
| 17       | Haryana        | 10.00      | -          | 17.76      |
| 18       | Bihar          | 3.008      | 16.2904    | 154.40     |
| 19       | Rajasthan      | -          | 15.84      | 14.454     |
| 20       | Punjab         | -          | 1.825      | -          |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh | -          | 6.8442     | -          |
| 22       | Manipur        | -          | -          | 10.80      |
|          | Total          | 1135.44632 | 2060.05032 | 2419.32762 |

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