Lok Sabha Question No. 1259 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-06
Subject: Rehabilitation/Regularisation of Villages
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1259

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 06.12.2021

## Rehabilitation/Regularisation of Villages

## 1259.   SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

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

- (a) the total area of land reserved for forests in the country, State/UT-wise including Bihar, location-wise;
- (b) the total number of people illegally residing on the forest land, location-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has formulated any scheme for the rehabilitation/ regularisation of these villages and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  funds  allocated  and  utilised  for  the  said  purpose  during  the  last  four years, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) The land is notified as Reserve Forests by the concerned State Government under the provision  of  Indian  Forest  Act,  1927.  The  information  on  Recorded  Forest  Area including Reserve Forests, as received from States and Union Territories are compiled and presented in India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2019, which  is given at AnnexureI. The  forest  land  in  the  State  of  Bihar  is  located  in  the  districts  of  Jamui,  Banka, Munger,  Nawada,  Nalanda,  Gaya,  Aurangabad,  Rohtas,  Kaimur,  West  Champaran, Purnia and Araria.
- (b) The information regarding number of people illegally residing on the forest land is not available  with  the  Ministry.  However,  the  State  and  Union  Territory  wise  details  on forest area under encroachment are given at Annexure-II.
- (c) The  Ministry  has  no  such  scheme  for  rehabilitation/regularisation  of  people  illegally residing on the forest land.
- (d)      Question does not arise.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1259 due for answer on 06.12.2021 regarding 'Rehabilitation/Regularisation of Villages' Recorded Forest Area of the country (State/UT-wise) as per ISFR 2019

(area in sq km)

| Sl. No      | State Name          | Geographical Area   | Recorded forest area as per the State's record   |
|-------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh      | 162,968             | 37,258                                           |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh   | 83,743              | 51,407                                           |
| 3           | Assam               | 78,438              | 26,832                                           |
| 4           | Bihar               | 94,163              | 6,877                                            |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh        | 135,192             | 59,772                                           |
| 6           | Delhi               | 1,483               | 102                                              |
| 7           | Goa                 | 3,702               | 1,225                                            |
| 8           | Gujarat             | 196,244             | 21,647                                           |
| 9           | Haryana             | 44,212              | 1,559                                            |
| 10          | Himachal Pradesh    | 55,673              | 37,033                                           |
| 11          | Jammu &Kashmir      | 222,236             | 20,230                                           |
| 12          | Jharkhand           | 79,716              | 23,605                                           |
| 13          | Karnataka           | 191,791             | 38,284                                           |
| 14          | Kerala              | 38,852              | 11,309                                           |
| 15          | Madhya Pradesh      | 308,252             | 94,689                                           |
| 16          | Maharashtra         | 307,713             | 61,579                                           |
| 17          | Manipur             | 22,327              | 17,418                                           |
| 18          | Meghalaya           | 22,429              | 9,496                                            |
| 19          | Mizoram             | 21,081              | 5,641                                            |
| 20          | Nagaland            | 16,579              | 8,623                                            |
| 21          | Odisha              | 155,707             | 61,204                                           |
| 22          | Punjab              | 50,362              | 3,084                                            |
| 23          | Rajasthan           | 342,239             | 32,737                                           |
| 24          | Sikkim              | 7,096               | 5,841                                            |
| 25          | Tamil Nadu          | 130,060             | 22,877                                           |
| 26          | Telangana           | 112,077             | 26,904                                           |
| 27          | Tripura             | 10,486              | 6,294                                            |
| 28          | Uttar Pradesh       | 240,928             | 16,582                                           |
| 29          | Uttarakhand         | 53,483              | 38,000                                           |
| 30          | West Bengal         | 88,752              | 11,879                                           |
| 31          | A&N Islands         | 8,249               | 7,171                                            |
| 32          | Chandigarh          | 114                 | 35                                               |
| 33          | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 491                 | 204                                              |
| 34          | Daman &Diu          | 111                 | 8                                                |
| 35          | Lakshadweep         | 30                  | 0                                                |
| 36          | Puducherry          | 490                 | 13                                               |
| Grand Total | Grand Total         | 3,287,469           | 767,419                                          |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1259 due for answer on 06.12.2021 regarding 'Rehabilitation/Regularisation of Villages'

## State/Union Territory wise details on forest area under encroachment

|   S. No. | Name of States/UTs   | Area under encroachment (in ha)   |
|----------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh       | 34,358.33                         |
|        2 | Bihar                | 132.21                            |
|        3 | Chhattisgarh         | 7,645.84                          |
|        4 | Gujarat              | 292.83                            |
|        5 | Goa                  | Nil                               |
|        6 | Haryana              | 1,027.30                          |
|        7 | Himachal Pradesh     | 6,252.00                          |
|        8 | Jharkhand            | 26,496.00                         |
|        9 | Jammu & Kashmir      | 10,279.28                         |
|       10 | Karnataka            | 83,092.06                         |
|       11 | Kerala               | 5,024.53                          |
|       12 | Madhya Pradesh       | 54,1731.28                        |
|       13 | Maharashtra          | 61,270.35                         |
|       14 | Odisha               | 33,154.19                         |
|       15 | Punjab               | 6,700.60                          |
|       16 | Rajasthan            | 10,839.76                         |
|       17 | Tamil Nadu           | 15,593.64                         |
|       18 | Telangana            | 3,056.00                          |
|       19 | Uttar Pradesh        | 12,397.55                         |
|       20 | Uttarakhand          | 10,649.11                         |
|       21 | West Bengal          | 10,214.80                         |
|       22 | Arunachal Pradesh    | 53,450.43                         |
|       23 | Assam                | 36,3142.20                        |
|       24 | Manipur              | 2,213.82                          |
|       25 | Meghalaya            | 9,747.19                          |
|       26 | Mizoram              | 10,852.80                         |
|       27 | Nagaland             | 2,638.11                          |
|       28 | Sikkim               | 2,817.21                          |
|       29 | Tripura              | 6.77                              |
|       30 | A&NIslands           | 3,887.72                          |
|       31 | Chandigarh           | 14.00                             |
|       32 | D&NHaveli            | 0.08                              |
|       33 | Daman &Diu           | 87.83                             |
|       34 | Lakshadweep          | Nil                               |
|       35 | Delhi                | 384.38                            |
|       36 | Puducherry           | Nil                               |