Lok Sabha Question No. 1867 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-12
Subject: Financial Assistance for Tree Plantation
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Mahabali Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO. 1867

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.02.2021

## Financial Assistance for Tree Plantation

## 1867.  SHRI MAHABALI SINGH:

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

- (a) whether any scheme for providing financial and technical assistance to various States for tree plantation is being implemented by the Union Government;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, scheme-wise and State/ UT-wise including Bihar;
- (c) the financial assistance provided to Bihar during the last three years, year-wise; and
- (d) the  number  of  trees  planted  with  the  said  financial  assistance  during  the  said period, year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) implements    two major  afforestation  schemes  for  increasing  forest  resources  in  the  country  namely 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.

Besides,  the  funds  are  released  under  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) to States/UTs for carrying out afforestation activities, which also increases green cover.

- (b) The  scheme-wise  and  State-wise  details of assistance  provided for afforestation including Bihar for the last three years (2017-18 to 2019-20) is given in Annexure I.
- (c) and (d)   The  details  of  year-wise  funds  released  under  various  schemes  to  Bihar  and seedlings  planted  as  reported  by  the  State  under  Twenty  Point  Programme  are given in Annexure II.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part  (b) of the Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 1867 due for reply on 12.02.2021 by Shri Mahabali Singh regarding 'Financial Assistance for Tree Plantation.

- A. State-wise Details of total funds released during the last three years (2017-18 to 2019-20) under National Afforestation Programme (NAP) and Green India Mission (GIM)

(Rs. in crores)

| Sl. No.   | State                | NAP    | GIM    |
|-----------|----------------------|--------|--------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 9.75   | 3.11   |
| 2         | Bihar                | 5.41   | -      |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh         | 24.39  | 21.35  |
| 4         | Gujarat              | 0.00   | -      |
| 5         | Haryana              | 2.71   | -      |
| 6         | Himachal Pradesh     | 5.17   | -      |
| 7         | Jammu &Kashmir       | 7.20   | -      |
| 8         | Jharkhand            | 0.00   | -      |
| 9         | Karnataka            | 14.22  | 4.69   |
| 10        | Kerala               | 0.00   | 16.32  |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh       | 16.52  | 54.81  |
| 12        | Maharashtra          | 22.06  | 10.30  |
| 13        | Orissa               | 23.30  | 20.34  |
| 14        | Punjab               | 0.00   | 9.40   |
| 15        | Rajasthan            | 3.35   | -      |
| 16        | Tamil Nadu           | 2.07   | -      |
| 17        | Telangana            | 0.00   | -      |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh        | 0.99   | -      |
| 19        | Uttarakhand          | 5.94   | -      |
| 20        | West Bengal          | 0.00   | 9.43   |
|           | Total (Other States) | 143.10 | 149.75 |
|           | North Eastern states |        |        |
| 21        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0.86   | -      |
| 22        | Assam                | 0.58   | -      |
| 23        | Manipur              | 7.57   | 15.47  |
| 24        | Meghalaya            | 2.38   | -      |
| 25        | Mizoram              | 13.59  | 60.07  |
| 26        | Nagaland             | 14.60  | -      |
| 27        | Sikkim               | 5.98   | 6.45   |
| 28        | Tripura              | 8.70   | -      |
|           | Total (NE States)    | 54.26  | 81.99  |
|           | Grand Total          | 197.37 | 231.74 |

- B. State-wise Details of Transfer of funds from the National Authority of CAMPA to States Authority

| Sr No.   | Name of State     | Funds transferred on 29.08.2019 to States (Rs in crore)   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 1734.81                                                   |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 1588.72                                                   |
| 3        | Assam             | 560.81                                                    |
| 4        | Bihar             | 522.95                                                    |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 5791.70                                                   |
| 6        | Goa               | 238.16                                                    |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 1484.60                                                   |
| 8        | Haryana           | 1282.65                                                   |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 1660.72                                                   |
| 10       | Jharkhand         | 4158.02                                                   |
| 11       | Karnataka         | 1350.37                                                   |
| 12       | Kerala            | 81.59                                                     |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    | 5196.69                                                   |
| 14       | Maharashtra       | 3844.24                                                   |
| 15       | Manipur           | 309.76                                                    |
| 16       | Meghalaya         | 163.31                                                    |
| 17       | Mizoram           | 212.98                                                    |
| 18       | Odisha            | 5933.98                                                   |
| 19       | Punjab            | 1040.84                                                   |
| 20       | Rajasthan         | 1748.26                                                   |
| 21       | Sikkim            | 392.36                                                    |
| 22       | Tamil Nadu        | 113.42                                                    |
| 23       | Telangana         | 3110.38                                                   |
| 24       | Tripura           | 183.65                                                    |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh     | 1819.63                                                   |
| 26       | Uttarakhand       | 2675.09                                                   |
| 27       | West Bengal       | 236.48                                                    |
|          | Total (A)         | 47,436.17                                                 |
|          |                   | Funds transferred on 14.02.2020 to UTs (Rs in crore)      |
| 28       | Andaman &Nicobar  | 16.41                                                     |
| 29       | Chandigarh        | 11.38                                                     |
| 30       | Jammu &Kashmir    | 408.35                                                    |
|          | Total (B)         | 436.14                                                    |
|          | GRAND TOTAL (A+B) | 47,872.31                                                 |

Annexure II Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) and (d) of the Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.  1867  due  for  reply  on  12.02.2021  by  Shri  Mahabali  Singh  regarding  'Financial Assistance for Tree Plantation. Year- wise Details of funds released under NAP, GIM, CAMPA and number of Seedlings planted (in Lakhs) reported under Twenty Point Programme (TPP) during the last three years 2017-18 to 2019-20

| Sl.No   | Year    | Funds released under NAP (Rs. in crores)   | Funds released under GIM   |   CAMPAfunds sanctioned (Rs. in crores) |   Number of seedlings planted (in Lakhs) reported under TPP |
|---------|---------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | 2017-18 | 4.23                                       | Nil                        |                                   30.31 |                                                      228.24 |
| 2.      | 2018-19 | -                                          | Nil                        |                                   46.62 |                                                      139.4  |
| 3.      | 2019-20 | 1.18                                       | Nil                        |                                  140.18 |                                                       68.83 |
|         | Total   | 5.41                                       |                            |                                  217.11 |                                                      436.47 |

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