Lok Sabha Question No. 2773 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-12
Subject: Tiger Deaths
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Rajan Baburao  Vichare, Riti Pathak

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2773

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 12.03.2021

## Tiger Deaths

## 2773.  SHRI RAJAN VICHARE: SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

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

- (a) the number of tiger deaths reported by National Tiger Conservation Authority during the last three years State/UT-wise; and
- (b) the  schemes  being  implemented  by  the  Government  to  increase  forest  cover  in  cities during the said period?

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

- (a) The  details  of  tiger  deaths  as  reported  by  States,  during  the  last  three  years  are  at Annexure-I.
- (b) To increase forest cover in cities, Nagar Van-Udyan Yojana is being implemented by the National  CAMPA  Advisory  Council  (NCAC)  from  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund, since 2015 as a pilot scheme. An amount of Rs. 5124.05 lakhs has been released to 46 approved  projects  under  Nagar  Van-Udyan  Yojana  during  the  year  2015-2018.    The scheme  Nagar  Van-Udyan  has  been  restructured  during  the  year  2020  and  now implemented as Nagar Van Yojana (NVY), for creation of 200 'city forests', primarily on forest lands, in cities having a Municipal Corporation or Municipalities over a period of five years (2020-21 to 2024-25).

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## Annexure-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2773 ON TIGER DEATHS  DUE FOR REPLY ON 12/03/2021

Details of tiger deaths as reported by States, during last three years

| State          |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |   Total |
|----------------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
| Andhra Pradesh |      2 |      1 |      1 |       4 |
| Assam          |      1 |      5 |      6 |      12 |
| Bihar          |      0 |      1 |      1 |       2 |
| Chhattisgarh   |      1 |      1 |      1 |       3 |
| Goa            |      0 |      0 |      4 |       4 |
| Gujarat        |      0 |      1 |      0 |       1 |
| Jharkhand      |      0 |      0 |      1 |       1 |
| Karnataka      |     15 |     12 |     12 |      39 |
| Kerala         |      5 |      1 |     10 |      16 |
| Madhya Pradesh |     28 |     31 |     29 |      88 |
| Maharashtra    |     21 |     18 |     16 |      55 |
| Nagaland       |      1 |      0 |      0 |       1 |
| Odisha         |      2 |      0 |      0 |       2 |
| Rajasthan      |      6 |      3 |      3 |      12 |
| Tamil Nadu     |      4 |      7 |      8 |      19 |
| Telangana      |      0 |      2 |      0 |       2 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |      6 |      4 |      9 |      19 |
| Uttarakhand    |      8 |      7 |      4 |      19 |
| West Bengal    |      1 |      2 |      1 |       4 |
| Total          |    101 |     96 |    106 |     303 |

| State          | Cause-wise   | Cause-wise   | Cause-wise   | Cause-wise   | Cause-wise     | Cause-wise   |
|----------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|
| State          | Natural      | Poaching     | Seizure      | Unnatural    | Under Scrutiny | Total        |
| Andhra Pradesh | 01           | 01           | -            | 01           | 01             | 04           |
| Assam          | -            | -            | 04           | -            | 08             | 12           |
| Bihar          | 02           | -            | -            | -            | -              | 02           |
| Chhattisgarh   | -            | -            | 02           | -            | 01             | 03           |
| Goa            | -            | 04           | -            | -            | -              | 04           |
| Gujarat        | -            | -            | -            | -            | 01             | 01           |
| Jharkhand      | 01           | -            | -            | -            | -              | 01           |
| Karnataka      | 18           | 08           | 04           | 01           | 08             | 39           |
| Kerala         | 05           | 01           | -            | -            | 10             | 16           |
| Madhya Pradesh | 39           | 15           | 06           | -            | 28             | 88           |
| Maharashtra    | 18           | 11           | 05           | 04           | 17             | 55           |
| Nagaland       | -            | -            | 01           | -            | -              | 01           |
| Odisha         | -            | 02           | -            | -            | -              | 02           |
| Rajasthan      | 03           | 05           | -            | -            | 04             | 12           |
| Tamil Nadu     | 10           | -            | -            | -            | 09             | 19           |
| Telangana      | -            | -            | 02           | -            | -              | 02           |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 02           | 05           | 01           | 01           | 10             | 19           |

| Uttarakhand   | 13   |   03 |   - | -   | 03   |   19 |
|---------------|------|------|-----|-----|------|------|
| West Bengal   | -    |   02 |  02 | -   | -    |   04 |
| TOTAL         | 112  |   57 |  27 | 7   | 100  |  303 |

Natural deaths inter alia include deaths in territorial fights and cub killings.  Unnatural deaths include  mortality  due  to  unnatural  causes  like  accidents  etc.  which  are  not  attributable  to poaching.

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