Lok Sabha Question No. 3966 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Funds for National Afforestation Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Rahul Ramesh Shewale, Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria, Pritam Gopinath Munde, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Girish Bhalchandra Bapat

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

## LOKSABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO. 3966 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## Funds for National Afforestation Programme

3966. SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE: SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA: DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU: SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT:

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

- (a) whether  Central  Government  has  given  assistance  to  States  under  National Mission for Green India Scheme/ National Afforestation Programme and if so, the details and the criteria fixed for such assistance under the said scheme along with the amount of funds proposed to be provided;
- (b) the  details  of  the  annual  work  programme  of  various  States  particularly  of Maharashtra during each of the last three year;
- (c) the details of the funds allocated, released and utilized by various States under the said programme particularly of Maharashtra and Odisha;
- (d) whether 2nd installment of assistance under National Afforestation Programme (NAP) scheme for the year 2020-21, 2021-22 for work programme is pending, if so, the details thereof, State-wise particularly of Maharashtra and Odisha;
- (e) the time by which pending assistance will be released to various States; and
- (f) whether the Central  Government  has  shared  any  information  or  guidelines  for running afforestation programmes  in the country particularly with Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to (f) The  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change  has  given  Central assistance  to  the  States/Union  Territories  under  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes namely National Mission for a Green India (GIM), National Afforestation Programme (NAP) for plantation activities in the forest  and non-forest  areas. The Schemes  are  demand  driven  and  the  Annual  work  programme  submitted  by  the States/UTs is approved as per the Scheme Guidelines and budget availability under the schemes. The year-wise details of budgetary allocations and expenditure of NAP and GIM during last three years and current year  are  as under:

(Amount in Rupees in crore)

| Year        |   2018-2019 |   2019-2020 |   2020-2021 | 2021-2022   |
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Budget      |      176.94 |      193.6  |      160    | 220.00      |
| Expenditure |      176.73 |      193.63 |      158.04 | 213.18.*    |

The  Ministry  has  merged  NAP  into  GIM  so  that  the  overall  greening  efforts  are augmented. Accordingly, funds are released under NAP for activities approved in the  previous  years  including  the  second  installment  of  approved  annual  work programme.  The  proposal  from  Maharashtra  for  the  year  2020-21  and  2021-22 could not be considered for approval due to  non-submission  of  mandatory documents including Utilization Certificate for the funds already released/revalidated under NAP. The proposal from Odisha under NAP for the year 2021-22  has  been  approved  and  funds  to  the  tune  of  Rs.7.77  crores,  including

The  State-wise  details,  including  States  of  Maharashtra  and  Odisha,  of  approved cost of annual work programme, amount released and utilized under NAPduring last three  years  and  current  year  are  given  in Annexure  I .  The  State-wise  details, including  states  of  Maharashtra  and  Odisha,  of  approved  cost  of  annual  work programme,  funds  released  and  utilized  since  2015  under  GIM  is  given  in previous year balance, have been released. Annexure II.

The  Ministry  also  promotes  tree  plantation/afforestation  as  people's  movement through School Nursery Yojana and Nagar Van Yojana. Tree plantation/afforestation being the multi-departmental effort, taken up cross sector by various  departments  of  the  Centre  and  State  Governments,  Non-Government Organizations,  civil  society,  corporate  bodies  etc.  The  guidelines  of  the  schemes implemented by the  Ministry  and  several  advisories  for  involvement  of  people  in various plantation programmes especially on occasions like Van Mahotsav, World Environment Day, World Forestry Day etc. have been shared with the States/UTs including Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (f) of the Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 3966  due  for  reply  on  28.03.2022  by  Shri  Rahul  Ramesh  Shewale,  Shri  Sukhbir  Singh Jaunapuria, Dr. Pritam Gopinathrao Munde, Shri Chandra SekharSahu and Shri Girish Bhalchandra Bapat regarding 'Funds for National Afforestation Programme'

## A. The State-wise details of total Cost of approved Annual work programme under National Afforestation Programme(NAP)

(Rs. In Crores)

|   Sl.No. | State             | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 9.36      | -         | -         | -         |
|        2 | Bihar             | 4.69      | 7.05      | -         | 7.16      |
|        3 | Chhattisgarh      | 14.42     | 12.70     | 15.88     | 7.06      |
|        4 | Goa               | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|        5 | Gujarat           | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|        6 | Haryana           | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|        7 | Himachal Pradesh  | 3.25      | 0.77      | 1.01      | -         |
|        8 | Jammu &Kashmir    | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|        9 | Jharkhand         | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|       10 | Karnataka         | 15.49     | -         | -         | 16.08     |
|       11 | Kerala            | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|       12 | Madhya Pradesh    | 13.73     | -         | 5.13      | -         |
|       13 | Maharashtra       | 18.70     | -         | 3.84      | -         |
|       14 | Orissa            | 17.52     | 18.78     | 21.93     | 7.20      |
|       15 | Punjab            | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|       16 | Rajasthan         | 1.72      | -         | 2.21      | -         |
|       17 | Tamil Nadu        | 2.43      | -         | -         | -         |
|       18 | Telangana         | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|       19 | Uttar Pradesh     | 1.34      | -         | -         | -         |
|       20 | Uttarakhand       | 3.83      | -         | 2.47      | -         |
|       21 | West Bengal       | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|       22 | Arunachal Pradesh | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|       23 | Assam             | 0.85      | -         | -         | -         |
|       24 | Manipur           | 3.83      | -         | -         | -         |
|       25 | Meghalaya         | 0.69      | -         | -         | -         |
|       26 | Mizoram           | 9.36      | -         | 10.03     | 3.20      |
|       27 | Nagaland          | 5.59      | 7.36      |           | 11.83     |
|       28 | Sikkim            | 5.39      | -         | 1.30      | -         |
|       29 | Tripura           | 0.00      | 5.89      | -         | 4.23      |

- B. The  State-wise  details  of  funds  released  &  utilized  under  National  Afforestation Programme  (NAP)      during  last  three  years  (2018-19  to  2020-21)  and    funds released during current year (2021-22)

(Rs.in crores)

|   Sl. No. | States            | Fund released (2018-19 to 2020-21)   | Fund utilized (2018-19 to 2020-21)   | Funds released current year (2021-22)   |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 6.38                                 | 6.38                                 | -                                       |
|         2 | Bihar             | 1.98                                 | 1.98                                 | 4.29                                    |
|         3 | Chhattisgarh      | 23.41                                | 23.41                                | 5.56                                    |
|         4 | Gujarat           | 0.00                                 | 0.00                                 | -                                       |
|         5 | Haryana           | -                                    | -                                    | -                                       |
|         6 | Himachal Pradesh  | 4.02                                 | 2.45                                 | -                                       |
|         7 | Jammu &Kashmir    | -                                    | -                                    | -                                       |
|         8 | Jharkhand         | -                                    | -                                    | -                                       |
|         9 | Karnataka         | 10.99                                | 10.99                                | 9.01                                    |
|        10 | Kerala            | -                                    | -                                    | -                                       |
|        11 | Madhya Pradesh    | 8.35                                 | 6.82                                 | -                                       |
|        12 | Maharashtra       | 15.33                                | 15.33                                | -                                       |
|        13 | Orissa            | 33.48                                | 33.48                                | 7.77                                    |
|        14 | Punjab            | -                                    | -                                    | -                                       |
|        15 | Rajasthan         | 1.95                                 | 1.95                                 | -                                       |
|        16 | Tamil Nadu        | 2.07                                 | 2.07                                 | -                                       |
|        17 | Telangana         | -                                    | -                                    | -                                       |
|        18 | Uttar Pradesh     | 0.32                                 | 0                                    | -                                       |
|        19 | Uttarakhand       | 3.64                                 | 3.64                                 | -                                       |
|        20 | West Bengal       | -                                    | -                                    | -                                       |
|        21 | Arunachal Pradesh | -                                    | -                                    | -                                       |
|        22 | Assam             | 0.58                                 | 0.58                                 | -                                       |
|        23 | Manipur           | 4.38                                 | 4.38                                 | -                                       |
|        24 | Meghalaya         | 0.74                                 | 0.74                                 | -                                       |
|        25 | Mizoram           | 15.19                                | 15.19                                | 5.14                                    |
|        26 | Nagaland          | 13.03                                | 13.03                                | 10.65                                   |
|        27 | Sikkim            | 6.85                                 | 6.85                                 | -                                       |
|        28 | Tripura           | 5.09                                 | 5.09                                 | 3.75                                    |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (f) of the Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 3966  due  for  reply  on  28.03.2022  by  Shri  Rahul  Ramesh  Shewale,  Shri  Sukhbir  Singh Jaunapuria, Dr. Pritam Gopinathrao Munde, Shri Chandra Sekhar Sahu and Shri Girish Bhalchandra Bapat regarding 'Funds for National Afforestation Programme'

## A. The State-wise details of approved Annual work Programme  during last three years (2018-19 to 2020-21)

|   S. No | States           | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | (Rs. In Crores) 2020-21   |
|---------|------------------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh   | 7.41      | 17.79     | -                         |
|       2 | Chhattisgarh     | 6.70      | 47.87     | -                         |
|       3 | Himachal Pradesh | -         | -         | 27.12                     |
|       4 | Jammu &Kashmir   | -         | -         | 37.22                     |
|       5 | Karnataka        | 3.98      | 6.59      | 0.61                      |
|       6 | Kerala           | 3.39      | 51.34     | -                         |
|       7 | Manipur          | 66.88     | 30.90     | -                         |
|       8 | Mizoram          | -         | 105.18    | -                         |
|       9 | Odisha           | 15.52     | 35.29     | 47.22                     |
|      10 | Punjab           | -         | 12.28     | 6.71                      |
|      11 | Uttarakhand      | -         | 29.01     | 51.65                     |
|      12 | Madhya Pradesh   | 41.80     | 78.86     | 35.49                     |
|      13 | Maharashtra      | 24.54     |           | 10.58                     |
|      14 | Sikkim           | 6.18      | 15.63     | 1.51                      |
|      15 | West Bengal      | -         | -         | 57.20                     |

## B. The State-wise details of funds released & utilized under Green India Mission Since 2015

(Rs. In Crores)

|   S. No | States            |   Fund Released | Fund Utilized   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    |            4.17 | 3.72            |
|       2 | Chhattisgarh      |           72.75 | 66.27           |
|       3 | Himachal Pradesh  |           17.09 | -               |
|       4 | Jammu &Kashmir    |           25.73 | -               |
|       5 | Karnataka         |           13.41 | 8.97            |
|       6 | Kerala            |           25.47 | 9.88            |
|       7 | Manipur           |           48.3  | 38.24           |
|       8 | Mizoram           |          102.81 | 72.95           |
|       9 | Odisha            |           67.31 | 38.50           |
|      10 | Punjab            |           18.84 | 15.59           |
|      11 | Uttarakhand       |           82.09 | 44.94           |
|      12 | Madhya Pradesh    |           66.76 | 54.38           |
|      13 | Maharashtra       |           10.3  | 7.65            |
|      14 | Sikkim            |           16.41 | 8.47            |
|      15 | West Bengal       |            9.43 | -               |
|      16 | Arunachal Pradesh |           13.43 | -               |