Lok Sabha Question No. 3640 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: Funds for Plantations
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar, Rajbahadur Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO. 3640

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2021

## Funds for Plantations

## 3640. SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI:

SHRI RAJBAHADUR SINGH:

SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR:

DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

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

- (a) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  for  free  plantation  and  conservation  in declining forest areas in the country;
- (b) whether there is any proposal to make it mandatory for every citizen to plant a certain number of plants each year;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the area of land in hectare where forests are likely to be developed in Odisha and Madhya Pradesh;
- (d) whether the Government allocates budget to the State Governments under any scheme for plantation, if so, State-wise and year-wise amount of budget allocated in this regard; and
- (e) whether the Government is taking any measures to monitor the plants so as to keep them alive after plantation and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d)  The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change supports the States/Union Territories through various Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely National Mission for  a  Green  India  (GIM),  National  Afforestation  Programme  (NAP)and  transfer funds under CAMPA for tree plantation and conservation of declining forests in the country.  Also,  afforestation  is  being  carried  out  by  the  States/Union  Territories under various schemes of Central Government and State Government. As per report compiled in the Ministry under twenty point programme, afforestation is being taken up annually over 2.0 million ha since 2019-20. The Ministry on various occasions like International Day of Forests, World Environment Day, Van Mahotsav, Wild life Week, International Day for Biological Diversity etc. promotes mass tree plantation and disseminates knowledge abouttree plantation and conservation of forests among public through various Conferences, Workshops, Brochures, Sign boards etc.

Though there is no specific scheme in the Ministry to make it mandatory for every citizen  to  plant  a  certain  number  of  plants  each  year,  annual  afforestation/tree plantation targets are fixed by the Ministry for all States/UTs including Odisha and Madhya  Pradesh  which  are  achieved  through  the  concerted  efforts  involving  all agencies. The State/UT wise details of afforestation/tree plantation targets fixed for the year 2021-22 are given in Annexure I.

The State-wise, year-wise details of funds released under NAP and GIM during last three  years  (2018-19  to  2020-21)  alongwith  details  of  transfer  of  funds  from  the National Authority of CAMPA to States Authority are provided in Annexure II.

- (e) Protection  and  monitoring  the  health  of  the  sapling  planted  is  primarily  the responsibility of respective State/Union Territory Governments. Tree plantation/Afforestation effortsare also monitored by the scheme specific and State specific monitoring systems including third party evaluation and monitoring through independent agencies.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 3640 due for reply on 20.12.2021 Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Shri Rajbahadur Singh, Shri  Vivek  Narayan  Shejwalkar,  Dr.  Krishna  Pal  Singh  Yadav  regarding  'Funds  for Plantations'.

State/UT-wise details of afforestation/tree  plantation  targets  for the  year  2021-22  under Twenty Point Programme  (Area in hectare)

|   Sl.No | NAMEOFSTATE/UT     |   Targets - 2021-22 |
|---------|--------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh     |              312520 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh  |                1500 |
|       3 | Assam              |               16950 |
|       4 | Bihar              |               63820 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh       |               98260 |
|       6 | Goa                |                 260 |
|       7 | Gujarat            |              206310 |
|       8 | Haryana            |               21470 |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh   |               31450 |
|      10 | Jharkhand          |               49200 |
|      11 | Karnataka          |              114100 |
|      12 | Kerala             |               28980 |
|      13 | Madhya Pradesh     |              115760 |
|      14 | Maharashtra        |              117540 |
|      15 | Manipur            |               12350 |
|      16 | Meghalaya          |                1070 |
|      17 | Mizoram            |                6300 |
|      18 | Nagaland           |                2630 |
|      19 | Odisha             |              177260 |
|      20 | Punjab             |               13000 |
|      21 | Rajasthan          |               51200 |
|      22 | Sikkim             |                5910 |
|      23 | Tamil Nadu         |               39730 |
|      24 | Telangana          |              512280 |
|      25 | Tripura            |               10540 |
|      26 | Uttarakhand        |               39650 |
|      27 | Uttar Pradesh      |              501570 |
|      28 | West Bengal        |              118300 |
|      29 | A &NIslands        |                2770 |
|      30 | Chandigarh         |                 150 |
|      31 | D &NHaveli &Daman& |                2000 |
|      32 | Diu Delhi          |                4850 |
|      33 | Jammu and Kashmir  |               10520 |
|      34 | Ladakh             |                 150 |
|      35 | Lakshadweep        |                  20 |
|      36 | Puducherry         |                 200 |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 3640 due for reply on 20.12.2021 Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Shri Rajbahadur Singh, Shri  Vivek  Narayan  Shejwalkar,  Dr.  Krishna  Pal  Singh  Yadav  regarding  'Funds  for Plantations'.

- A. State-wise  Details  of  total  funds  released  during  the  last  three  years  (2018-19  to 2020-21) under National Afforestation Programme (NAP) and Green India Mission (GIM)

(Rs. in crores)

| Sl. No.   | State                | NAP    | GIM    |
|-----------|----------------------|--------|--------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 6.38   | 2.67   |
| 2         | Bihar                | 1.98   | -      |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh         | 23.41  | 12.06  |
| 4         | Gujarat              | 0.00   | -      |
| 5         | Haryana              | 0.00   | -      |
| 6         | Himachal Pradesh     | 0.00   | 17.09  |
| 7         | Jammu &Kashmir       | 4.02   | 25.73  |
| 8         | Jharkhand            | 0.00   | -      |
| 9         | Karnataka            | 0.00   | 6.18   |
| 10        | Kerala               | 10.99  | 16.32  |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh       | 0.00   | 54.81  |
| 12        | Maharashtra          | 8.35   | 10.30  |
| 13        | Orissa               | 15.33  | 44.94  |
| 14        | Punjab               | 33.48  | 3.19   |
| 15        | Rajasthan            | 0.00   | -      |
| 16        | Tamil Nadu           | 1.95   | -      |
| 17        | Telangana            | 2.07   | -      |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh        | 0.00   | -      |
| 19        | Uttarakhand          | 0.32   | 27.89  |
| 20        | West Bengal          | 3.64   | 9.43   |
|           | Total (Other States) | 111.94 | 230.61 |
|           | North Eastern states |        |        |
| 21        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0.00   | -      |
| 22        | Assam                | 0.58   | -      |
| 23        | Manipur              | 4.38   | 15.79  |
| 24        | Meghalaya            | 0.74   | -      |
| 25        | Mizoram              | 15.19  | 43.06  |
| 26        | Nagaland             | 13.03  | -      |
| 27        | Sikkim               | 6.85   | 8.63   |
| 28        | Tripura              | 5.09   | -      |
|           | Total (NE States)    | 45.85  | 67.48  |
|           | Grand Total          | 157.79 | 298.09 |

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

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT   |   Funds transferred (in Rs crore) |
|-----------|--------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar   |                             16.41 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh     |                           1734.81 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh  |                           1588.72 |
| 4         | Assam              |                            560.81 |
| 5         | Bihar              |                            522.95 |
| 6         | Chandigarh         |                             11.38 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh       |                           5791.7  |
| 8         | Delhi              |                            128.62 |
| 9         | Goa                |                            238.16 |
| 10        | Gujarat            |                           1484.6  |
| 11        | Haryana            |                           1282.65 |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh   |                           1660.72 |
| 13        | Jammu &Kashmir     |                            764.54 |
| 14        | Jharkhand          |                           4158.02 |
| 15        | Karnataka          |                           1350.37 |
| 16        | Kerala             |                             81.59 |
| 17        | Ladakh             |                            249.27 |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh     |                           5196.69 |
| 19        | Maharashtra        |                           3844.24 |
| 20        | Manipur            |                            309.76 |
| 21        | Meghalaya          |                            163.31 |
| 22        | Mizoram            |                            212.98 |
| 23        | Odisha             |                           5933.98 |
| 24        | Punjab             |                           1040.84 |
| 25        | Rajasthan          |                           1748.26 |
| 26        | Sikkim             |                            392.36 |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu         |                            113.42 |
| 28        | Telangana          |                           3110.38 |
| 29        | Tripura            |                            183.65 |
| 30        | Uttar Pradesh      |                           1819.63 |
| 31        | Uttarakhand        |                           2675.09 |
| 32        | West Bengal        |                            236.48 |
| Total     | Total              |                          48606.4  |

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