Lok Sabha Question No. 798 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: Tiger Reserve Projects
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Harish Dwivedi

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 798

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2021

## Tiger Reserve Projects

## 798. SHRI HARISH DWIVEDI:

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

- (a) the total number of tiger reserve projects in the country along with their names, locations and the total area covered under the project; and
- (b) the  details  of  the  grants  released  for  tiger  reserve  projects  during  the  last  five  years, project-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The total number of tiger reserves alongwith their names, locations and area in the country are at Annexure-I .
- (b)  The  details  of  funding  assistance  provided  to  Tiger  Reserves  under  the  ongoing  Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger for the past 5 years and the current financial year 2020-21 are at Annexure-II .

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 798 ON TIGER RESERVE PROJECTS  DUE FOR REPLY ON 05/02/2021

## Number of Tiger Reserves along with their names, locations and area in the country

| Sl. No.   | Name of Tiger Reserve           | State                          | Area of the core / critical tiger habitat (In Sq. Kms.)   | Area of the buffer / peripheral (In Sq. Kms.)   | Total area (In Sq.Kms.)   |
|-----------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1         | Bandipur                        | Karnataka                      | 872.24                                                    | 584.06                                          | 1456.3                    |
| 2         | Corbett                         | Uttarakhand                    | 821.99                                                    | 466.32                                          | 1288.31                   |
|           | Amangarh (buffer of Corbett TR) | Uttar Pradesh                  | -                                                         | 80.60                                           | 80.60                     |
| 3         | Kanha                           | Madhya Pradesh                 | 917.43                                                    | 1134.361                                        | 2051.791                  |
| 4         | Manas                           | Assam                          | 526.22                                                    | 2310.88                                         | 2837.10                   |
| 5         | Melghat                         | Maharashtra                    | 1500.49                                                   | 1268.03                                         | 2768.52                   |
| 6         | Palamau                         | Jharkhand                      | 414.08                                                    | 715.85                                          | 1129.93                   |
| 7         | Ranthambore                     | Rajasthan                      | 1113.364                                                  | 297.9265                                        | 1411.291                  |
| 8         | Similipal                       | Odisha                         | 1194.75                                                   | 1555.25                                         | 2750.00                   |
| 9         | Sundarbans                      | West Bengal                    | 1699.62                                                   | 885.27                                          | 2584.89                   |
| 10        | Periyar                         | Kerala                         | 881.00                                                    | 44.00                                           | 925.00                    |
| 11        | Sariska                         |                                | 881.1124                                                  | 332.23                                          | 1213.342                  |
| 12        |                                 | Rajasthan                      |                                                           | 367.3225                                        |                           |
|           | Buxa                            | West Bengal                    | 390.5813                                                  |                                                 | 757.9038                  |
| 13 14     | Indravati Namdapha              | Chhattisgarh Arunachal Pradesh | 1258.37 1807.82                                           | 1540.70 245.00                                  | 2799.07 2052.82           |
| 15        | Dudhwa                          | Uttar Pradesh                  | 1093.79                                                   | 1107.9848                                       | 2201.7748                 |
| 16        | Kalakad-Mundanthurai            |                                |                                                           | 706.542                                         | 1601.542                  |
| 17        | Valmiki                         | Tamil Nadu Bihar               | 895.00 598.45                                             | 300.93                                          | 899.38                    |
| 18        | Pench                           | Madhya Pradesh                 |                                                           | 768.30225                                       | 1179.63225                |
| 19        | Tadoba-Andhari                  | Maharashtra                    | 411.33 625.82                                             | 1101.7711                                       | 1727.5911                 |
| 20        | Bandhavgarh                     | Madhya Pradesh                 | 716.903                                                   | 820.03509                                       | 1536.938                  |
| 21        | Panna                           | Madhya Pradesh                 | 576.13                                                    | 1021.97                                         | 1598.10                   |
| 22        | Dampa                           | Mizoram                        | 500.00                                                    | 488.00                                          | 988.00                    |
| 23        | Bhadra                          | Karnataka                      | 492.46                                                    | 571.83                                          | 1064.29                   |
| 24        | Pench                           | Maharashtra                    | 257.26                                                    | 483.96                                          | 741.22                    |
| 25        | Pakke                           | Arunachal Pradesh              | 683.45                                                    | 515.00                                          | 1198.45                   |
| 26        | Nameri                          | Assam                          | 320.00                                                    | 144.00                                          | 464.00                    |
| 27        | Satpura                         | Madhya Pradesh                 | 1339.264                                                  | 794.04397                                       | 2133.30797                |
| 28        | Anamalai                        | Tamil Nadu                     | 958.59                                                    | 521.28                                          | 1479.87                   |
| 29        | Udanti-Sitanadi                 | Chattisgarh                    | 851.09                                                    | 991.45                                          | 1842.54                   |
| 30        | Satkosia                        | Odisha                         | 523.61                                                    | 440.26                                          | 963.87                    |
| 31        | Kaziranga                       | Assam                          | 625.58                                                    | 548.00                                          | 1173.58                   |
| 32        | Achanakmar                      | Chattisgarh                    | 626.195                                                   | 287.822                                         | 914.017                   |
| 33        | Dandeli-Anshi                   | Karnataka                      | 814.884                                                   | 282.63                                          | 1097.514                  |
| 34        | Sanjay-Dubri                    | Madhya Pradesh                 | 812.571                                                   | 861.931                                         | 1674.502                  |
| 35        | Mudumalai                       | Tamil Nadu                     | 321.00                                                    | 367.59                                          | 688.59                    |
| 36        | Nagarahole                      | Karnataka                      | 643.35                                                    | 562.41                                          | 1205.76                   |
| 37        | Parambikulam                    | Kerala                         | 390.89                                                    | 252.772                                         | 643.662                   |
| 38        | Sahyadri                        | Maharashtra                    | 600.12                                                    | 565.45                                          | 1165.57                   |
| 39        | Biligiri Ranganathaswamy Temple | Karnataka                      | 359.10                                                    | 215.72                                          | 574.82                    |
| 40        | Kawal                           | Telangana                      | 892.23                                                    | 1123.212                                        | 2015.44                   |
| 41        | Sathyamangalam                  | Tamil Nadu                     | 793.49                                                    | 614.91                                          | 1408.40                   |
| 42        | Mukandra Hills                  | Rajasthan                      | 417.17                                                    | 342.82                                          | 759.99                    |
| 43        | Nawegaon-Nagzira                | Maharashtra                    | 653.674                                                   | 1241.27                                         | 1894.944                  |
|           |                                 |                                |                                                           |                                                 | 3296.31                   |
| 44 45     | Nagarjunsagar Srisailam Amrabad | Andhra Pradesh Telangana       | 2595.72 2166.37                                           | 700.59 445.02                                   | 2611.39                   |
| 46        | Pilibhit                        | Uttar Pradesh                  | 602.7980                                                  | 127.4518                                        | 730.2498                  |
| 47        | Bor                             | Maharashtra                    | 138.12                                                    | 678.15                                          | 816.27                    |
| 48        | Rajaji                          | Uttarakhand                    | 819.54                                                    | 255.63                                          | 1075.17                   |
| 49        | Orang                           | Assam                          | 79.28                                                     | 413.18                                          | 492.46                    |
| 50        | Kamlang                         | Arunachal Pradesh              | 671.00                                                    | 112.00                                          | 783.00                    |
|           | TOTAL                           |                                | 40145.30                                                  | 32603.72                                        | 72749.02                  |

## Annexure-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 798 ON TIGER RESERVE PROJECTS  DUE FOR REPLY ON 05/02/2021

## Details of funding assistance provided to Tiger Reserves under the ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger for the past 5 years and the current financial year 2020-21

(Rs. in lakhs)

|   S. No. | State             | Tiger Reserve                   |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 (as on 29.01.2021) |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Nagarjunasagar Srisailam        |      0    |    173.49 |    232.49 |    217.99 |    114.48 |                      266.51  |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Namdapha                        |    184.44 |    225.57 |    209.46 |    334.46 |    109.23 |                      239.02  |
|        3 |                   | Kamlang                         |      0    |      0    |    147.1  |    152.35 |    199.4  |                      160.17  |
|        4 |                   | Pakke                           |    245.1  |    371.72 |    285.38 |    442.95 |    537.68 |                      404.57  |
|        5 | Assam             | Nameri                          |     79.54 |    136.63 |    143.36 |    119.98 |    154.72 |                       63.69  |
|        6 |                   | Kaziranga                       |   1025.13 |    622.94 |   1462.25 |   1030.25 |   1290.03 |                     1732.81  |
|        7 |                   | Orang                           |     60.88 |    238.77 |    264.21 |    267    |    252.85 |                      279.18  |
|        8 |                   | Manas                           |    259.86 |    512.59 |    439.79 |    502.39 |    501.16 |                      418.22  |
|        9 | Bihar             | Valmiki                         |    223.55 |    487.84 |    552.27 |    570.9  |    562.84 |                      628.89  |
|       10 | Chhatisgarh       | Achanakmar                      |    184.83 |    257.28 |   1041.05 |    268.67 |    130.42 |                      195.94  |
|       11 |                   | Indravati                       |    121.5  |    162.18 |    143.87 |    133.17 |     85.81 |                      122.49  |
|       12 |                   | Udanti Sitanadi                 |     92.61 |    207.11 |    130.16 |    134.3  |    142.3  |                      152.73  |
|       13 | Jharkhand         | Palamau                         |     47.98 |    323.76 |    338.62 |    367    |   1432.07 |                       73.653 |
|       14 | Karnataka         | Bandipur                        |    581.42 |    717.8  |    639.82 |    634.53 |    660.37 |                      639.8   |
|       15 |                   | Bhadra                          |    196.92 |    482.06 |    444.76 |    387.7  |    452.43 |                      370.06  |
|       16 |                   | Nagarahole                      |    267.31 |    435.35 |    379.5  |    415.03 |    463.42 |                      523.94  |
|       17 |                   | Dandeli Anshi                   |    201.41 |   1290.07 |    446    |    508.8  |    374.76 |                      176.005 |
|       18 |                   | Biligiri Ranganathaswamy Temple |    131.14 |    278.34 |    353.77 |    321.37 |    301.05 |                      214.57  |
|       19 | Kerala            | Parambikulam                    |    170.19 |    350.58 |    270.31 |    287.28 |    275.83 |                      190.69  |
|       20 |                   | Periyar                         |    226.42 |    429.65 |    366.1  |    365.75 |    331.24 |                      212.19  |
|       21 | Madhya Pradesh    | Kanha                           |    354.35 |    668.51 |    585.26 |    717.46 |    928.15 |                      651.33  |
|       22 |                   | Pench                           |    181.44 |    513.3  |    407.47 |    514.16 |    385.83 |                      450.9   |
|       23 |                   | Panna                           |    318.05 |    358.63 |    389    |    389.12 |    461.38 |                      448.54  |
|       24 |                   | Bandhavgarh                     |    237.13 |   1821.99 |    395.21 |    337.22 |    384.96 |                      357.89  |
|       25 |                   | Satpura                         |    160.34 |    972.65 |   2524.31 |   2450.58 |    514.71 |                      366.25  |
|       26 |                   | Sanjay Dubri                    |    169.4  |   8550.52 |   6970.38 |    935.35 |    826.88 |                      226.35  |
|       27 | Maharashtra       | Bor                             |     56.6  |   1958.62 |    106.02 |    381.89 |    466.15 |                       26.83  |
|       28 |                   | Sahyadri                        |    113.94 |    257.19 |    286.91 |    386.06 |    441.74 |                       67.66  |
|       29 |                   | Melghat                         |   2872.76 |   3561.78 |   3550.09 |   8049.75 |   2026.59 |                     1426.38  |
|       30 |                   | Pench                           |    364.31 |   1397.87 |    432.44 |    726.84 |    902.03 |                      636.19  |
|       31 |                   | Nawegaon Nagzira                |    122.04 |    551.05 |    643.65 |    681.33 |   1273.49 |                      255.22  |
|       32 |                   | Tadoba Andhari                  |    393.44 |    503.21 |   1400.06 |    823.72 |   2110.39 |                      301.4   |
|       33 | Mizoram           | Dampa                           |    187.98 |    301.55 |    215.32 |    318.84 |    337.7  |                      161.53  |
|       34 | Odisha            | Similipal                       |    377.35 |    527.6  |    663.24 |    650.88 |    660.53 |                      539.39  |
|       35 |                   | Satkosia                        |    167.45 |    389.57 |    941.19 |    371.44 |    642.79 |                      140.68  |
|       36 | Rajasthan         | Mukandra Hills                  |     59.16 |     97.12 |    144.23 |    150.7  |    310.58 |                      200.94  |
|       37 |                   | Sariska                         |   1016.53 |    250    |    267.68 |    364.44 |    524.11 |                      289.67  |
|       38 |                   | Ranthambhore                    |    182.12 |     34.18 |    361.19 |    276.69 |    368.5  |                      262.28  |
|       39 | Tamil Nadu        | Anamalai                        |    140.76 |    260.72 |    338.53 |    333.81 |    346.51 |                      266.45  |
|       40 |                   | Mudumalai                       |   1559.49 |    263.15 |   1756.13 |   1405.57 |    507.87 |                      447.63  |
|       41 |                   | Sathyamangalam                  |    104.73 |    242.58 |    249.14 |    337.13 |    479.31 |                      247.42  |
|       42 |                   | Kalakad Mundunthurai            |    145.19 |    183.42 |    207.26 |    290.31 |    253.22 |                      140.41  |

| 43   | Telangana     | Kawal     |   128.80 |   133.81 |   223.65 |   979.38 |   267.23 |   238.20 |
|------|---------------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| 44   |               | Amrabad   |    86.01 |   105.45 |    70.39 |   136.27 |    92.68 |   113.77 |
| 45   | Uttar Pradesh | Dudhwa    |   500.09 |   737.23 |   521.68 |   447.05 |   900.58 |   627.86 |
| 46   |               | Pilibhit  |   124.46 |   319.82 |   298.39 |   238.29 |   341.91 |   295.43 |
| 47   | Uttarakhand   | Rajaji    |   273.15 |   254.28 |   474.09 |   481.57 |   577.53 |   340.72 |
| 48   |               | Corbett   |   410.83 |   769.13 |   692.35 |   935.69 |  1711.65 |  1073.85 |
| 49   | West Bengal   | Sundarban |   267.78 |   329.26 |   397.09 |   456.22 |   599.59 |   173.67 |
| 50   |               | Buxa      |   108.73 |   206.88 |   200.49 |   262.79 |   158.88 |   130.29 |
|      | Total         |           | 15484.6  | 34224.7  | 34003.1  | 32292.4  | 28175.6  | 17970.3  |

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