Lok Sabha Question No. 2060 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-19
Subject: National Wetland Inventory and Assessment
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Gaurav Gogoi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2060

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.12.2022

## National Wetland Inventory and Assessment

## 2060.  SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

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

- (a)  the  State-wise  list  of  the  wetlands  mapped  under  the  National  Wetland  Inventory  and Assessment(NWIA)  that  have  been  geo-referenced  and  superimposed  on  the  satellite imagery;
- (b)  whether  the  Union  Government  has  initiated  any  programme  for  fully/partially  funded State Governments to geo-reference the wetlands mapped under the NWIA; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As  per  the  "National  Wetland  Decadal  Change  Atlas,  2017  published  by  Space Applications  Centre-  ISRO  Ahmedabad,  a  total  of 2,31,195 wetlands  (at  1:50000 scales and area >= 2.25 ha) have been mapped in the Country.  The total wetland area estimated is 15.98 million hectare (mha) including rivers and excluding paddy field areas that is around 4.86% of the geographic area of the country.  The State/UT-wise wetland distribution is at Annexure.
- (b) & (c) Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) is currently implementing a centrally sponsored scheme namely, National Plan for Conservation of  Aquatic  Eco-systems  (NPCA)  for  conservation  and  management  of  wetlands (includes lakes) in the country on cost sharing basis between Central Government and respective State Governments. The scheme covers various activities such as interception,  diversion  and  treatment  of  wastewater,  shoreline  protection,  lake  front development, in-situ cleaning i.e., desilting & de-weeding, storm water management, bioremediation, catchment area treatment, lake beautification, survey & demarcation including georeferencing, bio-fencing, fisheries development, weed control, biodiversity conservation, education and awareness creation, community participation, etc.

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Annexure referred to in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Q.  No.  2060  to  be answered  on  Monday,  the  19 th December,  2022  on  'National  Wetland  Inventory  and Assessment'

## State-wise wetland distribution in India

| Decadal wetland inventory in different States   | Decadal wetland inventory in different States   | Decadal wetland inventory in different States   | Decadal wetland inventory in different States   | Decadal wetland inventory in different States   |
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.                                         | State Name                                      | Number                                          | 2017-18 Area (ha)                               | Area (% of wetland)                             |
| 1                                               | Andhra Pradesh                                  | 24104                                           | 1141606                                         | 7.14                                            |
| 2                                               | Arunachal Pradesh                               | 1182                                            | 151104                                          | 0.95                                            |
| 3                                               | Assam                                           | 5902                                            | 849078                                          | 5.31                                            |
| 4                                               | Bihar                                           | 4526                                            | 374766                                          | 2.34                                            |
| 5                                               | Chhattisgarh                                    | 11457                                           | 342443                                          | 2.14                                            |
| 6                                               | Goa                                             | 742                                             | 24749                                           | 0.15                                            |
| 7                                               | Gujarat                                         | 17613                                           | 3499429                                         | 21.9                                            |
| 8                                               | Haryana                                         | 1905                                            | 33649                                           | 0.21                                            |
| 9                                               | Himachal Pradesh                                | 215                                             | 94011                                           | 0.59                                            |
| 10                                              | Jharkhand                                       | 2635                                            | 187045                                          | 1.17                                            |
| 11                                              | Karnataka                                       | 14936                                           | 787127                                          | 4.93                                            |
| 12                                              | Kerala                                          | 1399                                            | 158336                                          | 0.99                                            |
| 13                                              | Madhya Pradesh                                  | 13947                                           | 861736                                          | 5.39                                            |
| 14                                              | Maharashtra                                     | 25935                                           | 1152625                                         | 7.21                                            |
| 15                                              | Manipur                                         | 132                                             | 67408                                           | 0.42                                            |
| 16                                              | Meghalaya                                       | 225                                             | 31002                                           | 0.19                                            |
| 17                                              | Mizoram                                         | 127                                             | 19476                                           | 0.12                                            |
| 18                                              | Nagaland                                        | 148                                             | 21118                                           | 0.13                                            |
| 19                                              | Odisha                                          | 13331                                           | 719942                                          | 4.5                                             |
| 20                                              | Punjab                                          | 1190                                            | 47024                                           | 0.29                                            |
| 21                                              | Rajasthan                                       | 13321                                           | 778824                                          | 4.87                                            |
| 22                                              | Sikkim                                          | 259                                             | 7049                                            | 0.04                                            |
| 23                                              | Tamil Nadu                                      | 26883                                           | 925712                                          | 5.79                                            |
| 24                                              | Telangana                                       | 12338                                           | 566680                                          | 3.55                                            |
| 25                                              | Tripura                                         | 416                                             | 18438                                           | 0.12                                            |
| 26                                              | Uttar Pradesh                                   | 18555                                           | 1104562                                         | 6.91                                            |
| 27                                              | Uttarakhand                                     | 172                                             | 112882                                          | 0.71                                            |
| 28                                              | West Bengal                                     | 12955                                           | 1130127                                         | 7.07                                            |
| 29                                              | Andaman&Nicobar                                 | 2774                                            | 143238                                          | 0.9                                             |

| 30   | Chandigarh        |     11 |      336 |      0 |
|------|-------------------|--------|----------|--------|
| 31   | Dadra NagarHaveli |     12 |     2063 |   0.01 |
| 32   | Daman and Diu     |     59 |     2728 |   0.02 |
| 33   | Delhi             |    123 |     2773 |   0.02 |
| 34   | Jammu &Kashmir    |    404 |   164110 |   1.03 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |     50 |    79716 |   0.5  |
| 36   | Ladakh            |   1073 |   373049 |   2.33 |
| 37   | Puducherry        |    139 |     5555 |   0.03 |
|      | Total             | 231195 | 15981516 | 100    |