Lok Sabha Question No. 3487 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: Funds for Project Elephant
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Pinaki Misra

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3487

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2022

## Funds for Project Elephant

## 3487. SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

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

- (a) the details of budget sanctioned and utilised for the Project Elephant during the last three years and the current year, State/year-wise including State of Odisha; and
- (b) the  details  of  the  number  of  unnatural  deaths  of  elephants,  cause-wise  and  State-wise during the said period?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) The State/year-wise details of budget sanctioned and utilized, including State of Odisha, under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme-  Project  Elephant  (CSS-PE)  are  enclosed  as Annexure-I .
- (b) The  State/year-wise  details  of  elephant  deaths  due  to  unnatural  reasons  like  train  hit, electrocution, poaching and poisoning   are enclosed as Annexure-II, III,  IV  and  V respectively.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3487 RAISED BY SHRI PINAKI MISRA REGARDING 'FUNDS FOR PROJECT ELEPHANT' DUE FOR REPLY ON 08.08.2022.

## State/year-wise details of budget sanctioned and utilized under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme- Project Elephant (CSS-PE)

| Sl. No.   | States            | 2019-20    | 2019-20   | 2020-21    | 2020-21   | 2021-22    | 2021-22   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| Sl. No.   | States            | Sanctioned | Utilized  | Sanctioned | Utilized  | Sanctioned | Utilized  |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    | 127.03     | 85.51     | 77.28      | 58.62     | 20.55      | UC NR     |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh | 103.26     | 101.27    | 282.25     | 253.05    | 157.76     | 186.59    |
| 3.        | Assam             | 0.00       | 256.68    | 35.28      | 0.00      | 126.71     | 80.50     |
| 4.        | Chhattisgarh      | 0.00       | 0.00      | 0.00       | 0.00      | 24.78      | 0.00      |
| 5.        | Jharkhand         | 131.58     | 137.35    | 111.86     | 143.07    | 86.68      | 77.14     |
| 6.        | Karnataka         | 319.64     | 366.62    | 330.40     | 423.23    | 261.19     | 241.02    |
| 7.        | Kerala            | 312.27     | 532.41    | 574.56     | 574.56    | 580.96     | 523.19    |
| 8.        | Maharashtra       | 44.19      | 24.76     | 17.98      | 12.84     | 0.00       | UC NR     |
| 9.        | Meghalaya         | 177.89     | 177.89    | 9.36       | 9.36      | 141.75     | UC NR     |
| 10.       | Nagaland          | 213.94     | 213.94    | 92.50      | 92.50     | 219.72     | 192.97    |
| 11.       | Odisha            | 319.13     | 376.78    | 577.99     | 588.24    | 567.04     | 510.38    |
| 12.       | Tamil Nadu        | 275.15     | 265.84    | 0.00       | 0.00      | 181.84     | UC NR     |
| 13.       | Tripura           | 45.38      | 42.53     | 24.71      | UC NR     | 0.00       | 20.78     |
| 14.       | Uttar Pradesh     | 37.74      | 34.44     | 0.00       | 0.00      | 45.99      | 9.58      |
| 15.       | Uttarakhand       | 417.31     | 365.63    | 204.85     | 156.70    | 244.12     | UC NR     |
| 16.       | West Bengal       | 113.25     | 108.03    | 64.19      | 64.16     | 87.87      | UC NR     |
| 17.       | Rajasthan         | 35.28      | 24.00     | 0.00       | 0.00      | 15.18      | UC NR     |
| 18.       | Bihar             | 57.02      | 59.71     | 39.08      | 1.48      | 0.00       | UC NR     |
| 19.       | Punjab            | 0.00       | 0.00      | 0.00       | 0.00      | 0.00       | UC NR     |
| 20.       | Haryana           | 13.44      | 13.44     | 11.04      | 11.04     | 4.23       | 4.23      |
| 21.       | Manipur           | 10.94      | 10.94     | 0.00       | 0.00      | 5.40       | 5.40      |
| 22.       | Madhya Pradesh    | 13.69      | 6.66      | 0.00       | 0.00      | 12.61      | UC NR     |
|           | Total             | 2768.13    | 3204.43   | 2453.33    | 2388.85   | 2784.38    | 1851.78   |

* UC NR- Utilization Certificate Not Received.

## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3487  RAISED  BY  SHRI  PINAKI  MISRA  REGARDING 'FUNDS FOR PROJECT ELEPHANT' DUE FOR REPLY ON 08.08.2022.

## Elephant Casualties in Train Accidents from 2018-19 to 2020-2021

|   S.No. | State   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21       |
|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|---------------|
|       1 | 2       | 2         | 5         | Assam         |
|       2 | 6       | 5         | 0         | West Bengal   |
|       3 | 0       | 0         | 1         | Tamil Nadu    |
|       4 | 0       | 1         | 1         | Jharkhand     |
|       5 | 1       | 3         | 0         | Kerala        |
|       6 | 7       | 1         | 4         | Odisha        |
|       7 | NR      | 0         | 0         | Tripura       |
|       8 | 1       | 2         | NR        | Uttarakhand   |
|       9 | 0       | 0         | 0         | Uttar Pradesh |
|      10 | 2       | 0         | 1         | Karnataka     |
|      19 |         | 14 12     | Total     | Total         |

*NR- Information not received from State.

## ANNEXURE-III

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3487  RAISED  BY  SHRI  PINAKI  MISRA  REGARDING 'FUNDS FOR PROJECT ELEPHANT' DUE FOR REPLY ON 08.08.2022.

## Elephant Casualties by Electrocution from 2018-19 to 2020-2021

| S.No.   | State             | 2018-19   |   2019-20 | 2020-21   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 2         |         5 | 1         |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 0         |         0 | 0         |
| 3       | Assam             | 9         |        11 | 13        |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh      | 6         |         2 | 7         |
| 5       | Jharkhand         | 1         |         5 | 5         |
| 6       | Karnataka         | 9         |         8 | 9         |
| 7       | Kerala            | 6         |         4 | 2         |
| 8       | Maharashtra       | 0         |         0 | NR        |
| 9       | Meghalaya         | 0         |         5 | 0         |
| 10      | Nagaland          | 4         |         2 | 1         |
| 11      | Odisha            | 24        |         9 | 8         |
| 12      | Tamil Nadu        | 10        |        15 | 9         |
| 13      | Tripura           | NR        |         0 | 0         |
| 14      | Uttar Pradesh     | 3         |         3 | 0         |
| 15      | Uttarakhand       | 3         |         2 | NR        |
| 16      | West Bengal       | 4         |         5 | 10        |
| Total   | Total             | 81        |        76 | 65        |

*NR- Information not received from State.

## ANNEXURE-IV

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3487  RAISED  BY  SHRI  PINAKI  MISRA  REGARDING 'FUNDS FOR PROJECT ELEPHANT' DUE FOR REPLY ON 08.08.2022.

## Elephant Deaths by Poaching from 2018-19 to 2020-2021

| S.No   | State   |   2018-19 | 2019-20   | 2020-21           |
|--------|---------|-----------|-----------|-------------------|
| 1      | 0       |         0 | 0         | Andhra Pradesh    |
| 2      | 0       |         0 | 0         | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 3      | 0       |         0 | 0         | Assam             |
| 4      | 0       |         0 | 0         | Chhattisgarh      |
| 5      | 1       |         1 | 0         | Jharkhand         |
| 6      | 0       |         0 | 0         | Karnataka         |
| 7      | 0       |         1 | 1         | Kerala            |
| 8      | 0       |         0 | NR        | Maharashtra       |
| 9      | 1       |         4 | 7         | Meghalaya         |
| 10     | 0       |         0 | 2         | Nagaland          |
| 11     | 2       |         3 | 2         | Odisha            |
| 12     | 1       |         0 | 2         | Tamil Nadu        |
| 13     | NR      |         0 | 0         | Tripura           |
| 14     | 0       |         0 | 0         | Uttar Pradesh     |
| 15     | 1       |         0 | NR        | Uttarakhand       |
| 16     | 0       |         0 | 0         | West Bengal       |
| Total  | Total   |         6 | 9         | 14                |

*NR- Information not received from State.

## ANNEXURE-V

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3487  RAISED  BY  SHRI  PINAKI  MISRA  REGARDING 'FUNDS FOR PROJECT ELEPHANT' DUE FOR REPLY ON 08.08.2022.

## Elephant Deaths by Poisoning from 2018-19 to 2020-2021

| S.No.   | State         | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21           |
|---------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-------------------|
| 1       | 0             | 0         | 0         | Andhra Pradesh    |
| 2       | 0             |           | 0 0       | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 3       | Assam 8       |           | 0         | 1                 |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh  | 0         | 0         | 1                 |
| 5       | 0             |           | 0 0       | Jharkhand         |
| 6       | 0             |           | 0 0       | Karnataka         |
| 7       |               | 1         | 0 0       | Kerala            |
| 8       | 0             |           | 0 NR      | Maharashtra       |
| 9       |               | 0         | 0 0       | Meghalaya         |
| 10      |               | 0         | 0 0       | Nagaland          |
| 11      |               | 0         | 0 0       | Odisha            |
| 12      |               | 0         | 0 0       | Tamil Nadu        |
| 13      | Tripura       | NR        | 0         | 0                 |
| 14      | Uttar Pradesh | 0         | 0         | 0                 |
| 15      | Uttarakhand   | NR        | 0         | NR                |
| 16      | West Bengal   | 0         | 0         | 0                 |
|         | Total         | 9         | 0         | 2                 |

*NR- Information not received from State.