Lok Sabha Question No. 697 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: Crop Damage by Wild Animals
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Dhal Singh Bisen

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 697

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2021

## Crop Damage by Wild Animals

## †697. DR. DHAL SINGH BISEN:

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

- (a) the details of the crop damage by wild animals;
- (b) the  details  of  the  compensation  given  to  the  farmers  by  the  Union  Government  to  the respective States between the year 2014 to 2019;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  scheme  to  prevent/check  the  damage  to crops by wild animals and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) if not, whether the Government proposes to provide relief to the farmers by formulating a Central scheme or grant subsidy to the farmers who suffer losses and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the funds available with the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) along with the fund provided to Madhya Pradesh and the respective work on which the fund was utilised; and
- (f) whether any guidelines have also been issued to the States with regard to the nature of works on which the said fund is utilized and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a)&(b)

The  management  of  forest  and  wildlife  is  the  responsibility  of  concerned State/UT Governments and the details of the crop damage by wild animals are not collated in the Ministry. However,  the  Ministry provides financial assistance to State/Union Territory Governments as per sanctioned annual plan of operations (APO) under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes of 'Development of Wildlife Habitats' and 'Project Elephant' for management of wildlife and its habitats,  including  for  activities  like  habitat  enrichment,  solar  fences,  animal proof trenches around forest, water augmentation, etc.

The financial support to the States/Union Territories  also include component of  compensation  due  to  damage  by  wild  animals.  The  details  of  financial assistance  released  to  the  State/UT  under  these  schemes  during  2014-19  are given in the Annexure-I& II .

- (c) &(d) The  responsibility  to  formulate  the  scheme  to  prevent/check  the  damage  to crops by wild animals lies with the concerned State Governments. However, the Ministry provides financial assistance to State/Union Territory Governments  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of  'Development  of Wildlife Habitats', and 'Project Elephant' for management of wildlife and its habitats  in  the  country.  It  includes  compensation  for  depredation  by  wild animals including cattle lifting, crop damage, loss of life and property.

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has modified operational guidelines for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY), under the revised guidelines states  have been given liberty to consider providing  add-on coverage for crop loss due to attack by wild animals.

- (e) An amount of ₹60,047.47/- crore was transferred from the state specific bank accounts maintained by  the Ad-hoc CAMPA to the Public Account of India created as per Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Act, 2016 during the period  08.02.2019  to  31.03.2020  and  funds  to  the  tune  of  ₹47,872.31  crores were been disbursed to 30 States/Uts, which created the State Fund under the public  accounts  of  such  States  and  reconciled  the  amount  project-wise  and component-wise. This included a transfer of 5196.69/- to State Fund, Madhya Pradesh  on  29.08.2019.   The  State/UTs  wise  information  is  attached  at Annexure-III. State wise accumulation of compensatory levies, its reconciliation and disbursement is a continuous process. In the year 2020-21, ₹ 500.22  crore  has  been  provided  by  the  Government  of  Madhya  Pradesh  for implementation  activities  as  per  their  approved  Annual  Plans  of  Operation (APO). The details of the respective activities, on which the funds have been utilized in the year 2020-21 is attached at Annexure-IV .
- (f) Yes,  Sir.  The  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  (CAF)  Act,  2016  and  CAF Rules, 2018 have come into force with effect from 30.09.2019, which inter alia provide the manner of utilization of compensatory afforestation fund. Accordingly,  the  respective  State  CAMPAs  submit  their  Annual  Plans  of Operations  (APOs)  after  the  approval  of  their  State  Steering  Committees, which  is  finally  approved  by  the  Executive  Committee  in  the  National Authority.

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Annexure-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  697  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  05.02.2021  REGARDING  'CROP DAMAGE BY WILD ANIMALS'.

## Details of fund released to State Government/UTs under CSS-' Development of Wildlife Habitats during the year 2014-19

(Rs. In lakhs)

| S. No.   | Name of States/UTs   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |    2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| 1        | A&NIslands           |     0     |  100      |  118.49   |   141.935  |    191    |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh       |    63.31  |    0      |    0      |     0      |     75    |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh    |     0     |  304.02   |  256.811  |   269.935  |    344.42 |
| 4        | Assam                |   149.11  |   87.1    |    0      |   275.827  |    265.32 |
| 5        | Bihar                |    85.249 |  108.011  |  100.576  |   322.674  |    749    |
| 6        | Chandigarh           |     0     |    0      |   26.0651 |    26.0651 |      0    |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh         |   482.087 |  213.409  |  278.945  |   435.015  |    350.61 |
| 8        | Goa                  |     0     |    0      |    0      |    85.9938 |      0    |
| 9        | Gujarat              |   634.94  |  395.798  |  497.604  |   558.52   |   2232    |
| 10       | Haryana              |    14.71  |   99.33   |  124.657  |   181.445  |    155    |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh     |   430.345 |  431.837  |  280.31   |   237.411  |    370.3  |
| 12       | Jammu &Kashmir       |   506.761 |  354      |  336.506  |   577.915  |    492.43 |
| 13       | Jharkhand            |   101.12  |   18.62   |    0      |    95.607  |     50.51 |
| 14       | Karnataka            |   483.777 |  262.13   |  325.52   |   427.89   |    653    |
| 15       | Kerala               |   818.491 |  967.386  | 1928.42   |   900.834  |   1293.4  |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh       |   371.354 |  394.565  |  322.265  |  1379.49   |    912.2  |
| 17       | Maharashtra          |   402.723 |  277.94   |  497.35   |   808.056  |   1031.2  |
| 18       | Manipur              |   129.192 |  248.919  |  340.032  |   425.664  |    405.6  |
| 19       | Meghalaya            |    44.87  |   38.3902 |   55.23   |   114.061  |    312    |
| 20       | Mizoram              |   131.541 |   94.55   | 1234.95   |   487.445  |    430    |
| 21       | Nagaland             |    85.155 |  235.48   |  357.846  |   565.871  |    882.2  |
| 22       | Odisha               |   350.323 |  246.837  |  279.65   |   342.937  |    499    |
| 23       | Rajasthan            |   367.296 |  314.788  |  453.879  |   622.422  |    585    |
| 24       | Sikkim               |   169.156 |  290.326  |  145.52   |   202.154  |    394    |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu           |   280.626 |  113.261  |    0      |   394.725  |    384.1  |
| 26       | Telangana            |     0     |    0      |    0      |   157.083  |      0    |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh        |   224.899 |  235.05   |  250.956  |   386.968  |    119.81 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand          |   141.116 |  188.318  |  545.306  |  2979.36   |   1764.1  |
| 29       | West Bengal          |   108.847 |  100.934  |  237.66   |   657.992  |    960.6  |
| 30       | Puducherry           |    12     |    0      |    0      |     0      |      0    |
| 31       | Lakshadweep          |     0     |    0      |    0      |     6.71   |     46.3  |
| 32       | Delhi                |     0     |    0      |    0      |     0      |    551.9  |
| 33       | WII-Uttarakhand      |     0     |    0      |    0      |     0      |      0    |
| 34       | Tripura              |     0     |    0      |    0      |     0      |      0    |
| 35       | Ladakh UT            |     0     |    0      |    0      |     0      |      0    |
|          | TOTAL                |  6589     | 6121      | 8994.55   | 15000      |  16500    |

Annexure-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  697  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  05.02.2021  REGARDING  'CROP DAMAGE BY WILD ANIMALS'.

## Details of funds released under CSS-Project Elephant between the period 2014-19

( Rs. in Lakh)

| Sl. No   | State/UTs         | 2014-15   | 2015-16    |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 13.523    | -          |   13.6228 |   17.394  |   29.016  |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 97.714    | 61.206     |  100.062  |  118.85   |    0      |
| 3        | Assam             | 236.664   | -          |  275.667  |    0      |  354.351  |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh      | 43.7456   | 21.91      |   61.1624 |   48      |   65.28   |
| 5        | Jharkhand         | 88.4256   | 53.453     |   95.7704 |  105.518  |  116.464  |
| 6        | Karnataka         | 225.319   | 181.054    |  254.8    |  355.548  |  353.914  |
| 7        | Kerala            | 236.72    | 204.54     |  429.871  |  482.55   |  466.69   |
| 8        | Maharashtra       | 38.202    | 8.062      |   14.335  |   27      |   46.536  |
| 9        | Meghalaya         | 118.838   | 81.387     |  130.266  |  162.849  |  217.879  |
| 10       | Nagaland          | 44.8132   | 15.44      |   20.3143 |   25.2    |  141.219  |
| 11       | Odisha            | 153.35    | 105.63     |  284.034  |  124.838  |  197.28   |
| 12       | Tamil Nadu        | 251.208   | 160.533    |   25.8    |  291.92   |  383.106  |
| 13       | Tripura           | 6.03      | 26.10932   |   22.464  |   10.08   |   43.92   |
| 14       | Uttar Pradesh     | 5.16      | 15.33      |   14.174  |   30.672  |   20.244  |
| 15       | Uttarakhand       | 103.908   | 82.61      |  175.458  |  341.563  |  192.168  |
| 16       | West Bengal       | 103.814   | 105.174    |  101.45   |   79.9302 |   83.94   |
| 17       | Haryana           |           | 10.00      |    0      |   17.76   |    8.385  |
| 18       | Bihar             |           | 3.008      |   16.2904 |  154.4    |  165.324  |
| 19       | Rajasthan         |           | -          |   15.84   |   14.454  |   12.6596 |
| 20       | Punjab            |           | -          |    1.825  |    0      |    0      |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh    |           | -          |    6.8442 |    0      |    4.7578 |
| 22       | Manipur           |           | -          |    0      |   10.8    |    9.072  |
|          | Total             | 1767.4344 | 1135.44632 | 2060.05   | 2419.33   | 2912.2    |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  697  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  05.02.2021  REGARDING  'CROP  DAMAGE  BY WILD ANIMALS'.

## Funds Transfer to State Authority (as per reconciliation of compensatory levies)

| Sl. No.   | Name of State     | Funds to be transferred on 29.08.2019 to States (in crores)   |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 1734.81                                                       |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 1588.72                                                       |
| 3         | Assam             | 560.81                                                        |
| 4         | Bihar             | 522.95                                                        |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 5791.70                                                       |
| 6         | Goa               | 238.16                                                        |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 1484.60                                                       |
| 8         | Haryana           | 1282.65                                                       |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 1660.72                                                       |
| 10        | Jharkhand         | 4158.02                                                       |
| 11        | Karnataka         | 1350.37                                                       |
| 12        | Kerala            | 81.59                                                         |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | 5196.69                                                       |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | 3844.24                                                       |
| 15        | Manipur           | 309.76                                                        |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | 163.31                                                        |
| 17        | Mizoram           | 212.98                                                        |
| 18        | Odisha            | 5933.98                                                       |
| 19        | Punjab            | 1040.84                                                       |
| 20        | Rajasthan         | 1748.26                                                       |
| 21        | Sikkim            | 392.36                                                        |
| 22        | Tamil Nadu        | 113.42                                                        |
| 23        | Telangana         | 3110.38                                                       |
| 24        | Tripura           | 183.65                                                        |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh     | 1819.63                                                       |
| 26        | Uttarakhand       | 2675.09                                                       |
| 27        | West Bengal       | 236.48                                                        |
|           | Total(A)          | 47,436                                                        |
|           |                   | Funds transferred on 14.02.2020 to UTs (in crore Rs)          |
| 28        | Andaman &Nicobar  | 16.41                                                         |
| 29        | Chandigarh        | 11.38                                                         |
| 30        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 408.35                                                        |
|           | Total(B)          | 436.14                                                        |
|           | Grand Total(A+B)  | 47,872.31                                                     |

## Annexure-IV

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  697  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  05.02.2021  REGARDING  'CROP  DAMAGE  BY WILD ANIMALS'.

| Utilization of CAF in Madhya Pradesh (Year 2020-21)   | Utilization of CAF in Madhya Pradesh (Year 2020-21)                                                            | Utilization of CAF in Madhya Pradesh (Year 2020-21)   | Utilization of CAF in Madhya Pradesh (Year 2020-21)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                | Name of activity                                                                                               | Physical Target                                       | Expenditure (Cr) up to Jan.2021                       |
| 1                                                     | 2                                                                                                              | 3                                                     | 4                                                     |
| 1                                                     | Compensatory Afforestation maintenance (Committed Liabilities)                                                 | 30559.13 ha                                           | 20.21                                                 |
| 2                                                     | New Compensatory Afforestation                                                                                 | 3293.45 ha                                            | 30.95                                                 |
| 3                                                     | Catchment Area Treatment Plan (CATP)                                                                           | 7362.00 ha                                            | 3.77                                                  |
| 4                                                     | Maintanance of old Plantation work sanctiond under Net Present Value (Committed Liabilities)                   | 38458.44 ha                                           | 18.12                                                 |
|                                                       | Net Present Value - Artificial regeneration                                                                    |                                                       |                                                       |
| 5                                                     | Artificial regeneration                                                                                        |                                                       |                                                       |
| 5                                                     | (A) Mixed & Fuelwood Plantations under various divisions                                                       | 26271.75 ha                                           | 155.74                                                |
| 5                                                     | (B) Plantation under Protected Area                                                                            | 1858.54 ha                                            | 155.74                                                |
| 5                                                     | (C) Plantation Under State Forest Development Corporation                                                      | 2640.00 ha                                            | 155.74                                                |
| 5                                                     | (D) Greeening of Barren Hills                                                                                  | 2963.69 ha                                            | 155.74                                                |
| 5                                                     | (E) Rehabilitation of Degraded Forests                                                                         | 6194.51 ha                                            | 155.74                                                |
| 5                                                     |                                                                                                                |                                                       | 155.74                                                |
| 6                                                     | Silvicultural operations in forests Rehabilitation of Bamboo Forest &Plantations                               | 56106.56 ha                                           | 7.40                                                  |
| 7                                                     | Protection of Forests                                                                                          |                                                       |                                                       |
|                                                       | (A) Vehicle Rent &Drone etc. for Patrolling                                                                    | 475 vehicle                                           | 0.36                                                  |
|                                                       | (B) Digital Wireless System for protected areas                                                                | 5 PA                                                  | 0.36                                                  |
| 8                                                     | Forest fire prevention and control operations                                                                  | 63- Division                                          | 0.12                                                  |
| 9                                                     | Soil and moisture conservation works in the forest                                                             | 10163.28 ha                                           | 21.16                                                 |
|                                                       | Catchment Area Treatment Plan                                                                                  | 10163.28 ha                                           | 21.16                                                 |
| 10                                                    | Improvement of wildlife habitat                                                                                | 12577.20 ha                                           | 22.85                                                 |
| 11                                                    | Establishment, up-gradation and maintenance of modern nurseries and other planting stock production facilities | (11 Research& Extension centers)                      | 4.94                                                  |

| 12   | Construction, up-gradation and maintenance of inspection paths, forest roads in forest area, fire line, watch towers, check posts and timber depots.   |                                                                |        |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|      | (C) Up-gradation of infrastructure in timber depots                                                                                                    | 06 Depots                                                      |   6.53 |
|      | (D) Protection of forest - Checking Barrier, Line Quarter, Watch Tower, Patrolling Camp etc, patrolling vehicles                                       | 30-Barrier 10- Line Quarter 10- Watch Tower 20- Patroling Camp |   6.07 |
| 13   | Construction of residential and official buildings in forests for front line staffs deployed for protection of forest and wildlife.                    | 193 Building                                                   |   2    |
| 14   | Fund for disbursement of salary and allowances of members and staffs, both regular and contractual, of the State Authority                             |                                                                |   0.14 |
|      | G. Total                                                                                                                                               |                                                                | 300.36 |