Lok Sabha Question No. 3257 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Van Grams
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Vijay Baghel, Sunil Kumar Soni, Arun Sao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 3257

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2021

## VAN GRAMS

†3257. SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI: SHRI ARUN SAO:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)   the number of Van Grams located in the protected areas of the country under Gram Vikas Yojna in the tribal areas State-wise/Union Territory-wise including Chhattisgarh; and;
- (b)  details of the funds sought by the State Governments for the developmental works of the said Grams during the last three years and the current year, fund-wise and State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has sanctioned the said funds; and
- (d)  if so, the State-wise/year-wise details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)

(a) to(d) The Ministry of Tribal Affairs had implemented a programme from 2005-06 to 2011-12 as a one-time  measure  for  integrated  development  of  forest  villages  with  a  view  to  raise  the  Human Development Index (HDI) of the inhabitants of the forest villages and for providing basic facilities and services in 2,847 forest villages/habitations that were covered under the scheme spread over twelve States in the  country.  The  programme was implemented  as a part of the Special Area  Programme 'Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Plan'. The programme included infrastructure works relating to basic services and facilities viz., approach roads, healthcare, primary education, minor irrigation, rain water harvesting, drinking water, sanitation, community halls etc. and activities related to income generation. The number of the forest villages in forest areas and villages inside the core/critical tiger habitat in the country, State-wise, including Chhattisgarh, is given at Annexure 1 . Components funded under the programme 'Development of forest villages' are covered under other schemes of Ministry of  Tribal  Affairs  particularly  Special  Central  Assistance  to  Tribal  Sub-Scheme  (SCA  to  TSS), Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) and Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution of India. The details of fund released to the States under these programmes during the last three years and the current year is given in Annexure 2 . The details of funds released / utilized under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger during last three years and the current year, State-wise including Chhattisgarh is given at Annexure 3.

## The statement referred to in reply to the part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3257 due for reply on 9.08.2021

Statement showing number of forest villages in various State/UT

| S.N.                                                                                                           | State                                                                                                          | TotalNo. of Villages                                                                                           |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                                                                                                              | Assam                                                                                                          | 499                                                                                                            |
| 2                                                                                                              | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                   | 425                                                                                                            |
| 3                                                                                                              | Goa                                                                                                            | 52                                                                                                             |
| 4                                                                                                              | Gujarat                                                                                                        | 196                                                                                                            |
| 5                                                                                                              | HimachalPradesh                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                              |
| 6                                                                                                              | Jharkhand                                                                                                      | 24                                                                                                             |
| 7                                                                                                              | MadhyaPradesh                                                                                                  | 893                                                                                                            |
| 8                                                                                                              | Meghalaya                                                                                                      | 23                                                                                                             |
| 9                                                                                                              | Mizoram                                                                                                        | 85                                                                                                             |
| 10                                                                                                             | Odisha                                                                                                         | 20                                                                                                             |
| 11                                                                                                             | Tripura                                                                                                        | 62                                                                                                             |
| 12                                                                                                             | Uttarakhand                                                                                                    | 61                                                                                                             |
| 13                                                                                                             | UttarPradesh                                                                                                   | 13                                                                                                             |
| 14                                                                                                             | WestBengal                                                                                                     | 170                                                                                                            |
| 15                                                                                                             | Lakshadweep                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                              |
| A                                                                                                              | Subtotal                                                                                                       | 2,513                                                                                                          |
| Information available for number of villages only for core/critical Tiger Reserve area in the following States | Information available for number of villages only for core/critical Tiger Reserve area in the following States | Information available for number of villages only for core/critical Tiger Reserve area in the following States |
| S.No.                                                                                                          | State                                                                                                          | No. of villages inside the core/critical tiger habitat                                                         |
| 16                                                                                                             | AndhraPradesh                                                                                                  | 28                                                                                                             |
| 17                                                                                                             | ArunachalPradesh                                                                                               | 3                                                                                                              |
| 18                                                                                                             | Bihar                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                              |
| 19                                                                                                             | Karnataka                                                                                                      | 102                                                                                                            |
| 20                                                                                                             | Kerala                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                              |
| 21                                                                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                                                    | 33                                                                                                             |
| 22                                                                                                             | Rajasthan                                                                                                      | 82                                                                                                             |
| 23                                                                                                             | TamilNadu                                                                                                      | 49                                                                                                             |
| 24                                                                                                             | Telangana                                                                                                      | 37                                                                                                             |
| B                                                                                                              | Subtotal                                                                                                       | 3,34                                                                                                           |
| GrandTotal(A+B)                                                                                                | GrandTotal(A+B)                                                                                                | 2,847                                                                                                          |

The statement referred to in reply to the part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3257 due for reply on 9.08.2021

## Statement showing State wise funds released under Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub Plan (SCA to TSS) during 2018-19 to 2021-22

(Rs. in lakh)

| S. No.   | States            |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 (as on 05.08.2021) |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |   5617.39 |  12470.5  |   4954.96 |                            0 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |   2211.83 |   9224.29 |   7015.5  |                            0 |
| 3        | Assam             |      0    |   2710.08 |   4578.76 |                            0 |
| 4        | Bihar             |      0    |      0    |    994    |                            0 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |  10342.6  |   9415.53 |   8769.06 |                            0 |
| 6        | Goa               |    352.31 |      0    |    724.26 |                            0 |
| 7        | Gujarat           |  11765.4  |   8975.55 |  10786.4  |                            0 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  |   3628    |   2394.18 |   1367    |                            0 |
| 9        | J&K               |   3749.8  |   4509    |      0    |                            0 |
| 10       | Jharkhand         |   8564.52 |   6201.49 |   7049.64 |                            0 |
| 11       | Karnataka         |   5347.76 |   7434    |      0    |                            0 |
| 12       | Kerala            |    335    |      0    |    459.15 |                            0 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    |  16969    |  13415.2  |      0    |                            0 |
| 14       | Maharashtra       |  13802.6  |  11929.1  |      0    |                            0 |
| 15       | Manipur           |   5442.48 |   1434.02 |      0    |                            0 |
| 16       | Meghalaya         |   2739.2  |   3788    |    328.25 |                            0 |
| 17       | Mizoram           |   1220    |   3140    |   1236.22 |                            0 |
| 18       | Nagaland          |   3225    |   2951.12 |   2846.14 |                            0 |
| 19       | Odisha            |  17553.2  |   8691.18 |   9010.42 |                            0 |
| 20       | Rajasthan         |  10327.9  |  11461.4  |   8662.66 |                            0 |
| 21       | Sikkim            |      0    |      0    |      0    |                            0 |
| 22       | Tamilnadu         |    315    |    450.56 |    377.47 |                            0 |
| 23       | Telangana         |   2850.32 |   5361.29 |   4191    |                            0 |
| 24       | Tripura           |   1294.38 |   1362.97 |   1173.3  |                            0 |
| 25       | Uttarakhand       |   1012.88 |    600    |    757.8  |                            0 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     |      0    |    779.91 |    508.83 |                            0 |
| 27       | West Bengal       |   5833.41 |   5862.58 |   3746    |                            0 |
|          | Total             | 134500    | 134562    |  79536.8  |                            0 |

(Rs. in lakh)

| S.No.   | Name of State   |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 (as on 05.08.2021) |
|---------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh  |   1837    |   3713.43 |   1245.51 |                            0 |
| 2       | A &NIslands     |      0    |      0    |      0    |                            0 |
| 3       | Bihar           |      0    |      0    |      0    |                            0 |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh    |   1051.5  |   1311.35 |    989.32 |                            0 |
| 5       | Gujarat         |    604    |    429.05 |    552.2  |                            0 |
| 6       | Jharkhand       |   3295.79 |    847    |   1777.29 |                            0 |
| 7       | Karnataka       |    460    |   1933.01 |    438.46 |                            0 |
| 8       | Kerala          |      0    |      0    |     88    |                            0 |
| 9       | Madhya Pradesh  |   7998.09 |   8064.89 |   2188.11 |                            0 |
| 10      | Maharashtra     |   1230.26 |   2510    |   1411.66 |                            0 |
| 11      | Manipur         |   1157.55 |      0    |      0    |                            0 |
| 12      | Odisha          |   3626    |    976.38 |   1202    |                            0 |
| 13      | Rajasthan       |   1008    |    968.1  |    968    |                            0 |
| 14      | Tamil Nadu      |      0    |    819.48 |    551.08 |                            0 |
| 15      | Telangana       |    533    |    538.5  |   1460.5  |                            0 |
| 16      | Tripura         |    789.53 |   1960.82 |    231.43 |                            0 |
| 17      | Uttar Pradesh   |      0    |      0    |     82.04 |                            0 |
| 18      | Uttarakhand     |    565.86 |    489.53 |    295    |                            0 |
| 19      | West Bengal     |    843.42 |    437.47 |    519.4  |                            0 |
|         | Grand Total     |  25000    |  24999    |  14000    |                            0 |

Statement  showing  State  wise  funds  released  under  Grants  under  Article  275(1)  of  the Constitution during 2018-19 to 2021-22 (Rs. in lakh)

| S. No.   | Name of States      | 2018-19   | 2019-20    | 2020-21   |   2021-22 (as on 05.08.2021) |
|----------|---------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh      | 6390.77   | 8942.43    | 2055.55   |                            0 |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh   | 12170.52  | 13202.25   | 6014.00   |                            0 |
| 3.       | Assam               | 3916.32   | 10802.85   | 4592.37   |                            0 |
| 4.       | Bihar               | 0.00      | 0.00       | 0.00      |                            0 |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh        | 11352.92  | 22500.77   | 9976.24   |                            0 |
| 6.       | Goa                 | 345.66    | 0.00       | 0.00      |                            0 |
| 7.       | Gujarat             | 11648.20  | 16833.88   | 5940.04   |                            0 |
| 8.       | Himachal Pradesh    | 3378.16   | 5314.70    | 1161.00   |                            0 |
| 9.       | Jammu &Kashmir      | 2051.79   | 5410.00    | 0.00      |                            0 |
| 10.      | Jharkhand           | 7354.30   | 11166.77   | 10278.00  |                            0 |
| 11.      | Karnataka           | 5220.61   | 10435.46   | 3305.68   |                            0 |
| 12.      | Kerala              | 472.28    | 633.29     | 0.00      |                            0 |
| 13.      | Madhya Pradesh      | 24635.30  | 44938.92   | 4279.78   |                            0 |
| 14.      | Maharashtra         | 17015.91  | 23136.70   | 4573.16   |                            0 |
| 15.      | Manipur             | 5367.645  | 6151.91    | 0.00      |                            0 |
| 16.      | Meghalaya           | 5129.79   | 4799.53    | 492.71    |                            0 |
| 17.      | Mizoram             | 3507.71   | 6598.83    | 1909.71   |                            0 |
| 18.      | Nagaland            | 9194.485  | 6802.11    | 1717.38   |                            0 |
| 19.      | Odisha              | 21449.15  | 15110.66   | 6304.62   |                            0 |
| 20.      | Rajasthan           | 13769.23  | 15586.19   | 9166.00   |                            0 |
| 21.      | Sikkim              | 355.34    | 3175.35    | 516.00    |                            0 |
| 22.      | Tamil Nadu          | 773.57    | 6356.07    | 0.00      |                            0 |
| 23.      | Telangana           | 3248.89   | 9973.28    | 2517.00   |                            0 |
| 24.      | Tripura             | 2006.73   | 2952.63    | 201.74    |                            0 |
| 25.      | Uttar Pradesh       | 252.43    | 2760.71    | 927.426   |                            0 |
| 26.      | Uttarakhand         | 1255.265  | 428.37     | 0.00      |                            0 |
| 27.      | West Bengal         | 9235.725  | 12127.17   | 4041.14   |                            0 |
| 28.      | Dadra& Nagar Haveli | -         | -          | -         |                            0 |
|          |                     | 181498.70 | 266140.832 | 79969.55  |                            0 |

The statement referred to in reply to the part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3257 due for reply on 9.08.2021

State Wise STC Expenditure for scheme-Project Tiger (Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change) for FY- 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22(as on 01-Aug-2021)

| SNO.   | State          | FY 2018-19                  | FY 2019-20                  | FY 2020-21                  | FY 2021-22 (1 April 2021 to 01 Aug 2021)   |
|--------|----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|        |                | Expenditure (Rs. in Crores) | Expenditure (Rs. in Crores) | Expenditure (Rs. in Crores) | Expenditure (Rs. in Crores)                |
| 1      | ANDHRA PRADESH | --                          | 0.09                        | 0.14                        | --                                         |
| 2      | CHHATTISGARH   | 0.67                        | 1.79                        | 1.86                        | --                                         |
| 3      | KERALA         | 0.22                        | --                          | 0.27                        | --                                         |
| 4      | MADHYA PRADESH | 10.64                       | 14.17                       | 9.95                        | --                                         |
| 5      | MAHARASHTRA    | 3.42                        | 7.22                        | 9.04                        | --                                         |
| 6      | ODISHA         | 0.51                        | 5.21                        | 2.37                        | --                                         |
| 7      | RAJASTHAN      | 0.45                        | 0.72                        | 0.75                        | --                                         |
| 8      | TELANGANA      | 0.36                        | 0.24                        | 0.26                        | 0.04                                       |
| 9      | UTTAR PRADESH  | 0.47                        | --                          | 0.57                        | --                                         |
| 10     | WEST BENGAL    | 0.26                        | 0.43                        | 0.14                        | --                                         |
| 11     | BIHAR          | --                          | 0.42                        | 0.56                        | --                                         |
| 12     | CHHATTISGARH   | --                          | --                          | --                          | --                                         |
| 13     | JHARKHAND      | --                          | 0.69                        | 0.52                        | --                                         |
| 14     | KARNATAKA      | --                          | 0.84                        | 1.66                        | 0.47                                       |
| 15     | KERALA         | --                          | 0.44                        | --                          | --                                         |
| 16     | TAMIL NADU     | --                          | 0.45                        | 0.85                        | 0.21                                       |
| 17     | UTTAR PRADESH  | --                          | 0.93                        | --                          | --                                         |
| 18     | UTTARAKHAND    | --                          | 1.35                        | 1.06                        | --                                         |
|        | Total          | 17.00                       | 34.99                       | 30.00                       | 0.72                                       |

Note:  * Provisional figures

Data Source: STC- MIS portal.

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