Lok Sabha Question No. 5206 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Targets sets under Green India Mission
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Kotagiri Sridhar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5206

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2022

## Targets sets under Green India Mission

## 5206.  SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI:

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

- (a) the details of afforestation targets set under the National Mission for a Green India;
- (b) the  details  of  funds  allocated  and  utilised  under  the  National  Mission  for  a  Green India during the last three years, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government carried any review of the implementation of the Mission and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  States  have  achieved  the  targets  set  as  per  the  Mission  and  if  so,  the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to further expand the Scheme and encourage all States and Union Territories to join the Mission?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a)  &(b)  National  Mission  for  a  Green  India  (GIM)  is  one  of  the  eight  Missions  under  the National  Action  Plan  on  Climate  Change.  It  aims  at  protecting,  restoring  and enhancing India's forest cover and responding to Climate Change. The target under the Mission is 10 m ha on forest and non-forest landsfor increasing theforest/tree cover and to improve the quality of existing forest. The detail of state wise funds released and utilized under the National Mission for a Green India during the last three years is given in Annexure-1.
- (c) The Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO), NITI Aayog, Government of India, has conducted the Evaluation of National Mission for a Green India in 2020-21 on aspects such as Relevance, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Sustainability, Impacts and Equity within the scheme and has further recommended the continuation of scheme.
- (d)  &  (e)  The  State-wise  details  of  targets  and  its  achievements  regarding  the  creation  of plantationis given in Annexure-II . All the states are being encouraged for participating in implementing GIM.

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Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to parts (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 5206 due for reply on 04.04.2022 by Shri Sridhar Kotagiri regarding 'Targets sets under Green India Mission' Year wise and State wise funds allocated and utilized (as per utilization certificates furnished by the States) under GIM during the last three years:

Rs in Crores

| S. No              | States   | FY 2018-19   | FY 2018-19   | FY 2019-20   | FY 2019-20   | FY 2020-21   | FY 2020-21   |
|--------------------|----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| S. No              | States   | Allocated    | Utilized     | Allocated    | Utilized     | Allocated    | Utilized     |
| 1 Andhra Pradesh   | 2.67     | -            |              | -            | -            | -            | 2.67         |
| 2 Chhattisgarh     | 5.36     |              | 5.36         | 5.04         | 5.04         | 1.66         | 1.31         |
| 3 Himachal Pradesh | -        | -            | -            | -            |              | 17.09        | -            |
| Jammu &Kashmir     | -        | -            | -            | -            | 25.73        | -            | 4            |
| Karnataka          | 1.62     | 1.81         | 2.21         | 2.21         | 2.35         | 2.35         | 5            |
| Kerala             | -        | -            | 16.32        | -            | -            | 0.73         | 6            |
| Manipur            | 4.89     | 4.89         | 4.16         | 4.03         | 6.74         | 6.74         | 7            |
| Mizoram            | 22.36    | 22.36        | 17.71        | 17.71        | 2.99         | 2.99         | 8            |
| Odisha             | 4.74     | 4.74         | 14.19        | 10.63        | 26.01        | 18.51        | 9            |
| Punjab             | 0.00     | -            | 3.19         | -            | -            | 3.92         | 10           |
| 11 Uttarakhand     | -        | 11.30        | -            | 8.91         | 27.89        | 24.73        |              |
| 12 Madhya Pradesh  | 24.16    | 9.76         | 30.65        | 19.76        | -            | 24.86        |              |
| 13 Maharashtra     | 10.30    | 7.65         | -            | -            | -            | -            |              |
| 14 Sikkim          | 3.32     | 3.32         | 3.12         | 3.07         | 2.19         | 2.08         |              |
| 15 West Bengal     | -        | -            | 9.43         | -            | -            | -            |              |
| Total              |          | 79.43        | 71.19        | 106.01 71.35 |              | 112.65       | 90.89        |

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## Annexure-II

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 5206 due for reply on 04.04.2022 by Shri Sridhar Kotagiri regarding 'Targets sets under Green

India Mission' State wise targets and achievements done under Green India Mission from FY 2015-16 to

## 2020-21

| S. No.   | States           |   Advance work Target (ha) | Creation of Plantation Achievement (ha)   |
|----------|------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh   |                       2737 | 1433                                      |
| 2.       | Chhattisgarh     |                      20191 | 19128                                     |
| 3.       | Himachal Pradesh |                       5480 | -                                         |
| 4.       | Jammu &Kashmir   |                       5680 | -                                         |
| 5.       | Karnataka        |                       1920 | 1920                                      |
| 6.       | Kerala           |                      12298 | 9015                                      |
| 7.       | Madhya Pradesh   |                      23358 | 19470                                     |
| 8.       | Maharashtra      |                       6766 | 5224                                      |
| 9.       | Manipur          |                      16920 | 11740                                     |
| 10.      | Mizoram          |                      19643 | 19643                                     |
| 11.      | Odisha           |                      16634 | 16634                                     |
| 12.      | Punjab           |                       4304 | 4304                                      |
| 13.      | Sikkim           |                       1509 | 1509                                      |
| 14.      | Uttarakhand      |                      11045 | 7483                                      |
| 15.      | West Bengal      |                      18666 | -                                         |
|          | Total            |                     167151 | 117503                                    |

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