Lok Sabha Question No. 811 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-07
Subject: Van Gram Vikas Yojana
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Hemant Patil

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N

## NO. 811 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2022

## Van Gram Vikas Yojna

## 811. SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL:

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

- (a) the  total  number  of  forest  villages  located  in  the  protected  areas  of  the  country  under Van Gram Vikas Yojana in the country, especially in Maharashtra;
- (b) whether the Government has received any proposal from the Government of Maharashtra  for  implementation  of  Van  Gram  Vikas  Yojana  in  Hingoli,  Nanded  and Yavatmal district of the State;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and works done in those villages under the said Yojana;
- (d) the details of funds released/used during the last three years and the current year; and
- (e) the  status  of  progress  made  and  development  done  in  these  villages  during  the  said period?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) 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  Maharashtra,  is given at Annexure.
- (b) As informed by Maharashtra State Forest Department, no proposal for implementation of Van Gram Vikas Yojana has been submitted to Government of India by the State Government.
- (c)to(e) Question does not arise.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 811 due  for  reply  on  07.02.2022  by  Shri  Hemant  Sriram  Patil  regarding  'Van  Gram  Vikas Yojana'

## Statement showing number of forest villages in various State/UT

| Sl.No                                                                                                          | State                                                                                                          | Total Number 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                                                                                                              |
| 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 |
| 16                                                                                                             | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                 | 28                                                                                                             |
| 17                                                                                                             | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                              | 03                                                                                                             |
| 18                                                                                                             | Bihar                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                              |
| 19                                                                                                             | Karnataka                                                                                                      | 102                                                                                                            |
| 20                                                                                                             | Kerala                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                              |
| 21                                                                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                                                    | 33                                                                                                             |
| 22                                                                                                             | Rajasthan                                                                                                      | 82                                                                                                             |
| 23                                                                                                             | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                     | 49                                                                                                             |
| 24                                                                                                             | Telangana                                                                                                      | 37                                                                                                             |

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