Lok Sabha Question No. 3493 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: Green India Mission
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao, Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3493 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2021

## Green India Mission

## 3493. SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN: SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

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

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  Government  had  launched  Green  India  Mission  for protecting, restoring and enhancing India's diminishing forest cover and for responding to climate change in 2014, with an outlay of Rs. 60,000 crore and if so, the details of the Mission;
- (b) whether it is also a fact that the Government has allocated proportionate funds during each of the previous financial years and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the major works undertaken in each State out of the funds allocated and their visible effect on ground;
- (d) whether it is also a fact that the Government proposes to revisit the Mission to fine tune it to achieve physical progress on ground; and
- (e) if so, the time by which the final decision in this regard is likely to be taken?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c) The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change supports the States/Union Territories for carrying out afforestation activities through Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely National Mission for a Green  India (GIM).  It  aims  at  protecting,  restoring  and enhancing  India's  forest  cover  and  responding  to  climate  change.  GIM  is  being implemented in convergence with ongoing afforestation schemes of the Ministry namely National Afforestation Programme and funds under CAMPA, and afforestation schemes of  line  ministries  namely  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme, Sub-Mission on Agroforestry, National Bamboo Mission, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana etc. and State Plan Schemes.  Activities under GIM were started in the year 2015-16 with a financial outlay of Rs. 46,000 crores over the period of ten years. So far, a sum of Rs. 455.75 crore has been released to fourteen states and one union territory during the period 2015-16 to 2020-21 and afforestation activities were taken up over an area  of  117757  ha  and  Alternative  fuel  energy  devices  has  been  distributed  to  33,099 households. The funds released during the last six years are given in Annexure-1 and the State  wise  details  of  the  afforestation  undertaken  and  distribution  of  alternative  fuel energy devices is placed at Annexure-2 .
- (d) &  (e)  The  Ministry  has  undertaken  the  revision  of  Mission  document  based  on  the learnings  and  experiences  gained  during  the  implementation  and  to  contribute  towards achieving national goals and international commitments.

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## Fund released during the last five years under National Mission for a Green India:

| Sl. No.   | Financial year   |   Fund released ( in Rupees crore) |
|-----------|------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1         | 2015-16          |                              70.09 |
| 2         | 2016-17          |                              41.26 |
| 3         | 2017-18          |                              46.3  |
| 4         | 2018-19          |                              79.43 |
| 5         | 2019-20          |                             106.02 |
| 6         | 2020-21          |                             112.65 |
|           | Total            |                             455.75 |

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The State wise detail of the afforestation undertaken and distribution of alternative fuel energy devices during the period 2015-16 to 2020-21:

|                  | Afforestation     | ( in Hectare)   | ( in Hectare)   | Alternative fuel energy devices (in number)   | Alternative fuel energy devices (in number)   |
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| S. No.           | Name of the State | Target          | Achievements    | Target                                        | Achievements                                  |
| 1                | Andhra Pradesh    | 2737            | 1433            | 1246                                          | -                                             |
| 2 Chhattisgarh   |                   | 20191           | 19128           | 5908                                          | 5908                                          |
| Karnataka        | 1920              |                 | 1920            | 1252                                          | 1252                                          |
| Kerala           | 12297.77          |                 | 9015            | 12129 6697                                    | 3 4                                           |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 23358             | 19470           | 6066            | 1123                                          | 5                                             |
| Maharashtra      | 6766              | 5223            | 7362            | 5326                                          | 6                                             |
| Manipur          | 16920             | 11740           | 3057            | -                                             | 7                                             |
| Mizoram          | 19643             | 19643           | 20400           | -                                             | 8                                             |
| Odisha           | 16634.4           | 16634.4         | 6300            | 6200                                          | 9                                             |
| Punjab           | 4304              | 4304            | 200             | -                                             | 10                                            |
| Sikkim           | 1509.2            | 1509.2          | 1310            | 670                                           | 11                                            |
| Uttarakhand      | 11045             | 7738            | 8787            | 5923                                          | 12                                            |
| West Bengal      | 18666             | -               |                 | - -                                           | 13                                            |
| Himachal Pradesh | 5480              | -               | 5366            | -                                             | 14                                            |
| Jammu &Kashmir   |                   |                 |                 | 1665 -                                        |                                               |
| (UT) Total       | 5680 167151       |                 | -               | 81048 33099                                   | 15 117757                                     |

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