Lok Sabha Question No. 5180 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Plantation of Sapling
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Hemant Patil

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

## LOKSABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO. 5180

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.04.2022

## Plantation of Sapling

## 5180. SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL:

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

- (a)   whether the Government ensures that new saplings are planted to replace the trees cut in the rural areas;
- (b)   if so, the number of saplings planted during the last three years and the current year State-wise; and
- (c)   the details of the amount spent during the current year, State-wise and year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Compensatory afforestation is one of the conditions against the forest land diverted and trees affected thereof, for which prior approval of the Central Government is accorded under Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. In addition, State Forest Department also carry our afforestation in Gram samaj land on the request of concerned Gram Sabha.
- (b) The number of saplings planted under the Compensatory Afforestation during the last three years and the current year, State-wise is given in Annexure-I.
- (c) Amount spent during the current year, State-wise and year-wise is given in Annexure-II.

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Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to part (b)of the Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 5180 due  for  reply  on  04.04.2022  by  Shri  Hemant  Sriram  Patil,  regarding  'Plantation  of Sapling' State-wise number of saplings planted during the last three years (2018-19, 2019-20 and

2020-21) and the current year (2021-22).

| Sl. No.   | State                   |   2018-2019 |   2019-2020 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|-----------|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Island |         610 |           0 |         0 |         0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh          |     2224141 |     9706162 |   2899662 |   2476269 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh       |     5592200 |     9706070 |         0 |         0 |
| 4         | Assam                   |     3039180 |     4578345 |   2129800 |         0 |
| 5         | Bihar                   |     2976696 |     2494000 |   9466707 |    214656 |
| 6         | Chandigarh              |        8820 |       10500 |     14000 |       790 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh            |     6293402 |     2143784 |   2186583 |   1121100 |
| 8         | Delhi                   |           0 |           0 |     55343 |     26763 |
| 9         | Goa                     |       13000 |       60000 |    265000 |    380000 |
| 10        | Gujarat                 |     1051006 |     2213578 |   1201792 |   5128919 |
| 11        | Haryana                 |     2185726 |      592850 |   2208300 |   3154100 |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh        |     1788712 |     1313977 |   1837832 |   1206463 |
| 13        | Jammu &Kashmir (UT)     |     3088000 |     4784000 |   6778000 |   1006000 |
| 14        | Jharkhand               |     3363707 |     7336042 |   6083259 |   6540973 |
| 15        | Karnataka               |    13528508 |     3416576 |   6545648 |   4678480 |
| 16        | Kerala                  |       76592 |           0 |    473148 |    503392 |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh          |    11617740 |    12673086 |  14610467 |  22654602 |
| 18        | Maharashtra             |     2322390 |    13172654 |    652809 |    441849 |
| 19        | Manipur                 |     3572426 |      175000 |  49299604 |   2446750 |
| 20        | Meghalaya               |           0 |           0 |    750959 |         0 |
| 21        | Mizoram                 |      381416 |           0 |   1910150 |   1434158 |
| 22        | Odisha                  |           0 |     9820590 |  14841020 |  14621146 |
| 23        | Punjab                  |     3095790 |     4972480 |   3912493 |   4306695 |
| 24        | Rajasthan               |     2807277 |     3047421 |   3692578 |   4166530 |
| 25        | Sikkim                  |      139200 |      348807 |    863147 |   1183973 |
| 26        | Tamil Nadu              |       25820 |        1440 |         0 |         0 |
| 27        | Telangana               |     4610918 |     5434008 |   9128402 |  15998735 |
| 28        | Tripura                 |      250619 |      626978 |    661929 |    856070 |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh           |    10894166 |    18722833 |  16057186 |  28719028 |
| 30        | Uttarakhand             |     4401164 |     5546175 |   3830008 |   2890008 |
| 31        | West Bengal             |      503217 |      708775 |    497761 |   1012210 |
|           | Total                   |    89852443 |   123606131 | 162853587 | 127169659 |

Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply to part (c)of the Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 5180 due  for  reply  on  04.04.2022  by  Shri  Hemant  Sriram  Patil,  regarding  'Plantation  of Sapling'

## State-wise details of the amount spent for planting the samplings during the current year (2021-22).

| Sl. No.   | State                   | 2021-22            | 2021-22                   |
|-----------|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State                   | Number of saplings | Expenditure (Rs.in crore) |
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Island | 0                  | 0.00                      |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh          | 2476269            | 16.47                     |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh       | 0                  | 0.00                      |
| 4         | Assam                   | 0                  | 0.00                      |
| 5         | Bihar                   | 214656             | 0.00                      |
| 6         | Chandigarh              | 790                | 0.00                      |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh            | 1121100            | 1.44                      |
| 8         | Delhi                   | 26763              | 0.21                      |
| 9         | Goa                     | 380000             | 1.39                      |
| 10        | Gujarat                 | 5128919            | 46.12                     |
| 11        | Haryana                 | 3154100            | 55.68                     |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh        | 1206463            | 6.38                      |
| 13        | Jammu &Kashmir (UT)     | 1006000            | 20.14                     |
| 14        | Jharkhand               | 6540973            | 18.60                     |
| 15        | Karnataka               | 4678480            | 55.36                     |
| 16        | Kerala                  | 503392             | 0.00                      |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh          | 22654602           | 19.18                     |
| 18        | Maharashtra             | 441849             | 15.32                     |
| 19        | Manipur                 | 2446750            | 4.61                      |
| 20        | Meghalaya               | 0                  | 0.00                      |
| 21        | Mizoram                 | 1434158            | 3.47                      |
| 22        | Odisha                  | 14621146           | 136.99                    |
| 23        | Punjab                  | 4306695            | 13.12                     |
| 24        | Rajasthan               | 4166530            | 25.87                     |
| 25        | Sikkim                  | 1183973            | 10.88                     |
| 26        | Tamil Nadu              | 0                  | 0.00                      |
| 27        | Telangana               | 15998735           | 51.43                     |
| 28        | Tripura                 | 856070             | 1.00                      |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh           | 28719028           | 134.61                    |
| 30        | Uttarakhand             | 2890008            | 13.53                     |
| 31        | West Bengal             | 1012210            | 2.00                      |
|           | Total                   | 127169659          | 653.80                    |

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