Lok Sabha Question No. 1903 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-14
Subject: Death due to Snake Bite
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Rajmohan Unnithan

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1903

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 14.03.2022

## Death due to Snake Bite

## 1903.  SHRI RAJMOHAN UNNITHAN:

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

- (a) the details of forest area, forest force strength, IFS officers strength, number of forest divisions, State-wise;
- (b) the number of forest employees killed and injured due to wild animal attack and attack from poachers during the last three years, State/UT-wise details thereof and year-wise;
- (c) the details of death due to snake bite during the last three years, State/UT-wise and year-wise; and
- (d) whether there  is  any  compensation  scheme  from  Central  Government  in  snake  bite incident cases and if not, the reason therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c) The details of recorded forest area, IFS cadre strength and number of forest divisions are  placed  at  Annexure  I,  II  and  III  respectively.  The  remaining  information  is  not collated at the level of the Ministry.
- (d) The  Ministry  does  not  have  any  compensation  scheme  for  snake  bite  incidents. However, the Ministry provides financial assistance to States/UTs under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Development of Wildlife Habitats. This includes compensation for loss of life and property by wild animals. The management of forests and wildlife is under the administrative domain of States/Union Territories.

Annexure I

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a), (b) and (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.  1903 due for answer on 14.03.2022 regarding 'Death Due To Snake Bite'

## Recorded Forest Area (RFA) in States/UTs as per ISFR-2021

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(Area in square kilometre)

| Sl. No.   | State/ UT                           | Geographica l   | RFA (in different categories)   | RFA (in different categories)   | RFA (in different categories)   | Total RFA (2021)   |
|-----------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/ UT                           | Area (GA)       | Reserved Forest                 | Protected Forest                | Unclassed Forests*              | Total RFA (2021)   |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh                      | 1,62,968        | 31,959                          | 5,069                           | 230                             | 37,258             |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh                   | 83,743          | 12,371                          | 11,857                          | 27,312                          | 51,540             |
| 3.        | Assam                               | 78,438          | 17,864                          | 0                               | 8,972                           | 26,836             |
| 4.        | Bihar                               | 94,163          | 693                             | 6,183                           | 566                             | 7,442              |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh                        | 1,35,192        | 25,897                          | 24,036                          | 9,883                           | 59,816             |
| 6.        | Delhi                               | 1,483           | 78                              | 25                              | 0                               | 103                |
| 7.        | Goa                                 | 3,702           | 119                             | 755                             | 397                             | 1,271              |
| 8.        | Gujarat                             | 196,244         | 14,574                          | 2,898                           | 4,398                           | 21,870             |
| 9.        | Haryana                             | 44,212          | 249                             | 1,158                           | 152                             | 1,559              |
| 10.       | Himachal Pradesh                    | 55,673          | 1,883                           | 28,887                          | 7,178                           | 37,948             |
| 11.       | Jharkhand                           | 79,716          | 4,500                           | 18,922                          | 1,696                           | 25,118             |
| 12.       | Karnataka                           | 191,791         | 28,690                          | 3,931                           | 5,663                           | 38,284             |
| 13.       | Kerala                              | 38,852          | 11,522                          | 0                               | 0                               | 11,522             |
| 14.       | Madhya Pradesh                      | 3,08,252        | 61,886                          | 31,098                          | 1,705                           | 94,689             |
| 15.       | Maharashtra                         | 3,07,713        | 50,865                          | 6,433                           | 4,654                           | 61,952             |
| 16.       | Manipur                             | 22,327          | 984                             | 3,254                           | 13,180                          | 17,418             |
| 17.       | Meghalaya                           | 22,429          | 1,113                           | 12                              | 8,371                           | 9,496              |
| 18.       | Mizoram                             | 21,081          | 4,499                           | 1,823                           | 1,157                           | 7,479              |
| 19.       | Nagaland                            | 16,579          | 234                             | 0                               | 8,389                           | 8,623              |
| 20.       | Odisha                              | 1,55,707        | 36,049                          | 25,133                          | 22                              | 61,204             |
| 21.       | Punjab                              | 50,362          | 44                              | 1,137                           | 1,903                           | 3,084              |
| 22.       | Rajasthan                           | 3,42,239        | 12,176                          | 18,543                          | 2,144                           | 32,863             |
| 23.       | Sikkim                              | 7,096           | 5,452                           | 389                             | 0                               | 5,841              |
| 24.       | Tamil Nadu                          | 1,30,060        | 20,523                          | 1,053                           | 1,612                           | 23,188             |
| 25.       | Telangana                           | 1,12,077        | 25,800                          | 1,592                           | 296                             | 27,688             |
| 26.       | Tripura                             | 10,486          | 3,588                           | 2                               | 2,704                           | 6,294              |
| 27.       | Uttar Pradesh**                     | 2,40,928        | 11,560                          | 296                             | 5,528                           | 17,384             |
| 28.       | Uttarakhand                         | 53,483          | 26,547                          | 9,885                           | 1,568                           | 38,000             |
| 29.       | West Bengal                         | 88,752          | 7,054                           | 3,772                           | 1,053                           | 11,879             |
| 30.       | A &NIslands                         | 8,249           | 5,613                           | 1,558                           | 0                               | 7,171              |
| 31.       | Chandigarh                          | 114             | 32                              | 0                               | 3                               | 35                 |
| 32.       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 602             | 203                             | 5                               | 6                               | 21 4               |
| 33.       | Jammu& Kashmir Shape file Area***   | 2,22,236        | 17,648                          | 2,551                           | 0                               | 20,199             |

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|         |                                      | Geographica l   | RFA (in different categories)   | RFA (in different categories)   | RFA (in different categories)   | Total RFA (2021)   |
|---------|--------------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------|
| Sl. No. | State/ UT                            | Area (GA)       | Reserved Forest                 | Protected Forest                | Unclassed Forests*              |                    |
|         | (54,624)                             |                 |                                 |                                 |                                 |                    |
| 34.     | Ladakh Shape file Area*** (1,68,055) |                 | 7                               | 0                               | 0                               | 7                  |
| 35.     | Lakshadweep                          | 30              | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                  |
| 36.     | Puducherry                           | 490             | 0                               | 2                               | 11                              | 13                 |
| Total   | Total                                | 32,87,469       | 4,42,276                        | 2,12,259                        | 1,20,753                        | 7,75,288           |

Source: State/UT Forest Departments

- *Unclassed Forest includes all forest other than Reserve Forest and Protected Forest as reported by State/UTs Forest Departments.
- **In case of Uttar Pradesh, the RFA excludes 9,662.764 km of linear plantations along Road, Railway line and Canal.
- ***Area of shape file provided by Survey of India (August, 2021). Notified geographical areas for individual UTs from SOI are awaited.

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a), (b) and (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.  1903 due for answer on 14.03.2022 regarding 'Death Due To Snake Bite'

IFS Cadre Strength in States/Cadre

| S. No   | NAMEOF THE STATE/CADRE   |   Total Strength |
|---------|--------------------------|------------------|
| 1       | AGMUT                    |              300 |
| 2       | ANDHRA PRADESH           |               82 |
| 3       | ASSAM-MEGHALAYA          |              142 |
| 4       | BIHAR                    |               74 |
| 5       | CHHATISGARH              |              153 |
| 6       | GUJARAT                  |              125 |
| 7       | HARYANA                  |               58 |
| 8       | HIMACHAL PRADESH         |              114 |
| 9       | JHARKHAND                |              142 |
| 10      | KARNATAKA                |              164 |
| 11      | KERALA                   |              107 |
| 12      | MADHYAPRADESH            |              296 |
| 13      | MAHARASHTRA              |              206 |
| 14      | MANIPUR                  |               58 |
| 15      | NAGALAND                 |               45 |
| 16      | ODISHA                   |              141 |
| 17      | PUNJAB                   |               61 |
| 18      | RAJASTHAN                |              145 |
| 19      | SIKKIM                   |               30 |
| 20      | TAMIL NADU               |              152 |
| 21      | TELANGANA                |               81 |
| 22      | TRIPURA                  |               60 |
| 23      | UTTAR PRADESH            |              217 |
| 24      | UTTRAKHAND               |              112 |
| 25      | WEST BENGAL              |              126 |
|         | TOTAL                    |             3191 |

## Annexure III

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a), (b) and (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.  1903 due for answer on 14.03.2022 regarding 'Death Due To Snake Bite'

## Number of Forest Divisions in States/UTs

| State Name          |   Number of Divisions |
|---------------------|-----------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar |                    10 |
| Andhra Pradesh      |                    51 |
| Arunachal Pradesh   |                    39 |
| Assam               |                    67 |
| Bihar               |                    22 |
| Chandigarh          |                     2 |
| Chhattisgarh        |                    48 |
| Dadar& Nagar Haveli |                     2 |
| Daman and Diu       |                     1 |
| Delhi               |                     5 |
| Goa                 |                    11 |
| Gujarat             |                    60 |
| Haryana             |                    28 |
| Himachal Pradesh    |                    45 |
| Jammu and Kashmir   |                    67 |
| Jharkhand           |                    44 |
| Karnataka           |                    66 |
| Kerala              |                    37 |
| Ladakh              |                     8 |
| Madhya Pradesh      |                    82 |
| Maharashtra         |                    70 |
| Manipur             |                    22 |
| Meghalaya           |                     4 |
| Mizoram             |                    17 |
| Nagaland            |                     9 |
| Orissa              |                    52 |
| Pondicherry         |                     2 |
| Punjab              |                    21 |
| Rajasthan           |                    93 |
| Sikkim              |                    46 |
| Tamil Nadu          |                    52 |
| Telangana           |                    64 |
| Tripura             |                    24 |
| Uttar Pradesh       |                    93 |
| Uttarakhand         |                    43 |
| West Bengal         |                    55 |
| Total               |                  1362 |