Lok Sabha Question No. 2369 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-01
Subject: Plantation of Saplings/Trees
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil, Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2369

TO BE ASWERED ON 01.08.2022

## Plantation of Saplings/Trees

## 2369.  SHRI SHRINIWAS PATIL: SHRI B.B. PATIL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any study to assess the number of trees that will  have  to  be  cut  in  the  proposed  six-lane  project  of  the  Satara-Kagal  highway portion of the NH 48 (AH47);
- (b) if so, the measures being taken by the Government to ensure that the loss of trees in this project is compensated for;
- (c) whether the Government ensures that new saplings are planted to replace the trees cut in the rural areas and if so, the number of saplings planted during the last three years and the current year, State-wise; and
- (d) the details of the amount spent on this during the current year, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) As per information received from Government of Maharashtra, no such proposal has been received  by  the  State  Government  under  the  Forest  (Conservation)  Act,  1980. Hence question of conducting any study to assess the number of trees to be felled in the forest land in the proposed six lane project of the Satara - Kagal highway portion of NH 48 (AH47) does not arise.
- (b) Whenever the Central Government accords prior approvalunder Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for use of forest land for non-forestry purpose, the cost of the Compensatory  Afforestation  (CA)  and  the  Net  Present  Value  (NPV)  of  the  land  is realised from the User Agency as per norms.Moreover, additional mitigation measures such as Soil and Moisture Conservation works, Catchment Area Treatment Plan and Wildlife  Management  plan  etc.  are  also  stipulated  on  case-to-case  basis.While considering such proposals under the provisions of the Act, the permission is accorded with a condition that the minimum number of trees should be felled.
- (c) The  State/UT  Governments  are  required  to  carry  out  Compensatory  Afforestation (CA) in  lieu  of  the  forest  land  involved  for  diversion  for  non-forestry  purpose.The

year-wise and state-wise number  of saplings planted under  CA  by  State/UT Governments during 2018-19 to 2020-21 are at Annexure-I.

- (d) The  details  of  the  amount  approved  for  taking  up  Compensatory  Afforestation  and various other activities to compensate for the loss of forest & tree cover, ecological services and hydrological regime due to diversion of forest land under Annual Plan of Operation  submitted  by  States/UTGovernments  as  per  provision  of  Compensatory Afforestation Act, 2016 & Compensatory Afforestation Rules, 2018 during the year 2021-22 are enclosed at Annexure-II.

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ANNEXURE  REFERED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2369  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  DATED  01.08.2022 ASKED BY SHRI SHRINIWAS PATIL AND SHRI B.B. PATIL: 'PLANTATION OF SAPLINGS/TREES'.

State/UT-wise  Tree  plantation  under  Compensatory  Afforestation  only  as  per  information provided by respective State CAMPA.

(Number of seedlings in Lakh)

| Sl. No.   | Year State/UT           |   2018-19 Number of |   2019-20 Number of |   2020-21 Number of |
|-----------|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| 1         | Andeman& Nicobar Island |               0.006 |              0.0044 |                0.11 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh          |              19.97  |              9.92   |                4.83 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh       |               9.87  |              4.62   |                0    |
| 4         | Assam                   |               9.35  |             22.02   |                0.78 |
| 5         | Bihar                   |              21.32  |              5.02   |               24.21 |
| 6         | Chandigarh              |               0.09  |              0.11   |                0.14 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh            |              45.43  |             14.78   |               31.74 |
| 8         | Delhi                   |               0     |              0      |                0.55 |
| 9         | Goa                     |               0.25  |              0.74   |                2    |
| 10        | Gujarat                 |               8.29  |             21.36   |               11.33 |
| 11        | Haryana                 |              11.22  |              2.94   |               12.4  |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh        |              10.48  |             11.15   |               11.8  |
| 13        | Jammu &Kashmir          |               6.12  |             10.94   |               14.47 |
| 14        | Jharkhand               |              30.99  |             45.01   |               44.87 |
| 15        | Karnataka               |               3.5   |              9.53   |                2.7  |
| 16        | Kerala                  |               1.45  |              0      |                0.23 |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh          |              48.97  |            114.71   |               94.4  |
| 18        | Maharashtra             |              17.81  |             31.37   |                6.53 |
| 19        | Manipur                 |               3.58  |              0      |               10.67 |
| 20        | Meghalaya               |               2.4   |              0.05   |                0.28 |
| 21        | Mizoram                 |               3.87  |              0      |               13.6  |
| 22        | Odisha                  |               0     |             18.65   |               19.51 |
| 23        | Punjab                  |              11.84  |             13.11   |                3.12 |
| 24        | Rajasthan               |              16.24  |             18.5    |               17.06 |
| 25        | Sikkim                  |               1.39  |              1.89   |                1.17 |
| 26        | Tamil Nadu              |               0.26  |              0.01   |                0    |
| 27        | Telangana               |              21.12  |             42.03   |               41.03 |
| 28        | Tripura                 |               1.4   |              5.38   |                2.03 |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh           |              15     |             10.25   |               13.18 |
| 30        | Uttarakhand             |              43.44  |             51.55   |               28.57 |
| 31        | West Bengal             |               5.03  |              2.44   |                2.66 |
|           | Total                   |             370.69  |            468.08   |              415.97 |

## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE  REFERED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2369  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  DATED  01.08.2022 ASKED BY SHRI SHRINIWAS PATIL AND SHRI B.B. PATIL: 'PLANTATION OF SAPLINGS/TREES'.

| Sl. No.   | Year                    | 2021-22                                                     |
|-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                | Annual Plan of Operation approved underCAMPA (Rs. in Crore) |
| 1         | Andaman& Nicobar Island | 0                                                           |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh          | 325                                                         |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh       | 240.85                                                      |
| 4         | Assam                   | 95.01                                                       |
| 5         | Bihar                   | 106.84                                                      |
| 6         | Chandigarh              | 3.6                                                         |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh            | 2465.67                                                     |
| 8         | Delhi                   | 16.15                                                       |
| 9         | Goa                     | 21.17                                                       |
| 10        | Gujarat                 | 200                                                         |
| 11        | Haryana                 | 317.51                                                      |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh        | 138.1                                                       |
| 13        | Jammu &Kashmir          | 241.79                                                      |
| 14        | Jharkhand               | 437.62                                                      |
| 15        | Karnataka               | 321.09                                                      |
| 16        | Kerala                  | 25.13                                                       |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh          | 713.46                                                      |
| 18        | Maharashtra             | 688.27                                                      |
| 19        | Manipur                 | 25.09                                                       |
| 20        | Meghalaya               | 36.4                                                        |
| 21        | Mizoram                 | 18.08                                                       |
| 22        | Odisha                  | 901.03                                                      |
| 23        | Punjab                  | 218.07                                                      |
| 24        | Rajasthan               | 286.7                                                       |
| 25        | Sikkim                  | 93.47                                                       |
| 26        | Tamil Nadu              | 0                                                           |
| 27        | Telangana               | 752.71                                                      |
| 28        | Tripura                 | 39.09                                                       |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh           | 586.9                                                       |
| 30        | Uttarakhand             | 726.88                                                      |
| 31        | West Bengal             | 58.3                                                        |