Lok Sabha Question No. 877 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-12
Subject: Man-Animal Conflict
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Adoor Prakash, K. Muraleedharan

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 877

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2022

## Man-Animal Conflict

## 877 . ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH: SHRI K. MURALEEDHARAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that wild animal attacks are escalating in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the total causality of man-animal conflict during the year 2022 in the country, State-wise including the State of Kerala;
- (c) the details of action proposed by the Government to address the issue;
- (d) whether the State Government of Kerala has submitted an action plan before the Union Government for providing Central financial assistance to address the issue of man-animal conflict and if so the details thereof; and
- (e) the response of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and (b) Incidences of human-wildlife conflict have been reported to the Ministry from different parts of the country. The details of human death due to tiger attacks during the year 2022 is at Annexure .
- (c) The steps taken by Government for protection of wildlife and management of human-wildlife conflict include the following:
- i. Financial assistance is provided by the Ministry to States/Union Territories under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of  'Development  of  Wildlife Habitats', 'Project Tiger' and 'Project Elephant' for activities like creation and maintenance of water holes for wild animals in Protected Areas, soil and moisture conservation measures, establishment of anti-poaching

camps, strengthening wildlife veterinary care, eradication of weeds, creation  and  maintenance  of  fire  lines,  deployment  of  Tiger  Protection Force and special Tiger Protection Force etc.

- ii. The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016 and the Rules made there under also provide for use of the Fund for development of wildlife habitats, establishment  of  animal  rescue  centers,  etc.  which  also  contribute  to reduction in human-animal conflict.
- iii. Guidelines  on  eco-friendly  measures  to  mitigate  the  impacts  of  linear infrastructure  have  been  published  by  the  Wildlife  Institute  of  India  to assist project agencies in designing linear infrastructure.
- iv. The National Tiger Conservation Authority has issued Standard Operating Procedures  to  deal  with  emergencies  arising  due  to  straying  of  tigers  in human  dominated  landscapes  and  tiger  depredation  on  livestock  and  for active management towards rehabilitation of tigers from source areas at the landscape level.
- v. An advisory on dealing with human-wildlife conflict has been issued by the Ministry in February 2021.
- vi. The  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change  has  issued Guidelines to States/UTs on 3 rd June, 2022 on managing Human Wildlife conflict including damage to crops.
6. (d) and (e) The  Ministry  has  sanctioned  an  amount  of  Rs.365.22  lakhs  as  Central  share under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  (CSS) 'Development  of  Wildlife Habitats  (DWH)' for  mitigation  of  human  wildlife  conflict  in  the  State  of Kerala.

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Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) and (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 877 due for reply on 12.12.2022 regarding 'Man-Animal Conflict'.

## As reported by States, the details of Human death by tiger attack in tiger reserves during the year, 2022 is as under:

| S. No.   | State             |   2022 (as on date) |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                   0 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                   0 |
| 3        | Assam             |                   0 |
| 4        | Bihar             |                   9 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |                   0 |
| 6        | Jharkhand         |                   0 |
| 7        | Karnataka         |                   1 |
| 8        | Kerala            |                   0 |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh    |                   1 |
| 10       | Maharashtra       |                   9 |
| 11       | Mizoram           |                   0 |
| 12       | Orissa            |                   0 |
| 13       | Rajasthan         |                   0 |
| 14       | Tamil Nadu        |                   0 |
| 15       | Telangana         |                   0 |
| 16       | Uttar Pradesh     |                  11 |
| 17       | Uttarakhand       |                   3 |
| 18       | West Bengal       |                   1 |
|          | Total             |                  35 |

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