Lok Sabha Question No. 4297 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-27
Subject: Funds for Green India Mission
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Pinaki Misra

## GOVENMETN OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIAMTE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4297

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2023

## Funds for Green India Mission

## 4297.  SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR: SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

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

- (a) the details of the Green India Mission introduced by the Government;
- (b) the  details  of  afforestation  targets  to  be  achieved  under  the  National  Mission  for Green India;
- (c) the  details  of  funds  allocated  and  utilized  for  the  National  Mission  for  Green  India during the last five years, State-wise;
- (d) whether the fund has been utilised by every State, if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether any review has been undertaken to assess achievement of prescribed targets by the States and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) the  details  of  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  encourage  all  States  and  Union Territories to adopt the National Mission for Green India?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)& (b)  National Mission for a  Green  India (GIM) is one of the eight Missions outlined under the National Action Plan on  Climate  Change  which  aims  towards protecting, restoring and enhancing India's forest cover and responding to Climate Change. The target under the Mission is 10 m ha on forest and non-forest lands for increasing the forest/tree cover and to improve the quality of existing forest.
- (c)  &  (d)  The  State-wise  funds  allocated  and  utilized  under  GIM  during  last  five  years  is detailed in Annexure-1.
- (e)&(f)    The  Development  Monitoring  and  Evaluation  Office    (DMEO),  NITI  Aayog, Government  of  India,  has  conducted  the  Evaluation  of  National  Mission  for  a Green  India  in  2020-21  on  aspects  such  as  Relevance,  Effectiveness,  Efficiency, Sustainability, Impacts and Equity within the scheme and has further recommended the continuation of scheme. All the states are being encouraged through meetings and written communications from time to time to take participation in implementing GIM.

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Annexure-1 Table:1  State-wise  funds  allocated/released  and  utilized  under  GIM  during  last fiveyears (FY 2017-18 to 2021-22): Rs. in Crores

| S. No.   | Name of the States   |   Funds Allocated/Released | Funds Utilized   |
|----------|----------------------|----------------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       |                       5.14 | 3.11             |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    |                      13.43 | -                |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh         |                      29.13 | 23.01            |
| 4        | Haryana              |                       9.55 | -                |
| 5        | Himachal Pradesh     |                      17.09 | 0.00             |
| 6        | Jammu &Kashmir       |                      25.73 | 13.68            |
| 7        | Karnataka            |                      11.49 | 11.46            |
| 8        | Kerala               |                      16.32 | 17.26            |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh       |                      73.1  | 73.09            |
| 10       | Maharashtra          |                      10.3  | 7.65             |
| 11       | Manipur              |                      32.13 | 32.13            |
| 12       | Mizoram              |                      92.93 | 92.93            |
| 13       | Odisha               |                      64.09 | 50.19            |
| 14       | Punjab               |                      12.72 | 12.77            |
| 15       | Sikkim               |                      16.41 | 16.41            |
| 16       | Uttarakhand          |                      61.88 | 72.45            |
| 17       | West Bengal          |                       9.43 | 9.43             |
|          | Total                |                     500.85 | 435.58           |

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