Lok Sabha Question No. 836 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-07
Subject: Nagar Van Scheme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, Anil Firojiya

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

## LOKSABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO.836

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2022

## Nagar Van Scheme

## 836. SHRI BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH: SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA:

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

- (a) the district-wise details of the 'Nagar Van' proposed to be developed in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh;
- (b) the details of the Municipalities identified for this purpose in Kaisarganj and Ujjain Lok Sabha Constituencies;
- (c) the details of the criteria laid down for selection of cities under Nagar Van Scheme;
- (d) the  details  of  the  standards,  diversities  and  measures  taken  by  the  Government  for implementing Nagar Van Udyan Yojana considering the water supply in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh; and
- (e) the details of officers deputed for implementation of Nagar Van scheme in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)&(b) The  district-wise  details  of  proposals  from  State  Forest  Departments  of  Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh under Nagar Van Yojana (NVY) are given in Annexure. The proposal from Madhya Pradesh has included project for development of Nagar Van at Ujjain  Municipal Corporation as one of the project. No proposal for development of Nagar Van at Kaisarganj has been included among the projects from Uttar Pradesh.
- (c)&(d) The  Pilot  Scheme  of  Nagar  Van  Yojana  (NVY)  was  launched  in  2020  with  some modifications  of  earlier  Nagar  Van  Udyan  Scheme  during  2015.    Nagar  Van  Yojana envisages  developing  Nagar  Vans/  Nagar  Vatikas  with  an  objective  to  significantly enhance  the  tree  outside  forests  and  green  cover  in  environment,  enhancement  of biodiversity  and  ecological  benefits  to  the  urban  and  peri-urban  areas  apart  from improving quality of life of city dwellers. As per the guidelines, development of Nagar Van/Nagar Vatikas in all cities with Municipal Corporation/ Municipalities/Urban Local Bodies (ULB) is considered under the scheme. For Nagar Van,an area of minimum 10 ha  and  maximum  of50  ha  within  5  km  limits  of  Municipal  Corporation/Municipal Council/Municipality is considered for Central Funding. In congested cities, the project is taken up with a minimum limit of 1 ha to 10 ha as Nagar Vatika project within the

city  limits.  The  Central  grants  from  funds  under  National  Authority  of  CAMPA  is provided under the scheme  to cover mainly  the cost of fencing, soil-moisture conservation  measures  &  related  activities,    administrative  activities,  plantation  and maintenance.

- (e) Madhya  Pradesh  has  informed  that  Additional  Principal  Chief  Conservator  of  Forest (APCCF) Green India Mission, Madhya Pradesh Forest Department is the nodal Officer of Nagar Van Scheme at the State level and Divisional Forest Officers are Nodal Officer for  respective  Municipal  corporation/Cities/Districts  of  Nagar  Van  Scheme  Creation Sites.  Uttar  Pradesh  has  communicated  that  the  Divisional  Forest  Officer/Divisional Director of concerned District/Division of the project site is responsible for implementation of the project under the Nagar Van Scheme.

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Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) and (b) of the LokSabha Un-starred Question No.  836  due  for  reply  on  07.02.2022  by  ShriBrijbhushanSharan  Singh  and  Shri  Anil Firojiya regarding 'Nagar Van Scheme' Details of proposals received from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh under Nagar Van

## Scheme

| Sl. No   | State          | District         |   No. of Nagar Van/Nagar Vatika project |
|----------|----------------|------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1        | Uttar Pradesh  | Jhanshi          |                                       1 |
| 2        | Uttar Pradesh  | Firozabad        |                                       1 |
| 3        | Uttar Pradesh  | Agra             |                                       1 |
| 4        | Uttar Pradesh  | Bareily          |                                       1 |
| 5        | Uttar Pradesh  | Kanpur Dehaat    |                                       1 |
| 6        | Uttar Pradesh  | Shahjahanpur     |                                       1 |
| 7        | Uttar Pradesh  | Sitapur          |                                       4 |
| 8        | Uttar Pradesh  | Gorakhpur        |                                       2 |
| 9        | Uttar Pradesh  | Hardoi           |                                       1 |
| 10       | Uttar Pradesh  | Auraiya          |                                       4 |
| 11       | Uttar Pradesh  | Pilibhit         |                                       1 |
| 12       | Uttar Pradesh  | Hathras          |                                       1 |
| 13       | Uttar Pradesh  | Kanpur Nagar     |                                       2 |
| 14       | Uttar Pradesh  | Siddhartha Nagar |                                       2 |
| 15       | Uttar Pradesh  | Farrukhabad      |                                       1 |
| 16       | Uttar Pradesh  | Raebareli        |                                       4 |
| 17       | Uttar Pradesh  | Etawah           |                                       1 |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh  | Mau              |                                       1 |
| 19       | Uttar Pradesh  | Moradabad        |                                       1 |
| 20       | Uttar Pradesh  | Amroha           |                                       2 |
|          |                | Total            |                                      33 |
| 1        | Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior          |                                       1 |
| 2        | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal           |                                       2 |
| 3        | Madhya Pradesh | Sagar South      |                                       1 |
| 4        | Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur         |                                       1 |
| 6        | Madhya Pradesh | Dewas            |                                       1 |
| 7        | Madhya Pradesh | Satna            |                                       1 |
| 8        | Madhya Pradesh | Ratlam           |                                       1 |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh | Singrauli        |                                       1 |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh | Katni            |                                       1 |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh | Indore           |                                       1 |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh | Ujjain           |                                       1 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh | Khandwa          |                                       2 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh | Total            |                                      14 |