Lok Sabha Question No. 1881 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-12
Subject: Persons affected by Wild Animals
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Manickam Tagore B

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1881

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.02.2021

## Persons affected by Wild Animals

## 1881.  SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B.:

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

- (a) whether the Government has implemented anyscheme for providing ex-gratia payment for the personsaffected by wild animals;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and total number of ex-gratia amount paid for the affected persons in allstates for the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has created any criteriaunder the scheme towards restriction of population intowild area premises; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) and (b) The  Ministry  provides  financial assistance to States/UTs  under  the Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of  'Development  of  Wildlife  Habitats', 'Project Elephant'and 'Project Tiger' for management of wildlife and its habitats  in  the  country.  This  includes ex-gratia amount  to  be  paid  to persons  affected  due  to  depredation  by  wild  animals.  The  details  of exgratia released to the States/UTsunder these schemes during the last three years  are  given  in  Annexure -I,  II  and  III .  Apart  from  this,  States/UTs also pay ex-gratia to persons affected by wild animals.
- (c) and (d) The Ministry provides financial assistance to States /UTs for management of  wildlife  and  its  habitats,  which  includes      activities  like  restoration of natural water bodies, creation of artificial ponds, waterholes,and augmenting food/fodder sources at various places within Protected Areas.It also covers construction/erection of physical barriers such as solar powered  electric  fence,  bio-fencing  using  cactus,  boundary  wall,  animal proof trenches etc. to prevent the entry of wild animals outside forests.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a&b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1881 DUE FOR REPLY ON 12.02.2021 REGARDING 'PERSONS AFFECTED BY WILD ANIMALS'.

Ex-gratia released  under  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme-  'Development  of  Wildlife Habitats' (DWH)

(Rs. In lakh)

| Name of State/UTs   |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Assam               |       1.5 |       0   |       0   |
| Bihar               |       0   |       0   |       2   |
| Gujarat             |       0   |      22   |       0   |
| Himachal Pradesh    |       0.5 |      60   |       5   |
| Karnataka           |       0   |       0   |       2   |
| Kerala              |       0   |       0.5 |       4.8 |
| Madhya Pradesh      |       3.8 |       3.1 |       2.3 |
| Meghalaya           |       0   |       7   |      10   |
| Mizoram             |       4.5 |       3   |       7.5 |
| Nagaland            |      20   |      34   |      42   |
| Rajasthan           |      21   |      30.5 |      22.5 |
| Sikkim              |      25.5 |      21   |      31   |
| Tamil Nadu          |      11   |      11   |      11   |
| Tripura             |       0   |       0   |       0.4 |
| Uttarakhand         |      20   |      22   |      16   |
| Total               |     107.8 |     214.1 |     156.5 |

## Annexure-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a&b)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1881 DUE FOR REPLY ON 12.02.2021 REGARDING 'PERSONS AFFECTED BY WILD ANIMALS'.

## Ex-gratia paid under the CSS-Project Elephant

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | State             |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    |     6     |      5    |        70 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh |    25     |      0    |        15 |
| 3.        | Assam             |     0     |    160    |         0 |
| 4.        | Chhattisgarh      |    30     |     50.6  |         0 |
| 5.        | Jharkhand         |     0     |      0    |         0 |
| 6.        | Karnataka         |     0     |      0    |         0 |
| 7.        | Kerala            |   125     |    126    |       150 |
| 8.        | Maharashtra       |     8.2   |     20    |        20 |
| 9.        | Meghalaya         |    30     |     41    |        15 |
| 10.       | Nagaland          |    11.18  |     37.68 |       103 |
| 11.       | Odisha            |    42.305 |     80    |       160 |
| 12.       | Tamil Nadu        |   100     |    100    |        91 |
| 13.       | Tripura           |     4     |      9    |        10 |
| 14.       | Uttar Pradesh     |     0.2   |      0.25 |         5 |
| 15.       | Uttarakhand       |     0     |      0    |         0 |
| 16.       | West Bengal       |    35     |     42.5  |        50 |
| 17.       | Haryana           |     0     |      0    |         0 |
| 18.       | Bihar             |     0     |      0    |         0 |
| 19.       | Rajasthan         |     0     |      0    |         0 |
| 20.       | Punjab            |     0     |      0    |         0 |
| 21.       | Madhya Pradesh    |     0     |      0    |         0 |
| 22.       | Manipur           |     0     |      0    |         0 |
|           | Total             |   416.885 |    672.03 |       689 |

## Annexure-III

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a&b)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1881 DUE FOR REPLY ON 12.02.2021 REGARDING 'PERSONS AFFECTED BY WILD ANIMALS'.

Ex-gratia paid underCSS 'Project Tiger'

(Rs. in lakh)

| S. No.   | State             |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |
|----------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |   0    |      0 |      0 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |   0    |      0 |      0 |
| 3        | Assam             |   0    |      0 |      0 |
| 4        | Bihar             |   0    |      0 |      5 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |   0    |      0 |      0 |
| 6        | Jharkhand         |   0    |      0 |      0 |
| 7        | Karnataka         |  15    |     20 |      0 |
| 8        | Kerala            |   0    |      0 |      0 |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh    |  12.08 |      4 |     20 |
| 10       | Maharashtra       |   0    |    360 |      0 |
| 11       | Mizoram           |   0    |      0 |      0 |
| 12       | Orissa            |   0.8  |      0 |      0 |
| 13       | Rajasthan         |   8    |     20 |      0 |
| 14       | Tamil Nadu        |   0    |      0 |      4 |
| 15       | Telangana         |   0    |      0 |     10 |
| 16       | Uttar Pradesh     |  14    |     10 |     20 |
| 17       | Uttarakhand       |   3    |      7 |      0 |
| 18       | West Bengal       |   2.5  |      0 |      0 |
|          | Total             |  55.38 |    421 |     59 |