Lok Sabha Question No. 1769 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: National Parks/Sanctuaries
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Girish Chandra

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1769

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023

## National Parks/Sanctuaries

## 1769.  SHRI GIRISH CHANDRA:

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

- (a) the details of total number of National Parks and Sanctuaries present/functioning in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Centre  or  any  State,  particularly  Uttar  Pradesh  has  any  proposal  to prune area or jurisdiction of any of the National Parks/Reserve Forests/Sanctuaries; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The State/Union Territory wise number of National Parks and Sanctuaries in the country is given at Annexure .
- (b) and (c) State/Union Territories are empowered to alter the boundaries of National Parks and sanctuaries on recommendations of National Board for Wild Life as per the provisions contained in the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 1769 to be replied on 13.02.2023 regarding 'National Parks/Sanctuaries'

## State/Union Territory wise list of National Parks and sanctuaries as on 4 th January, 2023

| S.No   | State&UT            |   No. of Sanctuaries |   No. of National Parks |
|--------|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
| 1.     | Andhra Pradesh      |                   13 |                       3 |
| 2.     | Arunachal Pradesh   |                   13 |                       2 |
| 3.     | Assam               |                   17 |                       7 |
| 4.     | Bihar               |                   12 |                       1 |
| 5.     | Chhattisgarh        |                   11 |                       3 |
| 6.     | Goa                 |                    6 |                       1 |
| 7.     | Gujarat             |                   23 |                       4 |
| 8.     | Haryana             |                    7 |                       2 |
| 9.     | Himachal Pradesh    |                   28 |                       5 |
| 10.    | Jharkhand           |                   11 |                       1 |
| 11.    | Karnataka           |                   35 |                       5 |
| 12.    | Kerala              |                   18 |                       6 |
| 13.    | Madhya Pradesh      |                   24 |                      11 |
| 14.    | Maharashtra         |                   49 |                       6 |
| 15.    | Manipur             |                    7 |                       2 |
| 16.    | Meghalaya           |                    4 |                       2 |
| 17.    | Mizoram             |                    9 |                       2 |
| 18.    | Nagaland            |                    4 |                       1 |
| 19.    | Odisha              |                   19 |                       2 |
| 20.    | Punjab              |                   13 |                       0 |
| 21.    | Rajasthan           |                   25 |                       5 |
| 22.    | Sikkim              |                    7 |                       1 |
| 23.    | Tamil Nadu          |                   31 |                       5 |
| 24.    | Telangana           |                    9 |                       3 |
| 25.    | Tripura             |                    4 |                       2 |
| 26.    | Uttar Pradesh       |                   26 |                       1 |
| 27.    | Uttarakhand         |                    7 |                       6 |
| 28.    | West Bengal         |                   16 |                       6 |
| 29.    | Andaman &Nicobar    |                   97 |                       6 |
| 30.    | Chandigarh          |                    2 |                       0 |
| 31.    | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                    1 |                       0 |
| 32.    | Daman &Diu          |                    1 |                       0 |
| 33.    | Delhi               |                    1 |                       0 |
| 34.    | Jammu &Kashmir      |                   13 |                       4 |
| 35.    | Ladakh              |                    2 |                       1 |
| 36.    | Lakshadweep         |                    1 |                       0 |
| 37.    | Puducherry          |                    1 |                       0 |
| Total  | Total               |                  567 |                     106 |

(Source: National Wildlife Database Cell, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun)