Lok Sabha Question No. 3204 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-06
Subject: Animal-Human Conflicts
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: D.K. Suresh, Sumalatha Ambareesh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOKSABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3204

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2021

## Animal-Human Conflicts

## 3204.   SHRI D.K. SURESH: SHRIMATI SUMALATHA AMBAREESH:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  wildlife  population  has  increased  in  recent years and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has taken note that the wild animals are posing danger by encroaching into agriculture fields and human habitations due to insufficient food and water in the forests and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  earmarked  adequate  funds  to  deal  with  the  issue  of animal-human conflicts and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and (b) As  a  result  of  concerted  efforts  made  for  protection  and  conservation  of wildlife,  the  population  of  several  wildlife  species  like  Tigers,  Elephants, Asiatic Lion, Rhino etc. in the country has increased. Assessments of humanwildlife  conflicts  indicate  that  the  main  causes  of  human  wildlife  conflict include habitat loss, growth of population of wild animals, changing cropping patterns that attract wild animals to farmlands, movement of wild animals from forests area to human dominated landscapes for food and fodder, movement of human  beings  to  forests  for  illegal collection  of forest  produce,  habitat degradation due to growth of invasive alien species, etc.
- (c) The  Ministry  provides  financial  assistance  to  States/UTs  under  the  Centrally Sponsored Schemes of 'Development of Wildlife Habitats', 'Project Tiger' and 'Project  Elephant'  for  management  of  wildlife  and  its  habitat  in  the  country. The  activities  supported  under  these  schemes  include  restoration  of  natural water  bodies,  creation  of  artificial  waterholes,  augmentation  of  food/fodder sources  in  Protected  Areas,  construction/erection  of  barriers  such  as  solar powered electric fences, bio fencing using cactus, boundary walls, animal proof trenches  etc.  The  details  of  financial  assistance  released  to  States/UTs  under these schemes during the last three years are at Annexure -I, II and III.

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Annexure-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3204 DUE FOR REPLY ON 06.08.2021 REGARDING 'ANIMAL-HUMAN CONFLICTS'.

Details of funds released to States/ UTs under CSS-'Development of Wildlife Habitats' during last three years

(Rs. in lakh)

| S. No.   | Name of States/UTs   |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | A&NIslands           |    191    |    132.64 |      0    |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh       |     75    |      0    |      0    |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh    |    344.42 |    512.69 |    312.59 |
| 4        | Assam                |    265.32 |    164.26 |      0    |
| 5        | Bihar                |    749    |    148.14 |    205.16 |
| 6        | Chandigarh           |      0    |      0    |     25.16 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh         |    350.61 |    310.03 |    104.35 |
| 8        | Goa                  |      0    |    111.65 |      0    |
| 9        | Gujarat              |   2232    |      0    |    124.58 |
| 10       | Haryana              |    155    |    237.6  |     18.22 |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh     |    370.3  |    375.76 |    187.63 |
| 12       | Jammu &Kashmir       |    492.43 |      0    |     80.63 |
| 13       | Jharkhand            |     50.51 |     93.96 |    198.23 |
| 14       | Karnataka            |    653    |    739.04 |    586.13 |
| 15       | Kerala               |   1293.4  |    845.02 |    731.28 |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh       |    912.2  |    629.26 |    801.6  |
| 17       | Maharashtra          |   1031.2  |    715.78 |    146.08 |
| 18       | Manipur              |    405.6  |    396.45 |    241.12 |
| 19       | Meghalaya            |    312    |    238.83 |    263.5  |
| 20       | Mizoram              |    430    |    431.79 |    339.61 |
| 21       | Nagaland             |    882.2  |    953.69 |    260    |
| 22       | Odisha               |    499    |    701.5  |    694.19 |
| 23       | Rajasthan            |    585    |    741.31 |    309.13 |
| 24       | Sikkim               |    394    |    557.35 |    349.63 |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu           |    384.1  |    409.5  |    334.03 |
| 26       | Telangana            |      0    |      0    |     36.59 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh        |    119.81 |    426.25 |    312.92 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand          |   1764.1  |   1401.19 |    441.61 |
| 29       | West Bengal          |    960.6  |    891.07 |    710.62 |
| 30       | Puducherry           |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 31       | Lakshadweep          |     46.3  |    193.27 |    462.86 |
| 32       | Delhi                |    551.9  |      0    |      0    |
| 33       | Tripura              |      0    |     90.31 |    260.68 |
| 34       | Ladakh UT            |      0    |      0    |    223.17 |
| Total    |                      |  16500    |  12448.4  |   8761.32 |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3204 DUE FOR REPLY ON 06.08.2021 REGARDING 'ANIMAL-HUMAN CONFLICTS'.

Details of funds released under the CSS- 'Project Tiger' to tiger range States during last three years

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | State                                      |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                             |    217.99 |    114.48 |    266.51 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                          |    929.76 |    846.31 |    803.76 |
| 3         | Assam                                      |   1919.62 |   2198.76 |   2513.9  |
| 4         | Bihar                                      |    570.9  |    562.84 |    628.89 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                               |    536.14 |    358.53 |    471.16 |
| 6         | Jharkhand                                  |    367    |   1432.07 |    128.45 |
| 7         | Karnataka                                  |   2267.43 |   2252.03 |   2118.01 |
| 8         | Kerala                                     |    653.03 |    607.07 |    402.88 |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh                             |   5343.89 |   3501.91 |   2551.26 |
| 10        | Maharashtra                                |  11049.6  |   7220.39 |   3098.03 |
| 11        | Mizoram                                    |    318.84 |    337.7  |    161.53 |
| 12        | Odisha                                     |   1022.32 |   1303.32 |    680.07 |
| 13        | Rajasthan                                  |    791.83 |   1203.19 |   1008.89 |
| 14        | Tamil Nadu                                 |   2366.82 |   1586.91 |   1336.14 |
| 15        | Telangana                                  |   1115.65 |    359.91 |    351.97 |
| 16        | Uttarakhand                                |    685.34 |   1242.49 |   1671.3  |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh                              |   1417.26 |   2289.18 |    923.29 |
| 18        | West Bengal                                |    719.01 |    758.47 |    333.96 |
| 19        | Nagaland (IVth All India Tiger Estimation) |     24.86 |      0    |      0    |
|           | Total                                      |  32317.3  |  28175.6  |  19450    |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3204 DUE FOR REPLY ON 06.08.2021 REGARDING 'ANIMAL-HUMAN CONFLICTS'.

## Details of funds provided to States/UTs under CSS- 'Project Elephant' during last three years

(Rs. in Lakh)

| Sl. No   | State/UTs      |   2018-19 | 2019-20   | 2020-21    |
|----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh |   29.016  | 127.03    | 77.28      |
| 2        | Arunachal Pr.  |    0      | 103.26831 | 282.256    |
| 3        | Assam          |  354.35   | -         | 35.284     |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh   |   65.28   | -         | -          |
| 5        | Jharkhand      |  116.46   | 161.44438 | 111.86522  |
| 6        | Karnataka      |  353.91   | 319.64799 | 330.40376  |
| 7        | Kerala         |  466.69   | 312.2736  | 574.56     |
| 8        | Maharashtra    |   46.536  | 44.1944   | 17.98      |
| 9        | Meghalaya      |  217.879  | 177.8976  | 9.36       |
| 10       | Nagaland       |  141.219  | 213.9498  | 92.50      |
| 11       | Odisha         |  197.28   | 319.1328  | 577.99     |
| 12       | Tamil Nadu     |  383.106  | 275.1576  | -          |
| 13       | Tripura        |   43.92   | 45.38     | 24.71      |
| 14       | Uttar Pr.      |   20.244  | 37.74     | -          |
| 15       | Uttarakhand    |  192.168  | 417.312   | 204.85     |
| 16       | West Bengal    |   83.94   | 113.254   | 64.1958    |
| 17       | Haryana        |    8.385  | 13.44     | 11.04      |
| 18       | Bihar          |  165.324  | 57.02752  | 39.08      |
| 19       | Rajasthan      |   12.6596 | 35.28     | -          |
| 20       | Punjab         |    0      |           | -          |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh |    4.7578 | 13.695    | -          |
| 22       | Manipur        |    9.072  | 10.944    | -          |
|          | Total          | 2912.2    | 2798.069  | 2453.35478 |