Lok Sabha Question No. 5135 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Funds for Afforestation
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Manne Srinivas Reddy, Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO.5135

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.04.2022

## Funds for Afforestation

## 5135. SHRI MANNE  SRINIVAS  REDDY: SHRI KOMATI REDDY  VENKAT  REDDY:

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

- (a) whether the Government launched Rs.19000 crore for Afforestation plan to rejuvenate 13 major rivers by planting trees in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana; and
- (c) the details of the present status of the said launched and the future action plan thereto?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) &(b) The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has recently released the Detailed Project Reports (DPR) prepared by Indian Council of Forestry, Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun for Rejuvenation of 13 Major Rivers namely Sutlej,  Beas,  Ravi,  Chenab,  Jhelum,  Luni,  Yamuna,  Mahanadi,  Brahmaputra, Narmada,  Godavari,  Krishna  and  Cauvery  through  Forestry  interventions.  The programme interventions  include  tree  plantation,  soil  and  moisture  conservation works in the catchment area and river front development to increase green cover and carbon sink, reduce silt load &  flooding and enhance ground water recharge etc., besides generating employment.

Thetotal financial requirement to the interventions proposed in these thirteen DPRs is  Rs.  19,342.62  crore  under  4  major  components  viz(a)  Implementation  of Forestry  Interventions,  (b)  Strengthening  Knowledge  Management  and  National Capacity Development, (c) Maintenance Phase including Scaling Up and Replication  of  Successful  Models,  and  (d)  National  Coordination  for  Forestry Interventions  and  River  Conservation.  The  details  of  State-wise  outlayincluding Andhra Pradesh and Telangana is given in Annexure .

- (c) The DPRs have been forwarded to concerned State Governments for implementation with multi-departmental participation. The State Forest Departments together with concerned Departments namely Agricultural & Horticulture Department, Urban Municipal Bodies, Department of Rural Development etc. are envisaged to implement the DPRs with the funding sources under various Central and State Government schemes.

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Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 5135 due for reply on 04.04.2022 by Shri Manne Srinivas Reddy, Shri Komati Reddy

Venkat Reddy regarding 'Funds for Afforestation'

State-wise Details of total outlay for implementation of DPRs for rejuvenation of 13

## Major Rivers through forestry interventions

|   Sl. No. | States/ UTs       |   Total Outlay for State/UT (Rs. in Crore) |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                     263.45 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                     320.31 |
|         3 | Assam             |                                     471.09 |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh      |                                     571.72 |
|         5 | Delhi             |                                      10.73 |
|         6 | Gujarat           |                                     439.5  |
|         7 | Haryana           |                                      67.28 |
|         8 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                    1760.7  |
|         9 | J&K UT            |                                     743.23 |
|        10 | Karnataka         |                                    2021.59 |
|        11 | Kerala            |                                     569.04 |
|        12 | Madhya Pradesh    |                                    2110.25 |
|        13 | Maharashtra       |                                    1392.13 |
|        14 | Manipur           |                                       4.34 |
|        15 | Meghalaya         |                                      67.3  |
|        16 | Nagaland          |                                     121.07 |
|        17 | Odisha            |                                     674.15 |
|        18 | Puducherry UT     |                                       6.8  |
|        19 | Punjab            |                                     432.07 |
|        20 | Rajasthan         |                                    2757.47 |
|        21 | Sikkim            |                                      23.58 |
|        22 | Tamil Nadu        |                                    1253.32 |
|        23 | Telangana         |                                     927.9  |
|        24 | Uttar Pradesh     |                                     451.78 |
|        25 | Uttarakhand       |                                     123.71 |
|        26 | West Bengal       |                                      72.86 |

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