Lok Sabha Question No. 2025 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Tree plantation
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Chunni Lal Sahu

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO. 2025

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2021

## Tree plantation

## 2025. SHRI CHUNNI LAL SAHU:

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

- (a)   the details of plantations done by the Government and private organizations during the last two years, State/UT-wise including Chhattisgarh;
- (b)   whether  the  Government  has  fixed  any  targets  to  encourage  tree  plantation  in  the country; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  progress  of  afforestation  /  tree  plantation  in  the  last  two  years  by  all  agencies including Government, NGOs and private agencies, State/UT-wise including Chhattisgarh is given in Annexure-I.
- (b)&(c) Annual afforestation / tree plantation targets are fixed by the Ministry to all States/UTs. The target of afforestation / tree planting conveyed to States/UTs for the year 2021-22 is given in Annexure-II.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a)  of the Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 2025 due for reply on 30.07.202 by Shri Chunni Lal Sahu regarding 'Tree Plantation'

State/UT-wise  details  of  afforestation/tree  plantation  targets  and  achievements  under  Twenty  Point Programme  (Area in hectare)

|   Sl.No | NAMEOF STATE/UT    |   Target 2019-20 |   Achievement 2019-20 |   Target 2020-21 |   Achievement 2020-21 |
|---------|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh     |           233800 |                190432 |           295945 |                227880 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh  |               35 |                   483 |              154 |                   969 |
|       3 | Assam              |               50 |                  1394 |            15385 |                 11918 |
|       4 | Bihar              |            23600 |                 10588 |            28320 |                 61151 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh       |            94700 |                 18737 |            98255 |                 66998 |
|       6 | Goa                |               30 |                    30 |               37 |                   287 |
|       7 | Gujarat            |           182100 |                 25149 |           182100 |                206839 |
|       8 | Haryana            |            26800 |                 21022 |            32160 |                 18055 |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh   |            11250 |                 20261 |            13501 |                 31284 |
|      10 | Jammu and Kashmir* |            10830 |                  4526 |            13107 |                 62144 |
|      11 | Jharkhand          |            24050 |                 31476 |            28861 |                 37262 |
|      12 | Karnataka          |            70720 |                 40304 |            84864 |                 80723 |
|      13 | Kerala             |            18240 |                 10274 |            21888 |                 21939 |
|      14 | Madhya Pradesh     |            59000 |                 76708 |            86185 |                 87700 |
|      15 | Maharashtra        |            49600 |                501416 |           117538 |                 42831 |
|      16 | Manipur            |             7900 |                  1856 |             9480 |                  8697 |
|      17 | Meghalaya          |             3260 |                   785 |             3912 |                   765 |
|      18 | Mizoram            |             4440 |                  4425 |             5328 |                  4436 |
|      19 | Nagaland           |             1270 |                  1468 |             1525 |                  1992 |
|      20 | Orissa             |           350000 |                 84130 |           112308 |                170950 |
|      21 | Punjab             |             5590 |                 24712 |             8462 |                 22622 |
|      22 | Rajasthan          |            66580 |                 24533 |            51195 |                 33511 |
|      23 | Sikkim             |             1860 |                  2510 |             3077 |                  4546 |
|      24 | Tamil Nadu         |            43290 |                 14532 |            51949 |                 36034 |
|      25 | Telangana          |           426900 |                564760 |           512280 |                407141 |
|      26 | Tripura            |             4130 |                 33747 |             6923 |                  8297 |
|      27 | Uttarakhand        |            21080 |                 22396 |            30769 |                 33184 |
|      28 | Uttar Pradesh      |           113490 |                347670 |           384615 |                398069 |
|      29 | West Bengal        |             9370 |                 36597 |            26630 |                112860 |
|      30 | A &NIslands        |             1150 |                  2421 |             1381 |                  2638 |
|      31 | Chandigarh         |              190 |                   123 |              229 |                   148 |
|      32 | D &NHaveli         |              240 |                   225 |              462 |                  1432 |
|      33 | Daman &Diu         |               10 |                    60 |              231 |                    44 |
|      34 | Delhi              |             1540 |                  2345 |             2338 |                  4728 |
|      35 | Lakshadweep        |               10 |                     0 |               13 |                     1 |
|      36 | Puducherry         |              140 |                    80 |              168 |                   994 |

Note: NR -Not Reported

*Jammu& Kashmir Target and Achievements 2020-21 includes data for UTs of J&K and Ladakh

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) & (c) of the Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 2025 due for reply on 30.07.202 by Shri Chunni Lal Sahu regarding 'Tree Plantation'

## State/UT-wise  details  of  afforestation/tree  plantation  targets  for  the  year  2021-22  under  Twenty  Point Programme  (Area in hectare)

|   Sl.No | NAMEOF STATE/UT           |   Targets - 2021-22 |
|---------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh            |              312520 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh         |                1500 |
|       3 | Assam                     |               16950 |
|       4 | Bihar                     |               63820 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh              |               98260 |
|       6 | Goa                       |                 260 |
|       7 | Gujarat                   |              206310 |
|       8 | Haryana                   |               21470 |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh          |               31450 |
|      10 | Jharkhand                 |               49200 |
|      11 | Karnataka                 |              114100 |
|      12 | Kerala                    |               28980 |
|      13 | Madhya Pradesh            |              115760 |
|      14 | Maharashtra               |              117540 |
|      15 | Manipur                   |               12350 |
|      16 | Meghalaya                 |                1070 |
|      17 | Mizoram                   |                6300 |
|      18 | Nagaland                  |                2630 |
|      19 | Orissa                    |              177260 |
|      20 | Punjab                    |               13000 |
|      21 | Rajasthan                 |               51200 |
|      22 | Sikkim                    |                5910 |
|      23 | Tamil Nadu                |               39730 |
|      24 | Telangana                 |              512280 |
|      25 | Tripura                   |               10540 |
|      26 | Uttarakhand               |               39650 |
|      27 | Uttar Pradesh West Bengal |              501570 |
|      28 |                           |              118300 |
|      29 | A &NIslands               |                2770 |
|      30 | Chandigarh                |                 150 |
|      31 | D &NHaveli &Daman &Diu    |                2000 |
|      32 | Delhi                     |                4850 |
|      33 | Jammu and Kashmir         |               10520 |
|      34 | Ladakh                    |                 150 |
|      35 | Lakshadweep               |                  20 |
|      36 | Puducherry                |                 200 |

Note: NR -Not Reported

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