Lok Sabha Question No. 3204 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-20
Subject: National Afforestation Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Jyotsna Charandas Mahant

## GOVENMETN OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIAMTE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3204

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.03.2023

## National Afforestation Programme

## 3204.   SHRIMATI JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT:

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

- (a) whether National Afforestation Programme (NAP) and Green India Mission (GIM) are being run by the Union Government for soil conservation and better land productivity;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the date of their implementation, State-wise;
- (c) whether  tree  plantation  has  been  done  according  to  its  target  set  under  the  said programme;
- (d) the  number  of  trees  planted  under  the  programme  in  the  agriculture-based  State, Chhattisgarh; and
- (e) whether any funds are allocated to the State Government for the operation of the above programme, if so, the details thereof, State and year-wise including Chhattisgarh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) to (c) National Afforestation Programme (NAP) has been the flagship afforestation scheme of the  Ministry,  implemented  since  year  2000  on  pan  India  basis,  for  afforestation  in identified  degraded  forest  areas  with  people's  participation  and  decentralized  forest governance. National Mission for a Green India (GIM)aims at protecting, restoring and enhancing  India's  forest  cover  through  plantation  activities  in  forest  and  non-forest areas  and  the  activities  were  started  in  2015-16.  In  order  to  achieve  the  targeted objectives  of  National  Afforestation  Programme,  the  Ministry  has  merged  NAP  into Green  India  Mission  (GIM)  so  that  the  overall  greening  efforts  are  augmented.  The State wise area taken up under NAP and GIM since 2015-16 is given in Annexure-1 .
- (d) As per Twenty Point Programme achievements reported under Item No 51(b)-number of seedlings planted on public and forest land- in the State of Chhattisgarh since 201516 till 2021-22is around 3047 lakhs which include the collective achievements done by the State under State Govt. plan and non-plan, Central Govt. Schemes including GIM& NAP and plantation efforts by NGO's, Private organisations, Civil Societies etc.
- (e) The State and year wise funds released under NAP and GIM since 2015-16 till 2021-22 is given in Annexure-2 .

Annexure-1

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 3204  due  for  reply  on  20.03.2023  by  Shrimati  Jyotsna  Charandas  Mahant  regarding 'National Afforestation Programme'.

Table-1: State-wise area taken up under NAP and GIM since 2015-16till date

(Area in ha)

| S. No.   | State             | Area under NAP   | Area under GIM   |
|----------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 4325             | 4393             |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 1010             | 10777            |
| 3        | Assam             | 373              | -                |
| 4        | Bihar             | 8435             | -                |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 12958            | 24610            |
| 6        | Goa               | -                | -                |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 2755             | -                |
| 8        | Haryana           | 2195             | 6174             |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 2184             | 5480             |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 2128             | 7571             |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | -                | -                |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 10760            | 2795             |
| 13       | Kerala            | -                | 12298            |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 8910             | 35617            |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 8285             | 6766             |
| 16       | Manipur           | 1733             | 19976            |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | -                | -                |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 4615             | 20643            |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 8185             | 0.00             |
| 20       | Orissa            | 16068            | 20772            |
| 21       | Punjab            | -                | 7454             |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 2950             | 0.00             |
| 23       | Sikkim            | 1914             | 6981             |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 1500             | -                |
| 25       | Telangana         | -                | -                |
| 26       | Tripura           | 6120             | -                |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 2985             | -                |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       | 4914             | 16897            |
| 29       | West Bengal       | -                | 18666            |
|          | Total             | 115302           | 227870           |

Annexure-2 Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) of the Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 3204 due for reply on 20.03.2023 by Shrimati Jyotsna Charandas Mahant regarding 'National Afforestation Programme'.

A: State-wise and year-wise details of funds released under NAP from 2015-16 to 2021-22 (Rs. in Crores)

| S. No.   | State             |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |      0.87 |      1.33 |      3.36 |      6.38 |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |      0    |      0    |      0.86 |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 3        | Assam             |      2.56 |      0    |      0    |      0.58 |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 4        | Bihar             |      5.01 |      2.18 |      4.23 |      0    |      1.18 |      0.8  |      4.3  |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |     10.2  |      4.92 |     10.86 |      7.82 |      5.71 |      9.88 |      5.56 |
| 6        | Goa               |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 7        | Gujarat           |      8.54 |      4.36 |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 8        | Haryana           |      0.72 |      3.5  |      2.71 |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |      0    |      0    |      1.73 |      2.92 |      0.52 |      0.57 |      0    |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir    |      0    |      0    |      7.2  |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 11       | Jharkhand         |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 12       | Karnataka         |      1.05 |      7.33 |      3.24 |     10.99 |      0    |      0    |      9.01 |
| 13       | Kerala            |      1.02 |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    |      9.45 |      4    |      8.74 |      7.78 |      0    |      0.57 |      0    |
| 15       | Maharashtra       |     14.9  |      4.76 |      6.73 |     15.33 |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 16       | Manipur           |      3.67 |      1.21 |      3.2  |      4.38 |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 17       | Meghalaya         |      1.35 |      0    |      1.65 |      0.74 |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 18       | Mizoram           |     10.17 |      6.74 |      5.8  |      7.79 |      0    |      7.4  |      5.14 |
| 19       | Nagaland          |      0    |      5.21 |      5.85 |      6.41 |      2.35 |      4.27 |     10.65 |
| 20       | Orissa            |      9.49 |      4.62 |      3.49 |     11.36 |      8.45 |     13.67 |      7.77 |
| 21       | Punjab            |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 22       | Rajasthan         |      0.75 |      0    |      1.4  |      1.95 |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 23       | Sikkim            |      1.52 |      5.09 |      0    |      5.98 |      0    |      0.88 |      0    |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        |      1.42 |      1.56 |      0    |      2.07 |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 25       | Telangana         |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 26       | Tripura           |      5.73 |      0    |      4.94 |      0    |      3.76 |      1.33 |      3.75 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     |      2.68 |      2.55 |      0.67 |      0.32 |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       |      3.05 |      0    |      3.36 |      2.58 |      0    |      1.06 |      0    |
| 29       | West Bengal       |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|          | Total             |     94.16 |     59.35 |     80    |     95.38 |     21.98 |     40.42 |     46.17 |

B: State-wise and year-wise funds released under GIM from 2015-16 to 2021-22

(Rs. in Crores)

| Sl. No.   | States            |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 | 2018-19   |   2019-20 | 2020-21   |   2021-22 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |      0    |      1.06 |      0.45 | 2.67 0.00 |      0    |           |      2.02 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |      0    |      0    |      0    | 0.00      |      0    | 0.00      |     13.43 |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh      |     23.39 |     20.23 |     10.95 | 5.36      |      5.04 | 1.66      |      6.12 |
| 4         | Haryana           |      0    |      0    |      0    | 0.00      |      0    | 0.00      |      9.55 |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh  |      0    |      0    |      0    | 0.00      |      0    | 17.09     |      0    |
| 6         | Jammu & Kashmir   |      0    |      0    |      0    | 0.00      |      0    | 25.73     |      0    |
| 7         | Karnataka         |      1.06 |      0.87 |      0.86 | 1.62      |      2.21 | 2.35      |      4.45 |
| 8         | Kerala            |      9.15 |      0    |      0    | 0.00      |     16.32 | 0.00      |      0    |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    |      0    |      0    |      0    | 24.16     |     30.65 | 0.00      |     18.29 |
| 10        | Maharashtra       |      0    |      0    |      0    | 10.30     |      0    | 0.00      |      0    |
| 11        | Manipur           |      8.35 |      7.82 |      6.42 | 4.89      |      4.16 | 6.74      |      9.93 |
| 12        | Mizoram           |      0    |      9.88 |     20    | 22.36     |     17.71 | 2.99      |     29.86 |
| 13        | Odisha            |      1.83 |      1.39 |      1.41 | 4.74      |     14.19 | 26.01     |     17.74 |
| 14        | Punjab            |      6.12 |      0    |      6.22 | 0.00      |      3.19 | 0.00      |      3.32 |
| 15        | Sikkim            |      0    |      0    |      0    | 3.32      |      3.12 | 2.19      |      7.77 |
| 16        | Uttarakhand       |     20.21 |      0    |      0    | 0.00      |      0    | 27.89     |     33.99 |
| 17        | West Bengal       |      0    |      0    |      0    | 0.00      |      9.43 | 0.00      |      0    |
|           | Total             |     70.09 |     41.25 |     46.3  | 79.43     |    106.01 | 112.65    |    156.46 |

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