Lok Sabha Question No. 301 (STARRED), answered on 2025-08-11
Subject: Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats Scheme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Appalanaidu Kalisetti, Dr. Byreddy Shabari

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 301

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.08.2025

## Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats Scheme

DR. BYREDDY SHABARI:

SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI:

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

- (a) the number of projects implemented under the Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats Scheme, State-wise;
- (b) the total funds allocated, released and utilised thereunder during the last five years and the current year, component-wise;
- (c) the  measurable  outcomes  achieved  in  terms  of  wildlife  conservation,  habitat improvement and community participation;
- (d) the  details  of  proposals  currently  pending  from  various  States,  including  Andhra Pradesh, under the Scheme along with the reasons for delay, if any; and
- (e) whether the Government has any plans to expand or strengthen the scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BHUPENDER YADAV)

(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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301*.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *301  REGARDING  'INTEGRATED  DEVELOPMENT OF  WILDLIFE  HABITATS  SCHEME'  BY  DR.  BYREDDY  SHABARI  &  SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI FOR REPLY ON 11.08.2025

- (a) to. (e) 'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats' is a Centrally sponsored umbrella scheme  with  sub  schemes  namely  'Development  of  Wildlife  Habitats'  and 'Project  Tiger  &  Elephant'  under  which  financial  assistance  is  provided  for conservation, protection and management of wildlife and its habitat. The scheme also  supports the eco  development activities  with communities and mitigating human-wildlife  negative  interface.  Financial  assistance  is  provided  on  a  cost sharing basis, and as per the annual plan of operations received from the State Governments and Union Territory Administrations.

Under the scheme activities like management planning, strengthening research and awareness, anti-poaching measures, strengthening of protection infrastructure,  habitat  improvement,  eco  development,  management  of  human wildlife  conflict,  capacity  building  etc.  are  supported.  The  details  of  financial assistance provided to States and Union Territories, including State of Andhra Pradesh during the last five years and current year under the 'Development of Wildlife  Habitats'  and  'Project  Tiger  &  Elephant'  schemes  are  placed  as Annexure-I and Annexure -II .

The Wild life (Protection) Act, 1972 empowers the State Governments and Union Territories  Administration  for  notification  of  Protected  Areas.  The  financial assistance has been provided to States and Union Territories under the scheme and the number of Protected Areas (PAs) in the country has increased from 745 in 2014 to 1134 in February 2025. There has been an increase of 18,324.54 sq.km area under Protected Area network in the country during the last decade. Under the Protected area  network  the  number of Community Reserves has increased from 48 in 2014 to 309 in 2025.

The number of Tiger Reserves have increased from 48 in 2014 to 58 in the 2025. Similarly, the number of Elephant Reserves have also increased in last decade from 31 to 33.

Focused species conservation programme for twenty four species such as snow leopard,  dugong,  dolphin,  bustard,  gharial  etc  have  been  supported  under  the Development of Wildlife Habitats scheme. Management effectiveness evaluation for the National Parks, Sanctuaries, Tiger Reserves and Elephant Reserves have been conducted.

The Annual plan of operations received from States/ UTs are duly examined and sanctioned from time to time.

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *301 due for reply on 11.08.2025 regarding 'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats Scheme'

Details of funds released to State Governments and UT Administrations during last Five years and  Current  Financial  Year  under  the  'Development  of  Wildlife  Habitats'  sub-scheme  of 'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats':

(Rs in lakhs)

|                   | 2020-21        | 2020-21       | 2021-22        | 2021-22       | 2022-23        | 2022-23       | 2023-24        | 2023-24       | 2024-25        | 2024-25       | 2025-26        | 2025-26       |
|-------------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
| State/UT          | Fund Allocated | Fund Released | Fund Allocated | Fund Released | Fund Allocated | Fund Released | Fund Allocated | Fund Released | Fund Allocated | Fund Released | Fund Allocated | Fund Released |
| A& N Islands      | 0.00           | 0.00          | 271.55         | 135.77        | 100.50         | 25.13         | 0.00           | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00          |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 0.00           | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00          |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 719.73         | 312.59        | 1116.78        | 419.81        | 1228.63        | 276.44        | 1494.36        | 672.46        | 1547.88        | 1044.82       | 1669.49        | 751.27*       |
| Assam             | 0.00           | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00          | 1076.31        | 209.15        | 2564.24        | 565.11        | 2743.26        | 1234.47       | 3235.28        | 716.30*       |
| Bihar             | 973.49         | 205.16        | 761.69         | 410.86        | 0.00           | 0.00          | 2242.48        | 336.37        | 0.00           | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00          |
| Chandigarh        | 50.36          | 25.16         | 0.00           | 0.00          | 86.50          | 21.62         | 65.98          | 16.50         | 0.00           | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00          |
| Chhattisgarh      | 458.91         | 104.36        | 657.35         | 274.59        | 857.97         | 104.46        | 1254.90        | 116.25        | 1273.85        | 135.58        | 0.00           | 0.00          |
| Goa               | 0.00           | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00          | 334.00         | 50.10         | 455.10         | 66.44         | 0.00           | 0.00          |
| Gujarat           | 727.32         | 124.58        | 0.00           | 0.00          | 1333.40        | 200.01        | 1383.00        | 206.99        | 6006.91        | 801.58        | 0.00           | 0.00          |
| Haryana           | 265.00         | 18.22         | 412.92         | 127.33        | 677.19         | 30.16         | 559.50         | 167.85        | 776.74         | 232.97        | 728.03         | 109.20        |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 248.43         | 187.64        | 307.03         | 197.09        | 351.69         | 114.32        | 418.46         | 94.15         | 765.83         | 172.31        | 0.00           | 0.00          |
| Jammu& Kashmir    | 517.63         | 80.63         | 0.00           | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00          | 930.18         | 69.58         | 791.72         | 73.97         | 0.00           | 0.00          |
| Jharkhand         | 669.02         | 198.23        | 380.87         | 79.53         | 0.00           | 0.00          | 437.98         | 14.91         | 493.50         | 71.94         | 0.00           | 0.00          |
| Karnataka         | 2435.16        | 586.13        | 2888.06        | 1256.59       | 2645.50        | 291.71        | 4508.22        | 581.52        | 1069.58        | 800.82        | 0.00           | 0.00          |
| Kerala            | 1480.02        | 731.28        | 2036.54        | 295.77        | 2102.89        | 224.47        | 2463.57        | 921.04        | 2374.66        | 909.64        | 0.00           | 0.00          |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 1694.69        | 801.60        | 1967.04        | 389.35        | 2295.57        | 265.55        | 3393.26        | 471.82        | 3388.18        | 740.89        | 0.00           | 0.00          |
| Maharashtra       | 1403.45        | 146.08        | 0.00           | 0.00          | 2521.85        | 350.39        | 3953.70        | 554.70        | 5049.65        | 622.07        | 0.00           | 0.00          |
| Manipur           | 535.82         | 241.12        | 633.41         | 142.51        | 802.86         | 180.64        | 1029.88        | 231.72        | 1163.14        | 261.71        | 0.00           | 0.00          |
| Meghalaya         | 585.57         | 263.50        | 785.64         | 530.51        | 0.00           | 0.00          | 1221.56        | 243.57        | 1799.71        | 389.59        | 0.00           | 0.00          |
| Mizoram           | 754.02         | 339.61        | 884.30         | 198.97        | 845.32         | 190.20        | 1530.34        | 304.21        | 1530.34        | 344.33        | 1198.75        | 262.72        |
| Nagaland          | 577.79         | 260.00        | 760.07         | 342.03        | 1612.57        | 725.66        | 1935.30        | 1306.33       | 2658.16        | 1490.04       | 0.00           | 0.00          |
| Odisha            | 1026.72        | 694.19        | 1794.99        | 726.80        | 2280.09        | 967.50        | 3012.77        | 1005.09       | 3012.77        | 1108.46       | 3072.19        | 457.73        |
| Rajasthan         | 2475.72        | 309.13        | 2533.91        | 1007.65       | 1205.05        | 86.79         | 0.00           | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00          | 3305.65        | 488.36*       |
| Sikkim            | 388.07         | 349.62        | 693.10         | 182.97        | 669.30         | 239.66        | 894.47         | 187.03        | 985.20         | 221.17        | 1200.07        | 540.03*       |
| Tamil Nadu        | 870.95         | 334.04        | 879.64         | 390.76        | 1104.13        | 132.95        | 2412.07        | 373.89        | 4411.98        | 661.79        | 0.00           | 0.00          |
| Telangana         | 113.46         | 36.59         | 0.00           | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00          | 0.00           | 0.00          |

| Uttar Pradesh   |   1190.30 |   312.92 |   1243.31 |   169.06 |   1543.72 |   266.75 |   1941.08 |   290.64 |   2626.26 |   393.87 |   2596.75 |   398.51 |
|-----------------|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|
| Uttarakhand     |    931.39 |   441.61 |   1123.53 |   226.34 |   1123.53 |   212.97 |   1884.92 |   498.5  |   1884.92 |   652.47 |      0    |     0    |
| West Bengal     |   2227.01 |   710.62 |   2387.67 |   757.26 |   2221.64 |   201.31 |   3440.15 |   385.3  |   8723.98 |   183.15 |      0    |     0    |
| Puducherry      |      0    |     0    |      0    |     0    |      0    |     0    |     56.4  |     5.22 |      0    |     0    |      0    |     0    |
| Lakshadweep     |    550.18 |   462.86 |    927.17 |   462.09 |    796.37 |   269.91 |    498.62 |   124.66 |    434.37 |   217.19 |    521.55 |   130.38 |
| Tripura         |    410.29 |   260.68 |      0    |     0    |      0    |     0    |    828.75 |   186.06 |   1510.83 |   339.49 |      0    |     0    |
| Ladakh          |    441.03 |   223.17 |     31.95 |    31.95 |     61.12 |    61.12 |      0.06 |     0.06 |      0    |     0    |      0    |     0    |

Note: '0.00' indicates that either the Annual plan of operations (APO) have not been received or incomplete APO have been submitted.

## Annexure-II

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of the  Lok Sabha  Starred Question No. *301 due for reply on 11.08.2025 regarding  'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats Scheme'

Details of funds released to State Governments and UT Administrations during last Five years under the sub-scheme 'Project Tiger & Elephant' of 'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats':

|                   | 2020-21               | 2020-21             | 2020-21               | 2020-21             | 2021-22              | 2021-22             | 2021-22               | 2021-22             | 2022-23               | 2022-23             | 2022-23               | 2022-23             | ** 2023-24             | ** 2023-24          | ** 2023-24          | ** 2024-25             | ** 2024-25          | ** 2024-25          |
|-------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| States            | Funds Allocated ( PT) | Funds Released (PT) | Funds Allocated ( PE) | Funds Released (PE) | Funds Allocated (PT) | Funds Released (PT) | Funds Allocated ( PE) | Funds Released (PE) | Funds Allocated ( PT) | Funds Released (PT) | Funds Allocated ( PE) | Funds Released (PE) | Funds Allocated (PT&E) | Funds Released (PT) | Funds Released (PE) | Funds Allocated (PT&E) | Funds Released (PT) | Funds Released (PE) |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 880.60                | 266.51              | 198                   | 77.28               | 455.32               | 292.11              | 87.13                 | 20.55               | 0.00                  | 0.00                | 0                     | 0                   | 507.72                 | 135.56              | 13.86               | 1422.53                | 350.70              | 14.43               |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1203.30               | 803.76              | 394.8                 | 282.25              | 1199.18              | 869.08              | 228.48                | 157.76              | 1254.5                | 787.19              | 292.49                | 65.81               | 1557.                  | 783.21              | 336.70              | 1964.44                | 1395.29             | 372.70              |
| Assam             | 4144.39               | 2513.9 0            | 54.64                 | 35.28               | 2392.89              | 1476.75             | 240                   | 126.71              | 3294.1                | 2559.7              | 372                   | 167.4               | 3880.4                 | 2242.6              | 376.63              | 4606.01                | 2620.69             | 410.15              |
| Bihar             | 1366.76               | 628.89              | 135                   | 39.08               | 1064.55              | 552.72              | 0.00                  | 0                   | 1153.5                | 246.90              | 0.00                  | 0                   | 1208.6                 | 302.52              | 6.47                | 1412.49                | 522.20              | 20.90               |
| Chhattisgarh      | 1308.33               | 471.16              | 0                     | 0                   | 971.61               | 355.85              | 79.3                  | 24.78               | 1013.4                | 165.75              | 0.00                  | 0                   | 1208.8                 | 243.63              | 49.23               | 987.30                 | 285.93              | 22.06               |
| Jharkhand         | 422.56                | 128.45              | 303.1                 | 111.86              | 368.92               | 195.06              | 297                   | 86.68               | 503.54                | 227.75              | 300                   | 78.05               | 971.10                 | 218.54              | 187.25              | 1284.57                | 404.16              | 323.40              |
| Karnataka         | 5872.52               | 2118.0              | 881.73                | 330.40              | 5056.09              | 2956.70             | 870.65                | 261.19              | 6051.7                | 1716.9              | 786.75                | 97.84               | 6784.3                 | 2377.15             | 235.93              | 10674.1                | 2631.78             | 169.49              |
| Kerala            | 1044.50               | 402.88              | 1197                  | 574.56              | 1374.30              | 868.78              | 1041.55               | 550.96              | 1597.5                | 417.59              | 967.66                | 241.05              | 2394.1                 | 653.31              | 342.91              | 2065.01                | 150.35              | 71.02               |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 6735.80               | 2551.2 6            | 0.00                  | 0                   | 5727.33              | 3523.52             | 41.74                 | 12.61               | 8025.1                | 3956.8              | 78.32                 | 11.38               | 9297.6                 | 4251.31             | 52.48               | 14866.6                | 5887.09             | 23.41               |

| Maharashtra      |   8033.42 | 3098.0 3   | 71          |   17.98 |   7328.50 | 2991.06   |    0.00 |   0.00 |   7152.7 |   809.62 |   190.16 |   28.52 |   7910.8 |   2531.41 | 83.04          | 9378.55   | 4149.70   |   27.00 |
|------------------|-----------|------------|-------------|---------|-----------|-----------|---------|--------|----------|----------|----------|---------|----------|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| Odisha           |   1752.89 | 680.07     | 1197 577.09 | 1105.77 |   1056.86 |           | 1260.1  | 567.04 |   1897.7 |   946.82 |   598.71 | 212.76  |  2479.8  |    750.16 | 262.43 2134.09 |           | 760.77    |  158.81 |
| Rajasthan        |   2746.18 | 1008.8 9   | 0.00        |    0    |   2185.23 | 841.05    |   74    |  15.18 |   2386.9 |   529.78 |    76    |   6.186 |  2691.2  |    932.3  | 36.00 2395.22  | 574.68    |           |    4.79 |
| Tamil Nadu       |   3509.29 | 1336.1 4   | 0.00        |    0    |   3446.23 | 1576.22   |  453.9  | 181.84 |   4081.7 |   501.35 |   773.63 |  85.94  |  4917.7  |   2148.89 | 399.08         | 5577.10   | 2007.86   |  177.02 |
| Uttarakhand      |   2948.98 | 1671.3 0   | 470         |  204.85 |   2181.43 | 1463.71   |  442.85 | 244.12 |   2339.4 |   741.13 |   284.54 |  18.74  |  2623.8  |   1343.26 | 152.26         | 3358.52   | 1656.98   |  166.25 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |   2855.69 | 923.29     | 0.00        |    0    |   1935.66 | 1304.85   |  167.31 |  45.99 |   3715.2 |   919.96 |    78.42 |   9.85  |  3996.4  |    994.36 | 37.62          | 5292.88   | 1987.00   |   88.11 |
| West Bengal      |   1200.94 | 333.96     | 144.61      |   64.19 |   1367.26 | 708.28    |  236    |  87.87 |   1623.2 |   458.77 |   241.5  |  30.05  |  1862.9  |    453.36 | 69.22          | 1531.32   | 396.83    |   29.12 |
| Mizoram          |    241.84 | 161.53     | 0           |    0    |    415.7  | 374.13    |    0    |   0    |    350   |    78.75 |     0    |   0     |   330    |    144    | 0.00           | 526.96    | 356.30    |   10.79 |
| Telangana        |   1434.03 | 351.97     | 0           |    0    |    987.31 | 543.26    |    0    |   0    |      0   |     0    |     0    |   0     |  1182    |    323.31 | 0.00           | 1021.08   | 291.68    |    0    |
| Haryana          |      0    | 0.00       | 30          |   11.04 |      0    | 0.00      |   28.23 |   4.23 |      0   |     0    |    58    |  17.4   |    58    |      0    | 26.10          | 72.00     | 0.00      |   31.2  |
| Himachal Pradesh |      0    | 0.00       | 0.00        |    0    |      0    | 0.00      |    0    |   0    |      0   |     0    |     0    |   0     |    87.18 |      0    | 19.61 90.16    |           | 0.00      |   40.57 |
| Manipur          |      0    | 0.00       | 0.00        |    0    |      0    | 0.00      |   12    |   5.4  |      0   |     0    |     0    |   0     |    62.76 |      0    | 14.12 65.00    |           | 0.00      |   29.25 |
| Meghalaya        |      0    | 0.00       | 52          |    9.36 |      0    | 0.00      |  210    | 141.75 |      0   |     0    |   149    |  32.14  |   290    |      0    | 65.25          | 132.00    | 0.00      |   59.4  |
| Nagaland         |      0    | 0.00       | 205.56      |   92.5  |      0    | 0.00      |  468.46 | 279.75 |      0   |     0    |   523.5  | 235.57  |   375.3  |      0    | 337.77         | 339.38    | 0.00      |  305.44 |
| Tripura          |      0    | 0.00       | 74          |   24.71 |      0    | 0.00      |    0    |   0    |      0   |     0    |    52.5  |   7.36  |   120.38 |      0    | 27.09          | 68.03     | 0.00      |   14.69 |

PT: Project Tiger        PE: Project Elephant

**  Project Tiger has been merged with Project Elephant under Centrally Sponsored Scheme and named viz Project Tiger &Elephant (PT&E) from 2023-2024