Lok Sabha Question No. 2217 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-05
Subject: Green India Mission
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Smt. Hema Malini

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2217 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2024

## Green India Mission

## 2217. SMT. HEMAMALINI DHARMENDRA DEOL

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

- (a) whether  the  major  objective  of  the  Green  India  Mission  is  to  start  afforestation activities in the degraded forest areas by involving people's participation;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the amount of funds provided by the Government to various States during the last five years along with the details of the achievements made under the said mission?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

- (a) & (b) National Mission for a Green India (GIM) is one of the eight Missions outlined under  the  National  Action  Plan  on  Climate  Change.  It  aims  at  protecting, restoring, and enhancing India's forest cover and responding to Climate Change by undertaking eco-restoration activities in the forest and non-forest areas through Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMC's). The activities under GIM were started  in  the  FY  2015-16.  So  far,  an  amount  of  Rs.  909.82  Crores  have  been released to seventeen States and one Union Territory for creation of plantation/eco-restoration over an area of 155130 ha.
- (c) The  amount  of  funds  provided/released  and  achievement  done  by  the  states during the last five years (2019-20 to 2023-24) is detailed in Annexure-1.

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Annexure-1 Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 2217 due for reply on 05.08.2024 by Smt. Hemamalini Dharmendra Deol regarding 'Green India Mission'

## State/UT  wise  funds  provided/released  and  achievements  under  GIM  during  last  five years (2019-20 to 2023-24)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | Funds provided/released   | Achievements (in ha)   | Achievements (in ha)   | Achievements (in ha)   |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | In Crores)                | Advance work           | Creation work          | Maintenance            |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    | 2.02                      | 899                    | 899                    | 11                     |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh | 34.71                     | 8492                   | 0                      | 0                      |
| 3.        | Chhattisgarh      | 12.91                     | 2270                   | 0                      | 19128                  |
| 4.        | Haryana           | 17.15                     | 1301                   | 1301                   | 0                      |
| 5.        | Himachal Pradesh  | 17.09                     | 1186                   | 0                      | 0                      |
| 6.        | Jammu& Kashmir    | 32.22                     | 1066                   | 1066                   | 0                      |
| 7.        | Karnataka         | 14.27                     | 1362                   | 1362                   | 1357                   |
| 8.        | Kerala            | 16.32                     | 3282                   | 3282                   | 4159                   |
| 9.        | Madhya Pradesh    | 75.49                     | 23357                  | 16043                  | 10193                  |
| 10.       | Maharashtra       | 0.00                      | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      |
| 11.       | Manipur           | 35.19                     | 5634                   | 5634                   | 8798                   |
| 12.       | Mizoram           | 107.96                    | 1000                   | 0                      | 21544                  |
| 13.       | Odisha            | 79.00                     | 11526                  | 11526                  | 5537                   |
| 14.       | Punjab            | 14.62                     | 3550                   | 3550                   | 0                      |
| 15.       | Sikkim            | 27.16                     | 5058                   | 5058                   | 30                     |
| 16.       | Uttarakhand       | 122.22                    | 7383                   | 7353                   | 0                      |
| 17.       | West Bengal       | 10.95                     | 2606                   | 2606                   | 0                      |
| 18.       | Uttar Pradesh     | 5.43                      | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      |
|           | Total             | 624.71                    | 79972                  | 59680                  | 70757                  |

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