Lok Sabha Question No. 1075 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-29
Subject: Funds to Telangana under GIM
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1075

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2024

## Funds to Telangana under GIM

## 1075.   SHRI CHAMALA KIRAN KUMAR REDDY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has issued any funds under the Green India Mission (GIM) to the State of Telangana during the last five years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the details of funds issued to other States under the GIM during the said period, State and year-wise?

## 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 in the selected landscapes.

GIM activities were started in the FY 2015-16 and so far, funds have been released  to  seventeen  states  namely  Andhra  Pradesh,  Arunachal  Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,  Manipur,  Mizoram,  Odisha,  Punjab,  Sikkim,  Uttarakhand,  West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and one union territory Jammu & Kashmir for taking up the activities.

The  Ministry  has  not  received  Perspective  Plan  and  Annual  Plan  of Operation  from  the  State  Government  of  Telangana  under  the  Green  India Mission.

- (c) The State and year-wise details of funds issued under the GIM during last five year (2019-20 to 2023-24) is detailed in Annexure-1.

Annexure-1 Annexure referred to in  reply  to  part  (c)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Un-Starred  Question  No. 1075  due  for  reply  on  29.07.2024  by  Shri  Chamala  Kiran  Kumar  Reddy  regarding 'Funds to Telangana under GIM'

## State and year-wise details of funds issued under the GIM during last five year (2019-20 to 2023-24)

(Rs. In Crores)

| Sl. No.             | State/UT     |   2019-20 | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   |
|---------------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1 Andhra            | Pradesh 0.00 |      0    | 2.02      | 0.00      | 0.00      |           |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh | 0.00         |      0    | 13.43     | 21.28     |           | 0.00      |
| 3 Chhattisgarh      | 5.04         |      1.66 | 6.12      | 0.00      |           | 0.09      |
| 4 Haryana           | 0.00         |      0    |           | 9.55      | 0.00      | 7.60      |
| 5 Himachal Pradesh  | 0.00         |     17.09 | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |           |
| 6 Jammu & Kashmir   | 0.00         |     25.73 | 0.00      | 6.49      | 0.00      |           |
| 7 Karnataka         | 2.21         |      2.35 | 4.45      | 2.93      | 2.33      |           |
| 8 Kerala            | 16.32        |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      |           | 0.00      |
| 9 Madhya Pradesh    | 30.65        |      0    | 18.29     | 17.93     | 8.62      |           |
| 10 Manipur          | 4.16         |      6.74 | 9.93      | 5.45      | 8.91      |           |
| 11 Mizoram          | 17.71        |      2.99 | 29.86     | 36.27     |           | 21.13     |
| 12 Odisha           | 14.19        |     26.01 | 17.74     | 8.4756    |           | 12.59     |
| 13 Punjab           | 3.19         |      0    | 3.32      |           | 2.7393    | 5.38      |
| 14 Sikkim           | 3.12         |      2.19 | 7.77      | 6.57      |           | 7.50      |
| 15 Uttarakhand      | 0.00         |     27.89 |           | 33.99     | 28.40     | 31.94     |
| 16 West Bengal      | 9.43         |      0    | 0.00      | 0.76      |           | 0.76      |
| 17 Uttar Pradesh    | 0.00         |      0    | 0.00      |           | 0.00      | 5.43      |
|                     | Total        |    106.01 | 112.65    | 156.46    | 137.29    | 112.28    |

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