Lok Sabha Question No. 1506 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-29
Subject: Bamboo Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Arun Kumar Sagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1506

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH  JULY, 2025

## BAMBOO FARMING

1506.  SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  is  a  great  potential  for  bamboo  farming  in  Shahjanpur  Lok  Sabha Constituency  of  Uttar  Pradesh  through  which  the  Ganga,  the  Bahgul,  the  Khannaut,  the Garra, the Ramganga and the Devaha rivers pass through;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  or  proposes  to  take  any  steps  to  promote bamboo farming in the Shahjanpur Lok Sabha Constituency; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण राÏय मंğी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR) (a) & (b): Bamboo is vitally important from ecological, commercial, and socio-economic perspectives. Bamboo is used for various purposes such as paper and textile manufacturing,  construction,  architecture,  engineering,  handicrafts,  food,  and  medicine. Environmentally, bamboo helps reduce air and water pollution, mitigate land degradation, sequester carbon, and combat climate change.

The restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM) has been launched as a Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  in  2018-19.  NBM  provides  assistance  to  both  the  Government  & private sectors for the propagation, cultivation of bamboo in non-forest land and patta land of  Forest  Rights  Act  (FRA)  2006  beneficiaries,  bamboo  treatment,  establishment  of markets, incubation centres, value added product development & processing and development of tools & equipments. The funding pattern is 60:40 between Centre and State Government for all States except NE & Hilly States, where it is 90:10 and 100% in case of Union  Territories/Bamboo  Technology  Support  Groups  (BTSGs)  and  National  Level Agencies.

Major  objectives  of  the  Mission  are  to  increase  the  availability  of  quality  planting materials,  area  expansion  of  bamboo  cultivation,  improve  post-harvest  management, primary treatment and seasoning, preservation technologies, market infrastructure, product development,  promote  skill  development  and  re-align  efforts  to  reduce  dependency  on import of bamboo and bamboo products.

(c) & (d): The restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM) has been implemented in Uttar Pradesh since 2019-20. The Bareilly Bamboo Cluster, under the NBM, is operational in Shahjahanpur district. In Shahjahanpur district, one bamboo  nursery has been established, and bamboo plantations comprising 22,437 saplings across 41 hectares have been undertaken under the NBM. In addition, 75,636 bamboo saplings have been planted under various schemes of the Uttar Pradesh State Government since 2022-23. The details of the activities undertaken in the Bareilly Bamboo Cluster given at annexure -I.

## Annexure-I

| Details of the physical progress of NBM in and around Shahjanpur Parliamentary Constituency   | Details of the physical progress of NBM in and around Shahjanpur Parliamentary Constituency   | Details of the physical progress of NBM in and around Shahjanpur Parliamentary Constituency   | Details of the physical progress of NBM in and around Shahjanpur Parliamentary Constituency           |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Name of District                                                                              | Plantation Area (In ha)                                                                       | Nursery Established (In Nos)                                                                  | Activities for development of Bamboo Value Chain                                                      |
| Shahjanpur                                                                                    | 41                                                                                            | 01                                                                                            |                                                                                                       |
| Bareilly                                                                                      | 43                                                                                            | 01                                                                                            | 01Common Facility Centre (CFC), 01Bamboo Bazaar, 01 Bamboo Treatment Plant and 01 Carbonization Plant |
| Sitapur                                                                                       | 39                                                                                            | 01                                                                                            |                                                                                                       |
| Pilibhit                                                                                      | 17                                                                                            | 00                                                                                            |                                                                                                       |
| Lakhimpur Kheri                                                                               | 59                                                                                            | 00                                                                                            |                                                                                                       |
| Total                                                                                         | 199                                                                                           | 03                                                                                            | 04                                                                                                    |

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