Lok Sabha Question No. 2784 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-07
Subject: National Wetland Inventory and Assessment
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2784 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08.2023

## National Wetland Inventory and Assessment

## 2784.    SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY:

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  wetlands  mapped  under  the  National  Wetland  Inventory  and Assessment (NWIA) that have been geo-referenced and super-imposed on the satellite imagery, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has initiated any programme for fully/partially funded State Governments to geo-reference the wetlands mapped under the NWIA; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) As  per  the  "National  Wetland  Decadal  Change  Atlas,  2017  published  by  Space Applications Centre (SAC) - ISRO Ahmedabad under National Wetlands Inventory and Assessment (NWIA) Programme, a total of 2,31,195 wetlands (at 1:50000 scales and area >= 2.25 ha) have been mapped in the Country. The total wetland area estimated is 15.98 million hectare (mha) including rivers and excluding paddy field areas that is around  4.86%  of  the  geographic  area  of  the  country.    The  State/UT-wise  wetland distribution is at Annexure.
- (b) & (c) Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) is currently implementing a centrally sponsored scheme namely, National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems (NPCA) for conservation and management of wetlands (includes lakes) in the country on cost sharing basis between Central Government and respective State Governments. The scheme covers various activities such as interception, diversion and  treatment  of  wastewater,  shoreline  protection,  lake  front  development,  in-situ cleaning  i.e.,  desilting  &  de-weeding,  storm  water  management,  bioremediation, catchment area treatment, lake beautification, survey & demarcation including georeferencing , bio-fencing, fisheries development, weed control, biodiversity conservation, education and awareness creation, community participation, etc.

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Annexure referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Q.  No.  2784  to  be answered  on  Monday,  the  7 th   August,  2023  on  'National  Wetland  Inventory  and Assessment'

## State-wise wetland distribution in India

| Decadal wetland inventory in different States   | Decadal wetland inventory in different States   | Decadal wetland inventory in different States   | Decadal wetland inventory in different States   | Decadal wetland inventory in different States   |
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.                                         | State Name                                      | 2017-18                                         | 2017-18                                         | 2017-18                                         |
|                                                 |                                                 | Number                                          | Area (ha)                                       | Area (% of wetland)                             |
| 1                                               | Andhra Pradesh                                  | 24104                                           | 1141606                                         | 7.14                                            |
| 2                                               | Arunachal Pradesh                               | 1182                                            | 151104                                          | 0.95                                            |
| 3                                               | Assam                                           | 5902                                            | 849078                                          | 5.31                                            |
| 4                                               | Bihar                                           | 4526                                            | 374766                                          | 2.34                                            |
| 5                                               | Chhattisgarh                                    | 11457                                           | 342443                                          | 2.14                                            |
| 6                                               | Goa                                             | 742                                             | 24749                                           | 0.15                                            |
| 7                                               | Gujarat                                         | 17613                                           | 3499429                                         | 21.9                                            |
| 8                                               | Haryana                                         | 1905                                            | 33649                                           | 0.21                                            |
| 9                                               | Himachal Pradesh                                | 215                                             | 94011                                           | 0.59                                            |
| 10                                              | Jharkhand                                       | 2635                                            | 187045                                          | 1.17                                            |
| 11                                              | Karnataka                                       | 14936                                           | 787127                                          | 4.93                                            |
| 12                                              | Kerala                                          | 1399                                            | 158336                                          | 0.99                                            |
| 13                                              | Madhya Pradesh                                  | 13947                                           | 861736                                          | 5.39                                            |
| 14                                              | Maharashtra                                     | 25935                                           | 1152625                                         | 7.21                                            |
| 15                                              | Manipur                                         | 132                                             | 67408                                           | 0.42                                            |
| 16                                              | Meghalaya                                       | 225                                             | 31002                                           | 0.19                                            |
| 17                                              | Mizoram                                         | 127                                             | 19476                                           | 0.12                                            |
| 18                                              | Nagaland                                        | 148                                             | 21118                                           | 0.13                                            |
| 19                                              | Odisha                                          | 13331                                           | 719942                                          | 4.5                                             |
| 20                                              | Punjab                                          | 1190                                            | 47024                                           | 0.29                                            |
| 21                                              | Rajasthan                                       | 13321                                           | 778824                                          | 4.87                                            |
| 22                                              | Sikkim                                          | 259                                             | 7049                                            | 0.04                                            |
| 23                                              | Tamil Nadu                                      | 26883                                           | 925712                                          | 5.79                                            |
| 24                                              | Telangana                                       | 12338                                           | 566680                                          | 3.55                                            |
| 25                                              | Tripura                                         | 416                                             | 18438                                           | 0.12                                            |
| 26                                              | Uttar Pradesh                                   | 18555                                           | 1104562                                         | 6.91                                            |
| 27                                              | Uttarakhand                                     | 172                                             | 112882                                          | 0.71                                            |
| 28                                              | West Bengal                                     | 12955                                           | 1130127                                         | 7.07                                            |
| 29                                              | Andaman &Nicobar                                | 2774                                            | 143238                                          | 0.9                                             |

| 30   | Chandigarh         |     11 |      336 |      0 |
|------|--------------------|--------|----------|--------|
| 31   | Dadra Nagar Haveli |     12 |     2063 |   0.01 |
| 32   | Daman and Diu      |     59 |     2728 |   0.02 |
| 33   | Delhi              |    123 |     2773 |   0.02 |
| 34   | Jammu &Kashmir     |    404 |   164110 |   1.03 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep        |     50 |    79716 |   0.5  |
| 36   | Ladakh             |   1073 |   373049 |   2.33 |
| 37   | Puducherry         |    139 |     5555 |   0.03 |
|      | Total              | 231195 | 15981516 | 100    |

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