Lok Sabha Question No. 1825 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Tree Plantation
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Nayab Singh, Gyaneshwar Patil, Shiromani Ram

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO. 1825

TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2023

## Tree Plantation

1825.   SHRI NAYAB SINGH: SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL: SHRI RAMSHIROMANI VERMA:

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

- (a)   whether the Government provides any financial assistance to the States for executing tree  plantation  programmes,  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise  and  if  not,  the reasons therefor;
- (b)   the details of the schemes proposed by the Government to carry out plantation drives in villages;
- (c)   whether the Government has assessed the progress of afforestation in the urban and rural areas in Kurukshetra and Khandwa Parliamentary Constituencies particularly in tribal areas of Khandwa, if so, the details thereof;
- (d)   if not, whether the Government proposes to make such an assessment in future; and
- (e)   whether the Government is contemplating to launch tree plantation programme in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) to(e) The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change supports the States/Union Territories  for  carrying  out  afforestation  activities  through  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme namely National Mission for a Green India (GIM). It aims at protecting, restoring  and  enhancing  India's  forest  cover  and  responding  to  climate  change. National  Afforestation  Programme  (NAP)  has  been  the  flagship  afforestation scheme  of  the  Ministry,  implemented  since  year  2000  on  pan  India  basis,  for afforestation  in  identified  degraded  forest  areas  with  people's  participation  and decentralized forest governance.  An area of over 2 million hectare was earmarked for taking up afforestation in the States/Union Territories (UTs) with an investment  of about Rs.  3982 crores till  2022-23 under NAP since its  launching year. GIM activities were started in the FY 2015-16. So far, a sum of Rs. 755.28 crores has been released to seventeen States and one union territory for creation of plantation  over  an  area  of  153125  ha.  NAP  has  been  merged  with  GIM  and implemented as single scheme at present. The State wise details of funds released under NAP and GIM is given in Annexure .

Besides,  afforestation  is  a  major  activity  under  the  Compensatory  Afforestation Fund as per the provisions of the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016 and the  Rules  made  thereunder.  Further,  tree  plantation,  being  a  multi-departmental, multi-agency activity, are also taken up cross-sectorally under various programmes/funding  sources  of  other  ministries/  organizations  and  also  through State Plan budgets.

The Ministry has  issued several advisories for involvement  of people in  various plantation programmes  especially on occasions like  Van  Mahotsav,  World Environment Day, World Forestry Day etc. States and UT Governments carry out various  afforestation  drives  to  achieve  their  afforestation  targets  including  mass plantation drive involving public participation.

Assessments  of  progress  of  afforestation  activities  are  taken  up  as  per  scheme specific  guidelines  and  State  specific  monitoring  systems.  GIM  activities  have been  taken  up  in  Kurukshetra  &  Khandwa  constituencies  and  the  State  Forest Department  of  Haryana  &  Madhya  Pradesh  have  been  submitting  the  progress reports  for  the  work  taken  on  regular  basis  as  per  the  GIM  implementation guidelines.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 1825 due for reply on 31.07.2023 by Shri Nayab Singh, Shri Gyaneshwar Patil and Shri Ramshiromani Verma regarding 'Tree Plantation'.

## A: State-wise details of funds released under NAP from 2000-02 to 2022-23

(Rs. in Crores)

| S. No.   | State                | TOTAL   |
|----------|----------------------|---------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 133.26  |
| 2        | Bihar                | 87.46   |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh         | 326.18  |
| 4        | Goa                  | 0.64    |
| 5        | Gujarat              | 233.19  |
| 6        | Haryana              | 180.98  |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh     | 78.38   |
| 8        | Jammu &Kashmir       | 88.44   |
| 9        | Jharkhand            | 159.56  |
| 10       | Karnataka            | 247.90  |
| 11       | Kerala               | 77.28   |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh       | 277.59  |
| 13       | Maharashtra          | 317.30  |
| 14       | Orissa               | 210.00  |
| 15       | Punjab               | 27.00   |
| 16       | Rajasthan            | 75.04   |
| 17       | Tamil Nadu           | 127.31  |
| 18       | Telangana            | 2.03    |
| 19       | Uttar Pradesh        | 294.42  |
| 20       | Uttarakhand          | 108.24  |
| 21       | West Bengal          | 62.89   |
|          | Total (Other States) | 3115.07 |
|          | North Eastern states |         |
| 22       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 33.88   |
| 23       | Assam                | 87.13   |
| 24       | Manipur              | 119.94  |
| 25       | Meghalaya            | 59.95   |
| 26       | Mizoram              | 211.10  |
| 27       | Nagaland             | 151.01  |
| 28       | Sikkim               | 106.72  |
| 29       | Tripura              | 98.07   |
|          | Total (NE States)    | 867.80  |
|          | Grand Total          | 3982.87 |

## B: State-wise and year-wise funds released under GIM from 2015-16 to 2022-23

(Rs. in Crores)

| Sl. No.   | States            |   Total fund released (Rs. In crores) |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                                  6.19 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                                 34.71 |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh      |                                 72.75 |
| 4         | Haryana           |                                  9.55 |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh  |                                 17.09 |
| 6         | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                 32.22 |
| 7         | Karnataka         |                                 16.34 |
| 8         | Kerala            |                                 25.47 |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    |                                 91.03 |
| 10        | Maharashtra       |                                 10.3  |
| 11        | Manipur           |                                 53.75 |
| 12        | Mizoram           |                                139.08 |
| 13        | Odisha            |                                 75.78 |
| 14        | Punjab            |                                 21.57 |
| 15        | Sikkim            |                                 22.98 |
| 16        | Uttarakhand       |                                110.49 |
| 17        | West Bengal       |                                 10.95 |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh     |                                  5.43 |
| Total     | Total             |                                755.68 |