Lok Sabha Question No. 469 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Production of Bamboo
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Arun Kumar Sagar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 469

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6 th  FEBRUARY, 2024

## PRODUCTION OF BAMBOO

469: SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR: Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state: (a) whether the Bamboo trees release 30 per cent more oxygen that the other trees and absorb carbon dioxide according to Botany; (b) if so, the details thereof ; (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  or  propose  to  take  any  steps  to  increase  the production  of  bamboo  in  the  country  particularly  in  the  Parliamentary  Constituency  of Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh which is environmentally favourable for bamboo production; (d) if so, the details thereof; and

- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी (SHRI ARJUN MUNDA)

(a) & (b): Bamboo  like  any  woody  plants  absorbs  carbon  dioxide  through  carbon sequestration  and  store  in  woody  stem,  branches,  leaves  and  rhizomes  etc.  Carbon sequestration is the capturing, removal and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the earth's atmosphere.  As per scientific reports, the ability of carbon sequestration of bamboo varies from species to species, for example, in Bambusa tulda, carbon sequestration is at a rate of 27.79 ton/ha/year in Indian conditions.

(c) & (d): The Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is implementing Restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM) since 2018-19 for the development of complete value chain of bamboo sector to link growers with consumers. Bamboo plantation under NBM is being carried out in non-forest Government land and private farmer's field.  Presently, NBM is being implemented in the 23 States including Uttar Pradesh and UT of Jammu & Kashmir. So far, an area of 46617 ha bamboo plantation has been achieved under restructured NBM. The  State-wise  details  of  the  plantation  taken  up  in  non-forest  area  under  NBM  is  at AnnexureI .

The  scheme  is  implemented  in  cluster  mode.  In  Shahjahanpur  District  of  Uttar Pradesh, 28 ha of Bamboo Plantation and one big nursery producing 25000 saplings annually have been established as a part of Bareilly cluster.

(e): Does not arise.

Annexure  to  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  469  due  for  answer  on 06.02.2024.

State-wise details of Area covered under Bamboo Plantation in Non-Forest Area under erstwhile-NBM & Restructured National Bamboo Mission

Area in ha.

| Sr. No   | State/UT          | Erstwhile- NBM   | Restructured National Bamboo Mission   |
|----------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Sr. No   | State/UT          | 2006-2017        | 2018 to 2023 (as on 31.01.2024         |
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh | 23982            | 600                                    |
| 2        | Assam             | 2800             | 1485                                   |
| 3        | Bihar             | 1507             | 48                                     |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh      | 6274             | 1965                                   |
| 5        | Gujarat           | 4967             | 1730                                   |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh  | 1228             | 121                                    |
| 7        | Jharkhand         | 112              | 67                                     |
| 8        | Karnataka         | 588              | 7561                                   |
| 9        | Kerala            | 254              | 150                                    |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh    | 4564             | 19249                                  |
| 11       | Maharashtra       | 2593             | 5381                                   |
| 12       | Manipur           | 31498            | 1315                                   |
| 13       | Meghalaya         | 917              | 36                                     |
| 14       | Mizoram           | 18072            | 770                                    |
| 15       | Nagaland          | -                | 474                                    |
| 16       | Odisha            | 4315             | 459                                    |
| 17       | Sikkim            | 8689             | 1115                                   |
| 18       | Tamil Nadu        | 2838             | 559                                    |
| 19       | Telangana         | -                | 1048                                   |
| 20       | Tripura           | 3167             | 436                                    |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh     | 2095             | 886                                    |
| 22       | Uttarakhand       | 1058             | 1162                                   |
|          | Total             | 122212           | 46617                                  |

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