Lok Sabha Question No. 1031 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-29
Subject: Green India Mission
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1031

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2024

## Green India Mission

## 1031. DR. HEMANT VISHNU SAVARA:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that National Mission for a Green India (GIM) is one of the eight Missions outlined under the National Action Plan on Climate Change;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the current status of implementation of the GIM in the country' specially in Palghar district in Maharashtra State; and
- (d) the details of  the funds  allocated,  disbursed  and utilized  during the  last  five  years, Statewise, especially in Maharashtra State?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

- (a) to (c) 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. The activities under GIM were started in the FY 2015-16.

So  far,  an  amount  of  Rs.  909.82 Crores  have  been  released  to  seventeen States and one Union Territory for creation of plantation/eco-restoration over an area of 155130 ha. An area of 464.20 ha has been taken under GIM for creation of plantation/eco-restoration in Dahanu Division of Palghar District in Maharashtra.

- (d) The State/UT wise  details  of  funds  allocated/disbursed  and  utilized  under  GIM during the last five years including Maharashtra is detailed in Annexure-1.

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Annexure-1 Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 1031  due  for  reply  on  29.07.2024  by  Dr.  Hemant  Vishnu  Savara  regarding  'Green India Mission' State/UT wise funds allocated/disbursed and utilized under GIM during last five years (2019-20 to 2023-24)

(Rs. In Crores)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          |   Funds Allocated/Disbursed |   Funds Utilized |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------------------|------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                        2.02 |             2.74 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                       34.71 |            10.56 |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh      |                       12.91 |            11.38 |
| 4         | Haryana           |                       17.15 |            16.82 |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh  |                       17.09 |             6.55 |
| 6         | Jammu &Kashmir    |                       32.22 |            31.7  |
| 7         | Karnataka         |                       14.27 |            13.56 |
| 8         | Kerala            |                       16.32 |            15.74 |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    |                       75.49 |            88.92 |
| 10        | Maharashtra       |                        0    |             1.78 |
| 11        | Manipur           |                       35.19 |            26.28 |
| 12        | Mizoram           |                      107.96 |            86.83 |
| 13        | Odisha            |                       79    |            74.91 |
| 14        | Punjab            |                       14.62 |             9.38 |
| 15        | Sikkim            |                       27.16 |            27.16 |
| 16        | Uttarakhand       |                      122.22 |           113.31 |
| 17        | West Bengal       |                       10.95 |            10.18 |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh     |                        5.43 |             0    |
|           | Total             |                      624.71 |           547.82 |

(Note: Fund Utilized also include the expenditure incurred from the release prior to FY201920)

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