Lok Sabha Question No. 136 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-03
Subject: Green India Mission
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Y S Avinash Reddy, Shri Arvind Dharmapuri

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 136

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2025

## Green India Mission

## 136. SHRI ARVIND DHARMAPURI SHRI Y S AVINASH REDDY

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

- (a) the details of progress made in achieving updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement;
- (b) whether implementation of the Green India Mission (GIM) Programme in the country launched  to  support  the  States  in  their  effort  of  afforestation  has  achieved  its objectives and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the percentage hectares of degraded forest land that has been restored under the Green India Mission since its inception;
- (d) the details of funds earmarked, released and utilized during the last five years, Statewise; and
- (e) the details of the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government under Green India Mission to promote green cover in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

- (a) India  updated  its  Nationally  Determined  Contribution  (NDC)  targets  to  the following quantifiable targets viz;  (i) To achieve about 50 percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by 2030 (ii) To create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030; and (iii) To reduce the Emissions Intensity of its GDP by 45 percent by 2030, from the 2005 level. Between 2005 and 2020, India's emission intensity of its GDP reduced by 36% and as of December 2024, the share of non-fossil fuel based power generation capacity in the country is at 47.1%, while during 2005-2021 period, additional carbon sink of 2.29 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent has been created.
- (b) to (e) 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. The activities under GIM were started in the FY 2015-16. So far, an amount of Rs. 962.87 Crores has been released to seventeen States and one Union Territory for creation of plantation/eco-restoration over an area of 155130 ha. The States are

considered for funding under GIM after evaluation of their Perspective Plan and Annual Plan of Operations prepared in accordance with the guidelines of GIM. Based  on  the  targets  proposed  by  the  States/UTs  and  approved  by  National Executive Council of Green India Mission as per availability of funds and as per the actual progress done by the state, funds are released to the States/UTs in the subsequent  years.  The  State-wise  details  of  funds  earmarked/released  and utilized under GIM during the last five years are given in Annexure-1. As per India  State  of  Forest  Report  (ISFR)  2023,  total  forest  and  tree  cover  of  the country has increased by 1445.81 km2 as compared to the last assessment of 2021. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change supports the States/UTs under various programmes/schemes including Green India Mission (GIM), for taking up the eco-restoration activities (including afforestation) to improve and increase the forest cover in the country.

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## Table: Funds earmarked/released and utilized during last five years (2019-20 to 2023-

24) under Green India Mission (Rs. in Crores)

| Sl. No.   | States            |   Release |   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 |       9.01 |
| 6         | Jammu& Kashmir    |     32.22 |      31.76 |
| 7         | Karnataka         |     14.27 |      13.56 |
| 8         | Kerala            |     16.32 |      16.32 |
| 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 |      12.5  |
| 15        | Sikkim            |     27.16 |      27.16 |
| 16        | Uttarakhand       |    122.22 |     130.84 |
| 17        | West Bengal       |     10.95 |      10.18 |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh     |      5.43 |       3.98 |
|           | Total             |    624.71 |     575.55 |

Note: The fund utilized also include the utilization of unspent funds available with the States from release of previous year.

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