Lok Sabha Question No. 1344 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-28
Subject: Schemes for Afforestation
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1344

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2025

## Schemes for Afforestation

## 1344.   SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  implemented/proposes  to  implement  any  Scheme  for afforestation and forest conservation, such as the National Afforestation Programme (NAP)  or  CAMPA  (Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  Management  and  Planning Authority);
- (b) if so, the area of forest land afforested under these Schemes during the last five years, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the monitoring mechanism in place to ensure transparency and long-term survival of plantations under these Schemes?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b)  The  Ministry is implementing  several  schemes  and  initiatives to  promote afforestation and forest conservation in the country, including Centrally Sponsored Schemes, Central Sector Schemes, CAMPA-funded schemes. The major schemes include the National Mission for a Green India (GIM), one of the eight Missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change, which aims to protect, restore and enhance India's forest cover and respond to climate change; the Nagar Van Yojana (NVY) for developing forest/green spaces in urban and peri-urban areas; and the School Nursery Yojana (SNY), which engages students in understanding the  importance  of  plants  and  is  implemented  in  recognized  public  and  private schools.  Funds  under  the  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  Management  and Planning Authority (CAMPA) are utilized to compensate for the loss of forests and ecosystem services due to diversion of forest land for non-forestry purposes, as per the Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980.

The  Ministry  also promotes  mass  plantation drives on occasions  such  as International  Day  of Forests, World Environment Day, Van Mahotsav ,  Wildlife Week, etc., and raises awareness through campaigns. The ' Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' campaign, launched on 5 th  June 2024, encourages citizens to plant a tree in honour of their mothers and Mother Earth. Forest conservation, protection, and management are primarily the responsibility of State Governments/UT Administrations, under legal frameworks such as the Indian Forest Act, 1927, Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980, and  relevant  State  Acts  and Rules.  States/UTs  take  action  under  these  provisions  to  protect  forest  and  tree resources.

- (c) Monitoring of plantations follows a multi-tiered approach involving both Central and State mechanisms. State Forest Departments conduct annual physical verification  and  third-party  monitoring,  and  submit .kml files  and  geo-tagged photographs to the Ministry. Corrective maintenance drives are taken up based on survival assessments. The Ministry has also launched the National Afforestation Monitoring  System  (NAMS)  to  strengthen  centralized,  transparent  monitoring using  geospatial  tools.  The  Forest  Survey  of  India  (FSI)  under  the  Ministry undertakes forest resource surveys and assessment of changes in forest cover.

State/UT-wise details of area taken up for plantation under various schemes in the last five years, including on forest land, are provided at Annexure-I.

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Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1344 regarding 'Schemes for Afforestation' raised by Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato due for reply on 28.07.2025

State/UT- wise details of plantation activities under various schemes in last five years:

| S.No.   | State/Union Territory           |   Area (Ha) 2020-21 to 2024-25 |
|---------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh                  |                         586640 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh               |                          20021 |
| 3       | Assam                           |                          45433 |
| 4       | Bihar                           |                         280421 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh                    |                         233399 |
| 6       | Goa                             |                           1090 |
| 7       | Gujarat                         |                        1138066 |
| 8       | Haryana                         |                         118312 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh                |                         123637 |
| 10      | Jharkhand                       |                         172387 |
| 11      | Karnataka                       |                         273437 |
| 12      | Kerala                          |                          31087 |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh                  |                         405541 |
| 14      | Maharashtra                     |                         203814 |
| 15      | Manipur                         |                          29850 |
| 16      | Meghalaya                       |                           4134 |
| 17      | Mizoram                         |                          19856 |
| 18      | Nagaland                        |                          13665 |
| 19      | Odisha                          |                         503574 |
| 20      | Punjab                          |                         119726 |
| 21      | Rajasthan                       |                         378180 |
| 22      | Sikkim                          |                          16347 |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu                      |                         164235 |
| 24      | Telangana                       |                        1550871 |
| 25      | Tripura                         |                          62288 |
| 26      | Uttarakhand                     |                         186084 |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh                   |                        2349729 |
| 28      | West Bengal                     |                         179647 |
| 29      | Andaman& Nicobar Islands        |                          15909 |
| 30      | Chandigarh                      |                            322 |
| 31      | Dadra& Nagar Haveli& Daman &Diu |                           2874 |
| 32      | Delhi                           |                          30595 |
| 33      | Jammu and Kashmir               |                         114190 |
| 34      | Ladakh                          |                            334 |
| 35      | Lakshadweep                     |                             42 |
| 36      | Puducherry                      |                           2183 |
| Total   | Total                           |                        9377919 |