Lok Sabha Question No. 201 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-03
Subject: MISHTI Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Bastipati Nagaraju, Shri Kesineni Sivanath

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 201

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2025

## MISHTI Programme

## 201. SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU SHRI KESINENI SIVANATH

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

- (a) the details of the mangrove cover in the country, State and year-wise since 2021;
- (b) the details of the States that have successfully mapped and delineated their target intervention areas under MISHTI (Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats and Tangible Incomes) programme;
- (c) the  details  of  the  area  under  mangroves  identified  for  restoration,  State-wise, especially from the State of Andhra Pradesh; and
- (d) whether  any  States  have  initiated  mangrove  plantation  or  restoration,  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  details  of  the  mangrove  cover  in  the  country,  State  and  year-wise  since 2021,  as  per  the  India  State  of  Forest  Report  (ISFR)  2023,  is  detailed  in Annexure-1 .
- (b) to (d) Implementation  of  Mangrove  Initiative  for  Shoreline  Habitats  and  Tangible Incomes (MISHTI) programme commenced in the Financial Year 2023-24 with the  objective  of  restoration  of  degraded  mangroves,  funded  by  Compensatory Afforestation  Fund  Management  and  Planning  Authority  (CAMPA).  The programme  is  implemented  in  convergence  with  schemes  such  as  Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme MGNREGS, and other State  specific  schemes/programmes.  Under  the  programme,  06  States/UT including Andhra Pradesh submitted their plans for taking up the activities viz mapping,  delineation,  nursery  creation,  eco-restoration  etc.  and  funds  were released through  National Authority CAMPA in FY 2024-25.  The State wise details  of  area  proposed  and  funds  released  from  CAMPA  under  MISHTI programme are detailed in Annexure-2 .

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Table: State and year wise break up of Mangrove Cover in the country

Annexure 1

(in sq. km)

| S. No.   | State                              |   Mangrove Cover (2021) |   Mangrove Cover (2023) |
|----------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                     |                  408.42 |                  421.43 |
| 2        | Goa                                |                   29.39 |                   31.34 |
| 3        | Gujarat                            |                 1200.45 |                 1164.06 |
| 4        | Karnataka                          |                   11.66 |                   14.2  |
| 5        | Kerala                             |                    9.43 |                    9.45 |
| 6        | Maharashtra                        |                  302.7  |                  315.09 |
| 7        | Odisha                             |                  257.51 |                  259.06 |
| 8        | Tamil Nadu                         |                   41.91 |                   41.91 |
| 9        | West Bengal                        |                 2117.75 |                 2119.16 |
| 10       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                  612.94 |                  608.29 |
| 11       | Dadra& Nagar Haveli and Daman& Diu |                    3.3  |                    3.86 |
| 12       | Puducherry                         |                    3.65 |                    3.83 |
|          | Total                              |                 4999.11 |                 4991.68 |

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Annexure-2 Table: Details of Intervention Area and the funds released through National CAMPA under MISHTI during FY 2024-25 (Rs. in crores)

| S. No.   | State/UT       | No. of districts   | Area (in ha)   |   Total funds released as 1 st installment |
|----------|----------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Gujarat        | 02                 | 2500           |                                     6.2    |
| 2        | West Bengal    | 03                 | 478            |                                     3.74   |
| 3        | Kerala         | 01                 | 13             |                                     0.666  |
| 4        | Puducherry     | 03                 | 55             |                                     1.94   |
| 5        | Andhra Pradesh | 06                 | 701            |                                     4.709  |
| 6        | Odisha         | 04                 | 89             |                                     0.7027 |
|          | Total          | Total              | 3836 ha        |                                    17.9617 |

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