Lok Sabha Question No. 2578 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-17
Subject: 100-Days Action Plan under ''Nagar Van Yojana''
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram, Shri Gyaneshwar Patil, Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai, Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2578

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2025

## 100-Days Action Plan under ''Nagar Van Yojana''

2578.   SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI: SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL: SHRI BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO ASARAM: DR. SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE:

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

- (a) the details of the "Nagar Van Yojana" sanctioned under the 100-days Action Plan of the Ministry across all States of the country including Maharashtra, UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Madhya Pradesh;
- (b) the target set for afforestation under the "Nagar Van Yojana" by the year 2030 along with the progress made so far in this direction; and
- (c) whether  the  said  "Nagar  Van  Yojana"  is  helpful  in  protecting  urban  areas  from environmental degradation and encroachments, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The Ministry, in implementation of its 100-days Action Plan, has approved 111 projects in seven States/UTs under Nagar Van Yojana. A total of nine projects had been approved for  the  State  of  Maharashtra  prior  to  100  days  action  plan.  No  proposals  have  been received  from  the  UT  of  Dadra  and  Nagar  Haveli  under  the  Nagar  Van  Yojana.The details of projects approved under Nagar Van Yojana in Ministry's 100 day action plan are given in Annexure-1 .
- (b) Nagar Van Yojana envisages creating 1000 Nagar Vans / Nagar Vatikas in Cities having Municipal Corporation/Municipal council/Municipality/Urban Local Bodies by 2026-27. The activities taken up under Nagar Van/Vatika include plantations of native shrub and tree species, soil-moisture conservation measures along with fencing. So far 546 projects have been approved in 31 States/UTs.
- (c) The  Nagar  Van  Yojana  aims  at  creating  green  space  and  aesthetic  environment  in  an urban  set  up,  increasing  awareness  about  plants  and  biodiversity,  facilitating in-situ conservation of important flora of the region, contributing to environmental improvement  of  cities  by  pollution  mitigation,  providing  cleaner  air,  noise  reduction, water  harvesting  and  reduction  of  heat  islands  effect,  extending  health  benefits  to residents  of  the  city  etc.  Various  greening  activities  undertaken  through  Nagar  Van Yojana  along  with  other  afforestation  efforts  have  contributed  to  improving  the  green cover in the country while providing protection to the forest lands from encroachment.

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Annexure-1 Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (a)  of  the  RajyaSabhaUnstarred  Question  No. 2587regarding  '100-Days  Action  Plan  under  ''Nagar  Van  Yojana''  '  raised  by SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI, SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL, SHRI BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO  ASARAM  and  DR.  SHIVAJI  BANDAPPA  KALGE due  for  reply  on 17.03.2025

## State-wise  number  of  projects  approved  under  Nagar  van  Yojana  (NVY)  under Ministry's 100 day action plan

| S. No.   | State/UT       |   No of projects approved |   Total funds allocated (Rs. in crores) |   Fund released (Rs. in crores) |
|----------|----------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh |                        11 |                                   22    |                           15.4  |
| 2        | Jammu& Kashmir |                        23 |                                    9.8  |                            6.86 |
| 3        | Karnataka      |                        19 |                                   22.83 |                           15.98 |
| 4        | Madhya Pradesh |                        29 |                                   29.28 |                           20.5  |
| 5        | Rajasthan      |                         8 |                                   11.22 |                            7.85 |
| 6        | Telangana      |                        14 |                                   27    |                           18.9  |
| 7        | Uttar Pradesh  |                         7 |                                   11.88 |                            8.31 |
| Total    | Total          |                       111 |                                  134.01 |                           93.8  |

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