Lok Sabha Question No. 2576 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-17
Subject: National Mission for Green India
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Bastipati Nagaraju

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2576

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2025

## National Mission for Green India

## 2576.   SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU:

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

- (a) the  details  regarding  the  number  of  forest  area,  nurseries  and  ecosystem  restoration projects  undertaken  under  National  Mission  for  Green  India  (NMGI),  year,  State  and district-wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the details regarding the number of village and community institutions strengthened such as Gram Panchayats, Joint Forest Management Committee under the Scheme, year, State and district-wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) the details  regarding  the  total  funds  allocated,  released  and  utilized  under  the  Scheme, since its inception year, State and district-wise; and
- (d) the number of community foresters supported under the Mission, year, State and districtwise including Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to (d) 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. GIM follows landscape approach and implementation of activities are being taken up by Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) in the approved landscapes. The  implementation  of  activities  were  started  in  the  FY  2015-16  and  so  far 155130  ha  area  has  been  taken  up  under  eco-restoration  activities  in  18 States/UT  including  Andhra  Pradesh.  The  detail  of  state-wise  number  of approved landscapes, number of villages covered, number of JFMCs involved, number of nurseries established and area taken up for eco-restoration under GIM is  detailed  in  Annexure-I.  The  State  wise  and  year-wise  detail  of  funds allocated/released,  utilized  and  overall  eco-restoration  activities  taken  under GIM is given in Annexure-II.

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## Annexure-I

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a),  (b)  &  (d)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Un-Starred Question No. 2576 due for reply on 17.03.2025 by Shri Bastipati Nagaraju regarding 'National Mission for Green India' Table-1:  State-wise  details  of  number  of  intervention  landscapes,  JFMCs  involved, villages covered, nurseries established and area taken up for Eco-restoration under the GIM from 2015-16 till date

| S. No.   | Name of the State   |   No. of Intervention Landscapes |   No. of JFMCs involved |   No. of Villages |   No. of Nurseries | Area taken up under restoration (Area in Ha.)   |
|----------|---------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      |                               23 |                      23 |                23 |                  0 | 1,433                                           |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh   |                              136 |                     136 |               136 |                 75 | 0                                               |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh        |                               80 |                      84 |                80 |                  0 | 19,128                                          |
| 4        | Haryana             |                              614 |                     132 |               614 |                162 | 1,301                                           |
| 5        | Himachal Pradesh    |                              107 |                     107 |               242 |                 15 | 0                                               |
| 6        | Jammu & Kashmir     |                               37 |                     137 |               178 |                  7 | 1,066                                           |
| 7        | Karnataka           |                               18 |                      18 |                41 |                  4 | 2,722                                           |
| 8        | Kerala              |                              184 |                     597 |               184 |                 52 | 12,297                                          |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh      |                              735 |                     237 |               322 |                  1 | 26,597                                          |
| 10       | Maharashtra         |                               88 |                      88 |                88 |                  0 | 5,223                                           |
| 11       | Manipur             |                              139 |                     139 |               139 |                627 | 14,432                                          |
| 12       | Mizoram             |                               59 |                      59 |                59 |                 13 | 19,643                                          |
| 13       | Odisha              |                               27 |                     432 |               500 |                 73 | 20,711                                          |
| 14       | Punjab              |                              104 |                     827 |               544 |                  0 | 6,568                                           |
| 15       | Sikkim              |                              150 |                     150 |               150 |                 22 | 6,567                                           |
| 16       | Uttarakhand         |                              142 |                     521 |               521 |                  0 | 14,836                                          |
| 17       | West Bengal         |                              255 |                     255 |               255 |                  0 | 2,606                                           |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh       |                               29 |                      70 |                91 |                  0 | 0                                               |
|          | Total               |                             2927 |                    4012 |              4167 |               1051 | 155130                                          |

## Note:

In case of zero nurseries, all the planting material is sourced from the nurseries which are already present in the state and established under different State programmes and initiatives.

In case of Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, the states have taken advance work for further taking up eco-restoration activities as per approved Annual Plan of Operations.

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## Annexure-II

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 2576 due for reply on 17.03.2025 by Shri Bastipati Nagaraju regarding 'National Mission for Green India'

Table-2: State-wise & Year-wise funds released from FY 2015-16 till date under GIM                                                   (Rs. in Crores)

| Sl. No.   | States            |   2015- 16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25 |   Total Fund Released |
|-----------|-------------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |       0    |      1.06 |      0.45 |      2.67 |      0    |      0    |      2.02 |    0      |      0    |      0    |                  6.19 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |       0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |     13.43 |   21.28   |      0    |      0    |                 34.71 |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh      |      23.39 |     20.23 |     10.95 |      5.36 |      5.04 |      1.66 |      6.12 |    0      |      0.09 |      0    |                 72.84 |
| 4         | Haryana           |       0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      9.55 |    0      |      7.6  |     30.58 |                 47.73 |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh  |       0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |     17.09 |      0    |    0      |      0    |      0    |                 17.09 |
| 6         | Jammu & Kashmir   |       0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |     25.73 |      0    |    6.49   |      0    |      4.5  |                 36.72 |
| 7         | Karnataka         |       1.06 |      0.87 |      0.86 |      1.62 |      2.21 |      2.35 |      4.45 |    2.93   |      2.33 |      4.99 |                 23.66 |
| 8         | Kerala            |       9.15 |      0    |      0    |      0    |     16.32 |      0    |      0    |    0      |      0    |      0    |                 25.47 |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    |       0    |      0    |      0    |     24.16 |     30.65 |      0    |     18.29 |   17.93   |      8.62 |     23.61 |                123.26 |
| 10        | Maharashtra       |       0    |      0    |      0    |     10.3  |      0    |      0    |      0    |    0      |      0    |      0    |                 10.3  |
| 11        | Manipur           |       8.35 |      7.82 |      6.42 |      4.89 |      4.16 |      6.74 |      9.93 |    5.45   |      8.91 |      0    |                 62.66 |
| 12        | Mizoram           |       0    |      9.88 |     20    |     22.36 |     17.71 |      2.99 |     29.86 |   36.27   |     21.13 |      0    |                160.21 |
| 13        | Odisha            |       1.83 |      1.39 |      1.41 |      4.74 |     14.19 |     26.01 |     17.74 |    8.4756 |     12.59 |      0    |                 88.37 |
| 14        | Punjab            |       6.12 |      0    |      6.22 |      0    |      3.19 |      0    |      3.32 |    2.7393 |      5.38 |      0    |                 26.95 |
| 15        | Sikkim            |       0    |      0    |      0    |      3.32 |      3.12 |      2.19 |      7.77 |    6.57   |      7.5  |     12.24 |                 42.73 |
| 16        | Uttarakhand       |      20.21 |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |     27.89 |     33.99 |   28.4    |     31.94 |     25.16 |                167.59 |
| 17        | West Bengal       |       0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      9.43 |      0    |      0    |    0.76   |      0.76 |      0    |                 10.95 |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh     |       0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |    0      |      5.43 |      0    |                  5.43 |
| Total     | Total             |      70.09 |     41.25 |     46.3  |     79.43 |    106.01 |    112.65 |    156.46 |  137.29   |    112.28 |    101.09 |                962.87 |

## Table-3: State-wise & Year-wise funds utilized from FY 2015-16 till date under GIM                                                  (Rs. in Crores)

| Sl. No.   | States            |   2015- 16 | 2016-17   | 2017-18   |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25 |   Total fund utilized (Rs. in Crores) |
|-----------|-------------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |       0    | 1.06 0.00 |           |      0.37 |      0    |      1.44 |      1.3  |     0     |     0     |      0    |                                  4.17 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |       0    | 0.00      | 0.00      |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |    10.56  |     0     |      0    |                                 10.56 |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh      |      23.39 | 20.23     | 10.95     |      5.36 |      5.04 |      1.31 |      0.35 |     4.68  |     0     |      0    |                                 71.31 |
| 4         | Haryana           |       0    | 0.00      | 0.00      |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |     8.32  |     8.49  |     10.34 |                                 16.82 |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh  |       0    | 0.00      | 0.00      |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |     6.55  |     2.458 |      0    |                                  6.55 |
| 6         | Jammu & Kashmir   |       0    | 0.00      | 0.00      |      0    |      0    |      0    |     13.68 |    12     |     6.08  |      0    |                                 31.7  |
| 7         | Karnataka         |       1.06 | 0.87      | 0.67      |      2.34 |      1.49 |      2.33 |      4.47 |     2.872 |     2.396 |      0    |                                 18.5  |
| 8         | Kerala            |       0    | 3.83      | 5.32      |      0    |      0.79 |      1.97 |      9.18 |     4.37  |     0     |      0    |                                 24.89 |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    |       0    | 0.00      | 0.00      |     10.19 |     19.76 |     24.86 |     10.66 |    23.4   |    10.2   |      0    |                                 99.11 |
| 10        | Maharashtra       |       0    | 0.00      | 0.00      |      7.65 |      0    |      0    |      0    |     1.78  |     0     |      0    |                                  9.43 |
| 11        | Manipur           |       8.35 | 7.82      | 6.42      |      4.89 |      4.16 |      6.74 |      9.93 |     5.45  |     0     |      0    |                                 53.75 |
| 12        | Mizoram           |       0    | 9.88      | 20.00     |     22.36 |     17.71 |      2.99 |     29.86 |    36.27  |     0     |      0    |                                139.08 |
| 13        | Odisha            |       1.83 | 1.39      | 1.41      |      4.74 |     10.63 |     22.01 |     11.41 |    17.77  |    13.1   |      0    |                                 84.28 |
| 14        | Punjab            |       0    | 6.06      | 5.61      |      0    |      0    |      3.92 |      3.25 |     2.21  |     3.12  |      0    |                                 21.05 |
| 15        | Sikkim            |       0    | 0.00      | 0.00      |      3.32 |      3.12 |      2.19 |      7.77 |     6.39  |     7.68  |      0    |                                 30.48 |
| 16        | Uttarakhand       |       0    | 0.00      | 0.00      |     11.3  |      8.91 |     24.73 |     27.51 |    35.94  |    33.75  |      0    |                                142.14 |
| 17        | West Bengal       |       0    | 0.00      | 0.00      |      0    |      0    |      0    |      9.43 |     0.76  |     0     |      0    |                                 10.18 |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh     |       0    | 0.00      | 0.00      |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |     0     |     3.98  |      0    |                                  3.98 |
| Total     | Total             |      34.62 | 51.14     | 50.37     |     72.52 |     71.62 |     94.49 |    138.79 |   179.37  |    91.27  |     10.34 |                                794.54 |

Note: For FY 2024-25, the States are in the process of utilizing the funds released during the current financial  year and utilization certificate will be  submitted accordingly.