Lok Sabha Question No. 1571 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Bamboo Production
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAM PRASAD SARMAH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1571

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  8 TH  DECEMBER, 2015

## BAMBOO PRODUCTION

1571.      SHRI RAM PRASAD SARMAH:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं किसान िल्याण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of bamboo growing areas in the country and the production of bamboo in various States, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government is contemplating any special scheme or policy for the promotion of bamboo plantation and development in North-Eastern Region, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of funds allocated to North Eastern Region in this regard during the last three years and current year?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं किसान िल्याण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã ½ãñâ Àã·¾ã ½ãâ¨ããè ( SHRI MOHANBHAI KUNDARIA )

- (a): As per State of Forest Report - 2011 of Forest Survey of India, Dehradun State-wise bamboo bearing area and availability of bamboo stock is given in Annexure-I &II. Forest Survey of India has not conducted any study on the production of bamboos.
- (b) : The  Department  of  Agriculture,  Cooperation  and  Farmers  Welfare    is  implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) in which National Bamboo Mission (NBM) is  implemented as  a  sub-scheme,  now  converted  to  National  Agroforestry  &  Bamboo Mission (NABM), in all the States, of country including North Eastern States, except Haryana.
- (c): The  details  of  funds  released  to  North  Eastern  States  under  NABM  during  last  three years i.e. 2012-13 to 2014-15 and current year is given in Annexure-III.

## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question Dy. No. 1571 due for answer on 08.12.2015 regarding 'Bamboo Production'

| Table: State-wise Distribution of Bamboo Area in Recorded Forests (KM 2 )   | Table: State-wise Distribution of Bamboo Area in Recorded Forests (KM 2 )   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UT                                                                    | Bamboo bearing area                                                         |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                              | 8184                                                                        |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                           | 16083                                                                       |
| Assam                                                                       | 7238                                                                        |
| Bihar                                                                       | 739                                                                         |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                | 11368                                                                       |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                        | 55                                                                          |
| Goa                                                                         | 308                                                                         |
| Gujarat                                                                     | 4091                                                                        |
| Haryana                                                                     | 19                                                                          |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                            | 508                                                                         |
| Jharkhand                                                                   | 3603                                                                        |
| Karnataka                                                                   | 8186                                                                        |
| Kerala                                                                      | 2882                                                                        |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                              | 13059                                                                       |
| Maharashtra                                                                 | 11465                                                                       |
| Manipur                                                                     | 9303                                                                        |
| Meghalaya                                                                   | 4793                                                                        |
| Mizoram                                                                     | 9245                                                                        |
| Nagaland                                                                    | 4902                                                                        |
| Orissa                                                                      | 10518                                                                       |
| Punjab                                                                      | 75                                                                          |
| Rajasthan                                                                   | 2455                                                                        |
| Sikkim                                                                      | 1181                                                                        |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                  | 3265                                                                        |
| Tripura                                                                     | 3246                                                                        |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                               | 1313                                                                        |
| Uttarakhand                                                                 | 451                                                                         |
| West Bengal                                                                 | 1042                                                                        |
| Total                                                                       | 139577                                                                      |

Annexure-II

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question

## Dy. No. 1571 due for answer on 08.12.2015

## regarding 'Bamboo Production'

| Table: State-wise Equivalent Green Weight by Soundness of Culms in Recorded Forests   | Table: State-wise Equivalent Green Weight by Soundness of Culms in Recorded Forests   | Table: State-wise Equivalent Green Weight by Soundness of Culms in Recorded Forests   | Table: State-wise Equivalent Green Weight by Soundness of Culms in Recorded Forests   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                       | (000'                                                                                 | (000'                                                                                 | (000'                                                                                 |
| State/UT                                                                              | Green Culms                                                                           | Dry Culms                                                                             | Total                                                                                 |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                        | 4732                                                                                  | 2080                                                                                  | 6812                                                                                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                     | 12359                                                                                 | 2072                                                                                  | 14431                                                                                 |
| Assam                                                                                 | 9985                                                                                  | 2301                                                                                  | 12286                                                                                 |
| Bihar                                                                                 | 1023                                                                                  | 394                                                                                   | 1417                                                                                  |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                          | 1863                                                                                  | 904                                                                                   | 2767                                                                                  |
| Goa                                                                                   | 50                                                                                    | 31                                                                                    | 81                                                                                    |
| Gujarat                                                                               | 3433                                                                                  | 1626                                                                                  | 5059                                                                                  |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                      | 773                                                                                   | 567                                                                                   | 1340                                                                                  |
| Jharkhand                                                                             | 736                                                                                   | 357                                                                                   | 1093                                                                                  |
| Karnataka                                                                             | 10436                                                                                 | 4724                                                                                  | 15160                                                                                 |
| Kerala                                                                                | 6399                                                                                  | 2818                                                                                  | 9217                                                                                  |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                        | 4497                                                                                  | 5671                                                                                  | 10168                                                                                 |
| Maharashtra                                                                           | 13024                                                                                 | 6087                                                                                  | 19111                                                                                 |
| Manipur                                                                               | 11617                                                                                 | 2121                                                                                  | 13738                                                                                 |
| Meghalaya                                                                             | 6334                                                                                  | 1157                                                                                  | 7491                                                                                  |
| Mizoram                                                                               | 11150                                                                                 | 2037                                                                                  | 13187                                                                                 |
| Nagaland                                                                              | 6150                                                                                  | 1124                                                                                  | 7274                                                                                  |
| Orissa                                                                                | 3336                                                                                  | 1404                                                                                  | 4740                                                                                  |
| Punjab                                                                                | 13                                                                                    | 10                                                                                    | 23                                                                                    |
| Rajasthan                                                                             | 1692                                                                                  | 2722                                                                                  | 4414                                                                                  |
| Sikkim                                                                                | 772                                                                                   | 115                                                                                   | 887                                                                                   |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                            | 5797                                                                                  | 2499                                                                                  | 8296                                                                                  |
| Tripura                                                                               | 4198                                                                                  | 767                                                                                   | 4965                                                                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                         | 424                                                                                   | 591                                                                                   | 1015                                                                                  |
| Uttarakhand                                                                           | 690                                                                                   | 506                                                                                   | 1196                                                                                  |
| West Bengal                                                                           | 2158                                                                                  | 681                                                                                   | 2839                                                                                  |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                                  | 212                                                                                   | 93                                                                                    | 305                                                                                   |
| Total                                                                                 | 123853                                                                                | 45459                                                                                 | 169312                                                                                |
| %                                                                                     | 73                                                                                    | 27                                                                                    | 100                                                                                   |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question Dy. No. 1571 due for answer on 08.12.2015 regarding 'Bamboo Production'

## State-wise allocation and released during 2012-13 to 2015-16 under National Agroforestry & Bamboo Mission (NABM) - MIDH

(Rs. in lakh)

| S. No.   | N.E. States       | 2012-13    | 2012-13   | 2013-14    | 2013-14   | 2014-15    | 2014-15   | 2015-16 (as on 02.12.2015)   | 2015-16 (as on 02.12.2015)   |
|----------|-------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| S. No.   | N.E. States       | Allocation | Released  | Allocation | Released  | Allocation | Released  | Allocation                   | Released                     |
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh | 621.15     | 521.74    | 1672.28    | 1667.14   | 1376.29    | 1281.90   | 720.00                       | 350.00                       |
| 2        | Assam             | 1020.18    | 947.31    | 1518.99    | 1517.62   | 1065.23    | 296.64    | 300.00                       | 0.00                         |
| 3        | Manipur           | 1468.95    | 1335.95   | 1434.94    | 1212.53   | 1023.22    | 861.57    | 700.00                       | 321.29                       |
| 4        | Meghalaya         | 90.00      | 0.00      | 267.01     | 0.00      | 308.85     | 96.62     | 153.00                       | 0.00                         |
| 5        | Mizoram           | 1881.72    | 1705.00   | 2016.21    | 2009.36   | 1396.00    | 1230.00   | 900.00                       | 430.21                       |
| 6        | Nagaland          | 1830.94    | 1660.43   | 2029.43    | 2029.43   | 1136.66    | 1135.91   | 900.00                       | 381.69                       |
| 7        | Sikkim            | 341.89     | 326.57    | 301.24     | 280.32    | 301.46     | 56.76     | 300.00                       | 195.60                       |
| 8        | Tripura           | 65.20      | 50.00     | 109.82     | 57.75     | 198.73     | 80.60     | 250.00                       | 0.00                         |
|          | Total             | 7320.03    | 6547.00   | 9349.92    | 8774.15   | 6806.44    | 5040.00   | 4223.00                      | 1678.79                      |