Lok Sabha Question No. 2799 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-15
Subject: Lion Reserves
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: S. RAJENDRAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2799

TO BE ANSWERED ON  15.03.2016

## Lion Reserves

## 2799.  SHRI S. RAJENDRAN:

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

- (a) the  details  of  Lion  reserves  in  the  country  along  with  the  population  of  Lions therein, reserve and State-wise;
- (b) the number of animals including Lions and Tigers killed due to hunting/poaching in the forest areas of the country during the last three years and the current year, species and State-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  allocated/released  funds  for  the  protection  of wildlife including Lions and Tigers during the said period; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (SHRI   PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) Asiatic Lions are found only in Gir forests of Gujarat. Total number of lions in Gir forest as per the last census carried out in 2015 was estimated as 523.
- (b) As per  information  available  with  the  Ministry,  there  is  no  case  of  death  of lions due to poaching in Gujarat.  Details of elephants and tigers killed due to hunting/poaching during last three years and the current year is given in the Annexure-I. Cases of poaching of other wild animals are not collated in the Ministry.
- (c)&(d) Financial and technical assistance is provided to the State/UT Governments for protection  of  wildlife  including  lions  and  tigers  and  their  habitats  under  the Centrally Sponsored Schemes of 'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats', 'Project Tiger' and 'Project Elephant'.  Details of funds during the last  three  years  and  the  current  year  under  these  Schemes  are  given  in  the Annexure -II.

## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b)  OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2799 REGARDING 'LION RESERVES' BY SHRI S. RAJENDRAN DUE FOR REPLY ON 15.3.2016.

## Number of tiger poaching as reported by States during the last three years and current year

| S. No.   | State             |   2013 |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 (as on 9.3.2016) |
|----------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|-------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |      0 |      2 |      0 |                       0 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |      0 |      0 |      0 |                       0 |
| 3        | Assam             |      3 |      0 |      1 |                       0 |
| 4        | Bihar             |      0 |      0 |      0 |                       2 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |      0 |      2 |      1 |                       1 |
| 6        | Jharkhand         |      0 |      0 |      0 |                       0 |
| 7        | Karnataka         |      4 |      0 |      3 |                       0 |
| 8        | Kerala            |      2 |      1 |      0 |                       0 |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh    |      2 |      3 |      2 |                       0 |
| 10       | Maharashtra       |      5 |      3 |      0 |                       0 |
| 11       | Mizoram           |      0 |      0 |      0 |                       0 |
| 12       | Odisha            |      0 |      0 |      1 |                       0 |
| 13       | Rajasthan         |      0 |      0 |      0 |                       0 |
| 14       | Tamil Nadu        |      0 |      2 |      0 |                       0 |
| 15       | Telangana         |      0 |      1 |      0 |                       0 |
| 16       | Uttar Pradesh     |      3 |      0 |      3 |                       1 |
| 17       | Uttarakhand       |      1 |      0 |      1 |                       0 |
| 18       | West Bengal       |      0 |      0 |      0 |                       0 |
|          | TOTAL             |     20 |     14 |     12 |                       4 |

## Number of elephant  poaching as reported by States during the last three years

| Name of State     | 2012-13                             | 2013-14                             | 2014-15                             |
|-------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                   | 0                                   | Information not received from state |
| Assam             | 2                                   | 5                                   | Information not received from state |
| Chhattisgarh      | 0                                   | Information not received from state | Information not received from state |
| Jharkhand         | 0                                   | 2                                   | 0                                   |
| Karnataka         | 0                                   | 1                                   | 0                                   |
| Kerala            | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   |
| Maharashtra       | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   |
| Meghalaya         | 0                                   | 3                                   | 1                                   |
| Nagaland          | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   |
| Orissa            | 4                                   | 10                                  | 4                                   |
| Tamil Nadu        | Information not received from state | Information not received from state | Information not received from state |
| Tripura           | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 0                                   | Information not received from state | Information not received from state |
| Uttarakhand       | 0                                   | Information not received from state | Information not received from state |
| West Bengal       | 1                                   | 4                                   | 3                                   |
| Total             | 7                                   | 25                                  | 8                                   |

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) AND (d)  OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2799 REGARDING 'LION RESERVES' BY SHRI S. RAJENDRAN DUE FOR REPLY ON 15.3.2016.

Details of financial assistance provided under- CSS- 'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats' during last three years and the current year.

(Rs. in lakh)

|   S.No. | State/UT          | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16 (As on 24.2.2016)   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
|       1 | A& N Islands      | 109.50    | 150.00    | 00        | 100.00                      |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh    | 180.335   | 00        | 63.31     | 0                           |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 162.376   | 220.439   | 00        | 304.02                      |
|       4 | Assam             | 146       | 138.88    | 149.11    | 87.10                       |
|       5 | Bihar             | 64.685    | 34.8715   | 85.249    | 108.011                     |
|       6 | Chhattisgarh      | 449.566   | 408.74    | 482.087   | 213.409                     |
|       7 | Goa               | 148.12    | 00        | 00        | 00                          |
|       8 | Gujarat           | 517.926   | 537.84457 | 634.94    | 395.798                     |
|       9 | Haryana           | 52        | 00        | 14.71     | 99.33                       |
|      10 | Himachal Pradesh  | 318.967   | 475.849   | 430.345   | 431.837                     |
|      11 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 515.957   | 485.747   | 506.761   | 354.00                      |
|      12 | Jharkhand         | 81.6195   | 97.7655   | 101.12    | 00                          |
|      13 | Karnataka         | 434.502   | 351.00    | 483.7769  | 262.13                      |
|      14 | Kerala            | 1210.08   | 505.782   | 818.491   | 967.386                     |
|      15 | Madhya Pradesh    | 467.707   | 454.354   | 371.354   | 296.43                      |
|      16 | Maharashtra       | 425.883   | 470.772   | 402.723   | 277.94                      |
|      17 | Manipur           | 73.925    | 80.80     | 129.192   | 248.919                     |
|      18 | Meghalaya         | 22.08     | 25.56     | 44.87     | 38.3902                     |
|      19 | Mizoram           | 96.392    | 210.334   | 131.54134 | 94.55                       |
|      20 | Nagaland          | 25.855    | 15.375    | 85.155    | 235.48                      |
|      21 | Odisha            | 368.208   | 341.7448  | 350.3229  | 231.084                     |
|      22 | Rajasthan         | 478.249   | 430.884   | 367.296   | 307.09                      |
|      23 | Sikkim            | 177.579   | 129.27836 | 169.15643 | 290.32635                   |
|      24 | Tamil Nadu        | 258.479   | 277.7918  | 280.626   | 113.261                     |
|      25 | Telangana         | -         | -         | -         | -                           |
|      26 | Uttar Pradesh     | 319.09    | 323.531   | 224.899   | 228.03                      |
|      27 | Uttarakhand       | 220.27    | 326.282   | 141.116   | 188.318                     |
|      28 | West Bengal       | 164.135   | 184.3735  | 108.847   | 100.934                     |
|      29 | Puducherry        | 0         | 0         | 12.00     | 00                          |

| TOTAL   | 7489.4855   | 6677.999   | 6588.99857   | 5973.77355   |
|---------|-------------|------------|--------------|--------------|

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) AND (d)  OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2799 REGARDING 'LION RESERVES' BY SHRI S. RAJENDRAN DUE FOR REPLY ON 15.3.2016.

Details  of  financial  assistance  provided  under    CSS-  'Project  Tiger  '  during  last  three years and the current year.

(Rs. in lakhs)

|    | State/UT          | 2012-13    | 2013-14     |   2014-15 |   2015-16 (As on 24.2.2016) |
|----|-------------------|------------|-------------|-----------|-----------------------------|
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    | 404.8904   | 211.7804    |   184.141 |                      0      |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh | 420.0872   | 757.17053   |   658.426 |                    395.68   |
| 3  | Assam             | 373.894    | 808.9665    |  1509.39  |                   1206.21   |
| 4  | Bihar             | 311.064    | 285.0898    |   317.096 |                    223.551  |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      | 532.4632   | 583.056     |   609.827 |                    398.945  |
| 6  | Goa               | 0          | 2.05        |     0     |                      0      |
| 7  | Jharkhand         | 107.44023  | 251.1680    |   199.08  |                     47.9847 |
| 8  | Karnataka         | 933.5311   | 2016.0318   |  1565.77  |                   1355.89   |
| 9  | Kerala            | 514.835    | 489.296     |   517.535 |                    371.496  |
| 10 | Madhya Pradesh    | 5772.3638  | 4815.734    |  4335.12  |                   1360.74   |
| 11 | Maharashtra       | 848.4083   | 3453.3483   |  3425.52  |                   1339.48   |
| 12 | Mizoram           | 468.3100   | 233.68      |   232.19  |                    153.958  |
| 13 | Odisha            | 163.7560   | 786.90      |   707.389 |                    544.801  |
| 14 | Rajasthan         | 4090.567   | 512.848     |   627.192 |                   1257.81   |
| 15 | Tamil Nadu        | 445.9830   | 763.255     |   864.316 |                   1420.17   |
| 16 | Telangana         | -          | -           |     0     |                    214.819  |
| 17 | Uttar Pradesh     | 334.0550   | 525.876     |   760.928 |                    621.179  |
| 18 | Uttarakhand       | 160.6900   | 384.045     |   391.19  |                    596.435  |
| 19 | West Bengal       | 404.916    | 348.516     |   596.883 |                    376.508  |
|    | TOTAL             | 16287.2536 | 17228.81133 | 17502     |                  11885.7    |

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) AND (d)  OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2799 REGARDING 'LION RESERVES' BY SHRI S. RAJENDRAN DUE FOR REPLY ON 15.3.2016.

Details of financial assistance provided under CSS- 'Project Elephant ' during last three years and the current year.

(Rs. in lakh)

|   Sl. No | State/UTs      | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16 (As on 4/02/2016)   |
|----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh | 11.28     | -         | 13.523    | -                           |
|        2 | Arunachal Pr.  | -         | 83.48     | 97.714    | 61.206                      |
|        3 | Assam          | 250.00    | 173.00    | 236.664   | -                           |
|        4 | Chhattisgarh   | 60.29     | 49.622    | 43.7456   | 21.91                       |
|        5 | Jharkhand      | 59.512    | 95.655    | 88.4256   | 53.453                      |
|        6 | Karnataka      | 240.296   | 325.412   | 225.319   | 181.054                     |
|        7 | Kerala         | 294.89    | 252.90    | 236.72    | 204.54                      |
|        8 | Maharashtra    | 20.47     | 18.682    | 38.202    | 8.062                       |
|        9 | Meghalaya      | 106.875   | 101.00    | 118.838   | 81.387                      |
|       10 | Mizoram        | -         | -         | -         | -                           |
|       11 | Nagaland       | 18.75     | 21.75     | 44.8132   | 15.44                       |
|       12 | Orissa         | 210.00    | 257.60    | 153.35    | 105.63                      |
|       13 | Tamil Nadu     | 250.312   | 211.00    | 251.208   | 160.533                     |
|       14 | Tripura        | 5.77      | 9.766     | 6.03      | 26.10932                    |
|       15 | Uttar Pradesh  | 14.76     | -         | 5.16      | 15.33                       |
|       16 | Uttarakhand    | 161.46    | 115.068   | 103.908   | 82.61                       |
|       17 | West Bengal    | 91.865    | 97.626    | 103.814   | 56.83                       |
|       18 | Haryana        | -         | 30.97     | -         | 10.00                       |

| 19   | A &NIsland   | -       | -        | -         |   6.77544 |
|------|--------------|---------|----------|-----------|-----------|
| 20   | Bihar        | -       | -        | -         |     3.008 |
|      | Total        | 1796.53 | 1843.531 | 1767.4344 |  1093.88  |

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