Lok Sabha Question No. 2487 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-04
Subject: Production of Bamboo
Ministry: AGRICULTURE
Asked by: RAM PRASAD SARMAH

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & COOPERATION

**LOK  SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2487**

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  4 TH AUGUST, 2015

**PRODUCTION OF BAMBOO**

2487. 	SHRI RAM PRASAD SARMAH:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE 	      ‡ãðŠãäÓã ½ãâ¨ããè

be pleased to state:

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(a) 	the details of the bamboo growing areas in the country along with the production of bamboo in such areas, 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; and

(c) 	the details of funds allocated to North Eastern Region in this regard during the last three years State-wise?

### ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

‡ãðŠãäÓã  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 is implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) in which National Bamboo Mission is implemented as a sub-scheme, now converted to National Agro-forestry & Bamboo Mission, in all the States, of country including North Eastern States, except Haryana.

(c):	The details of funds released to North Eastern States under NBM during last three years i.e. 2012-13 to 2014-15 is given in Annexure-III.

**Annexure – I**

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

**Dy. No. 2487 due for answer on 04.08.2015**

**regarding ‘Production of Bamboo’**

| **Table: State-wise Distribution of Bamboo Area in Recorded Forests     (KM2)**   |                         |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| **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. 2487 due for answer on 04.08.2015**

**regarding ‘Production of Bamboo’**

| **Table: State-wise Equivalent Green Weight by Soundness of Culms in Recorded Forests**   |                   |               |            |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|---------------|------------|
|                                                                                           | **(000' tonnes)** |               |            |
| **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. 2487 due for answer on 04.08.2015 regarding 'Production of Bamboo'**   |                   |                |              |                |              |                |              |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|
| **Annexure-III**                                                                                                                                               |                   |                |              |                |              |                |              |
| **State-wise allocation and released during 2012-13 to 2014-15 under National Agroforestry & Bamboo Mission (NABM) - MIDH**                                |                   |                |              |                |              |                |              |
| **(Rs. in lakh)**                                                                                                                                              |                   |                |              |                |              |                |              |
| **S. No**                                                                                                                                                      | **N.E. States**   | **2012-13**    |              | **2013-14**    |              | **2014-15**    |              |
|                                                                                                                                                                |                   | **Allocation** | **Released** | **Allocation** | **Released** | **Allocation** | **Released** |
| 1                                                                                                                                                              | Arunachal Pradesh | 621.15         | 521.74       | 1672.28        | 1667.14      | 1376.29        | 1281.90      |
| 2                                                                                                                                                              | Assam             | 1020.18        | 947.31       | 1518.99        | 1517.62      | 1065.23        | 296.64       |
| 3                                                                                                                                                              | Manipur           | 1468.95        | 1335.95      | 1434.94        | 1212.53      | 1023.22        | 861.57       |
| 4                                                                                                                                                              | Meghalaya         | 90.00          | 0.00         | 267.01         | 0.00         | 308.85         | 96.62        |
| 5                                                                                                                                                              | Mizoram           | 1881.72        | 1705.00      | 2016.21        | 2009.36      | 1396.00        | 1230.00      |
| 6                                                                                                                                                              | Nagaland          | 1830.94        | 1660.43      | 2029.43        | 2029.43      | 1136.66        | 1135.91      |
| 7                                                                                                                                                              | Sikkim            | 341.89         | 326.57       | 301.24         | 280.32       | 301.46         | 56.76        |
| 8                                                                                                                                                              | Tripura           | 65.20          | 50.00        | 109.82         | 57.75        | 198.73         | 80.60        |
|                                                                                                                                                                | **TOTAL**         | **7320.03**    | **6547.00**  | **9349.92**    | **8774.15**  | **6806.44**    | **5040.00**  |

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