Lok Sabha Question No. 293 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-26
Subject: Forest Clearance
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY

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

## Lok SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 293

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.04.2016

## Forest Clearance

## 293. SHRI J. C. DIVAKAR REDDY:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  received  proposals  related  to  construction  of  roads/ highways from various States for forest clearance;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) the  present  status  of  the  said  proposals  and  the  reasons  for  pendency,  State/  UTwise, and
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  expedite  clearance  of  all  the  pending proposals?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) to (d) The Central Government during the last one year and the current year ( i.e. w.e.f . 01.01.2015 to 21.04.2016) received 598 proposals related to construction of roads/ highways from various States for forest clearance.  State/UT-wise details thereof along with present status of these proposals are annexed.

As per the details annexed, out of the total 598 proposals received during the last one year and the current year, decision on 364 proposals are pending due to nonreceipt  of  essential  documents/information  sought  from  the  concerned  States/ UTs.    Similarly  29  proposals  are  presently  being  examined  by  the  Central Government for appropriate decision.

To  ensure  expeditious  decision  on  the  pending  proposals,  such  proposals  are regularly reviewed by senior officers in the Central Government.

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ANNEXURE

THE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 293 BY SHRI J. C. DIVAKAR REDDY  REGARDING  'FOREST  CLEARANCE'  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON 26.04.2016

State/UT-wide  details  of  proposals  related  to  construction  of  roads/  highways received  by  the  Central  Government  from  various  States/UTs  for  forest  clearance during the last one year and the current year (i.e . w.e.f. 01.01.2015 to 21.04.2016)

|         |                          |                           | Present Status         | Present Status                | Present Status   | Present Status                   | Present Status              | Present Status   | Present Status   |
|---------|--------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Sl. No. | State/ Union territory   | No. of proposals received | Final approval granted | In-principle approval granted | Under process    | Essential documents sought (EDS) | EDS received. Under process | Closed           | Returned         |
| 1       | Andaman& Nicobar Islands | 2                         | 0                      | 0                             | 0                | 2                                | 0                           | 0                | 0                |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh*          | 1                         | 0                      | 0                             | 0                | 1                                | 0                           | 0                | 0                |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh        | 1                         | 0                      | 0                             | 0                | 0                                | 0                           | 0                | 1                |
| 4       | Assam                    | 2                         | 0                      | 0                             | 2                | 0                                | 0                           | 0                | 0                |
| 5       | Bihar                    | 22                        | 1                      | 13                            | 0                | 8                                | 0                           | 0                | 0                |
| 6       | Chandigarh               | 0                         | 0                      | 0                             | 0                | 0                                | 0                           | 0                | 0                |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh             | 2                         | 0                      | 1                             | 0                | 1                                | 0                           | 0                | 0                |
| 8       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 0                         | 0                      | 0                             | 0                | 0                                | 0                           | 0                | 0                |
| 9       | Daman &Diu               | 0                         | 0                      | 0                             | 0                | 0                                | 0                           | 0                | 0                |
| 10      | Delhi                    | 0                         | 0                      | 0                             | 0                | 0                                | 0                           | 0                | 0                |
| 11      | Goa                      | 2                         | 0                      | 1                             | 0                | 1                                | 0                           | 0                | 0                |
| 12      | Gujarat                  | 17                        | 2                      | 12                            | 0                | 3                                | 0                           | 0                | 0                |
| 13      | Haryana                  | 42                        | 3                      | 12                            | 0                | 26                               | 1                           | 0                | 0                |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh         | 43                        | 2                      | 12                            | 0                | 25                               | 04                          | 0                | 0                |

| 15    | Jharkhand      |   6 |   1 |   4 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|-------|----------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| 16    | Karnataka      |   9 |   0 |   3 |   0 |   6 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 17    | Kerala         |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 18    | Lakshadweep    |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 19    | Madhya Pradesh |   3 |   0 |   2 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 20    | Maharashtra    |   8 |   1 |   5 |   0 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 21    | Manipur        |   2 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 22    | Meghalaya      |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 23    | Mizoram        |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |
| 24    | Nagaland       |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 25    | Odisha         |   5 |   0 |   4 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 26    | Puducherry     |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 27    | Punjab         |  32 |  10 |   5 |   0 |  15 |   0 |   2 |   0 |
| 28    | Rajasthan      |  32 |   4 |   6 |   0 |  22 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 29    | Sikkim         |   1 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 30    | Tamil Nadu     |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 31    | Telangana      |   1 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 32    | Tripura        |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 33    | Uttar Pradesh  |  55 |  10 |  13 |   3 |  26 |   3 |   0 |   0 |
| 34    | Uttarakhand    | 304 |   2 |  70 |   0 | 218 |  14 |   0 |   0 |
| 35    | West Bengal    |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| Total | Total          | 598 |  37 | 164 |   7 | 364 |  22 |   2 |   2 |

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