Lok Sabha Question No. 1869 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Biodiversity Monitoring Committee
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: (ADV.) JOICE GEORGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1869 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2016

## BIODIVERSITY MONITORING COMMITTEE

## 1869. ADV. JOICE GEORGE

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether all gram panchayats in the country have constituted Biodiversity Monitoring Committee (BMC), if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (b) whether the People's Biodiversity Register (PBR) was prepared by all the Panchayats, if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) whether  the  functioning  of  the  BMCs  are  successful  with  commendable  outcomes; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI PARSHOTTAM PUPALA)

- (a) So far, 41,180 Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) have been formed in 26 States across the country. The State-wise details of BMCs are appended as Annexe- A.
- (b) So  far,  2889  Peoples'  Biodiversity  Registers  (PBRs)  have  been  documented  in  17 States across the country. The State-wise detail of PBRs prepared is annexed as Annexe- B.

(c)  &  (d)  As  provided  for  in  the  Biological  Diversity  Act,  2002,  and  Rules  2004,  the functions of the BMCs include promoting conservation, sustainable use and documentation of biological diversity and preparation of PBRs. The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) set up for implementation of the Biological Diversity Act has issued Guidelines for operationalisation of BMCs in 2013.

Two BMCs, one from Uttarakhand (Dudhai BMC) and one from Arunachal Pradesh (Niitii hong BMC) have been awarded India Biodiversity Awards on the International Day for Biological Diversity on May 22, 2016, for their role in conservation and sustainable use of biological resources.

*****

Number of Biodiversity Management Committees constituted in the States referred to in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1869  answered  on 28.07.2016.

| S.No.   | State Biodiversity boards   | No. of BMCs   |
|---------|-----------------------------|---------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh              | 1741          |
| 2.      | Arunachal Pradesh           | 58            |
| 3.      | Assam                       | 171           |
| 4.      | Chhattisgarh                | 27            |
| 5.      | Goa                         | 54            |
| 6.      | Gujarat                     | 4834          |
| 7.      | Himachal Pradesh            | 160           |
| 8.      | Jharkhand                   | 135           |
| 9.      | Karnataka                   | 4636          |
| 10.     | Kerala                      | 1034          |
| 11.     | Madhya Pradesh              | 23406         |
| 12.     | Maharashtra                 | 890           |
| 13.     | Manipur                     | 62            |
| 14.     | Meghalaya                   | 105           |
| 15.     | Mizoram                     | 221           |
| 16.     | Nagaland                    | 10            |
| 17.     | Odisha                      | 704           |
| 18.     | Punjab                      | 55            |
| 19.     | Rajasthan                   | 49            |
| 20.     | Sikkim                      | 25            |
| 21.     | Tamilnadu                   | 16            |
| 22.     | Telangana                   | 1515          |
| 23.     | Tripura                     | 280           |
| 24.     | Uttarakhand                 | 765           |
| 25.     | Uttar Pradesh               | 32            |
| 26.     | West Bengal                 | 195           |
| Total   | Total                       | 41,180        |

Number of Peoples' Biodiversity Registers (PBRs) prepared so far in the States referred to  in  reply  to  part  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1869  answered  on 28.07.2016

| State-wise status of PBR   | State-wise status of PBR   | State-wise status of PBR   |
|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| S. no                      | SBBs                       | PBRs as of 31/03/2015      |
| 1                          | Arunachal Pradesh          | -                          |
| 2                          | Assam                      | 6                          |
| 3                          | Andhra Pradesh             | 28                         |
| 4                          | Chhattisgarh               | 7                          |
| 5                          | Goa                        | -                          |
| 6                          | Gujarat                    | 441                        |
| 7                          | Himachal Pradesh           | -                          |
| 8                          | Jharkhand                  | 11                         |
| 9                          | Kerala                     | 854                        |
| 10                         | Karnataka                  | 468                        |
| 11                         | Manipur                    | 10                         |
| 12                         | Meghalaya                  | -                          |
| 13                         | Mizoram                    | 3                          |
| 14                         | Maharashtra                | 37                         |
| 15                         | Madhya Pradesh             | 704                        |
| 16                         | Nagaland                   | -                          |
| 17                         | Odisha                     | 76                         |
| 18                         | Punjab                     | -                          |
| 19                         | Rajasthan                  | -                          |
| 20                         | Sikkim                     | -                          |
| 21                         | Telangana                  | 9                          |
| 22                         | Tripura                    | 126                        |
| 23                         | Tamil Nadu                 | -                          |
| 24                         | Uttar Pradesh              | 11                         |
| 25                         | Uttarakhand                | 22                         |
| 26                         | West Bengal                | 76                         |
|                            | Total                      | 2889                       |

*****