Lok Sabha Question No. 1336 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-28
Subject: Community Forest Management
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY

# OIH

# GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

# MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTIO** N **NO.  1336**

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2015

**Community Forest Management**

1336. DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY:

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

1. whether the Government has allocated/sanctioned fund for community forest management;
2. if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
3. the targets fixed for the next two years and the names of the areas covered under the same, State-wise; and
4. whether any International financial institute is providing any loan for such scheme and if so, the details thereof?
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**ANSWER**

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST

(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a), (b & (c)  	The local communities are involved in the forest management through the Joint Forest Management (JFM) wherein the State forest department and the local communities enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly manage the forest area. The Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change is implementing the National Afforestation Programme (NAP) Scheme for the eco-restoration of degraded forests and adjoining areas through people’s participation throughout the country. The scheme is being implemented through a decentralized mechanism of State Forest Development Agency (SFDA) at State level, Forest Development Agency (FDA) at Forest Division level and Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) at village level. As on 31/3/2015, about 800 FDAs and 42,500 JFMCs have been involved in 28 States. The State-wise approved area and fund released during the last three years under NAP is given in the **Annexure** .  NAP is a demand driven programme wherein prior allocation of targets/funds to the States is not made and  activities are sanctioned for a particular year based on the proposal received from the States.

(d)	No International Financial Institute is providing any loan for community forest management as such.  However Joint Forest Management involving local communities is one of the components of most of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) funded projects being implemented in several States of the country.

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**Annexure**

**Annexure referred to in reply of parts (a), (b) & (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 1336 on “Community Forest Management” asked by Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey due for reply on 28.07.2015**

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| **National Afforestation Programme: Details of funds released and afforestation area sanctioned from 2012-13 to 2014-15** |                          |                     |       |             |             |                   |             |             |
|                                                                                                                           |                          | **Amount Released** |       |             |             | **Area**          |             |             |
|                                                                                                                           |                          | **(Rs. in crore)**  |       |             |             | **(in hectares)** |             |             |
| **S. No.**                                                                                                                | **State**                | **2012-13**         |       | **2013-14** | **2014-15** | **2012-13**       | **2013-14** | **2014-15** |
|                                                                                                                           |                          |                     |       |             |             |                   |             |             |
| 1                                                                                                                         | Andhra Pradesh           | 2.71                | 2.71  | 3.75        | 4.56        | 0                 | 1605        | 810         |
| 2                                                                                                                         | Bihar                    | 3.40                | 3.40  | 12.84       | 7.00        | 2415              | 3885        | 1786        |
| 3                                                                                                                         | Chhattisgarh             | 13.33               | 13.33 | 21.38       | 20.00       | 2934              | 5906        | 4699        |
| 4                                                                                                                         | Gujarat                  | 14.30               | 14.30 | 11.68       | 10.50       | 2000              | 2735        | 5284        |
| 5                                                                                                                         | Haryana                  | 6.41                | 6.41  | 17.94       | 11.00       | 1519              | 3035        | 1900        |
| 6                                                                                                                         | Himachal Pradesh         | 3.62                | 3.62  | 2.61        | 0.73        | 1450              | 908         | 2237        |
| 7                                                                                                                         | Jammu & Kashmir          | 3.37                | 3.37  | 8.11        | 3.59        | 4486              | 2260        | 1606        |
| 8                                                                                                                         | Jharkhand                | 4.69                | 4.69  | 9.02        | 8.60        | 0                 | 3975        | 3924        |
| 9                                                                                                                         | Karnataka                | 6.81                | 6.81  | 9.26        | 21.35       | 1880              | 3070        | 2900        |
| 10                                                                                                                        | Kerala                   | 11.30               | 11.30 | 6.99        | 2.82        | 1000              | 1620        | 1478        |
| 11                                                                                                                        | Madhya Pradesh           | 9.15                | 9.15  | 22.10       | 21.00       | 5125              | 5110        | 4786        |
| 12                                                                                                                        | Maharashtra              | 28.87               | 28.87 | 32.33       | 35.00       | 2900              | 6850        | 6647        |
| 13                                                                                                                        | Orissa                   | 3.38                | 3.38  | 5.36        | 17.92       | 1975              | 4910        | 6535        |
| 14                                                                                                                        | Punjab                   | 0.76                | 0.76  | 2.00        | 1.87        | 0                 | 1347        | 1628        |
| 15                                                                                                                        | Rajasthan                | 4.14                | 4.14  | 2.81        | 3.35        | 1250              | 2325        | 2550        |
| 16                                                                                                                        | Tamil Nadu               | 2.78                | 2.78  | 3.21        | 4.25        | 1800              | 2094        | 750         |
| 17                                                                                                                        | Telangana                | 0.00                | 0.00  | 0.00        | 2.03        | 0                 | 0           | 795         |
| 18                                                                                                                        | Uttar Pradesh            | 15.27               | 15.27 | 20.15       | 12.00       | 4270              | 4890        | 8548        |
| 19                                                                                                                        | Uttarakhand              | 6.25                | 6.25  | 6.01        | 2.50        | 2350              | 1241        | 1330        |
| 20                                                                                                                        | West Bengal              | 2.57                | 2.57  | 2.96        | 0.78        | 710               | 970         | 2495        |
|                                                                                                                           | **Total (Other States)** | **143.11**          |       | **200.49**  | **190.85**  | **38064**         | **58736**   | **62688**   |
|                                                                                                                           | **North Eastern States** |                     |       |             |             |                   |             |             |
| 21                                                                                                                        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 1.66                | 1.66  | 0.00        | 0.15        | 0                 | 0           | 1000        |
| 22                                                                                                                        | Assam                    | 1.47                | 1.47  | 2.99        | 0.00        | 0                 | 3675        | 0           |
| 23                                                                                                                        | Manipur                  | 9.46                | 9.46  | 12.12       | 8.00        | 3970              | 2530        | 1835        |
| 24                                                                                                                        | Meghalaya                | 9.10                | 9.10  | 4.50        | 3.61        | 3000              | 3000        | 0           |
| 25                                                                                                                        | Mizoram                  | 8.78                | 8.78  | 11.94       | 15.00       | 2500              | 3000        | 3135        |
| 26                                                                                                                        | Nagaland                 | 10.88               | 10.88 | 9.82        | 11.00       | 2910              | 4000        | 2130        |
| 27                                                                                                                        | Sikkim                   | 5.42                | 5.42  | 3.77        | 6.00        | 650               | 1095        | 1851        |
| 28                                                                                                                        | Tripura                  | 3.50                | 3.50  | 11.99       | 9.17        | 4435              | 4547        | 1796        |
|                                                                                                                           | **Total (NE States)**    | **50.26**           |       | **57.13**   | **52.93**   | **17465**         | **21847**   | **11747**   |
|                                                                                                                           | **G. Total**             | **193.37**          |       | **257.62**  | **243.78**  | **55529**         | **80583**   | **74435**   |