Lok Sabha Question No. 1796 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-08
Subject: Afforestation Projects
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RENUKA BUTTA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO.  1796

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.03.2016

## Afforestation Projects

## 1796.  SHRIMATI  BUTTA RENUKA:

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

- (a) whether Government is implementing any afforestation projects, and if so, the details of the projects;
- (b) the details of the funds spent by the Government for implementation of these projects, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) the extent to which the afforestation projects have achieved their objectives; and
- (d) whether due to lack of monitoring efforts by the Government, afforestation activities have not been effective in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) &  (b) The  Ministry of Environment  and  Forests is implementing  the National Afforestation  Programme  (NAP)  scheme  for  afforestation  of  degraded  forests  in  the country  through  people's  participation.  The  scheme  is  implemented  through  the  State Forest  Development  Agency  (SFDA)  at  the  state  level,  Forest  Development  Agency (FDA) at the forest division level and the Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) at the village level.  The details of funds released to States including Andhra Pradesh are given at Annexure.
- (c) The  NAP  scheme  has  been  reviewed  in  the  past  which  interalia  revealed  that  it  has contributed to forest cover increase in the country by giving thrust to the afforestation activity and has been successful in mobilizing people's participation in forest management  and  development. The Scheme  has  also contributed in providing employment opportunity to the local people and reducing forest dependency among the vulnerable groups.
- (d) The operational guidelines of NAP provide for a multi-level monitoring and third party evaluation through Ministry, SFDA and FDA.  No plantation site is approved without corresponding geo-coordinates to facilitate monitoring by Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System.

Annexu re

## Annexure referred to in reply of parts (a & b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1796 on 'Afforestation Projects' asked by Smt. Butta Renuka for reply on 08.03.2016

## National Afforestation Programme: Year Wise Summary (Amount Released)

|   S. No . | State            |   200 0 - 02 | 2002 - 03   | 2003 - 04 -   |   2004 05 | 2005 - 06   | 2006 - 07   |   2007 - 08 |   2008 - 09 |   2009 - 10 |   2010 - 11 | 201 1 - 12   | 201 2 - 13   | 2013 - 14   | 201 4 - 15   | 2015 - 16 (Till 29 - 02 - 2016)   | TOTA L   |
|-----------|------------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------------------------|----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh   |         0.99 | 8.35 10.4 4 | 14.21         |      7.08 |             | 11.0 6      |        9.97 |       11.54 |       11.03 |       10.48 | 15.1 5       | 2.71         | 3.75 4.56   |              | 0.87                              | 122.1 9  |
|         2 | Bihar            |         0    | 0.00        | 1.88          |      2.74 | 3.42        | 4.94        |        6.92 |        6.48 |        7.74 |        5.48 | 6.92         | 3.40         | 12.8 4      | 7.00         | 2.09                              | 71.85    |
|         3 | Chhattisgarh     |         0.77 | 5.89        | 10.2 0        |     17.5  | 17.6 3      | 13.0 5      |       42.71 |       25.66 |       25.12 |       33.25 | 24.7 4       | 13.3 3       | 21.3 8      | 20.0 0       | 10.20                             | 281.4 2  |
|         4 | Goa              |         0    | 0.00        | 0.64          |      0    | 0.00        | 0.00        |        0    |        0    |        0    |        0    | 0.00         | 0.00         | 0.00        |              |                                   | 0.64     |
|         5 | Gujarat          |         0.85 | 3.87        | 3.20          |      8.77 | 12.0 5      | 17.5 2      |       30.93 |       25.75 |       24.44 |       29.43 | 27.0 0       | 14.3 0       | 11.6 8      | 10.5 0       | 6.99                              | 227.2 8  |
|         6 | Haryana          |         9.23 | 10.58       | 7.76          |      7.46 | 4.35        | 9.20        |       12.93 |       20.14 |       20.57 |       24.2  | 12.2 8       | 6.41         | 17.9 4      | 11.0 0       | 0.72                              | 174.7 7  |
|         7 | Himachal Pradesh |         2.2  | 0.60        | 6.95          |     10.6  | 9.08        | 11.5 6      |        7.43 |        6.72 |        3.59 |        3.45 | 3.50         | 3.62         | 2.61        | 0.73         | 72.64                             |          |
|         8 | Jammu & Kashmir  |         1.54 | 5.45        | 7.21          |      3.56 | 5.28        | 5.83        |        8.13 |        8.47 |        9.81 |        3.99 | 6.89         | 3.37         | 8.11        | 3.59         | 81.23                             |          |
|         9 | Jharkhand        |         0    | 1.34        | 9.27          |      8.66 | 7.85        | 19.0 3      |       24.56 |       26.32 |       21.06 |        8.73 | 10.4 2       | 4.69         | 9.02        | 8.60         |                                   | 159.5 6  |
|        10 | Karnataka        |         0.43 | 15.70       | 15.5 4        |     21.17 | 23.0 3      | 23.5 4      |       31.02 |       15.46 |       11.95 |        8.12 | 12.9 2       | 6.81         | 9.26        | 21.3 5       | 1.05                              | 217.3 4  |
|        11 | Kerala           |         0    | 1.06        | 3.47          |      1.04 | 4.99        | 12.7        |        8.81 |        9.45 |        4.02 |        7.54 | 2.04         | 11.3         | 6.99        | 2.82         | 1.02                              | 77.28    |

(Rs. in crore)

|       |                            |             |            |               |             |               | 5             |             |             | 22.53   |             |               | 0           |             |               |            |                 |
|-------|----------------------------|-------------|------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|---------|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|------------|-----------------|
| 12 13 | Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra | 13.7 1 1.85 | 13.81 4.87 | 10.9 2 11.9 1 | 17.18 13.12 | 12.6 1 14.6 9 | 15.8 3 15.9 3 | 13.84 29.92 | 22.55 21.87 | 20.53   | 30.39 16.17 | 21.4 3 28.5 1 | 9.15 28.8 7 | 22.1 0 32.3 | 21.0 0 35.0 0 | 9.45 14.90 | 256.5 0 290.4 8 |
| 14    | Orissa                     | 0.05        | 13.14      | 5.96          | 11.26       | 12.0 5        | 14.0 7        | 19.01       | 21.63       | 8.82    | 11.20       | 7.30          | 3.38        | 3 5.36      | 17.9 2        | 9.49       | 160.6 4         |
| 15    | Punjab                     | 0.25        | 0.25       | 1.74          | 0.14        | 3.97          | 3.36          | 5.88        | 3.30        | 3.01    | 0           | 0.46          | 0.76        | 2.00        | 1.87          |            | 27.00           |
| 16    | Rajasthan                  | 1.29        | 4.45       | 5.56          | 4.80        | 7.26          | 5.62          | 2.50        | 7.32        | 10.67   | 4.94        | 6.23          | 4.14        | 2.81        | 3.35          |            | 70.93           |
| 17    | Tamil Nadu                 | 0.76        | 7.82       | 14.6 6        | 14.06       | 20.9 2        | 17.2 2        | 9.46        | 8.86        | 7.98    | 7.21        | 3.08          | 2.78        | 3.21        | 4.25          | 1.42       | 123.6 8         |
| 18    | Telangana                  | 0.00        | 0.00       | 0.00          | 0.00        | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00    | 0.00        | 0.00          | 0.00        | 0.00        | 2.03          |            | 2.03            |
| 19    | Uttar Pradesh              | 7.04        | 20.01      | 21.3 4        | 18.16       | 17.0          | 11.8          | 36.77       | 30.80       | 30.20   | 21.33       | 26.2          | 15.2        | 20.1        | 12.0          | 1.58       | 289.7           |
| 20    | Uttarakhand                | 0.40        | 2.34       | 5.81          | 10.54       | 4 13.1 0      | 8 11.5 2      | 12.39       | 9.24        | 7.00    | 4.47        | 3 6.61        | 7 6.25      | 5 6.01      | 0 2.50        | 3.05       | 8 101.2 4       |
| 21    | West Bengal                | 0.00        | 2.26       | 5.55          | 6.03        | 5.92          | 7.00          | 7.23        | 9.06        | 3.11    | 4.12        | 6.29          | 2.57        | 2.96        | 0.78          |            | 62.89           |
|       | Total (Other States)       | 41.3 6      | 121.7 9    | 160. 01       | 191.0 0     | 202. 32       | 230. 92       | 320.4 0     | 290.6 2     | 253.1 7 | 234.5 0     | 228. 00       | 143. 11     | 200. 49     | 190. 85       | 62.83      | 2871. 36        |
|       | North Eastern states       |             |            |               |             |               |               |             |             |         |             |               |             |             |               |            |                 |
| 22    | Arunachal Pradesh          | 1.40        | 2.76       | 4.49          | 0.76        | 2.89          | 2.93          | 4.85        | 3.25        | 2.37    | 5.52        | 0.00          | 1.66        | 0.00        | 0.15          |            | 33.02           |
| 23    | Assam                      | 0.00        | 0.00       | 5.58          | 7.99        | 5.50          | 13.6 0        | 8.58        | 9.78        | 14.48   | 6.08        | 7.95          | 1.47        |             |               | 2.56       | 86.56           |
| 24    | Manipur                    | 0.00        | 2.40       | 5.08          | 5.43        | 6.30          | 7.78          | 12.37       | 9.51        | 5.93    | 10.37       | 12.7 4        | 9.46        | 2.99 12.1 2 | 8.00          | 3.67       | 111.1 6         |
| 25    | Meghalaya                  | 0.00        | 0.00       | 0.00          | 2.45        | 5.18          | 5.44          | 5.94        | 4.69        | 2.21    | 8.79        | 4.31          | 9.10        | 4.50        | 3.61          |            | 56.21           |
| 26    | Mizoram                    | 0.00        | 8.86       | 15.8 5        | 11.20       | 10.0 6        | 13.0 9        | 16.75       | 13.61       | 17.27   | 12.21       | 13.4 4        | 8.78        | 11.9 4      | 15.0 0        | 10.17      | 178.2 4         |

| 27   | Nagaland          | 2.08   | 8.51    | 8.94    | 5.60    | 5.37    | 7.22    | 7.75    | 6.64    | 10.67   | 10.11   | 11.6 9   | 10.8 8   | 9.82     | 11.0 0   |       | 116.2 8       |
|------|-------------------|--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------|---------------|
| 28   | Sikkim            | 2.43   | 3.76    | 4.06    | 3.94    | 6.23    | 7.41    | 11.28   | 6.63    | 8.86    | 11.99   | 11.1     | 5.42     | 3.77     | 6.00     |  1.52 | 94.47         |
| 29   | Tripura           | 0.26   | 3.18    | 3.97    | 4.63    | 4.27    | 4.37    | 5.02    | 0.89    | 3.20    | 10.43   | 13.6     | 3.50     | 11.9     | 9.17     |  5.73 |               |
|      | Total (NE States) | 6.17   | 29.47   | 47.9 7  | 42.00   | 45.8 0  | 61.8 3  | 72.55   | 55.00   | 65.00   | 75.49   | 9 75.0 0 | 50.2 6   | 9 57.1 3 | 52.9 3   | 23.65 | 84.30 760.2 4 |
|      | G. Total          | 47.5 3 | 151.2 6 | 207. 98 | 233.0 0 | 248. 12 | 292. 75 | 392.9 5 | 345.6 2 | 318.1 7 | 309.9 9 | 303. 00  | 193. 37  | 257. 62  | 243. 78  | 86.48 | 3631. 60      |