Lok Sabha Question No. 108 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-21
Subject: Tiger/Elephant Reserves
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RAMESH BIDHURI, S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 108 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2015

## Tiger/Elephant Reserves

## 108. SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI: SHRI S.P. MUDDAHANUME GOWDA:

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

- (a) the names of Tiger reserves under Project Tiger and Elephant reserves under Project Elephant in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has any plan to create new Tiger and Elephant reserves in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the funds allocated and disbursed for Project Tiger and Project Elephant during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (d) the progress made so far under project Tiger and project Elephant in the country; and
- (e) the number of complaints of human infiltration in the tiger reserves received during the said period and the action taken thereon along with the steps taken to check the said incidents?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) The details of Tiger Reserves under Project Tiger and Elephant Reserves under Project Elephant in the country, State-wise, are at Annexure-I (a) & (b) respectively.
- (b) In-principle  approval  has  been  accorded  by  the  National  Tiger  Conservation  Authority  for creation of three new tiger reserves: (i) Ratapani (Madhya Pradesh), (ii) Sunabeda (Odisha) and (iii) Guru Ghasidas (Chhattisgarh). State
- Elephant reserves are created as per recommendations received from concerned Government based on the conservation need and other factors.
- (c) The  details  of  funds  allocated/disbursed  for  Project  Tiger  alongwith  utilisation  by  States  and Project  Elephant  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  State-wise,  are  at Annexure-II (a) & (b) respectively .
- (d) The  assessment  of  the  status  of  tigers,  co-predators  and  their  prey  2014  using  the  refined methodology has shown a countrywide 30% increase in tiger numbers with an estimated number of  2226  (range  1945-2491)  as  compared  to  2010  estimation  [1706  (1520-1909  tigers)].    The details of tiger estimation pertaining to tiger landscapes in the country, for the years 2010 and 2014 are at Annexure-III .

As per  efforts  made  by  the  Government  of  India  through  Project  Elephant,  the  population  of wild elephant in the country has increased from 26373 in 2002 to 29391-30711 in 2012 as at Annexure-IV.

- (e) No complaints of human infiltration in the tiger reserves during the said period were received by the National Tiger Conservation Authority.  However, in event of such situation, the State takes action  through  concerned  field  formations  as  per  provisions  of  the  Wildlife  (Protection)  Act, 1972.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 108 ON TIGER/ELEPHANT RESERVES DUE FOR REPLY ON 21.07.2015.

## Details of Tiger Reserves under Project Tiger in the country, State-wise

| Sl. No.   | State             | Name of Tiger Reserve   | Name of Tiger Reserve      |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | (1)                     | Nagarjunasagar Srisailam   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | (2)                     | Namdapha                   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | (3)                     | Pakke                      |
| 3         | Assam             | (4)                     | Kaziranga                  |
| 3         | Assam             | (5)                     | Manas                      |
| 3         | Assam             | (6)                     | Nameri                     |
| 4         | Bihar             | (7)                     | Valmiki                    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | (8)                     | Achanakmar                 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | (9)                     | Indravati                  |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | (10)                    | Udanti-Sitanadi            |
| 6         | Jharkhand         | (11)                    | Palamau                    |
| 7         | Karnataka         | (12)                    | Bandipur                   |
| 7         | Karnataka         | (13)                    | Bhadra                     |
| 7         | Karnataka         | (14)                    | Biligiri Ranganatha Temple |
| 7         | Karnataka         | (15)                    | Dandeli-Anshi              |
| 7         | Karnataka         | (16)                    | Nagarahole                 |
| 8         | Kerala            | (17)                    | Parambikulam               |
| 8         | Kerala            | (18)                    | Periyar                    |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    | (19)                    | Bandhavgarh                |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    | (20)                    | Kanha                      |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    | (21)                    | Panna                      |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    | (22)                    | Pench                      |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    | (23)                    | Sanjay-Dubri               |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    | (24)                    | Satpura                    |
| 10        | Maharashtra       | (25)                    | Bor                        |
|           | Maharashtra       | (26)                    | Melghat                    |
|           | Maharashtra       | (27)                    | Pench                      |
|           | Maharashtra       | (28)                    | Nawegaon-Nagzira           |
|           | Maharashtra       | (29)                    | Sahyadri                   |
|           | Maharashtra       | (30)                    | Tadoba-Andhari             |
| 11        | Mizoram           | (31)                    | Dampa                      |
| 12        | Odisha            | (32)                    | Satkosia                   |
| 12        | Odisha            | (33)                    | Similipal                  |
| 13        | Rajasthan         | (34)                    | Mukandra Hills             |
| 13        | Rajasthan         | (35)                    | Ranthambhore               |
| 13        | Rajasthan         | (36)                    | Sariska                    |
| 14        | Tamil Nadu        | (37)                    | Anamalai                   |
| 14        | Tamil Nadu        | (38)                    | Kalakad Mundanthurai       |
| 14        | Tamil Nadu        | (39)                    | Mudumalai                  |
| 14        | Tamil Nadu        | (40)                    | Sathyamangalam             |

| 15   | Telangana     | (41)   | Amrabad    |
|------|---------------|--------|------------|
|      |               | (42)   | Kawal      |
| 16   | Uttarakhand   | (43)   | Corbett    |
|      |               | (44)   | Rajaji     |
| 17   | Uttar Pradesh | (45)   | Dudhwa     |
|      |               | (46)   | Pilibhit   |
| 18   | West Bengal   | (47)   | Buxa       |
|      |               | (48)   | Sundarbans |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 108 ON TIGER/ELEPHANT RESERVES DUE FOR REPLY ON 21.07.2015.

## Details of Elephant Reserves under Project Elephant in the country

| Sl. No.   | Elephant range                                             |   Elephant notification | reserve with date of              | State             |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
| I         | Eastern India (South West Bengal- Jharkhand-Odisha)        |                      1. | Mayurjharna ER (24.10.02)         | West Bengal       |
|           |                                                            |                      2. | Singhbhum ER (26.9.01)            | Jharkhand         |
|           |                                                            |                      3. | Mayurbhanj ER (29.9.01)           | Odisha            |
|           |                                                            |                      4. | Mahanadi ER (20.7.02)             | Odisha            |
|           |                                                            |                      5. | Sambalpur ER (27.3.02)            | Odisha            |
|           |                                                            |                      6. | Badalkhol-Tamorpingla (15.9.2011) | Chhattisgarh      |
| II        | North Brahamputra (Arunachal -Assam)                       |                      7. | Kameng ER (19.6.02)               | Arunachal Pradesh |
|           |                                                            |                      8. | Sonitpur ER (6.3.03)              | Assam             |
| III       | South Brahamputra (Assam-Arunachal)                        |                      9. | Dihing-Patkai ER (17.4.03)        | Assam             |
|           |                                                            |                     10. | South Arunachal ER (29.2.08)      | Arunachal Pradesh |
| IV        | Kaziranga (Assam-Nagaland)                                 |                     11. | Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong (17.4.03) | Assam             |
|           |                                                            |                     12. | Dhansiri-Lungding ER (19.4.03)    | Assam             |
|           |                                                            |                     13. | Intanki ER (28.2.05)              | Nagaland          |
| V         | Eastern Dooars (Assam-W.Bengal)                            |                     14. | Chirang-Ripu ER (7.3.03)          | Assam             |
|           |                                                            |                     15. | Eastern Dooars ER (28.8.02)       | West Bengal       |
| VI        | E. Himalayas (Meghalaya)                                   |                     16. | Garo Hills ER (31.10.01)          | Meghalaya         |
| VII       | Nilgiri-Eastern Ghat (Karnataka-Kerala- Tamil Nadu-Andhra) |                     17. | Mysore ER* (25.11.02)             | Karnataka         |
|           |                                                            |                     18. | Dandeli ER# (26.3.2015)           | Karnataka         |
|           |                                                            |                     19. | Wayanad ER (2.4.02)               | Kerala            |
|           |                                                            |                     20. | Nilgiri ER (19.9.03)              | Tamil Nadu        |
|           |                                                            |                     21. | Rayala ER (9.12.03)               | Andhra Pradesh    |
| VIII      | South Nilgiri (Kerala-Tamil Nadu)                          |                     22. | Nilambar ER (2.4.02)              | Kerala            |
|           |                                                            |                     23. | Coimbatore ER (19.9.03)           | Tamil Nadu        |
| IX        | Western Ghat (Tamil Nadu-Kerala)                           |                     24. | Anamalai ER (19.9.03)             | Tamil Nadu        |
|           |                                                            |                     25. | Anamudi ER (2.4.02)               | Kerala            |
| X         | Periyar (Kerala-Tamil Nadu)                                |                     26. | Periyar (2.4.02)                  | Kerala            |
|           |                                                            |                     27. | Srivilliputtur ER (19.9.03)       | Tamil Nadu        |
| XI        | Northern India (Uttaranchal-U.P.)                          |                     28. | Shivalik ER (28.10.02)            | Uttaranchal       |
|           |                                                            |                     29. | Uttar Pradesh ER (9.9.09)         | Uttar Pradesh     |

* With the notification of Dandeli Elephant Reserve, Karnataka on 26.03.2015, the total number of Elephant Reserves (ERs) in the country has become 29.
- # Inclusion  of  Bhadra  Wildlife  Sanctuary  and  neighbouring  areas  under  Mysore  Elephant Reserve (1331.94 sq.km.).

## ANNEXURE-II (a)

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 108 ON TIGER/ELEPHANT RESERVES DUE FOR REPLY ON 21.07.2015.

## Details of the funds allocated / disbursed and utilised for Project Tiger during each of the last

## three years and the current year, State-wise, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger

(Rs. in lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | States            | 2012-13             | 2012-13      | 2013-14             | 2013-14     | 2014-15             | 2014-15                                              | 2015-16 (as on 15.7.2015)   | 2015-16 (as on 15.7.2015)   |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------|--------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|           |                   | Allocated/ released | Utilised     | Allocated/ released | Utilised    | Allocated/ released | Utilised                                             | Allocated/ released         | Utilised                    |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    | 404.8904            | 248.607      | 211.7804            | 289.83200   | 184.141             | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 0.00*                       | -                           |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 420.0872            | 420.0733     | 757.1705            | 736.67229   | 658.426             | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 0.00*                       | -                           |
| 3         | Assam             | 373.894             | 569.852      | 808.9665            | 1248.9560   | 1509.389            | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 0.00*                       | -                           |
| 4         | Bihar             | 311.064             | 189.21918    | 285.0898            | 285.1302    | 317.096             | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 207.73051                   | -                           |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 532.4632            | 512.15217    | 583.056             | 550.9530    | 609.827             | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 0.00*                       | -                           |
| 6         | Jharkhand         | 107.44023           | 118.512      | 251.168             | 194.8475    | 199.080             | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 47.98470                    | -                           |
| 7         | Karnataka         | 933.5311            | 1902.39      | 2016.0318           | 1851.0818   | 1565.773            | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 704.27136                   | -                           |
| 8         | Kerala            | 514.835             | 499.446      | 489.296             | 495.056     | 517.5351            | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 346.06320                   | -                           |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    | 5772.3638           | 5727.843     | 4815.734            | 2052.847    | 4335.118            | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 566.13040                   | -                           |
| 10        | Maharashtra       | 848.4083            | 946.8903     | 3453.3483           | 1378.21395  | 3425.524            | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 1339.47890                  | -                           |
| 11        | Mizoram           | 468.31              | 241.31       | 233.68              | 233.68      | 232.189             | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 153.95840                   | -                           |
| 12        | Odisha            | 163.756             | 298.863      | 786.9               | 804.55374   | 707.391             | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 377.34640                   | -                           |
| 13        | Rajasthan         | 4090.567            | 2840.29      | 512.848             | 916.970     | 627.192             | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 0.00*                       | -                           |
| 14        | Tamil Nadu        | 445.983             | 444.274      | 763.255             | 723.308     | 864.316             | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 540.17128                   | -                           |
| 15        | Uttarakhand       | 160.69              | 247.025      | 384.045             | 355.285     | 391.1941            | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 293.93160                   | -                           |
| 16        | Uttar Pradesh     | 334.055             | 522.086      | 525.876             | 496.249     | 760.928             | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 0.00*                       | -                           |
| 17        | West Bengal       | 404.916             | 312.95799    | 348.516             | 438.00091   | 596.882             | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 376.50781                   | -                           |
| 18        | Goa               | 0.00                | 0.00         | 2.05                | 0.00        | 0.00                | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 0.00*                       | -                           |
| 19        | Telangana         | 0.00                | 0.00         | 0.00                | 0.00        | 0.00                | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 86.01440                    | -                           |
|           | Total             | 16,287.25423        | 16,041.79097 | 17,228.81133        | 13051.63639 | 17,502.00           | Final Utilisation Certificate is yet to be received. | 5,039.58896                 | -                           |

NB:Utilised amount is more than the released amount owing to carried over unspent funds of the previous years.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 108 ON TIGER/ELEPHANT RESERVES DUE FOR REPLY ON 21.07.2015.

## Details of the funds released under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Elephant during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise

(Rs. in Lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | State / UTs       | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16 (as on 15.07.2015)   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    | 11.28     | -         | 13.523    | -                            |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh | -         | 83.48     | 97.714    | -                            |
| 3.        | Assam             | 250.00    | 173.00    | 236.664   | -                            |
| 4.        | Chhattisgarh      | 60.29     | 49.622    | 43.7456   | 21.91                        |
| 5.        | Jharkhand         | 59.512    | 95.655    | 88.4256   | -                            |
| 6.        | Karnataka         | 240.296   | 325.412   | 225.319   | 181.054                      |
| 7.        | Kerala            | 294.89    | 252.90    | 236.72    | 204.54                       |
| 8.        | Maharashtra       | 20.47     | 18.682    | 38.202    | -                            |
| 9.        | Meghalaya         | 106.875   | 101.00    | 118.838   | -                            |
| 10.       | Nagaland          | 18.75     | 21.75     | 44.8132   | -                            |
| 11.       | Odisha            | 210.00    | 257.60    | 153.35    | -                            |
| 12.       | Tamil Nadu        | 250.312   | 211.00    | 251.208   | -                            |
| 13.       | Tripura           | 5.77      | 9.766     | 6.03      | -                            |
| 14.       | Uttar Pradesh     | 14.76     | -         | 5.16      | 15.33                        |
| 15.       | Uttarakhand       | 161.46    | 115.068   | 103.908   | -                            |
| 16.       | West Bengal       | 91.865    | 97.626    | 103.814   | 56.83                        |
| 17.       | Haryana           | -         | 30.97     | -         | -                            |
|           | Total             | 1796.53   | 1843.531  | 1767.4344 | 479.664                      |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 108 ON TIGER/ELEPHANT RESERVES DUE FOR REPLY ON 21.07.2015.

## Details of tiger estimation pertaining to tiger landscapes in the country, for the years 2010 and 2014

|                                                                      | Tiger Population   | Tiger Population   |                              |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------------------|
| State                                                                | 2010               | 2014               | Increase / Decrease / Stable |
| Shivalik-Gangetic Plain Landscape Complex                            |                    |                    |                              |
| Uttarakhand                                                          | 227 (199-256)      | 340                | Increase                     |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                        | 118 (113-124)      | 117                | Stable                       |
| Bihar                                                                | 8 (-)              | 28                 | Increase                     |
| Shivalik Gangetic                                                    | 353 (320-388)      | 485 (427-543)      | Increase                     |
| Central Indian Landscape Complex and Eastern Ghats Landscape Complex |                    |                    |                              |
| Andhra Pradesh (including Telangana)                                 | 72 (65-79)         | 68                 | Stable                       |
| Chhattisgarh                                                         | 26 (24-27)         | 46                 | Increase                     |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                       | 257 (213-301)      | 308                | Increase                     |
| Maharashtra                                                          | 169 (155-183)      | 190                | Increase                     |
| Odisha                                                               | 32 (20-44)         | 28                 | Stable                       |
| Rajasthan                                                            | 36 (35-37)         | 45                 | Increase                     |
| Jharkhand                                                            | 10 (6-14)          | 3+                 | Decrease*                    |
| Central India                                                        | 601 (518-685)      | 688 (596-780)      | Increase                     |
| Western Ghats Landscape Complex                                      |                    |                    |                              |
| Karnataka                                                            | 300 (280-320)      | 406                | Increase                     |
| Kerala                                                               | 71 (67-75)         | 136                | Increase                     |
| Tamil Nadu                                                           | 163 (153-173)      | 229                | Increase                     |
| Goa                                                                  | -                  | 5                  | Increase                     |
| Western Ghats                                                        | 534 (500-568)      | 776 (685-861)      | Increase                     |
| North Eastern Hills and Brahmaputra Flood Plains                     |                    |                    |                              |
| Assam                                                                | 143 (113-173)      | 167                | Increase                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                    | -                  | 28 ♣               | Increase                     |
| Mizoram                                                              | 5                  | 3+                 | Stable                       |
| North West Bengal                                                    | -                  | 3                  | **                           |
| North East Hills, and Brahmaputra                                    | 148 (118-178)      | 201 (174-212)      | Increase                     |
| Sunderbans                                                           | 70 (64-90)         | 76 (92-96)         | Stable                       |
| TOTAL                                                                | 1706 (1520-1909)   | 2226 (1945-2491)   | Increase                     |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 108 ON TIGER/ELEPHANT RESERVES DUE FOR REPLY ON 21.07.2015.

## Details of wild elephants, as reported by States

| REGION               | STATE               | 2002   | 2007        | 2012        |
|----------------------|---------------------|--------|-------------|-------------|
| North-East           | Arunachal Pradesh   | 1607   | 1690        | 890         |
| North-East           | Assam               | 5246   | 5281        | 5620        |
| North-East           | Meghalaya           | 1868   | 1811        | 1811*       |
| North-East           | Nagaland            | 145    | 152         | 212         |
| North-East           | Mizoram             | 33     | 12          | -           |
| North-East           | Manipur             | 12     | -           | -           |
| North-East           | Tripura             | 40     | 59          | 59          |
| North-East           | West Bengal (North) | 292    | 300-350     | 647         |
| Total for North-East |                     | 9243   | 9305-9355   | 9239        |
| East                 | West Bengal (South) | 36     | 25          | #           |
| East                 | Jharkhand           | 772    | 624         | 688         |
| East                 | Orissa              | 1841   | 1862        | 1930        |
| East                 | Chhattisgarh        | -      | 122         | 247         |
| Total for East       |                     | 2649   | 2633        | 2865        |
| North                | Uttarakhand         | 1582   | 1346        | 1346*       |
|                      | Uttar Pradesh       | 85     | 380         | 291         |
| Total for North      |                     | 1667   | 1726        | 1637        |
| South                | Tamil Nadu          | 3052   | 3867        | 4015        |
|                      | Karnataka           | 5838   | 4035        | 5648-6488   |
|                      | Kerala              | 3850   | 6068        | 5942-6422   |
|                      | Andhra Pradesh      | 74     | 28          | 41          |
|                      | Maharashtra         | -      | 7           | 41          |
| Total for South      |                     | 12814  | 14005       | 15650-16970 |
| GRAND TOTAL          |                     | 26373  | 27669-27719 | 29391-30711 |

- # The figure for North and South Bengal are combined.

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