Lok Sabha Question No. 280 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-19
Subject: Displaced Families under Project Tiger
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA, B.V. NAYAK

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 280

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2016

## Displaced Families under Project Tiger

## 280. SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA: SHRI B.V. NAIK:

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

- (a) the number of families displaced and villages re-located during the last five years under the Project Tiger in the country, location and State/UT-wise including Rajasthan;
- (b) the number of villages yet to be re-located along with the steps being taken in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government provides any financial assistance/package to the displaced families under the Project Tiger;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, location and State-wise; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  to  provide  residential  plots  and  other  benefits  to  the displaced families as per the new land acquisition policy and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) The number of families and villages voluntarily re-located during the last five years under the  Project  Tiger  in  the  country,  location  and  State/UT-wise  including  Rajasthan,  is  at Annexure-I.
- (b) As per the information made available by the States, there are 582 villages in core/critical tiger habitat areas of tiger reserves as of now.  The Government of India provides funding assistance for voluntary relocation of villages / eligible families from core / critical tiger habitat of tiger reserves under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger.  Besides States  are  also  using  their  own  fund  /  funds  available  under  CAMPA  to  relocate  the families / villages from the core / critical tiger habitat of tiger reserves.
- (c) As far as providing financial assistance / package is concerned, there are two options, viz. Option-I and Option-II respectively.  The details are at Annexure-II.
- (d) Details pertaining to financial assistance / package provided to the families / villages so relocated  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Project  Tiger,  during  the  last  five years, are at Annexure-III .
- (e) No Sir.  In case the cost of relocation including settlement of rights per family exceeds Rs. 10 Lakhs, the State Government has to meet the extra cost.

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## ANNEXURE-I (a)

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  280  ON  DISPLACED  FAMILIES  UNDER  PROJECT  TIGER  DUE  FOR REPLY ON 19.07.2016

Number of families and villages voluntarily re-located during the last five years under the Project Tiger in the country, location and State/UT-wise including Rajasthan

| S. No.   | Name of the State   | Name of the Tiger Reserve   | No. of Villages relocated from the notified Core /critical tiger habitat of tiger reserves during the last five years   | No. of Families relocated from the notified Core /critical tiger habitat of tiger reserves during the last five years   |
|----------|---------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Chhattisgarh        | Achanakmar                  | 1                                                                                                                       | 26                                                                                                                      |
| 2        | Karnataka           | Nagarhole                   | 1                                                                                                                       | 95                                                                                                                      |
| 3        | Madhya Pradesh      | Bandhavgarh                 | 1                                                                                                                       | 188                                                                                                                     |
| 4        | Madhya Pradesh      | Kanha                       | 5                                                                                                                       | 1066                                                                                                                    |
| 5        | Maharashtra         | Melghat                     | 4                                                                                                                       | 526                                                                                                                     |
| 6        | Maharashtra         | Tadoba                      | 2                                                                                                                       | 433                                                                                                                     |
| 7        | Rajasthan           | Ranthambhore                | 11*                                                                                                                     | 1084                                                                                                                    |
| 8        | Rajasthan           | Sariska                     | 6**                                                                                                                     | 459                                                                                                                     |
| 9        | Tamil Nadu          | Mudumalai                   | 2                                                                                                                       | 235***                                                                                                                  |
| 10       | Dampa               | Mizoram                     | 1                                                                                                                       | 23                                                                                                                      |
|          | TOTAL               |                             | 33 (17 partially relocated)                                                                                             | 4135                                                                                                                    |

*     Two villages completely relocated, 9 villages partially relocated
- **   Partially relocated
- *** Relocation in progress

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  280  ON  DISPLACED  FAMILIES  UNDER  PROJECT  TIGER  DUE  FOR REPLY ON 19.07.2016

## As  far  as  providing  financial  assistance  /  package  is  concerned,  there  are  two  options,  viz. Option-I and Option-II

Option I - Payment of the entire package amount (Rs. 10 lakhs per  family)  to  the  family  in  case the  family  opts  so,  without involving  any  rehabilitation  and relocation  process  by  the  Forest Department.

Option II - Carrying out relocation and rehabilitation of village from protected area and tiger reserve by the Forest Department.

In  case  of  Option  I,  a  monitoring  process  involving  the  District Magistrate  of concerned  District would  be  ensured  so  that  the villagers rehabilitate themselves with the package money provided to them. In this regard, a mechanism involving handholding, preferably by external agencies should also be ensured, while depositing a considerable portion of the amount in the name of the beneficiary  in  a nationalized  bank  for  obtaining  income  through interest generated.

In   case   of   Option   II,   the   following   package   (per   family)   is proposed, at the rate of Rs. 10 lakhs per family, namely:

| (a)   | Agriculture land procurement (2 hectare) and development                                                                                                                                                       | :   | 35% of the total package   |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|----------------------------|
| (b)   | Settlement of rights                                                                                                                                                                                           | :   | 30% of the total package   |
| (c)   | Homestead land and house construction                                                                                                                                                                          | :   | 20% of the total package   |
| (d)   | Incentive                                                                                                                                                                                                      | :   | 5%of the total package     |
| (e)   | Community facilities commuted by the family (access road, irrigation, drinking water, sanitation, electricity, tele-communication, community center, religious places of worship, burial and cremation ground) | :   | 10% of the total package   |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  280  ON  DISPLACED  FAMILIES  UNDER  PROJECT  TIGER  DUE  FOR REPLY ON 19.07.2016

## Financial assistance / package provided to the families / villages so relocated under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger, during the last five years

(Rs. in Lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | Name of Tiger Reserve   | State          | 2011-12    |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |
|-----------|-------------------------|----------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.        | Achanakmar              | Chhattisgarh   | 260.810    |      0    |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 2.        | Nagarahole / Bandipur   | Karnataka      | 944.937    |      0    |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 3.        | Bandhavgarh             | Madhya Pradesh | 2069.99    |      0    |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 4.        | Kanha                   | Madhya Pradesh | 1608.00    |   3857    |      2800 |      2415 |         0 |
| 5.        | Ranthambhore            | Rajasthan      | (-)600.00* |   2600    |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 6.        | Sariska                 | Rajasthan      | 600.00*    |   1079.18 |         0 |         0 |       810 |
| 7.        | Melghat                 | Maharashtra    | 739.190    |      0    |         0 |      2000 |      2532 |
| 8.        | Tadoba-Andhari          | Maharashtra    | 2164.135   |      0    |      2164 |         0 |         0 |
| 9.        | Dampa                   | Mizoram        | 0.00       |    227    |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 10.       | Mudumalai               | Tamil Nadu     | 0.00       |      0    |         0 |         0 |      1410 |
|           | TOTAL                   |                | 7787.062   |   7763.18 |      4964 |      4415 |      4752 |

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