Lok Sabha Question No. 37 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-01
Subject: Implementation of the Green India Digital Mission
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Shashank Mani, Shri Anurag Sharma

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 37 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2025

## Implementation of the Green India Digital Mission

## 37.    SHRI SHASHANK MANI: SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

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

- (a) the present status and progress made in the implementation of the Green India Mission (GIM)  across  the  country,  State/UT-wise  with  particular  reference  to  afforestation, ecosystem restoration and promotion of sustainable livelihoods;
- (b) whether  artificial  intelligence  and  satellite  technologies  are  being  used  for  real-time forest monitoring and conservation;
- (c) the details of the outcomes achieved in terms of digital forest mapping and biodiversity management;
- (d) the  details  of  the  funds  allocated,  released  and  utilized  under  the  Mission  since  its inception, along with the details of major projects undertaken;
- (e) whether the Mission has achieved measurable outcomes in terms of increase in forest and  tree  cover,  enhancement  of  carbon  sequestration  capacity  and  conservation  of biodiversity; and
- (f) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure community participation, capacity building of local institutions, and convergence of GIM activities with other schemes to maximize livelihood generation and environmental benefits, particularly in ecologically sensitive and drought-prone regions?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

(a) to (f)     National Mission for a Green India (GIM) is one of the eight Missions outlined under the  National  Action  Plan  on  Climate  Change.  It  aims  at  protecting,  restoring,  and  enhancing India's forest cover and responding to Climate Change by undertaking plantation activities in the forest and non-forest areas in the selected degraded and vulnerable landscapes. GIM activities were started in the FY 2015-16 through Joint Forest Management Committees.  So far, a sum of Rs. 1027.19 Crores have been sanctioned/allocated to seventeen States namely Andhra Pradesh,

Arunachal  Pradesh,  Chhattisgarh,  Haryana,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Karnataka  Kerala,  Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Uttar  Pradesh  and  the  Union  Territory  of  Jammu  &  Kashmir  for  creation  of  plantation/ecorestoration  over  an  area  of  170745  ha.  The  State-wise  detail  of  funds  allocated/released  and utilized and area taken up under eco-restoration is detailed in Annexure-1 .

Monitoring  of  plantations  follows  a  multi-tiered  approach  involving  both  Central  and  State mechanisms. The State Forest Departments conduct annual physical verification and third-party monitoring, and submit .kml files, progress reports and geo-tagged photographs to the Ministry. The  Ministry  has  also  launched  the  National  Afforestation  Monitoring  System  (NAMS)  to strengthen centralized, transparent monitoring using geospatial tools. The Forest Survey of India (FSI) under the Ministry undertakes forest resource surveys and assessment of changes in forest cover that involved digital image processing, ground truthing and interpretation of satellite data.

The National Mission for a Green India (GIM) has achieved significant outcomes in terms of enhancement of forest and tree cover, improvement of forest quality and enhancement of carbon sequestration.  The  Ministry  monitors  forest/tree  cover,  and  carbon  sequestration  achieved through various afforestation and eco-restoration initiatives, including the Green India Mission (GIM),  using  data  from  the  India  State  of  Forest  Report  (ISFR)  published  biennially  by  the Forest Survey of India (FSI). The series of ISFRs shows marked increase in overall forest and tree cover. As per ISFR 2023, the total forest and tree cover of the country stands at 8,27,356.95 sq  km,  which  is  25.17%  of  the  geographical  area  of  India.  This  includes  Forest  Cover  of 7,15,342.61 sq km (21.76%) and Tree Cover of 1,12,014.34 sq km (3.41%).  The total carbon stock in India's forest and tree cover is estimated at 30.43 billion tonnes, which corresponds to a substantial carbon sink.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (f) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 37  regarding  'Implementation  of  the  Green  India  Digital  Mission'  raised  by  Shri Shashank Mani and Shri Anurag Sharma due for reply on 01.12.2025

The details of funds allocated/released and utilised, along with total area taken up under ecorestoration, State/UT-wise:

| Sl. No.            | States            | Funds allocated/released (Rs. in crores)   | Funds Utilized (Rs. in crores)   | Total area taken up under eco-restoration (in ha)   |
|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1 Andhra           | Pradesh 6.19      | 4.17                                       |                                  | 1433                                                |
| 2                  | Arunachal Pradesh | 34.71                                      | 29.96                            | 5314                                                |
| 3                  | Chhattisgarh      | 75.58                                      | 72.84                            | 19128                                               |
| 4 Haryana          | 73.38             |                                            | 44.51                            | 1301                                                |
| 5 Himachal Pradesh | 17.09             | 9.01                                       |                                  | 1299                                                |
| Jammu &Kashmir     | 36.72             | 33.50                                      |                                  | 6                                                   |
| 7 Karnataka        | 24.61             |                                            | 23.44                            | 1778 2722                                           |
| Kerala             | 41.88             |                                            | 25.47                            | 8 12297                                             |
| Madhya Pradesh     | 123.26            |                                            | 99.11                            | 9 32831                                             |
| Maharashtra        | 10.30             | 9.43                                       |                                  | 10 5223                                             |
| Manipur            | 65.72             |                                            | 62.66                            | 11 16488                                            |
| 12 Mizoram         | 169.11            |                                            | 160.21                           | 19643                                               |
| 13 Odisha          | 88.37             |                                            | 84.28                            | 20711                                               |
| 14 Punjab          | 26.95             |                                            | 24.17                            | 6568                                                |
| 15 Sikkim          | 49.34             |                                            | 42.73                            | 6567                                                |
| 16 Uttarakhand     | 167.59            |                                            | 161.88                           | 14836                                               |
| 17 West Bengal     | 10.95             |                                            | 10.18                            | 2606                                                |
| 18 Uttar Pradesh*  | 5.43              |                                            | 4.22                             | -                                                   |
| Total              | Total             | 1027.19                                    | 901.75                           | 170745                                              |

* The GIM activities were started in 2024-25 and the state has taken advance work only for taking up the creation/plantation activities in current financial year .

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