Lok Sabha Question No. 5978 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-30
Subject: Plantation Activities under Green India Mission
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Shri Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane, Shri Mahendra Singh Solanky, Shri Sudheer Gupta, Shri Anoop Pradhan Valmiki, Shri Chavan Ravindra Vasantrao, Smt. Himadri Singh, Shri Vijay Baghel, Shri Ananta Nayak, Ms Kangna Ranaut, Shri Parbhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava, Shri Anurag Sharma, Shri Dulu Mahato, Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, Dr. K Sudhakar, Dr. Nishikant Dubey, Shri Bhojraj Nag, Smt. Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, Shri Ramesh Awasthi, Shri Manish Jaiswal, Shri Alok Sharma, Smt. Sanjna Jatav, Shri Satish Kumar Gautam, Shri Chandra Prakash Choudhary, Shri Balabhadra Majhi, Smt. Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Shri Chandra Prakash Joshi

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5978 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03.2026

## Plantation Activities under Green India Mission

5978. SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

SHRI CHAVAN RAVINDRA VASANTRAO:

SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI:

SMT. MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH:

SHRI RAMESH AWASTHI:

SHRI BHOJRAJ NAG:

SHRI DULU MAHATO:

SMT. KAMALJEET SEHRAWAT:

SHRI MANISH JAISWAL:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SMT. SANJNA JATAV:

DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

MS KANGNA RANAUT:

SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY:

SHRI ANOOP PRADHAN VALMIKI:

SMT. HIMADRI SINGH:

SHRI ANANTA NAYAK:

SHRI ALOK SHARMA:

SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

DR. K SUDHAKAR:

SHRI SATISH KUMAR GAUTAM:

SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

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

- (a)   whether the Government is aware of the shortfall in plantation activities under the National Mission for a Green India recorded between the years 2015 and 2025 and the manner in which this decline has affected the forest and green cover in the country, State/UT-wise along with the status of such activities, particularly in Bharatpur, Nabarangpur and Keonjhar and Bhopal Lok Sabha Constituencies;
- (b)  if so, the steps being taken by the Government to address the said shortfall and accelerate plantation  activities  along  with  the  progress  made  under  the  said  mission  in  the  said Constituencies;
- (c)  the details of specific role of the weightage (including rewards for increased forest area and open forest inclusion) assigned by the 16th Finance Commission in incentivising States to increase  their  forest  cover,  State/UT-wise,  including  Bharatpur  and  Dewas-Shajapur regions;
- (d)  whether the Government has successfully integrated carbon sequestration monitoring using Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote sensing into the design of the Green India Mission and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including the said Constituencies/regions along with its impact on forest and plantation activities; and
- (e)   the details of funds allotted and utilized by the Karnataka during the last three years and the current year under the said Mission, city-wise, particularly in Bengaluru?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b)  The National Mission for a Green India (GIM) is one of the nine Missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) and aims to protect, restore, and enhance forest and tree cover while  contributing  to climate  change  mitigation  and adaptation through plantation and ecosystem restoration in identified landscapes. The Mission adopts a landscape-based approach, focusing on integrated restoration and management of forests and allied ecosystems at the landscape and micro-ecosystem level,  while  addressing  ecological,  hydrological,  and  socio-economic  dimensions. GIM is implemented through a convergence-based framework, aligning with various Central  and  State  Government  schemes  and  programmes,  including  CAMPA, MGNREGS, State Forestry Plans, and other afforestation and watershed initiatives. This approach ensures optimal utilization of resources, avoids duplication of efforts, and  enables  scaling  up  of  restoration  interventions  across  large  landscapes  with community participation.  Activities  under  GIM  are  undertaken  based  on  approved Perspective Plans and Annual Plans of Operation submitted by the States and approved by the National Executive Council.

GIM has significantly  contributed  to  the  overall  increase  in  India's  forest  and  tree cover.  As  per  the  India  State  of  Forest  Report  (ISFR),  forest  and  tree  cover  has increased from 7,94,245 sq km in 2015 to 8,27,356.95 sq km in 2023, registering a net increase of 33,111.95 sq km. These gains are attributable to sustained afforestation, eco-restoration,  and  coordinated  efforts  of  Central  and  State  Governments  under various schemes, including GIM. The State/UT-wise forest and tree cover details as per ISFR 2015 and 2023 are placed at Annexure-I .

Further,  under  the  overarching  theme  of 'Ek  Ped  Maa  Ke  Naam', a  nationwide voluntary plantation initiative was launched on 5th June 2024 to promote tree planting as  an  environmental  and  emotional  commitment  through  public  participation  and convergence  with  ongoing  schemes.  The  details  of  overall  plantation  activities undertaken in Bharatpur, Nabarangpur, Keonjhar, and Bhopal districts under Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam are provided in Annexure-II .

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- (c) The  Finance  Commission recommends the  devolution  of funds  to  States  based  on various criteria, including forest and ecology. The weightage assigned to forest and ecology  in  the  horizontal  devolution  formula  provides  incentives  to  States  for

maintaining  and  enhancing  forest  cover.  The  distribution  of  funds  under  Finance Commission  recommendations is done State-wise and not constituency-wise. Accordingly, no separate allocation is made for Bharatpur or Dewas-Shajapur regions.

- (d) Monitoring of forest and tree cover, including assessment of forest carbon stock, is carried out biennially by the Forest Survey of India (FSI ) using remote sensing, GISbased  tools  and  ground-based  inventory  methods.  These  assessments  include  the impact of afforestation and restoration activities undertaken under various schemes including the Green India Mission. State/UT-wise details of forest carbon stock as per ISFR 2023 are given in Annexure-III.
- (e) Funds under the Green India Mission are released to the States/UTs based on approved Annual Plans of Operation. In the State of Karnataka, funds have been released during the last three years and the current year for implementation of approved activities under GIM.  The  Mission  is  implemented  in  selected  landscapes  namely  Siddapura  (Uttar Kannada), Arkalgud (Hassan) and Chincholi (Kalburgi). The Year-wise details of funds released and utilized by the State of Karnataka are given in Annexure-IV .

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Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5978 regarding  'Plantation  Activities  under  Green  India  Mission'  raised  by  Shri  Anurag Sharma, Shri Chavan Ravindra Vasantrao, Shri Parbhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava, Shri Vijay Baghel, Shri Balabhadra Majhi, Smt. Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, Shri Ramesh Awasthi, Shri Bhojraj  Nag,  Shri  Dulu  Mahato,  Smt.  Kamaljeet  Sehrawat,  Shri  Manish  Jaiswal,  Shri Sudheer Gupta, Smt. Sanjna Jatav, Dr. Nishikant Dubey, Shri Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane, Ms Kangna Ranaut, Shri Mahendra Singh Solanky, Shri Anoop Pradhan Valmiki, Smt. Himadri Singh, Shri Ananta Nayak: Shri Alok Sharma: Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy: Shri Chandra Prakash Choudhary, Shri Chandra Prakash Joshi, Dr. K Sudhakar, Shri Satish Kumar Gautam, andShri Bhartruhari Mahtab due for reply on 30.03.2026.

Table: State/UT wise details of forest and tree cover as per ISFR 2015 & 2023

| S. No.   | State               |   2015 (in sq.km.) |   2023 (in sq.km.) |
|----------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      |           28389    |           35425    |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh   |           68009    |           67083.2  |
| 3        | Assam               |           29236    |           30415    |
| 4        | Bihar               |            9470    |            9902.66 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh        |           59215    |           62350.4  |
| 6        | Delhi               |             299.77 |             371.31 |
| 7        | Goa                 |            2549    |            2523.54 |
| 8        | Gujarat             |           22574    |           21648.9  |
| 9        | Haryana             |            2939    |            3307.28 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh    |           15453    |           16435.4  |
| 11       | Jammu& Kashmir      |           31342    |           27403.3  |
| 12       | Jharkhand           |           26261    |           47033.4  |
| 13       | Karnataka           |           41973    |           24965.3  |
| 14       | Kerala              |           22190    |           85723.6  |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh      |           85235    |           65383.4  |
| 16       | Maharashtra         |           60186    |           16795.3  |
| 17       | Manipur             |           17237    |           17687.4  |
| 18       | Meghalaya           |           17927    |           18558.3  |
| 19       | Mizoram             |           19283    |           12616.5  |
| 20       | Nagaland            |           13347    |           58597    |
| 21       | Odisha              |           54340    |            3321.24 |
| 22       | Punjab              |            3315    |           27389.3  |
| 23       | Rajasthan           |           24440    |            3406.73 |
| 24       | Sikkim              |            3392    |           31820.9  |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu          |           30850    |           24696.7  |
| 26       | Telangana           |           24140    |            7832.33 |
| 27       | Tripura             |            8044    |           23996.7  |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh       |           21505    |           25535    |
| 29       | Uttarakhand         |           24992    |           19770.5  |
| 30       | West Bengal         |           18916    |            6759.89 |
| 31       | A&N Islands         |            6788    |              46.18 |
| 32       | Chandigarh          |              31.03 |             262.45 |
| 33       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |             234    |           25013.4  |
| 34       | Daman &Diu          |              29.61 |            3178.94 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep         |              31.06 |              27.26 |
| 36       | Puducherry          |              82.38 |              73.2  |
|          | Total               |          794245    |          827357    |

Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5978 regarding 'Plantation Activities under Green India Mission' raised by Shri Anurag Sharma, Shri Chavan Ravindra Vasantrao, Shri Parbhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava, Shri Vijay Baghel, Shri Balabhadra Majhi, Smt. Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, Shri Ramesh Awasthi, Shri Bhojraj Nag,  Shri  Dulu  Mahato,  Smt.  Kamaljeet  Sehrawat,  Shri  Manish  Jaiswal,  Shri  Sudheer Gupta, Smt. Sanjna Jatav, Dr. Nishikant Dubey, Shri Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane, Ms Kangna  Ranaut,  Shri  Mahendra  Singh  Solanky,  Shri  Anoop  Pradhan  Valmiki,  Smt. Himadri  Singh,  Shri  Ananta  Nayak:  Shri  Alok  Sharma:  Shri  Rajiv  Pratap  Rudy:  Shri Chandra Prakash Choudhary, Shri Chandra Prakash Joshi, Dr. K Sudhakar, Shri Satish Kumar Gautam, andShri Bhartruhari Mahtab due for reply on 30.03.2026.

Table:  Details  of  overall  tree  plantation  done  under  'Ek  Ped  Maa  Ke  Naam'  in  the Bharatpur, Nabarangpur, Keonjhar and Bhopal district as per MeriLIFE portal

|   S. No | District                    |   Urban Seedling |   Rural Seedling |   Total Number of Seedlings | Number of Sites   |
|---------|-----------------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|       1 | 508962                      |          4261566 |          4770528 |                      148939 | Bharatpur         |
|       2 | Nabarangpur 72505           |          1931333 |          2003838 |                       12852 |                   |
|       3 | Kendujhar (Keonjhar) 407694 |          4845878 |          5253572 |                        5033 |                   |
|       4 | 91531                       |           682934 |           774465 |                         694 | Bhopal            |

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (d)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  5978 regarding 'Plantation Activities under Green India Mission' raised by Shri Anurag Sharma, Shri Chavan Ravindra Vasantrao, Shri Parbhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava, Shri Vijay Baghel, Shri Balabhadra Majhi, Smt. Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, Shri Ramesh Awasthi, Shri Bhojraj Nag, Shri Dulu Mahato, Smt. Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Shri Manish Jaiswal, Shri Sudheer Gupta, Smt. Sanjna  Jatav,  Dr.  Nishikant  Dubey,  Shri  Dhairyasheel  Sambhajirao  Mane,  Ms  Kangna Ranaut, Shri Mahendra Singh Solanky, Shri Anoop Pradhan Valmiki, Smt. Himadri Singh, Shri  Ananta  Nayak:  Shri  Alok  Sharma:  Shri  Rajiv  Pratap  Rudy:  Shri  Chandra  Prakash Choudhary,  Shri  Chandra  Prakash  Joshi,  Dr.  K  Sudhakar,  Shri  Satish  Kumar  Gautam, andShri Bhartruhari Mahtab due for reply on 30.03.2026.

Table: State/UT wise details of forest carbon stock as per ISFR 2023

| S. No.   | State               |   Forest Carbon Stock in '000 t |
|----------|---------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      |                          233592 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh   |                         1021160 |
| 3        | Assam               |                          272310 |
| 4        | Bihar               |                           58451 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh        |                          504614 |
| 6        | Delhi               |                            1221 |
| 7        | Goa                 |                           25513 |
| 8        | Gujarat             |                          108322 |
| 9        | Haryana             |                           10476 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh    |                          255016 |
| 11       | Jammu& Kashmir      |                          186434 |
| 12       | Jharkhand           |                          408255 |
| 13       | Karnataka           |                          214084 |
| 14       | Kerala              |                          608420 |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh      |                          464682 |
| 16       | Maharashtra         |                          175925 |
| 17       | Manipur             |                          183230 |
| 18       | Meghalaya           |                          168477 |
| 19       | Mizoram             |                          132629 |
| 20       | Nagaland            |                          453678 |
| 21       | Odisha              |                           13595 |
| 22       | Punjab              |                          110171 |
| 23       | Rajasthan           |                           56827 |
| 24       | Sikkim              |                          217560 |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu          |                          161732 |
| 26       | Telangana           |                           74254 |
| 27       | Tripura             |                          120134 |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh       |                          376612 |
| 29       | Uttarakhand         |                          154366 |
| 30       | West Bengal         |                          108817 |
| 31       | A&N Islands         |                             199 |
| 32       | Chandigarh          |                            1962 |
| 33       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                          371629 |
| 34       | Daman &Diu          |                           30651 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep         |                             217 |
| 36       | Puducherry          |                             315 |
| Total    |                     |                         7285530 |

Annexure referred to in reply of part (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5978 regarding 'Plantation Activities under Green India Mission' raised by Shri Anurag Sharma, Shri Chavan Ravindra Vasantrao, Shri Parbhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava, Shri Vijay Baghel, Shri Balabhadra Majhi, Smt. Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, Shri Ramesh Awasthi, Shri Bhojraj Nag,  Shri  Dulu  Mahato,  Smt.  Kamaljeet  Sehrawat,  Shri  Manish  Jaiswal,  Shri  Sudheer Gupta, Smt. Sanjna Jatav, Dr. Nishikant Dubey, Shri Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane, Ms Kangna  Ranaut,  Shri  Mahendra  Singh  Solanky,  Shri  Anoop  Pradhan  Valmiki,  Smt. Himadri  Singh,  Shri  Ananta  Nayak:  Shri  Alok  Sharma:  Shri  Rajiv  Pratap  Rudy:  Shri Chandra Prakash Choudhary, Shri Chandra Prakash Joshi, Dr. K Sudhakar, Shri Satish Kumar Gautam, andShri Bhartruhari Mahtab due for reply on 30.03.2026.

Table: The Year-wise details of funds released and utilized by the State of Karnataka during the last three year and current year

| Financial Year   | Fund Release (Rs. In Lakhs )   | Fund Release (Rs. In Lakhs )   | Fund Release (Rs. In Lakhs )   | Total Funds Utilized (Rs. In   |
|------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Financial Year   | Central (60%)                  | State (40%)                    | Total                          | Lakhs)                         |
| 2022-23          | 292.842                        | 195.228                        | 488.07                         | 438.50                         |
| 2023-24          | 233.00                         | 161.89                         | 394.89                         | 444.83                         |
| 2024-25          | 499.00                         | 326.39                         | 825.39                         | 792.85                         |
| 2025-26          | 95.00                          | 63.336                         | 158.33                         | 108.47                         |
| Total            | 1119.842                       | 746.844                        | 1866.68                        | 1784.65                        |

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