Lok Sabha Question No. 230 (STARRED), answered on 2016-08-02
Subject: Man-Animal Conflict
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV, MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION No. 230 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2016

## Man-Animal Conflict

## *230.      SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV: SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

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

- (a) the  details  of  schemes/projects  under  implementation  to  avoid  man-animal  conflict along with the funds released for the said purpose during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) whether there are reports of persons having been killed/injured and loss of crops and damages to property by wild animals including elephants, lions, tigers, neelgais, wild boars etc. and if so, the details thereof during the said period, State-wise;
- (c) the guidelines in place to provide compensation for such casualties along with the funds disbursed  and  number  of  persons/farmers  paid  compensation  during  the  said  period, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has any proposal to enhance the compensation amount in view of the prevailing price rise and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  preventive  steps  being  taken  to  minimise  loss  of  lives  and  damage  to  crops  and property due to man-animal conflict in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 230 REGARDING 'MAN-ANIMAL CONFLICT'  BY SHRI  SANJAY  HARIBHAU  JADHAV:  SHRI  MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA DUE FOR REPLY ON 02.08.2016:

- (a) Under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  'Integrated  Development  of  Wildlife Habitats' (CSS-IDWH), the Ministry provides financial assistance to the States/ Union Territory  Governments  for  management  of  wildlife.  The  scheme  also  includes  a specific  component  for  activities  including  mitigation  and  management  of  humanwildlife conflict. An allocation of Rs. 15 crore has been provided specifically for this component.

In addition to this, the Central Government provides partial financial assistance to the States/  Union  Territory  Governments  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of 'Project Tiger' and 'Project Elephant', inter alia, for the management of human wildlife conflict.

Details  of  funds  released  to  State  Governments  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored Schemes of 'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats', 'Project Tiger' and 'Project Elephant'  during  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  is  at Annexure I(A),I(B) and I(C) respectively .

Further, the Ministry, with financial assistance from Ad-hoc Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), has formulated a scheme to provide assistance to the States for 'Augmentation of Fodder and Water in Protected  areas/Forest  Areas',  aimed  at  improving  habitat  in  the  areas  by  making provision  for  augmenting  grass,  fodder  and  water  to  the  wild  animals  which  would decrease  the  frequency  of  wild  animals  coming  out  of  forest  in  search  of  food  and water and subsequent conflict situations.

- (b) Incidences of loss of human lives and damage to crops by wild animals are reported in various parts of the country from time to time. Management of forest and wildlife is the  responsibility  of  State  Governments.  As  such  State-wise  and  year-wise  data  of such  incidents  are  not  collated  in  the  Ministry.  However,  the  data  received  in  the Ministry  from  the  States  in  National  Tiger  Conservation  Authority  and  Project Elephant,  indicating  the  death  of  human  beings  are  at Annexure  II(A) and II(B) respectively .
- (c) State  Governments  provide  relief  from  their  own  funds  as  well  from  the  assistance provided by Central Government for ex-gratia relief in respect of damage to crops and loss of human lives suffered by the victims of depredations/attacks by wild animals. The  details  of  amount  paid  as  compensation  and  details  of  beneficiaries  are  not collated in the Ministry. The Central Government provides financial assistance to the States/  Union  Territory  Governments  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of 'Integrated  Development  of  Wildlife  Habitats',  'Project  Tiger'  and 'Project  Elephant', inter alia, to make payment of ex-gratia relief.

Ministry  has  issued  a  letter  no.  14-2/2011-WL-I(pt)  dated  21.11.2012  stating  the amount of ex-gratia relief for payment to the victims of predation/depredation by wild animals. The details are as follows:

| Sl.No.   | Nature of damage caused by wild animals   | Amount of ex-gratia relief                             |
|----------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| (a)      | Death or permanent incapacitation         | Rs. 2,00,000/-                                         |
| (b)      | Grievous injury                           | 30% of (a)                                             |
| (c)      | Minor injury                              | Cost of treatment                                      |
| (d)      | Loss of property                          | Value of loss/damage as assessed by authorized officer |

States have their own rates for ex-gratia relief for victims of wildlife attack.

- (d) A proposal is under consideration in the Ministry to enhance the ex-gratia relief to the victims for loss of life or injury to human beings and damages caused to property and crops etc due to attack of wild animals, as per the details below:
- (e) Central Government  provides  financial assistance to the State/Union Territory Governments.  The  activities  supported  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of 'Integrated  Development  of  Wildlife  Habitats',  'Project  Tiger'  and 'Project  Elephant' for  the  management  of  wildlife  and  its  habitats  in  the  country inter  alia include construction /erection of physical barriers, such as barbed wire fence, solar powered electric  fence,  bio-fencing  using  cactus,  boundary  walls  etc.  to  prevent  the  entry  of wild  animals  into  crop  fields;  improvement  of  wildlife  habitat  of  wild  animals  by augmenting the availability of food and water in  forest areas to  reduce the  entry  of animals from forests to habitations and setting up of anti-depredation squads to drive away problematic animals.

| Sl.No.   | Nature of damage caused by wild animals           | Amount of ex-gratia relief                             |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| (a)      | Death or permanent incapacitation to human beings | Rs. 5 Lakh                                             |
| (b)      | Grievous injury                                   | Rs. 2 Lakh                                             |
| (c)      | Minor injury                                      | Cost of treatment                                      |
| (d)      | Loss of property/crops                            | Value of loss/damage as assessed by authorized officer |

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  230  REGARDING  'MAN-ANIMAL  CONFLICT' BY SHRI  SANJAY  HARIBHAU  JADHAV:  SHRI  MANSUKHBHAI  DHANJIBHAI VASAVA DUE FOR REPLY ON 02.08.2016:

## Details of funds released to State Governments under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of 'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats'

(Rs. in Lakhs)

|    | State/UT          | 2013-14    | 2014-15    | 2015-16    | 2016-17   |
|----|-------------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
| 1  | A&NIslands        | 150.00     | 00         | 100.00     | -         |
| 2  | Andhra Pradesh    | 00         | 63.31      | 0          | -         |
| 3  | Arunachal Pradesh | 220.439    | 00         | 304.02     | -         |
| 4  | Assam             | 138.88     | 149.11     | 87.10      | -         |
| 5  | Bihar             | 34.8715    | 85.249     | 108.011    | -         |
| 6  | Chhattisgarh      | 408.74     | 482.087    | 213.409    | -         |
| 7  | Goa               | 00         | 00         | 00         | -         |
| 8  | Gujarat           | 537.84457  | 634.94     | 395.798    | -         |
| 9  | Haryana           | 00         | 14.71      | 99.33      | -         |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh  | 475.849    | 430.345    | 431.837    | -         |
| 11 | Jammu& Kashmir    | 485.747    | 506.761    | 354.00     | -         |
| 12 | Jharkhand         | 97.7655    | 101.12     | 18.62      | -         |
| 13 | Karnataka         | 351.00     | 483.7769   | 262.13     | -         |
| 14 | Kerala            | 505.782    | 818.491    | 967.386    | 471.50    |
| 15 | Madhya Pradesh    | 454.354    | 371.354    | 394.565    | -         |
| 16 | Maharashtra       | 470.772    | 402.723    | 277.94     | -         |
| 17 | Manipur           | 80.80      | 129.192    | 248.919    | -         |
| 18 | Meghalaya         | 25.56      | 44.87      | 38.3902    | -         |
| 19 | Mizoram           | 210.334    | 131.54134  | 94.55      | 153.00    |
| 20 | Nagaland          | 15.375     | 85.155     | 235.48     | -         |
| 21 | Odisha            | 341.7448   | 350.3229   | 246.8365   | 280.00    |
| 22 | Rajasthan         | 430.884    | 367.296    | 314.788    | -         |
| 23 | Sikkim            | 129.27836  | 169.15643  | 290.32635  | 145.50    |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu        | 277.7918   | 280.626    | 113.261    | -         |
| 25 | Telangana         | --         | -          | --         | -         |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh     | 323.531    | 224.899    | 235.05     | -         |
| 27 | Uttarakhand       | 326.282    | 141.116    | 188.318    | -         |
| 28 | West Bengal       | 184.3735   | 108.847    | 100.934    | 237.66    |
| 29 | Puducherry        | 0          | 12.00      | 00         | -         |
|    | TOTAL             | 6677.99903 | 6588.99857 | 6120.99905 | 1287.66   |

## ANNEXURE I(B)

## Details of funds released to State Governments under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of 'Project Tiger'

(Rs. in Lakhs)

| S. No.   | State             | 2013-14      | 2014-15   | 2015-16     | 2016-17(as 25.7.2016)   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------|-----------|-------------|-------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 211.7804     | 184.141   | 0.00        | 0.00                    |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 757.1705     | 658.426   | 429.53900   | 225.569                 |
| 3        | Assam             | 808.9665     | 1509.389  | 1425.4130   | 0.00                    |
| 4        | Bihar             | 285.0898     | 317.096   | 223.55051   | 384.655                 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 583.056      | 609.827   | 398.94500   | 0.00                    |
| 6        | Jharkhand         | 251.168      | 199.080   | 47.98470    | 0.00                    |
| 7        | Karnataka         | 2016.0318    | 1565.773  | 1378.19440  | 1675.429                |
| 8        | Kerala            | 489.296      | 517.5351  | 396.60100   | 0.00                    |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh    | 4815.734     | 4335.118  | 1421.00700  | 2142.997                |
| 10       | Maharashtra       | 3453.3483    | 3425.524  | 3923.07890  | 204.518                 |
| 11       | Mizoram           | 233.68       | 232.189   | 187.98450   | 0.00                    |
| 12       | Odisha            | 786.9        | 707.391   | 544.80052   | 719.848                 |
| 13       | Rajasthan         | 512.848      | 627.192   | 1257.80800  | 0.00                    |
| 14       | Tamil Nadu        | 763.255      | 864.316   | 1950.17128  | 631.218                 |
| 15       | Telangana         | 384.045      | 391.1941  | 683.98538   | 0.00                    |
| 16       | Uttar Pradesh     | 525.876      | 760.928   | 624.54630   | 319.816                 |
| 17       | Uttarakhand       | 348.516      | 596.882   | 376.50781   | 206.883                 |
| 18       | West Bengal       | 2.05         | 0.00      | 0.00        | 0.00                    |
|          | TOTAL             | 0.00         | 0.00      | 214.81920   | 0.00                    |
|          |                   | 17,228.81133 | 17,502.00 | 15,484.9365 | 6,510.9334              |

## ANNEXURE I(C)

## Details of funds released to State Governments under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme

## of Project Elephant'

(Rs. in Lakh)

| Sl. No   | State/UTs         | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16    | 2016-17 (upto 26/7/2016)   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|------------|----------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | -         | 13.523    | -          | 13.62282                   |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 83.48     | 97.714    | 61.206     | -                          |
| 3        | Assam             | 173.00    | 236.664   | -          | -                          |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh      | 49.622    | 43.7456   | 21.91      | 61.1624                    |
| 5        | Jharkhand         | 95.655    | 88.4256   | 53.453     | 73.47                      |
| 6        | Karnataka         | 325.412   | 225.319   | 181.054    | 254.80                     |
| 7        | Kerala            | 252.90    | 236.72    | 204.54     | 343.89696                  |
| 8        | Maharashtra       | 18.682    | 38.202    | 8.062      | 14.335                     |
| 9        | Meghalaya         | 101.00    | 118.838   | 81.387     | 104.2128                   |
| 10       | Nagaland          | 21.75     | 44.8132   | 15.44      | 20.3143                    |
| 11       | Orissa            | 257.60    | 153.35    | 105.63     | 158.42736                  |
| 12       | Tamil Nadu        | 211.00    | 251.208   | 160.533    | 25.80                      |
| 13       | Tripura           | 9.766     | 6.03      | 26.10932   | -                          |
| 14       | Uttar Pradesh     | -         | 5.16      | 15.33      | 14.174                     |
| 15       | Uttarakhand       | 115.068   | 103.908   | 82.61      | 175.4576                   |
| 16       | West Bengal       | 97.626    | 103.814   | 105.174    | 76.45                      |
| 17       | Haryana           | 30.97     | -         | 10.00      | -                          |
| 18       | Bihar             | -         | -         | 3.008      | -                          |
| 19       | Rajasthan         | -         | -         | -          | 15.84                      |
| 20       | Punjab            | -         | -         | -          | 1.825                      |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh    | -         | -         | -          | 6.8442                     |
|          | Total             | 1843.531  | 1767.4344 | 1135.44632 | 1363.63244                 |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  230  REGARDING  'MAN-ANIMAL  CONFLICT' BY SHRI  SANJAY  HARIBHAU  JADHAV:  SHRI  MANSUKHBHAI  DHANJIBHAI VASAVA DUE FOR REPLY ON 02.08.2016:

## Details of incidents of tiger attacks on human beings during the last three years and the current year in and around tiger reserves as report by States

| S. No.   | State             |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17(as 27.7.2016) | on   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |         0 |         0 |         0 |                       0 |      |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |         0 |         0 |         0 |                       0 |      |
| 3        | Assam             |         0 |         0 |         0 |                       0 |      |
| 4        | Bihar             |         1 |         0 |         0 |                       0 |      |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |         0 |         0 |         0 |                       0 |      |
| 6        | Jharkhand         |         0 |         0 |         0 |                       0 |      |
| 7        | Karnataka         |         5 |         3 |         2 |                       0 |      |
| 8        | Kerala            |         0 |         1 |         1 |                       0 |      |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh    |         3 |         5 |         1 |                       1 |      |
| 10       | Maharashtra       |         3 |         8 |         0 |                       1 |      |
| 11       | Mizoram           |         0 |         0 |         0 |                       0 |      |
| 12       | Odisha            |         0 |         0 |         0 |                       0 |      |
| 13       | Rajasthan         |         0 |         0 |         1 |                       0 |      |
| 14       | Tamil Nadu        |         3 |         1 |         1 |                       0 |      |
| 15       | Telangana         |         0 |         0 |         0 |                       0 |      |
| 16       | Uttar Pradesh     |         8 |         0 |         1 |                       0 |      |
| 17       | Uttarakhand       |         4 |         0 |         1 |                       2 |      |
| 18       | West Bengal       |         6 |        10 |         0 |                       0 |      |
|          | TOTAL             |        33 |        28 |         8 |                       4 |      |

## ANNEXURE II (B)

Number of Human Deaths caused by elephant from 2009-2015.

|                   |   2009-10 |   2010-11 |   2011-12 |   2012-13 | 2013-14                  | 2014-15                  | 2015-16   |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |         0 |         1 |         0 |         1 | 2                        | 2                        | NR        |
| Arunachal Pradesh |         0 |         0 |         1 |         0 | 7                        | 1                        | 1         |
| Assam             |        54 |        40 |        67 |        79 | 87                       | 54                       | 92        |
| Chhattisgarh      |        29 |        25 |        33 |        22 | 23                       | 32                       | NR        |
| Jharkhand         |        54 |        69 |        62 |        60 | 56                       | 53                       | 66        |
| Karnataka         |        24 |        33 |        14 |        37 | 33                       | 38                       | 26        |
| Kerala            |        11 |        22 |        15 |        13 | 7                        | 20                       | NR        |
| Maharashtra       |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 | 0                        | 3                        | 0         |
| Meghalaya         |         5 |         7 |         8 |         1 | 10                       | 3                        | 9         |
| Nagaland          |         2 |         0 |         0 |         0 | 0                        | 1                        | 1         |
| Odisha            |        82 |        61 |        41 |        83 | 67                       | 64                       | 63        |
| Tamil Nadu        |        34 |        37 |        47 |        50 | 52                       | 31                       | 47        |
| Tripura           |         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 | 0                        | 1                        | NR        |
| Uttar Pradesh     |         1 |         0 |         1 |         0 | Information not received | Information not received | NR        |
| Uttarakhand       |         9 |         8 |        16 |         7 | Information not received | Information not received | NR        |
| West Bengal       |        87 |        96 |        67 |        69 | 69                       | 89                       | 108       |
| Total             |       393 |       399 |       372 |       422 | 413                      | 392                      | 413       |

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