Lok Sabha Question No. 260 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-26
Subject: Forest Development Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 260

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.04.2016

## Forest Development Programme

## 260.  SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

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

- (a) the amount allocated under Forest Development Programme during  the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise including Assam;
- (b) the details of forest villages developed so far in the country, State-wise including Assam;
- (c) the number of families covered under the said programme; and
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  develop  the  remaining  forest  villages  in  the country, including Assam?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  amounts  released  for  forest  development  to  the  States/UTs  under  various Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of  the  Ministry  such  as  Intensification  of  Forest Management  Scheme  and  National  Afforestation  Programme  during  the  last  three years  is  given  in  Annexure  I  and  II  respectively.  The  total  funds  allocated  for States/UTs including Assam under the said schemes for the current financial year is Rs. 50.00 crores and Rs.60.00 crores respectively. During the current financial year, funds will be released after examination of the proposals of the States/UTs as per the guidelines of the respective schemes.
- (b) & (c) The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change does not have any scheme for  the  development  of  forest  villages  in  the  country.  However,  the  Ministry  is implementing  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of  'Integrated  Development  of Wildlife Habitats'' and 'Project Tiger' under which funds are provided to States/UTs for relocation and rehabilitation of forest villages. The State/UT-wise details of funds provided for the said purpose under the above schemes during the last three years are given at Annexure-III. The information on number of families covered under the said schemes is not maintained at the level of the Ministry.
- (d) The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights)  Act,  2006  recognises  the  settlement  and  conversion  of  forest  villages, whether recorded, notified or not, into revenue villages as a forest right. The Ministry of  Tribal  Affairs,  which  is  the  nodal  agency  for  implementing  this  Act,  has  also issued guidelines on 08.11.2013 on conversion of all forest villages, old habitations, unsurveyed villages  and  other  villages  in  the  forests,  whether  recorded,  notified  or not, into revenue villages under section 3 (1) (h) of the said Act. Rehabilitation and conversion of the forest villages is a continuous process, hence no target and time limit for such rehabilitation/regularisation of these villages has been fixed.

## ANNEXURE REFFERD TO IN PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 260 DUE FOR 26.04.2016 ASKED BY SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL REGARDING FOREST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

## INTENSIFICATION OF FOREST MANAGEMENT SCHEME

(Rs. In lakhs)

| S. No.            | States            | Total released amount of 2013-14   | Total released amount of 2014-15   | Total released amount of 2015-16   |
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Other States      | Other States      |                                    |                                    |                                    |
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh    | 210.82                             | 0.00                               | 0.00                               |
| 2                 | Bihar             | 47.74                              | 0.00                               | 59.09                              |
| 3                 | Chhattisgarh      | 404.58                             | 436.46                             | 135.00                             |
| 4                 | Gujarat           | 345.76                             | 349.71                             | 217.13                             |
| 5                 | Goa               | 61.17                              | 0.00                               | 0.00                               |
| 6                 | Haryana           | 153.64                             | 149.56                             | 77.86                              |
| 7                 | H.P               | 365.86                             | 367.36                             | 311.70                             |
| 8                 | J&K               | 132.60                             | 0.00                               | 224.86                             |
| 9                 | Jharkhand         | 397.48                             | 314.51                             | 163.24                             |
| 10                | Karnataka         | 341.47                             | 266.54                             | 228.19                             |
| 11                | Kerala            | 270.22                             | 230.57                             | 124.61                             |
| 12                | Madhya Pradesh    | 744.16                             | 704.93                             | 420.00                             |
| 13                | Maharashtra       | 95.96                              | 228.02                             | 447.32                             |
| 14                | Odisha            | 203.25                             | 220.50                             | 136.00                             |
| 15                | Punjab            | 0.00                               | 0.00                               | 87.30                              |
| 16                | Rajasthan         | 183.93                             | 232.82                             | 154.78                             |
| 17                | Tamil Nadu        | 0.00                               | 0.00                               | 257.07                             |
| 18                | Telangana         |                                    | 160.73                             | 96.56                              |
| 19                | U.P.              | 169.74                             | 218.36                             | 156.38                             |
| 20                | Uttarakhand       | 313.10                             | 338.38                             | 392.34                             |
| 21                | West Bengal       | 0.00                               | 185.84                             | 149.46                             |
| Total             | Total             |                                    |                                    |                                    |
| 1                 | Assam             | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                  | 232.39                             | 85.07                              |
| 3                 | Manipur           | 294.86                             | 0.00                               | 240.76                             |
| 4                 | Meghalaya         | 244.83                             | 0.00                               | 180.26                             |
| 5                 | Mizoram           | 363.63                             | 256.27                             | 153.17                             |
| 6                 | Nagaland          | 145.92                             | 225.13                             | 122.6                              |
| 7                 | Sikkim            | 168.98                             | 162.17                             | 312.17                             |
| 8                 | Tripura           | 203.05                             | 262.08                             | 170.64                             |
|                   | Total             | 1421.27                            | 1138.04                            | 1264.67                            |
| Union Territories | Union Territories |                                    |                                    |                                    |
| 1                 | A &NIslands       | 31.06                              | 0                                  | 28.00                              |
| 2                 | Chandigarh        | 0.00                               | 0                                  | 37.00                              |
| 3                 | D&N Haveli        | 0.00                               | 0                                  | 0.00                               |
| 4                 | Daman &Diu        | 0.00                               | 0                                  | 0.00                               |
| 5                 | Lakshadweep       | 0.00                               | 0                                  | 0.00                               |
| 6                 | Delhi             | 0.00                               | 0                                  | 0.00                               |
| 7                 | Puducherry        | 0.00                               | 37.77                              | 0.00                               |
| Total             | Total             | 31.06                              | 37.77                              | 65.00                              |
| Grand total       | Grand total       | 5893.81                            | 5580.10                            | 5168.56                            |

## ANNEXURE REFFERD TO IN PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 260 DUE FOR 26.04.2016 ASKED BY SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL REGARDING FOREST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

## NATIONAL AFFORESTATION PROGRAMME

(Rs. In Crores)

| S. No.               | States               | Total released amount of 2013-14   | Total released amount of 2014-15   | Total released amount of 2015-16   |
|----------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Other States         | Other States         |                                    |                                    |                                    |
| 1                    | Andhra Pradesh       | 3.75                               | 4.56                               | 0.87                               |
| 2                    | Bihar                | 12.84                              | 7.00                               | 5.01                               |
| 3                    | Chhattisgarh         | 21.38                              | 20.00                              | 10.20                              |
| 4                    | Gujarat              | 11.68                              | 10.50                              | 8.54                               |
| 5                    | Goa                  | 0.00                               | 0.00                               | 0.00                               |
| 6                    | Haryana              | 17.94                              | 11.00                              | 0.72                               |
| 7                    | H.P                  | 2.61                               | 0.73                               | 0.00                               |
| 8                    | J&K                  | 8.11                               | 3.59                               | 0.00                               |
| 9                    | Jharkhand            | 9.02                               | 8.60                               | 0.00                               |
| 10                   | Karnataka            | 9.26                               | 21.35                              | 1.05                               |
| 11                   | Kerala               | 6.99                               | 2.82                               | 1.02                               |
| 12                   | Madhya Pradesh       | 22.10                              | 21.00                              | 9.45                               |
| 13                   | Maharashtra          | 32.33                              | 35.00                              | 14.90                              |
| 14                   | Odisha               | 5.36                               | 17.92                              | 9.49                               |
| 15                   | Punjab               | 2.00                               | 1.87                               | 0.00                               |
| 16                   | Rajasthan            | 2.81                               | 3.35                               | 0.75                               |
| 17                   | Tamil Nadu           | 3.21                               | 4.25                               | 1.42                               |
| 18                   | Telangana            | 0.00                               | 2.03                               | 0.00                               |
| 19                   | U.P.                 | 20.15                              | 12.00                              | 2.68                               |
| 20                   | Uttarakhand          | 6.01                               | 2.50                               | 3.05                               |
| 21                   | West Bengal          | 2.96                               | 0.78                               | 0.00                               |
| Total                | Total                | 200.49                             | 190.85                             | 69.16                              |
| North Eastern States | North Eastern States |                                    |                                    |                                    |
| 1                    | Assam                | 2.99                               | 0.00                               | 2.56                               |
| 2                    | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0.00                               | 0.15                               | 0.00                               |
| 3                    | Manipur              | 12.12                              | 8.00                               | 3.67                               |
| 4                    | Meghalaya            | 4.50                               | 3.61                               | 1.35                               |
| 5                    | Mizoram              | 11.94                              | 15.00                              | 10.17                              |
| 6                    | Nagaland             | 9.82                               | 11.00                              | 0.00                               |
| 7                    | Sikkim               | 3.77                               | 6.00                               | 1.52                               |
| 8                    | Tripura              | 11.99                              | 9.17                               | 5.73                               |
| Total                | Total                | 57.13                              | 52.93                              | 25.00                              |
| Grand total          | Grand total          | 257.62                             | 243.78                             | 94.16                              |

## ANNEXURE REFFERED TO IN PART (b) &(C) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  260  DUE  FOR  26.04.2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI  BADRUDDIN  AJMAL REGARDING FOREST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

## A. Under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of 'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats''

(Rs. in Lakhs)

| S. No.   | State   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   |
|----------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.       | Kerala  | -         | 446.00    | 270.00    |
| 2.       | Mizoram | 122.20    | -         | -         |
| Total    | Total   | 122.20    | 446.00    | 270.00    |

## B. Under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of 'Project Tiger''

(Rs. in Lakhs)

| S. No.   | State          | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   |
|----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.       | Madhya Pradesh | 2800.00   | 2415.00   | -         |
| 2.       | Mizoram        | 122.20    | -         | -         |
| 3.       | Rajasthan      | -         | -         | -         |
| 4.       | Maharashtra    | 2164.00   | 2000.00   | 810.00    |
| 5.       | Kerala         | -         | 446.00    | 2532.00   |
| 6.       | Tamil Nadu     | -         | -         | 1410.00   |
| Total    | Total          | 5086.00   | 4861.00   | 4752.00   |