Lok Sabha Question No. 438 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-19
Subject: Afforestation in Hilly Areas
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RAGHAV LAKHANPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No.438

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2016

## Afforestation in Hilly Areas

## 438.     SHRI RAGHAV LAKHANPAL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  allocated/sanctioned  funds  for  afforestation  of  hilly forest areas in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof during each of the last three years, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) the  total  area  proposed  to  be  brought  under  forest  cover  under  the  said  project, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has any proposal for setting up of Wind Mills under the said schemes; and
- (e) the time by which the work of afforestation and setting up of Wind Mills is likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) & (b) The  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forests  and  Climate  Change  (MoEF  &  CC)  is implementing  a  centrally  sponsored  'National  Afforestation  Programme  (NAP)'  scheme  for regeneration and restocking of degraded forests in the country.  The scheme is implemented in participatory  mode  under  the  Joint  Forest  Management  by  State  Forest  Development  Agency (SFDA) at the State level, Forest Development Agency (FDA) at the forest division/district level and  Joint  Forest  Management  Committee  (JFMC)  at  the  village  level.  The  Scheme  is implemented  in  800  FDAs  including  248  FDAs  falling  in  hilly  forest  areas  of  the  country. Under NAP, the grants are released to SFDAs and implementation is monitored at the state level. The details of funds released to the States including Uttar Pradesh under NAP during the last three years is given in Annexure .
- (c) National Forest policy aims 33% forest cover in the country. The area for affortestation under  NAP  is  sanctioned  to  States  on  receipt  of  Annual  Plan  of  Operation  (APO)  and  by considering their proposed demand, past performance and the Budget availability.  Afforestation under  NAP  has  contributed  to  the  forest  cover  of  the  country  as  an  area  of  about  21  lakhs hectares has been sanctioned for new plantations under NAP since its inception in 2000-02 till 2015-16 by releasing Rs. 3639.28 crores.
- (d) No Sir.  There is no proposal under the NAP Scheme for setting up of Wind Mills.
- (e) NAP is an open ending scheme where the work of plantation and maintenance activities are  continuously  going  on.  As  far  as  completion  of  setting  up  of  Wind  Mills  under  NAP  is concerned, the question does not arise.

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Annexure referred to in reply of parts (a & b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.438 on 'Afforestation in Hilly Areas ' asked by Shri Raghav Lakhanpal for reply on 19.07.2016.

## Yearwise and Statewise Details of funds released under National Afforestation Programme(NAP) for the last three years

Rs. crores

| S. No.   | State                | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   |
|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 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     | 0.00      |
| 5        | Haryana              | 17.94     | 11.00     | 8.54      |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh     | 2.61      | 0.73      | 0.72      |
| 7        | Jammu &Kashmir       | 8.11      | 3.59      | 0.00      |
| 8        | Jharkhand            | 9.02      | 8.60      | 0.00      |
| 9        | Karnataka            | 9.26      | 21.35     | 0.00      |
| 10       | Kerala               | 6.99      | 2.82      | 1.05      |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh       | 22.10     | 21.00     | 1.02      |
| 12       | Maharashtra          | 32.33     | 35.00     | 9.45      |
| 13       | Orissa               | 5.36      | 17.92     | 14.90     |
| 14       | Punjab               | 2.00      | 1.87      | 9.49      |
| 15       | Rajasthan            | 2.81      | 3.35      | 0.00      |
| 16       | Tamil Nadu           | 3.21      | 4.25      | 0.75      |
| 17       | Telangana            | 0.00      | 2.03      | 1.42      |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh        | 20.15     | 12.00     | 0.00      |
| 19       | Uttarakhand          | 6.01      | 2.50      | 2.68      |
| 20       | West Bengal          | 2.96      | 0.78      | 3.05      |
|          | Total (Other States) | 200.49    | 190.85    | 69.15     |
|          | North Eastern states |           |           |           |
| 21       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0.00      | 0.15      | 0.00      |
| 22       | Assam                | 2.99      | -         | 2.56      |
| 23       | Manipur              | 12.12     | 8.00      | 3.67      |
| 24       | Meghalaya            | 4.50      | 3.61      | 1.35      |
| 25       | Mizoram              | 11.94     | 15.00     | 10.17     |
| 26       | Nagaland             | 9.82      | 11.00     | 0.00      |
| 27       | Sikkim               | 3.77      | 6.00      | 1.52      |
| 28       | Tripura              | 11.99     | 9.17      | 5.73      |
|          | Total (NE States)    | 57.13     | 52.93     | 25.00     |
|          | G. Total             | 257.62    | 243.78    | 94.16     |