Lok Sabha Question No. 1422 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-03
Subject: Eco-sensitive Zones
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RODMAL NAGAR

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1422 TO BE ANSWERED ON  03.05.2016

## Eco-sensitive Zones

## 1422.  SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

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

- (a) whether  the  various  State  Governments  had  identified  Eco-Sensitive  Zones  (ESZs) around national parks and sanctuaries in their States;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) the  details  of  schemes  being  implemented  by  the  Government  for  Conservation, Sustainability  and  Development  of  ESZs  along  with  the  funds  provided  for  the  same during the last three years and the current year, State-wise; an
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  ecological  sustainability  of  these  areas  and  the achievements made in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and (b) The State-wise details of proposals for declaration of Eco-Sensitive Zone around National Parks and Sanctuaries received are at Annexure .  So  far, the  Ministry  has  approved/notified  257  ESZ  proposals  covering  404 Wildlife  Sanctuaries  and  National  Parks  for  declaration  of  Eco-Sensitive Zones. Of the 275 proposals, 220 have been notified in the Gazette of India, of which 187 are draft notifications and 33 are final notifications.
- (c) and (d) There are no schemes under implementation for maintenance and development  of  the  Eco-Sensitive  Zones  around  National  Parks  and Sanctuaries. The Notifications for Eco-Sensitive Zones provide for regulation/prohibition of unsustainable activities and promotion of sustainable  activities,  besides  preparation  of  Zonal  Master  Plans  with adequate participation of local  communities.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) AND  (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1422 REGARDING 'ECO-SENSITIVE ZONES' BY SHRI NAGAR RODMAL DUE FOR REPLY ON 03.05.2016.

State/Union Territory-wise details of proposals received for declaration of EcoSensitive Zones around National Parks and Sanctuaries

| Sl. No.   | Name of State           | Total No. of Proposal received   |
|-----------|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh          | 15                               |
| 2         | Andaman& Nicobar Island | 1*                               |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh       | 12                               |
| 4         | Assam                   | 21                               |
| 5         | Bihar                   | 13                               |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh            | 14                               |
| 7         | Chandigarh              | 2                                |
| 8         | Dadra Nagar Haveli      | 1                                |
| 9         | Daman &Diu              | 1                                |
| 10        | Delhi                   | 1                                |
| 11        | Goa                     | 7                                |
| 12        | Gujarat                 | 22                               |
| 13        | Haryana                 | 10                               |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh        | 34                               |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir          | 16                               |
| 16        | Jharkhand               | 12                               |
| 17        | Karnataka               | 32                               |
| 18        | Kerala                  | 22                               |
| 19        | Lakshadweep             | 1                                |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh          | 35                               |
| 21        | Maharashtra             | 39                               |
| 22        | Manipur                 | 6                                |
| 23        | Meghalaya               | 5                                |
| 24        | Mizoram                 | 7                                |
| 25        | Nagaland                | 1                                |
| 26        | Orissa                  | 19                               |
| 27        | Punjab                  | 14                               |
| 28        | Pondicherry             | 1                                |
| 29        | Rajasthan               | 27                               |
| 30        | Sikkim                  | 8                                |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu              | 29                               |
| 32        | Telangana               | 12                               |
| 33        | Tripura                 | 4                                |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh           | 24                               |
| 35        | Uttarakhand             | 3                                |
| 36        | West Bengal             | 20                               |
| Total     |                         | 491                              |