Lok Sabha Question No. 1560 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: National Afforestation Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: NALIN KUMAR KATEEL, B.N. CHANDRAPPA, DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO.  1560

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2015

## National Afforestation Programme

1560.  SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL: SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPA: SHRI D.K. SURESH:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  set  any  target  for  tree  plantation  under  the  National Afforestation Programme in the country;
- (b) if so, the details of during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) whether the said targets has been achieved;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  earmarked  adequate  funds  for  implementation  of  the National Afforestation Programme (NAP); and
- (f) if so, the details of the funds allocated/utilised during the last three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a) to (f) The  National  Afforestation  Programme  (NAP)  Scheme  aims  afforestation  in identified degraded forest lands with people's participation and decentralised forest governance. Under  NAP,  no  allocation  of  afforestation  targets  is  done  and  the  Scheme  is  demand  driven where afforestation area is sanctioned to the States on the basis of the size of their Annual Plan of Operation (APO), their past performance, availability of potential degraded forest land there and availability of central budget.   An amount of about Rs. 3545 crores has been released to the States  and  utilized  for  afforestation  in  an  area  of  about  21  lakh  hectare  under  NAP  since  its inception in 2000-02 to 2014-15.  The Statewise details of area sanctioned and funds released for last three years and current year are given  at Annexure-I & II.

NAP has been implemented as 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme until 2014-15.   During 201516 onwards the funding pattern has been changed to 90:10 and 60:40 as Central and State share in  case  of  11  North  Eastern  &  hilly  States  and  rest  of  India  respectively.      Accordingly,  the budget allocation for the current year has been reduced to Rs. 100 crores under NAP as Central share.

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## Annexure I

Annexure referred  to  in  reply  of  parts  (a)  to  (f)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.1560 regarding ' National Afforestation Programme ' raised by Shri Nalin Kumar Kateel, Shri B.N. Chandrappa and Shri D.K. Suresh due for reply on 08.12.2015.

Statewise details of area sanctioned for Afforestation under National Afforestation Programme

| S No   | State                | Year (in hectare)   | Year (in hectare)   | Year (in hectare)   | Year (in hectare)    |
|--------|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
| S No   | State                | 2012-13             | 2013-14             | 2014-15             | 2015-16 till 1.12.15 |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh       | 0                   | 1605                | 810                 | -                    |
| 2      | Bihar                | 2415                | 3885                | 1786                | 2500                 |
| 3      | Chhattisgarh         | 2934                | 5906                | 4699                | 4475                 |
| 4      | Gujarat              | 2000                | 2735                | 5284                | -                    |
| 5      | Haryana              | 1519                | 3035                | 1900                | 2195                 |
| 6      | Himachal Pradesh     | 1450                | 908                 | 2237                | -                    |
| 7      | Jammu &Kashmir       | 4486                | 2260                | 1606                | -                    |
| 8      | Jharkhand            | 0                   | 3975                | 3924                | -                    |
| 9      | Karnataka            | 1880                | 3070                | 2900                | -                    |
| 10     | Kerala *             | 1000                | 1620                | 1478                | -                    |
| 11     | Madhya Pradesh       | 5125                | 5110                | 4786                | 3655                 |
| 12     | Maharashtra          | 2900                | 6850                | 6647                | 4135                 |
| 13     | Orissa               | 1975                | 4910                | 6535                | 1980                 |
| 14     | Punjab               | 0                   | 1347                | 1628                | -                    |
| 15     | Rajasthan            | 1250                | 2325                | 2550                | -                    |
| 16     | Tamil Nadu           | 1800                | 2094                | 750                 | 1500                 |
| 17     | Telangana            | 0                   | 0                   | 795                 | -                    |
| 18     | Uttar Pradesh        | 4270                | 4890                | 8548                | 2985                 |
| 19     | Uttarakhand          | 2350                | 1241                | 1330                | -                    |
| 20     | West Bengal          | 710                 | 970                 | 2495                | -                    |
|        | Total (Other States) | 38064               | 58736               | 62688               | 23425                |
| 21     | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0                   | 0                   | 1000                | -                    |
| 22     | Assam                | 0                   | 3675                | -                   | -                    |
| 23     | Manipur              | 3970                | 2530                | 1835                | -                    |
| 24     | Meghalaya            | 3000                | 3000                | -                   | -                    |
| 25     | Mizoram              | 2500                | 3000                | 3135                | -                    |
| 26     | Nagaland             | 2910                | 4000                | 2130                | -                    |
| 27     | Sikkim               | 650                 | 1095                | 1851                | -                    |
| 28     | Tripura              | 4435                | 4547                | 1796                | -                    |
|        | Total (NE States)    | 17465               | 21847               | 11747               | 0                    |
|        | Grand Total          | 55529               | 80583               | 74435               | 23425                |

## Annexure II

## Annexure referred  to  in  reply  of  parts  (a)  to  (f)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.1560 regarding ' National Afforestation Programme ' raised by Shri Nalin Kumar Kateel, Shri B.N. Chandrappa and Shri D.K. Suresh due for reply on 08.12.2015.

## Statewise details of funds released for Afforestation under National Afforestation Programme

| S. No.   | State                | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | (Rupees in crore)   | (Rupees in crore)    |
|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|---------------------|----------------------|
|          |                      |           |           | 2014-15             | 2015-16 till 1.12.15 |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 2.71      | 3.75      | 4.56                | -                    |
| 2        | Bihar                | 3.40      | 12.84     | 7.00                | 2.09                 |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh         | 13.33     | 21.38     | 20.00               | 4.19                 |
| 4        | Gujarat              | 14.30     | 11.68     | 10.50               | 3.93                 |
| 5        | Haryana              | 6.41      | 17.94     | 11.00               | 0.72                 |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh     | 3.62      | 2.61      | 0.73                | -                    |
| 7        | Jammu &Kashmir       | 3.37      | 8.11      | 3.59                | -                    |
| 8        | Jharkhand            | 4.69      | 9.02      | 8.60                | -                    |
| 9        | Karnataka            | 6.81      | 9.26      | 21.35               | -                    |
| 10       | Kerala               | 11.30     | 6.99      | 2.82                | 1.02                 |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh       | 9.15      | 22.10     | 21.00               | 3.55                 |
| 12       | Maharashtra          | 28.87     | 32.33     | 35.00               | 9.34                 |
| 13       | Orissa               | 3.38      | 5.36      | 17.92               | 9.49                 |
| 14       | Punjab               | 0.76      | 2.00      | 1.87                | -                    |
| 15       | Rajasthan            | 4.14      | 2.81      | 3.35                | -                    |
| 16       | Tamil Nadu           | 2.78      | 3.21      | 4.25                | 1.42                 |
| 17       | Telangana            | 0.00      | 0.00      | 2.03                | -                    |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh        | 15.27     | 20.15     | 12.00               | 1.58                 |
| 19       | Uttarakhand          | 6.25      | 6.01      | 2.50                | 1.36                 |
| 20       | West Bengal          | 2.57      | 2.96      | 0.78                | -                    |
|          | Total (Other States) | 143.11    | 200.49    | 190.85              | 38.69                |
|          | North Eastern states |           |           |                     |                      |
| 21       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 1.66      | 0.00      | 0.15                | -                    |
| 22       | Assam                | 1.47      | 2.99      | -                   | 2.56                 |
| 23       | Manipur              | 9.46      | 12.12     | 8.00                | 3.67                 |
| 24       | Meghalaya            | 9.10      | 4.50      | 3.61                | -                    |
| 25       | Mizoram              | 8.78      | 11.94     | 15.00               | 9.09                 |
| 26       | Nagaland             | 10.88     | 9.82      | 11.00               | -                    |
| 27       | Sikkim               | 5.42      | 3.77      | 6.00                | 1.52                 |
| 28       | Tripura              | 3.50      | 11.99     | 9.17                | 1.80                 |
|          | Total (NE States)    | 50.26     | 57.13     | 52.93               | 18.65                |
|          | G. Total             | 193.37    | 257.62    | 243.78              | 57.34                |