Schemes for Increasing Forest Resources

Ministry of Environment and Forests08-August, 2016 16:02 IST

Schemes for Increasing Forest Resources

(a)	To increase forest resources in the country, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is implementing a number of Schemes under which financial assistance is provided to State/UT Governments. Some of major schemes of the Ministry are National Afforestation Programme (NAP) and Green India Mission (GIM), Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitat (IDWH), Intensification of Forest Management Scheme (IFMS), Project Tiger and Project Elephant including funds under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA). Forest cover of the country is assessed biennially and published as India State of Forest Report (ISFR) by Forest Survey of India, Dehradun (FSI), an organisation under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. As per latest ISFR, 2015 there is    overall increase of 3775 sq. km of forest cover in the country, as compared to ISFR 2013. Some States have shown decline in forest cover whereas some States have shown increase in forest cover. The State/UT-wise details of extent of change in the forest cover as per ISFR 2015, compared to ISFR 2013 assessment are given in Annexure I.
(b)	The funds provided by the Ministry under various schemes to the Government of Uttar Pradesh for planting of trees during last three years are given in Annexure-II. No funds have been released so far to the Government of Uttar Pradesh under GIM.
(c)	The revised proposals under NAP and GIM as per guidelines, have not been received from the State Government.

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Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2352 due for answer on 08.08.2016 asked by Shri Vishambhar Prasad Nishad and Ch. Sukhram Singh Yadav regarding Schemes for increasing forest resources

          Change in Forest Cover in States/UTs as per India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2015

                                                                                       

(Area in square kilometres)

States/UTs	Geographical Area	Total Forest Cover 2015	Total Forest Cover 2013	Change in Forest Cover	Change Percent
Andhra Pradesh	1,60,204	24,424	24,357	67	0.27
Arunachal Pradesh	83,743	67,248	67321	-73	-0.11
Assam	78,438	27,623	27671	-48	-0.17
Bihar	94,163	7,288	7291	-3	-0.04
Chhattisgarh	1,35,191	55,586	55621	-35	-0.06
Delhi	1,483	189	180	9	4.75
Goa	3,702	2,224	2219	5	0.22
Gujarat	1,96,022	14,660	14653	7	0.05
Haryana	44,212	1,584	1586	-2	-0.13
Himachal Pradesh	55,673	14,696	14683	13	0.09
Jammu & Kashmir	2,22,236	22,988	22538	450	1.96
Jharkhand	79,714	23,478	23473	5	0.02
Karnataka	1,91,791	36,421	36132	289	0.79
Kerala	38,863	19,239	17922	1317	6.85
Madhya Pradesh	3,08,245	77,462	77522	-60	-0.08
Maharashtra	3,07,713	50,628	50632	-4	-0.01
Manipur	22,327	16,994	16990	4	0.02
Meghalaya	22,429	17,217	17288	-71	-0.41
Mizoram	21,081	18,748	19054	-306	-1.63
Nagaland	16,579	12,966	13044	-78	-0.60
Odisha	1,55,707	50,354	50347	7	0.01
Punjab	50,362	1,771	1772	-1	-0.06
Rajasthan	3,42,239	16,171	16086	85	0.53
Sikkim	7,096	3,357	3358	-1	-0.03
Tamil Nadu	1,30,058	26,345	23844	2501	9.49
Telangana	114,865	21,591	21759	-168	-0.78
Tripura	10,486	7,811	7866	-55	-0.70
Uttar Pradesh	2,40,928	14,461	14349	112	0.77
Uttarakhand	53,483	24,240	24508	-268	-1.11
West Bengal	88,752	16,828	16805	23	0.14
A&N Islands	8,249	6,751	6711	40	0.59
Chandigarh	114	22,.03	17.26	4.77	21.65
Dadra & Nagar Haveli	491	206	213	-7	-3.40
Daman & Diu	112	19.61	9	10.61	52.73
Lakshadweep	32	27.06	27.06	0	0.00
Puducherry	480	55.38	50.06	5.32	9.61
Grand Total	32,87,263	701,673	697898	3775	0.54

Annexure-II

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2352 due for answer on 08.08.2016 asked by Shri Vishambhar Prasad Nishad and Ch. Sukhram Singh Yadav regarding Schemes for increasing forest resources

Funds released by the Ministry to Uttar Pradesh Government under various Schemes of the Ministry for planting of trees during last three years

S. N.	Name of  scheme/programme	Amount Released (Rs. in Crore)
		2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
1.	National Afforestation Programme	20.15	12.00	0.00
2.	Funds under National CAMPA	59.91	74.00	88.00

This information was given by Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Anil Madhav Dave, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today. 

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