Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change

INTRODUCTION

The Indian Parliament composed of the Lower House of the People (Lok Sabha) and the Upper House of States (Rajya Sabha). It is the highest legislative body in the country and creates a platform for voicing opinions on important matters of the country. The Members belong to different States/Union Territories or are experts in the fields of scientific, cultural and social issues.

In 1984, ENVIS Centre 07 of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India, was established in WWF-India to handle environment-related information i.e parliament and Environment and NGO and Environment. A substantial amount of environment-related information is exchanged in both the Houses of Parliament in response to queries and call attention notices raised by the Members. The Centre has been actively monitoring Parliamentary discussions on environmental issues for more than two and half decade. Such information relates largely to development activities with environmental implications, other relevant programmes, legislation, policies, etc. This information has been compiled and published by the Centre in separate volumes on yearly basis.

The report enclosed the compilation of the current Budget Session 2014, a total number of 405 Parliament Questions pertaining to various aspects of environment were answered by the Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change (261 questions in the Lok Sabha, out of which 25 were starred and 261 were unstarred. A total of 144 questions were asked in the Rajya Sabha, out of which 18 were starred and 126 were un-starred). The questions covered a wide range of environmental issues, with which the Ministry is concerned. Prominent among them being questions related to Environmental Conservation, Forest Conservation, EIA, Pollution, Freshwater and Marine Conservation, Wildlife Management, Water Management, Climate Change and Meteorology, Energy Studies, Environmental Education, NGOs and Media, Health and Sanitation etc.

Every Question/Answer is classified under various sub heads listed under 17 (Seventeen) categories. The subject-wise classified questions in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha sums up at 571 a nd 315 respectively. After classification, the total no. of questions in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha rises in comparison to the unclassified data, because of the fact that a single question can be attributed to more than one subject sub-head.

The ENVIS Centre has divided the environmental issues into eighteen subjects. The questions put forward in the Parliament are categorized according to the following subjects list.

Subject Areas of coverage Agriculture Biofertilizers and Pesticides, Crops Viability, Jhum Cultivation, Soil Fertility, R & D on Agriculture Alternative Technologies Renewable Energy, R&D on Alternative Technologies, Application of GIS & Remote Sensing, Other Eco-friendly Techniques and Systems Biosafety Gene Revolution, Genetically-Modified Foods and Impacts on Ecology Climate Change and Debates on Climate Change, Indicators like Glaciers, Temperature etc, Clean Meteorology Development Mechanism, Green House Effect, Other Meteorological Phenomena Disaster Management Natural Calamities, Man-Made Hazards, Safety Procedures, Mitigative Measures, Rehabilitation & Resettlement Energy Studies Power, Transmission and Distribution Loss, Sustainable Energy Management Environment and Forest Environmental Goods, Forest Certification, Eco-tourism, Sustainable Development Trade Environmental Biodiversity (including Biosphere Reserves), Environmental Legislation and Policy, Conservation Environment in the Parliament and Legislative Assemblies, Environment in the Judiciary Environmental Education, Environment Awareness Campaign by Government and NGOs, Non-formal NGOs and Media Education, Funding Schemes, NEAC, Media’s Contribution (Print Media) EIA Environmental Impacts of Industrial Activities including Industries like Tourism, Assessment Studies and Research, Eco-Industries & Cities Forest Conservation Forest Fragmentation, Clearances, Timber Smuggling, Forest Policies and Laws, Social and Agro-forestry, Tribal Rights, Projects and Funds

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Freshwater and Marine Riparian Ecology, Wetlands, Groundwater, Ocean Ecology Conservation Health and Sanitation Community Health, Disease Control and Eradication, Occupational Hazards, Health Threats from Toxins and Chemicals in the Environment, Clean Drinking Water Medicinal Plants Ethno-Botany, Indigenous Knowledge Pollution Chemical Waste, Causes of Pollution, Pollution Abatement Measures, Solid-Waste Management, Waste Utilization Water Management Interlinking of Rivers, Rainwater Harvesting, Watershed Management, Reservoirs Wildlife Management Poaching, Wildlife Trade, CITES, TRAFFIC, Habitat Protection, Condition of Animals in Zoos and Circuses

We hope that this information will prove useful to interested users and target groups in our continuing endeavour to promote environmental conservation efforts in the country.

Dr. G. Areendran Coordinator-ENVIS Centre, WWF-India

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STATISTICAL AND GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF ENVIRONMENT RELATED QUESTION

Questions replied by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change in Budget Session of Rajya Sabha - 2014

Statistical Representation: Type No. of Questions Starred 18 Unstarred 126 Total 144

Graphical Representation:

Total 144

Unstarred 126

Starred 18

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

No. of Questions

Subject-wise depiction of questions replied by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change in Budget Session of Rajya Sabha – 2014

Statistical Representation: Subjects Total No. of Questions Agriculture 11 Alternative Technologies 5 Biosafety 2 Climate Change and Meteorology 10 Disaster Management 4 Energy Studies 9 Environment and Forest Trade 5 Environmental Conservation 72 Environmental Education, NGOs and Media 13 EIA 26 Forest Conservation 48 Freshwater and Marine Conservation 8 Health and Sanitation 14 Pollution 36 Water Management 21 iii | Page

Wildlife Management 31 Total 315

Graphical Representation:

80 72 70

60 48 50

40 36 31 30 26 21 20 14 11 13 10 9 8 10 5 4 5 1 1 2 0 Pollution Agriculture EIA EnvironmentalEducation, NGOsand Media Health Sanitation and Environmental Conservation Freshwater and Marine Conservation Biosafety Management Wildlife Forest Conservation Energy Studies Environmentand Forest Trade Disaster Management Disaster Climate Meteorologyand Change Water Management Water Alternative Technologies Alternative

No. of Questions

Share of Questions addressed by Political Parties on Environment

Statistical Representation: Name of the Party Abbreviation No. of Questions All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK 9 All India Trinamool Congress AITC 8 Biju Janata Dal BJD 6 Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 40 Bahujan Samaj Party BSP 1 Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 4 Dravidian Progress Federation DMK 2 Indian National Congress INC 47 iv | Page

Independent IND. 3 Janata Dal (United) JD(U) 3 Nationalist Congress Party NCP 3 Republican Party of India RPI(A) 5 Shiromani Akali Dal SAD 2 Samajwadi Party SP 8 Shiv Sena SS 2 Telugu Desam Party TDP 2 Total 145

Graphical Representation:

8, 6% 2, 1% AIADMK 2, 1% 2, 1% AITC 5, 3% 9, 6% 8, 6% BJD 3, 2% 6, 4% BJP 3, 2% BSP 3, 2% CPI(M) DMK INC IND. JD(U) NCP 40, 28% RPI(A) SAD 47, 32% 1, 1% SP 2, 1% 4, 3% SS TDP

Share of Environment related Questions asked by the Elected Representatives of States/UTs

Statistical Representation: States/UTs Total No. of Questions Andhra Pradesh 12 Assam 3 Bihar 3 Chhattisgarh 4 Delhi 1 Goa 1 Gujarat 9 v | Page

Himachal Pradesh 1 Jammu & Kashmir 1 Jharkhand 2 Karnataka 4 Kerala 2 Madhya Pradesh 15 Maharashtra 20 Nominated 1 Odisha 7 Punjab 2 Rajasthan 9 Tamil Nadu 12 Telangana 10 Uttar Pradesh 10 Uttarakhand 6 West Bengal 10 Total 145

Graphical Representation:

10, 7% 12, 8% 3, 2% 3, 2% 6, 4% 4, 3% 1, 1% 10, 7% 9, 6% 1, 1% 10, 7% 1, 1% 1, 1% 2, 1% 4, 3% 12, 8%

2, 1%

9, 6%

2, 1% 15, 10% 7, 5% Andhra Pradesh Assam Bihar 20, 14% Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa 1, 1% Gujarat Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Nominated Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Telangana Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal

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Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change

Political State Page Q. No. Q. Type Date Members Title of the Questions Subject Specific Party Representative No. 17.07.2014 Online applications for EIA *147 Starred Smt. Kanimozhi environmental clearances Health and Sanitation DMK Tamil Nadu 1

Pollution 17.07.2014 Steps taken for Dr. T. Subbarami conservation of Himalayan Environmental *148 Starred Reddy Ecology Conservation INC Andhra Pradesh 2 17.07.2014 Plan to promote eco- Alternative Technologies friendly industries to Pollution *150 Starred Shri Dhiraj Prasad Sahu control pollution INC Jharkhand 6

Water Management 17.07.2014 Deaths of 22 female *160 Starred Shri Motilal Vora cheetals Wildlife Management INC Chhattisgarh 7 Unstarred 17.07.2014 Dr. Pradeep Kumar Environment clearances to Energy Studies 913 Balmuchu power projects Environmental INC Jharkhand 8 Conservation EIA Unstarred 17.07.2014 Green signal to radar Environmental station at Narcondam Conservation 914 Shri Naresh Agrawal Island EIA SP Uttar Pradesh 9 Forest Conservation Unstarred 17.07.2014 Open web-based National Environmental Forestry and Conservation Environmental Information AIADM 915 Dr. V. Maitreyan System K Tamil Nadu 10 Forest Conservation Unstarred 17.07.2014 Increased air pollution in Pollution 916 Shri K.C. Tyagi NCR Environmental JD(U) Bihar 15 Conservation Unstarred 17.07.2014 Setting up of New Disaster Management Shri Darshan Singh Environment Protection 917 Yadav Framework Environmental SP Uttar Pradesh 16 Conservation

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Health and Sanitation Pollution Water Management Unstarred 17.07.2014 Reconstitution of National Environmental Shri Aayanur Board of Wild Life Conservation 918 Manjunatha (NBWL) EIA BJP Karnataka 16

Wildlife Management Unstarred 17.07.2014 Eco-system of Western Energy Studies 919 Shri Husain Dalwai Ghats Environmental INC Maharashtra 17 Conservation Unstarred 17.07.2014 Implementation of eight Agriculture Shri Rajeev National Missions under Climate Change and 920 Chandrasekhar NAPCC Meteorology IND. Karnataka 18 Environmental Conservation Water Management Unstarred 17.07.2014 Steps taken for Madhya 921 Dr. Chandan Mitra conservation of sloth bears Wildlife Management BJP Pradesh 19 Unstarred 17.07.2014 Environmental Shri Sukhendu Sekhar WHO's latest surveys of Education, NGOs and 922 Roy polluted cities Media AITC West Bengal 20 Pollution Unstarred 17.07.2014 Tiger reserves under Environmental AIADM 923 Dr. V. Maitreyan Project Tiger Conservation K Tamil Nadu Wildlife Management 21 Unstarred 17.07.2014 Pollution by big industries Agriculture 924 Dr. Bhushan Lal Jangde in Chhattisgarh Environmental BJP Chhattisgarh 28 Conservation Pollution Unstarred 17.07.2014 Illegal purchase of land of Environmental Shri Arvind Kumar forest department of Conservation 925 Singh Uttarakhand SP Uttar Pradesh 28 Forest Conservation Unstarred 17.07.2014 Environmental Shri Darshan Singh Survey for the effects of Education, NGOs and 926 Yadav rising industrialization Media SP Uttar Pradesh 29 Pollution 927 Unstarred 17.07.2014 Shri Darshan Singh Shrinking of Green Area Environmental SP Uttar Pradesh 30

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Yadav Conservation Forest Conservation Unstarred 17.07.2014 Pending applications for EIA 928 Shri T.K. Rangarajan environmental clearance Environmental CPI(M) Tamil Nadu 30 Conservation Unstarred 17.07.2014 Plans for polluted city of Environmental 929 Shri Mohammed Adeeb Delhi Conservation IND. Uttar Pradesh 31 Pollution Unstarred 17.07.2014 Pending proposals of Environmental 930 Shri Motilal Vora Chhattisgarh Conservation INC Chhattisgarh 32 EIA Forest Conservation Unstarred 17.07.2014 Dr. Bhalchandra Steps taken to protect the Environmental 931 Mungekar tigers from poaching Conservation INC Nominated 33 Wildlife Management Unstarred 17.07.2014 Dr. T. Subbarami Health and Sanitation 932 Reddy Waste disposal challenges INC Andhra Pradesh 35 Pollution Unstarred 17.07.2014 Clearance for proposal of Environmental 933 Shri Ramdas Athawale memorial of Ambedkar Conservation RPI(A) Maharashtra 35 EIA Unstarred 17.07.2014 Environmental clearance to Environmental 934 Shri Lal Sinh Vadodia Defence projects Conservation BJP Gujarat 36 EIA Unstarred 17.07.2014 Shri Balwinder Singh Water/sewage treatment Pollution 935 Bhunder plants in Delhi SAD Punjab 36 Water Management Unstarred 17.07.2014 Plan to restore Forest Environmental Research Institute, Education, NGOs and 936 Shri Tarun Vijay Dehradun Media BJP Uttarakhand 37 Unstarred 17.07.2014 Environmental Conservation Smt. Bimla Kashyap Allocation of budget to Environmental Himachal 937 Sood Himachal Pradesh Education, NGOs and BJP Pradesh 38 Media Unstarred 17.07.2014 Environmental 938 Shri Dilipbhai Pandya Green Credit Scheme Conservation BJP Gujarat 38 Environmental Education, NGOs and

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Media

Unstarred 17.07.2014 Data regarding climate Forest Conservation 939 Shri K.N. Balagopal change in India Wildlife Management CPI(M) Kerala 39 Unstarred 17.07.2014 Shri Palvai Govardhan Identification of highly 940 Reddy polluting industries Pollution INC Telangana 39 Unstarred 17.07.2014 Adverse effects of climate Climate Change and 941 Shri Y. S. Chowdary changes Meteorology TDP Andhra Pradesh 41 Unstarred 17.07.2014 Plan to reduce Environmental 942 Shri Ritabrata Banerjee deforestation Conservation CPI(M) West Bengal 42 Forest Conservation Unstarred 17.07.2014 Shri Palvai Govardhan Forest decline in Andhra 943 Reddy Pradesh Forest Conservation INC Telangana 42 Starred Expediting environment Environmental *244 24.07.2014 Shri Kalpataru Das clearances Conservation BJD Odisha 43 EIA Forest Conservation Starred Names of the industrial Pollution Madhya *246 24.07.2014 Shri Prabhat Jha units polluting the rivers BJP Pradesh 44 Water Management Starred Incidents of crops Agriculture Shri Balwinder Singh destruction by wild Wildlife Management *247 24.07.2014 Bhunder animals SAD Punjab 45

Pollution Starred Hospital facilities for *259 24.07.2014 Shri Pankaj Bora animals Wildlife Management INC Assam 46 Unstarred Checking of environmental 1684 24.07.2014 Shri Lal Sinh Vadodia pollution level Pollution BJP Gujarat 46 Pending application for EIA 1685 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Shri Tarun Vijay clearance BJP Uttarakhand 47 Forest Conservation Environmental clearance Energy Studies for Singaji Thermal Power EIA Madhya 1686 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Shri Digvijaya Singh Project INC Pradesh 48

Forest Conservation Shri Mahendra Singh Fixing of green bonus for Environmental 1687 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Mahra States Conservation INC Uttarakhand 48

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Dr. T. Subbarami Buffer zone around Okhla Andhra 1688 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Reddy Bird Sanctuary Wildlife Management INC Pradesh 51 Allocation of forests to Environmental industries without Conservation 1689 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Shri Lal Sinh Vadodia clearance EIA BJP Gujarat 51

Forest Conservation Climate Change and Concern for threat of Meteorology Jammu & 1690 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz climate change Environmental INC Kashmir 52 Conservation Setting up of National Environmental Shri Narayan Lal Conservation Breeding Conservation BJP 1691 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Panchariya Centre Rajasthan 52 Wildlife Management Shri Narayan Lal Schemes for extending Environment and Forest 1692 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Panchariya forest cover Trade BJP Rajasthan 53 Forest Conservation Forestry projects with Environmental 1693 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Dr. Kanwar Deep Singh external financial aid Conservation AITC West Bengal 53 Forest Conservation Cities generating Health and Sanitation 1694 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Shri Kalpataru Das maximum plastic waste BJD Odisha 54 Pollution Deterioration in river Health and Sanitation 1695 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Shri Husain Dalwai waters Pollution INC Maharashtra 57

Water Management Agriculture Forest land used for public Environmental AIADM 1696 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Dr. R. Lakshmanan projects Conservation K Tamil Nadu 57 Forest Conservation Water Management

Wildlife Management Definition of reserved Madhya 1697 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Shri Prabhat Jha forest area Forest Conservation BJP Pradesh 58 Clearance to Environmental 1698 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Shri Naresh Agrawal developmental projects Conservation SP Uttar Pradesh 58 EIA

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Environmental Poaching of wildlife Conservation AIADM 1699 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Smt. Sasikala Pushpa around National Parks K Tamil Nadu 59 Wildlife Management Environmental clearance Energy Studies 1700 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Shri Dilipbhai Pandya norms for projects Environmental BJP Gujarat 60 Conservation EIA Forest Conservation Maharashtra request for Agriculture 1701 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Shri Ramdas Athawale environmental clearance Environmental RPI(A) Maharashtra 61 Conservation EIA Water Management Relaxation from Environmental Madhya 1702 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya environmental clearance Conservation BJP Pradesh 61 EIA Environmental Conservation Madhya 1703 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Dr. Chandan Mitra Lake rehabilitation projects Freshwater and Marine BJP Pradesh 62 Conservation Pollution Environmental Assistance for forest cover Conservation AIADM 1704 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Dr. V. Maitreyan in hilly and terrain districts Forest Conservation K Tamil Nadu 64

Water Management Shri Mahendra Singh Forest Conservation 1705 Unstarred 24.07.2014 Mahra Plan for plantation of trees Freshwater and Marine INC Uttarakhand 65 Conservation Water Management Assessment of impact of Climate Change and *321 Starred 31.07.2014 Shri Husain Dalwai climate change Meteorology INC Maharashtra 66 Policy for clearance of Environmental environmental and forest Conservation Madhya *322 Starred 31.07.2014 Shri Prabhat Jha related projects EIA BJP Pradesh 67

Forest Conservation *330 Starred 31.07.2014 Shri Salim Ansari Order of NGT about Environmental BSP Uttar Pradesh 68

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construction within 10 km. Conservation radius of Okhla Bird Sanctuary EIA Wildlife Management Shri Bhubaneswar Reduction of forest Environment and Forest 2304 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Kalita resources Trade INC Assam 69 Forest Conservation Shri Narayan Lal Environment plan to save Environmental 2305 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Panchariya the rivers Conservation BJP Rajasthan 71 Pollution Water Management Progress on environmental Alternative Technologies 2306 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Shri Ajay Sancheti sustainability Energy Studies BJP Maharashtra 72 Environmental Conservation Forest Conservation Pollution Multi-lateral efforts on Climate Change and 2307 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Shri Ajay Sancheti sustainable development Meteorology BJP Maharashtra 72 Shri Vijay Jawaharlal Forest land for Environmental 2308 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Darda developmental projects Conservation INC Maharashtra 73 Forest Conservation Climate Change and Shri Mahendra Singh Committee of Senior Earth Meteorology 2309 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Mahra Scientists Disaster Management INC Uttarakhand 75 Environmental Conservation Killing of trees due to fixing of Environmental 2310 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Shri Rajkumar Dhoot hoardings/advertisements Conservation SS Maharashtra 75 Maharashtra proposal for Environmental 2311 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Shri Ramdas Athawale transfer of forest land Conservation RPI(A) Maharashtra 76 Forest Conservation Shri Ishwarlal NGT for environment Environmental 2312 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Shankarlal Jain related cases Conservation NCP Maharashtra 76 Forest Conservation Identification of ESA in 2313 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Shri S. Thangavelu Kerala by Kasturirangan Agriculture DMK Tamil Nadu 77

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Committee Environmental Conservation Definition of protected Environmental 2314 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Shri Vijay Goel forest area Conservation BJP Rajasthan 78 Forest Conservation Wildlife Management Environmental clearance Energy Studies for thermal power station Environmental 2315 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Shri Dilipbhai Pandya at Wanakbori Conservation BJP Gujarat 78

EIA Climate Change and Meteorology INC Assam Awareness programmes to Environmental 2316 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Shri Santiuse Kujur climate change Education, NGOs and 79 Media Havoc with wildlife/parks Disaster Management Andhra 2317 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Shri Mohd. Ali Khan in Telangana INC Pradesh 79 Wildlife Management Environmental Conservation Benefits to the technical Environmental 2318 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Shri Ram Narain Dudi staff of ICFRE Education, NGOs and BJP Rajasthan 80 Media Environmental New plan to check air and Education, NGOs and 2319 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Shri Parvez Hashmi water pollution Media INC Delhi 94 Health and Sanitation Pollution Loss of forest land due to Environmental 2320 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Shri Rajkumar Dhoot diversion Conservation SS Maharashtra 95 Forest Conservation Shri Mahendra Singh Financial assistance to Disaster Management 2321 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Mahra Corbett National Park Water Management INC Uttarakhand 96

Wildlife Management Noise pollution in Metro Madhya 2322 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Dr. Chandan Mitra Cities Health and Sanitation BJP Pradesh 97

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Pollution Shri Ishwarlal Loss due to fire in Environment and Forest 2323 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Shankarlal Jain forests/hills of Mussoorie Trade NCP Maharashtra 97 Forest Conservation Wildlife Management Environmental 2324 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Shri Lal Sinh Vadodia Forest cover in India Conservation BJP Gujarat 98 Forest Conservation Water Management

Dr. K.V.P. National Wetland Alternative Technologies 2326 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Ramachandra Rao Inventory Atlas Freshwater and Marine INC Telangana 98 Conservation Shri A. W. Rabi National policy on Climate Change and AIADM 2327 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Bernard reducing emissions Meteorology K Tamil Nadu 99 Forest Conservation Pollution Pending cases for Agriculture Andhra 2328 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Shri Mohd. Ali Khan developmental projects Energy Studies INC Pradesh 99 Environmental Conservation Forest Conservation Water Management Steps taken to protection of Environmental Andhra 2329 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Shri Mohd. Ali Khan Tigers Conservation INC Pradesh 100 Wildlife Management Environmental Dr. K.V.P. Education, NGOs and 2330 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Ramachandra Rao EPI rank of India Media INC Telangana 107 Pollution Review of system of Environmental 2331 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Shri Ajay Sancheti environmental clearance Conservation BJP Maharashtra 108 EIA Environmental Conservation Dr. K.V.P. Steps taken to restore the Environmental 2332 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Ramachandra Rao wetlands Education, NGOs and INC Telangana 108 Media Freshwater and Marine

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Conservation Pollution Shri Palvai Govardhan e-waste management Health and Sanitation 2433 Unstarred 31.07.2014 Reddy system INC Telangana 109 Pollution Schemes for Environmental afforestation/tree Education, NGOs and *421 Starred 07.08.2014 Shri P. Bhattacharya plantation Media INC West Bengal 110 Forest Conservation Census of birds and animals of endangered *427 Starred 07.08.2014 Smt. Jaya Bachchan species Wildlife Management SP Uttar Pradesh 116 Environment pollution by Pollution Shri Darshan Singh MNCs and major industrial *433 Starred 07.08.2014 Yadav houses SP Uttar Pradesh 117 Water Management Increase in per capita Alternative Technologies Madhya *437 Starred 07.08.2014 Shri Prahbat Jha carbon emission Environmental BJP Pradesh 119 Conservation Policy for reclamation of Environmental 3089 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Shri Avinash Pande land after mining activities Conservation INC Maharashtra 120 EIA Forest Conservation Steps taken to protect sea- Freshwater and Marine cucumbers and horses from Conservation Madhya 3090 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Dr. Chandan Mitra poaching BJP Pradesh 121 Wildlife Management Shri Palvai Govardhan Extracting of metals from Environmental 3091 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Reddy fly ash Conservation INC Telangana 122 Pollution Prescribe safe limit of Health and Sanitation 3092 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Shri Derek O Brien particulate matter AITC West Bengal 122 Pollution Chief Ministers views on the recommendations of Environmental AIADM 3093 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Dr. R. Lakshmanan HLWG Conservation K Tamil Nadu 123 Dilusion of green norms to help fast track infra Environmental 3094 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Shri Kalpataru Das projects Conservation BJD Odisha 123

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Forest Conservation India's rank in UNs Environmental Shri A. W. Rabi Environmental Education, NGOs and AIADM 3095 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Bernard Performance Index Media K Tamil Nadu 124 Pollution Trial of new varieties of Agriculture GM crops like rice and 3096 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Shri B.K. Hariprasad wheat INC Karnataka 124 Biosafety Opening of forests for Environmental mining and its impact on Conservation 3097 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Shri D.P. Tripathi wildlife Forest Conservation NCP Maharashtra 125

Wildlife Management Shri Vijay Jawaharlal Rise in carbon monoxide 3098 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Darda (Co) levels in Delhi Health and Sanitation INC Maharashtra 125 Pollution Dr. T. Subbarami Andhra Reddy Approval of GEAC for Agriculture INC Pradesh 3099 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Shri Palvai Govardhan field trials of GM crops 126 Reddy Biosafety INC Telangana Poor rain due to low forest Andhra 3100 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Shri Y. S. Chowdary cover Forest Conservation TDP Pradesh 127 Power to the regional Environmental 3101 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Shri Lal Sinh Vadodia office to give permission Conservation BJP Gujarat 128 Forest Conservation Environmental clearance Environmental 3102 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Shri Ramdas Athawale request from Maharashtra Conservation RPI(A) Maharashtra 129 EIA Water Management Shri Narayan Lal Foreign help to increase 3103 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Panchariya forest cover Forest Conservation BJP Rajasthan 129 Changes in National Forest Environment and Forest Policy to reduce wood Trade 3104 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Shri Derek O Brien imports Environmental AITC West Bengal 130 Conservation Forest Conservation Forest cover as shown in 3105 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Shri Derek O Brien Forest Report 2013 Forest Conservation AITC West Bengal 131

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Forest land given for Environmental 3106 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Shri Derek O Brien various projects Conservation AITC West Bengal 131 Forest Conservation Projects covered under Environmental United Nations Mechanism Conservation Madhya 3107 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Shri Anil Madhav Dave for reducing emissions BJP Pradesh 132 Forest Conservation Reasons for delay in providing clearances for Environmental 3108 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Shri A.U. Singh Deo various projects in Odisha Conservation BJD Odisha 132 EIA Dr. K.V.P. Desertification and Land 3109 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Ramachandra Rao Degradation Atlas Forest Conservation INC Telangana 133 Dr. K.V.P. Degradation of forest cover 3110 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Ramachandra Rao due to forest fires Forest Conservation INC Telangana 133 Environmental Shri Ramchandra Education, NGOs and 3111 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Prasad Singh Actual forest area in India Media JD(U) Bihar 134 Forest Conservation Shri Vijay Jawaharlal Violations of E-waste Environmental 3112 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Darda Management Rules Conservation INC Maharashtra 135 Pollution Alternative Technologies Prof. M.V. Rajeev Review of National Action Climate Change and 3113 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Gowda Plan on Climate Change Meteorology INC Karnataka 135 Environmental Conservation Asaram's Ashram has Shri Gulam Rasool grabbed land in Ridge in Environmental 3114 Unstarred 07.08.2014 Balyawi Delhi Conservation JD(U) Bihar 137 Water quality monitoring Health and Sanitation Madhya *531 Starred 14.08.2014 Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho centres under NRCP Pollution INC Pradesh 137

Water Management Cases of tigers affected by Madhya *538 Starred 14.08.2014 Dr. Chandan Mitra CDV, FMD and KFD Wildlife Management BJP Pradesh 138 Shri Narayan Lal Constitution of Special 3853 Unstarred 14.08.2014 Panchariya Tiger Protection Force Wildlife Management BJP Rajasthan 139 3854 Unstarred 14.08.2014 Shri Narayan Lal Creation of eco-sensitive Wildlife Management BJP Rajasthan 140

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Panchariya zone around wildlife sanctuary Environmental approval to EIA Bandra-Varsova sealink 3855 Unstarred 14.08.2014 Shri Ramdas Athawale project Freshwater and Marine RPI(A) Maharashtra 141 Conservation Proposal for amendment of Coastal Regulation Zone Freshwater and Marine 3856 Unstarred 14.08.2014 Dr. T.N. Seema Act Conservation CPI(M) Kerala 141 Steps taken to revoke ban Andhra 3857 Unstarred 14.08.2014 Shri Mohd. Ali Khan on Jallikattu Wildlife Management INC Pradesh 141 Dr. Bhushan Lal Relaxation of clearance for Agriculture 3858 Unstarred 14.08.2014 Jangde projects of Chhattisgarh Environmental BJP Chhattisgarh 142 Conservation EIA Forest Conservation Water Management Proposal to link wildlife Andhra 3859 Unstarred 14.08.2014 Shri Mohd. Ali Khan sanctuaries Wildlife Management INC Pradesh 142 Environment and Forest 3860 Unstarred 14.08.2014 Shri Baishnab Parida Illegal Wildlife Shipment Trade BJD Odisha 143 Wildlife Management Emitting of cancer-causing Energy Studies chemicals by energy Health and Sanitation 3861 Unstarred 14.08.2014 Shri Baishnab Parida saving bulbs BJD Odisha 144

Pollution Protection of wildlife in 3862 Unstarred 14.08.2014 Shri Vivek Gupta West Bengal Wildlife Management AITC West Bengal 144 Conditions of Zoos in West 3863 Unstarred 14.08.2014 Shri Vivek Gupta Bengal Wildlife Management AITC West Bengal 145 3864 Unstarred 14.08.2014 Shri Lal Sinh Vadodia Forest farming Agriculture BJP Gujarat 147 Forest Conservation Canine Distemper disease among tigers and other Madhya 3865 Unstarred 14.08.2014 Dr. Chandan Mitra animals Wildlife Management BJP Pradesh 148 Shri Pyarimohan 3866 Unstarred 14.08.2014 Mohapatra Use of fly ash in forests Forest Conservation IND. Odisha 148 Health and Sanitation

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Pollution Dr. T. Subbarami Death of peacock in EIA INC Andhra 3867 Unstarred 14.08.2014 Reddy Raswan, up Pradesh 149 Wildlife Management Health and Sanitation AIADM 3868 Unstarred 14.08.2014 Dr. R. Lakshmanan Polluted stretches of rivers Pollution K Tamil Nadu 149

Water Management Infrastructure in World Climate Change and Madhya 3869 Unstarred 14.08.2014 Shri Anil Madhav Dave Carbon Credit market Meteorology BJP Pradesh 149 Energy Studies Pollution Water Management Shri Narayan Lal Evaluation of desert Environmental 3870 Unstarred 14.08.2014 Panchariya development projects Conservation BJP Rajasthan 151 Water Management

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ONLINE APPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCES 17th July, 2014

RSQ *147

SHRIMATI KANIMOZHI

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

(a) whether Government has initiated a system of online applications for environment clearances, if so, the details thereof; (b) whether this has resulted in a push for granting environmental clearances for hazardous industries; and (c) in what manner Government would balance the need for quick environmental clearance with the important task of environmental protection?

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

(a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (a), (b) AND (c) OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*147 FOR ANSWER ON 17/07/2014 REGARDING ONLINE APPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCES

(a) Yes, Sir. The project proponents have been mandated to make applications for Terms of Reference and Environment Clearance (EC) to the Ministry online w.e.f. 1st July, 2014.

(b) The objective of mandating online applications is with a view to increasing transparency in system and reducing delays. The EC cases including those for hazardous industries continue to be processed as per the provisions under the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006, as amended, notified under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

(c) The EC process under the EIA Notification, 2006, as amended, aims at streamlining environmental issues in development process. Various rationalizing decisions taken by the Government from time to time are with a view to facilitating timely and objective decision making without compromising the integrity of the environment.

STEPS TAKEN FOR CONSERVATION OF HIMALAYAN ECOLOGY 17th July, 2014

LSQ *148

DR. T. SUBBARAMI REDDY

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

(a) the steps that have been taken for the conservation of Himalayan Ecology on priority; (b) whether a National Mission on Himalayas has been launched, if so , the details thereof, and if not, by what time it would be launched; and (c) the short-term and long term proposals for conservation of Himalayan Ecology?

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

(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Statement referred to in reply to parts (a), (b)and (c) of Rajya Sabha Starred Question No: 148 due for reply on 17-07-2014 raised by Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy regarding steps taken for conservation of Himalayan Ecology

(a) The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change accords very high priority to conservation of Himalayan Ecology. Several initiatives have been taken for conservation and sustainable development of Indian Himalayan Region (IHR). These include, i) inventorization and characterization of floral and faunal wealth of the Himalaya (Annexure-I); ii) establishment of a P rotected A rea Network under Wildlife Protection Act (1972) for protection of biodiversity rich habitats (Annexure-II); iii) policy framework with focus on mountainous region including National Forest Policy 1988, National Environment Policy (NEP) 2006, iv) setting up of a dedicated institute viz., G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development (GBPIHED) with a mandate of environment conservation & sustainable development of Indian Himalayan Region, as well as, establishment of Mountain Division at MoEF &CC to address specific issues of the mountain ecosystem in an integrated manner ; launching of National mission for Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem under Department of Science & Technology iv) afforestation of 6 lakh ha of degraded forest lands in 10 Indian Himalayan States under N ational Afforestation Program ( details at Annex III) ; release of Rs 1515 lakhs for preparatory activities under Mission for Green India ( Annex IV); v) release of Rs 1111 crores to Himalayan States for protection of forest under 13th Finance C ommission (Annex V ) and release of Rs 5085 l akhs for protection and conservation of wildlife and its habitats u nder Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats Scheme. (Annex VI).

(b) National Mission on Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE) as part of the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), under Department of Science and Technology, has been launched with an outlay of 550 crores during 12th plan period (Details at Annexure-VII).

Further, Rs 100 crores have been provided in the Union budget 2014-15 for setting up a National Centre for Himalayan Studies in Uttarakhand.

(c) The short term and long terms proposals f or conservation of Himalayan ecology include eco- restoration and afforestation under National Afforestation Program, implementation of Mission for Green India using landscape approach , implementation of world bank assisted Bio-diversity Conservation and Rural Livelihood Initiative in Uttarakhand district , in-depth R&D activities on key issues of Himalayan Ecology through GBPIHED and other institutions , Strengthening Protected Area net work, conservation of critically endangered species like snow leopard; s upport to trans-boundary landscape conservation programs, and mainstreaming of best practices and guidelines on Governance for Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem.

Annexure - I referred to in answer to parts (a) of the Rajya Sabha Starred Question No.148 on “steps taken for conservation of Himalayan ecology” asked by Dr.T. Subbarami Reddy due for reply on 17.07.2014.

Details of floral and faunal wealth of the Himalaya

Floristic studies in the region have revealed over 18,500 taxa, belonging to various groups of plants. The Himalayan region with only 16% of India’s land area, houses 81% of the country’s stock of gymnosperms, 47% of angiosperms, 59.5% of lichens, 59% of pteridophytes, 44% of bryophytes and 53% of fungi found in India Orchidaceae with over 750 genera represents the largest angiosperm family in the Himalaya. The Himalayan ﬂora represents 71 endemic genera and 32% endemic species. Also, ﬁve families are endemic to the region (i.e., Tetracentraceae, Hamamelidaceae, Circaeasteraceae, Butomaceae, and Stachyuraceae), while over 90% of the species in Berberidaceae and Saxifragaceae are endemic to the Himalaya. A large 2 | Page number of orchids, many representing neo- endemic taxa, have been reported from Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. Of the total 622 endangered plants listed so far in the Red Data Book, 137 occur in the Himalayan region. Of the 137 species, 71 are from the Eastern Himalaya, 56 from the Western Himalaya, and ten species are common to both these regions. There are over 800 tree species, nearly 700 species of edible and 1700 of medicinal value in the region.

The IHR nurtures amazing faunal assemblages in the Indian subcontinent. The vertebrate faunal elements in the Himalaya provide a high degree of diversity at species level. Of the 372 mammalian species recorded in the country so far, as many as 241 species are recorded in the Himalaya; and of the 1,228 bird species as many as 528 species and subspecies occur in the region. Likewise 149 species of reptiles, 74 species of amphibians and 218 species of ﬁshes have been documented from the Himalaya which amount to 35%, 36% and 17% of known species in the country, respectively.

The mammalian diversity in the IHR is one of the richest in the country. Foothills of the IHR are habitats for three major terrestrial flagship species (tiger, elephant, rhino,) out of five across the globe, and aquatic flagship species (river dolphin) also occur in the region. High altitude habitats nurture some of the charismatic and unique faunal species viz., snow leopard, red panda, hangul, chiru, musk deer, serow, Ibex and Himalayan tahr and bearded vulture. New discoveries are still being made from the region.

Several animal species are conﬁned to the mountains only. Among other endemic animals, yak and mountain quail have been placed in the “critical” category (Red Data Book, IUCN 1994). Among plants, rhododendrons are highly valued and endangered. Out of 36 species of rhododendron that occur in Sikkim, eight have been assessed as endangered.

Annexure-II referred to in answer to parts (a) of the Rajya Sabha Starred Question No.148 on “steps taken for conservation of Himalayan ecology” asked by Dr.T. Subbarami Reddy due for reply on 17.07.2014.

Protected Area Network in Indian Himalayan Region

By the year 2009, 25 % of the total national parks were established all across the IHR. Further, additional protection by creating Wildlife Sanctuaries (98 in the IHR) and Conservation Reserves have been added to the area under the Protected Area Network (PAN). Approximately 8.3% of the total geographical area of the IHR is under PAN (4.8% in the country). Five Biosphere Reserves and three Tiger Reserves are also located in this region covering 4.1% of total geographical area and 0.7% area, respectively. Besides the tiger conservation programme, some of the designated Elephant Reserves are also located in the region, viz., Kameng in Arunachal Pradesh, Garo Hills in Meghalaya, and the Siwalik in Uttarakhand. Several other proposals for Elephant Reserves in the IHR are in the pipeline. More than one third of the declared internationally important wetlands of India are located in the IHR.

A few PAs in the IHR have been recognized for their Outstanding Universal Values and have been inscribed as ‘World Heritage Site’ by the UNESCO. These include the Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks in Uttarakhand and the Great Himalayan National Park in Himachal Pradesh.

Protected Area Network established in different Biogeographic Zones of the IHR

Biogeographic Zone Number of PAs (National Area (km2) Area of Biogeographic zone Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries covered (%) Himalaya 77 23433 11 Trans-Himalaya 7 16248 9 North-East 49 6093 3.5

Biosphere and Tiger Reserves in the Indian Himalayan Region

State Biosphere Reserve Tiger Reserve Name Area (km2) Name Area (Km2) Uttarakhand Nanda Devi 5861 Corbett 1318

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Himachal Cold Desert 7770 Sikkim Khangchendzonga 2620 Meghalaya Nokrek 820 Mizoram - - Dampa 500 Arunachal Dehang-Debang 5111 Namdapha&Pakhui- 1985 &1206 Nameri

Annexure-III

Annexure referred to in answer to parts (a) of the Rajya Sabha Starred Question No.148 on “steps taken for conservation of Himalayan ecology” asked by Dr.T. Subbarami Reddy due for reply on 17.07.2014.

NATIONAL AFFORESTATION AND ECO-DEELOPMENT BOARD NATIONAL AFFOPRESTATION PROGRAMME (NAP): Approved Area (in hectares) from 2000-02 to 2013-14

States Year 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 -02 -03 -04 -05 -06 -07 -08 -09 -10 -11 -12 -13 -14 Total Himachal 2043 1002 Pradesh 2950 1520 4 7474 0 8 1222 1255 1646 2566 1450 908 51453 Jammu & 2820 1505 Kashmir 4580 4 5 0 0 7735 6370 3550 0 4857 4486 2260 77097 Uttarakha 1818 1034 1886 nd 815 4122 6 6 5665 7 3510 4065 3340 5058 2350 1241 77565

Total (NE 1038 9605 3386 1455 8292 2442 1805 2371 2873 1746 2184 37738 States) 1 7 3 0 5380 0 0 0 5 4 0 5 7 2

NATIONAL AFFORESTATION AND ECO-DEELOPMENT BOARD

NATIONAL AFFORESTATION PROGRAMME: Year Wise Summary (amount Released)

(Rs. In crore) States Year 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 -02 -03 -04 -05 -06 -07 -08 -09 -10 -11 -12 -13 -14 Total Himachal 11.5 Pradesh 2.2 0.6 6.95 10.6 9.08 6 7.43 6.72 3.59 3.45 3.5 3.62 2.61 71.91 Jammu & Kashmir 1.54 5.45 7.21 3.56 5.28 5.83 8.13 8.47 9.81 3.99 6.89 3.37 8.11 77.64 Uttarakhan 10.5 11.5 12.3 d 0.4 2.34 5.81 4 13.1 2 9 9.24 7 4.47 6.61 6.25 6.01 95.68 Total (NE 29.4 47.9 61.8 72.5 75.4 50.2 57.1 683.6 States) 6.17 7 7 42 45.8 3 5 55 65 9 75 6 3 7

Annex-IV

Annexure-IV referred to in answer to parts (a) of the Rajya Sabha Starred Question No.148 on “steps taken for conservation of Himalayan ecology” asked by Dr.T. Subbarami Reddy due for reply on 17.07.2014.

Details of funds released to States Governments for preparatory activities in year 11-12 &13-14 under Green India Mission (Amount in lakhs) Sl. No. State Amount 1. Arunachal Pradesh 127 2. Himachal Pradesh 126.50 3. Jammu & Kashmir 64.00 4. Manipur 40.50 5. Meghalaya 90 6. Mizoram 224 4 | Page

7. Nagaland 141.50 8. Sikkim 300 9. Tripura 350.50 10. Uttarakhand 51.00 TOTAL 1515.00

Annexure-V

Allocation & Release of Grants-in-Aid for Forests under 13th Finance Commission 2010-11 to 2014-15

Status as on 08th July,2014

State Total Release (2010-11 to 2014-15) Arunachal Pradesh 391.14 Himachal Pradesh 74.54 Jammu&Kashmir 49.90 Manipur 112.79 Meghalaya 73.54 Mizoram 109.78 Nagaland 84.00 Sikkim 27.89 Tripura 59.70 Uttarakhand 128.40 Total 1111.68

Annexure-VI

Wildlife Division of the Ministry has provided financial and technical assistance to these Himalayan States for protection and conservation of wildlife and its habitats in Protected Areas and outside Protected Areas under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of ‘Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats’.

The details of funds released to Himalayan States under the scheme during last three years are as follows:- (Rs. in lakh)

Sl. No. Name of the States 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

1. Arunachal Pradesh 168.11 162.3755 220.439 2. Himachal Pradesh 242.1104 318.9168 475.282 3. Jammu & Kashmir 445.085 515.957 485.747 4. Sikkim 131.793 177.719 129.27836 5. Uttarakhand 201.144 220.27 326.282 6. Manipur 86.65 73.925 80.80 7. Meghalaya 43.80 22.08 25.56 8. Mizoram 153.445 96.392 210.334 9. Tripura 0 0 0 10. Nagaland 30.333 25.855 15.375 TOTAL 1502.4704 1613.4903 1969.09736 Annexure-VII

Annexure referred to in answer to parts (b) of the Rajya Sabha Starred Question No.148 on “steps taken for conservation of Himalayan ecology” asked by Dr.T. Subbarami Reddy due for reply on 17.07.2014.

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National Mission on Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE)

• India has also released its National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC; 2008) which addresses the urgent and critical concerns of the country through a d irectional shift in the development pathway. NAPCC envisages, in addition to 07 ot her missions, a National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE), the only location specific mission, to evolve management measures for sustaining and safeguarding the Himalayan glaciers and mountain ecosystems. This Mission, among others, aims to: (i) understand, whether and extent to which, the Himalayan glaciers are under recession and how the problem could be addressed, (ii) establish an observational and monitoring network for the Himalayan environment including strengthening regional cooperation for data and information sharing with countries that share the same ecology, (iii) promote community based management of the ecosystem through incentives to community organizations and panchayats for the protection of forested lands. DST has been given the responsibility of anchoring NMSHE with a total outlay of Rs 550 Crore.The Mission Document is already in public domain.

• Towards achieving the goals of the mission, Ministry of Environment and Forests& Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has brought out a Working Document “Governance for sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem (G-SHE): Guidelines & Best Practices” to suggest operational guidelines along with case studies from various regions of IHR which should help restrict (and reduce) adverse effects on the sensitive ecosystem of the IHR, and maintain a critical dynamic equilibrium among key resources of the region. The guidelines in this document cover a wide range of issues – including urbanization, tourism, water security, energy, forest management and infrastructure – all of which are highly pertinent as the Himalayan region faces new and increased challenges and pressures. Of the total outlay of Rs 550 Crore of the NMSHE, Rs 150 crore has been allocated for the implementation& up- scaling of G-SHE guidelines and best practices.

PLAN TO PROMOTE ECO-FRIENDLY INDUSTRIES TO CONTROL POLLUTION 17th July, 2014

LSQ *150

SHRI DHIRAJ PRASAD SAHU

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

(a) whether Government has formulated any plan to promote eco-friendly industries to control pollution in rivers and environment; and (b) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) & (b) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARAS (A) & (B) OF THE RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.150 FOR 17.7.2014 REGARDING PLAN TO PROMOTE ECO- FRIENDLY INDUSTRIES TO CONTROL POLLUTION BY SHRI DHIRAJ PRASAD SAHU:

(a) & (b)The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) is implementing policies, schemes and programmes to promote eco-friendly industries. The Policy Statement for Abatement of Pollution,1992, Strategy and Policy Statement on Environment and Development, 1992and the National

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Environment Policy,2006 lay emphasis on pollution prevention instead of the conventional end-of-the-pipe treatment for improving the ecological performance of industries. To achieve the aforesaid objective, these policies envisage promotion of clean and low waste technologies, waste minimization, reuse or recycling, environment audit, environment impact assessment, development of load based standards, fiscal measures, eco-labelling / certifications, integration of environmental concerns in sectoral policies etc. In addition, polluter pays principle, precautionary approach and use of economic principles in environment decision making are also ingrained in these policies. To implement these policies, there exists a robust legislative, regulatory and institutional framework in the country.

The Twelfth five year plan (2012-2017) of the Government of India also emphasizes inter-alia on ecologically sustainable industrial growth by mainstreaming and promoting green businesses, creation of a green technology fund, promotion of green products and disclosure of environment performance including sustainable environment management in micro, small and medium enterprises.

DEATHS OF 22 FEMALE CHEETALS 17th July, 2014

RSQ *160

SHRI MOTILAL VORA

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

(a) whether 22 female cheetal deer died at a time in the night of 14th January, 2014 at Kanan Pendari zoo in the district of Bilaspur of Chhattisgarh; (b) if so, whether team of the experts from Anjora based veterinary college has stated Anthrax as the reason behind the deaths; (c) whether as per the reports of the Indian veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly not even a single cheetal has died because of Anthrax; (d) if so, whether Government has got any investigation conducted from elsewhere to know the reasons behind these deaths; and (e) if so, the details thereof; and the action taken against the delinquent officers?

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

(a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a), (b), (c), (d) & (e) OF THE RAJYA SABHA QUESTION NUMBER 160 REGARDING ‘DEATHS OF 22 FEMALE CHEETALS’ BY SHRI MOTILAL VORA DUE FOR REPLY ON 17.07.2014.

(a) 21 (not 22) female Cheetals died in the night of 14th January, 2014 in the Kanan Pendari Zoological Park situated in the District of Bilaspur of Chhattisgarh.

(b) The team of Veterinary Officers from College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Anjora, Durg, suspected Anthrax as the reason behind the death of female Cheetals.

(c) The report submitted by the Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly is negative for Anthrax for a sample of Cheetal sent by the Kanan Pendari Zoo, Bilaspur.

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(d) The Central Zoo Authority, Government of India deputed a team of experts from Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun and Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly to conduct detailed enquiry into it.

(e) The report stated that sudden mortality in Cheetals due to Anthrax cannot be fully explained in the absence of confirmatory diagnosis. The disease was suspected to be due to Bacillus anthracis and accordingly the Zoo officials carried out disese control operation. The report rules out other factors like chemical poisoning, electrocution/ lightning strike, Predator attacks, Peracute babesiosis (Protozoan disease), Snake bites etc. The report also does not mention any lapse on the part of officers. Therefore, the Chief Wildlife Warden, Government of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur was directed to ensure that no such incidence occur in future.

ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCES TO POWER PROJECTS 17th July, 2014

RSQ 913

DR. PRADEEP KUMAR BALMUCHU

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

(a) whether Government has been fast-tracking the environmental clearances to thermal power projects establishment in the country, if so, the details thereof; and (b) the number of pending cases cleared so far, State-wise, the details thereof?

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

(a) & (b): The Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006 g overns the environmental clearance stipulations including that of time limit. Thermal power projects are being accorded environmental clearance inline with all the stipulations of above Notification. The details of environmental clearances accorded to thermal power projects in the year 2014, till date are given in Annexure I Annexure I

Environmental clearances accorded to thermal power projects in the current year (2014), as on 11.07.2014 Sl No. Name of the Project Capacity (MW) 1. 2x250 MW Barauni Extension Thermal Power Project adjoining the existing unit of at BTPS 500 Village: Barauni District: Begusarai, Bihar. Company: M/s Bihar State Power Generation Company Ltd. 2. 27 MW Co-generation Power Plant at Village: Nad KD, Taluk: Indi, District: Bijapur, Karnataka. 27 Company: M/s. Jamkhandi Sugars Ltd. 3. 380 MW Gas based Combined cycle Power plant at Village Vijaipur, District: Guna, Madhya 380 Pradesh. Company : M/s GAIL India Ltd. 4. 30 MW Bagasse and Biomass based Power Plant at Village: Khed, Taluk: Lohara District: 30 Osmanabad, Maharashtra. Company: M/s. Lokmangal Mauli Industries Ltd. 5. Modernization of existing unit -6 by change of fuel from LSHS/LSFO to imported Coal at Trombay 500 Thermal Power Station at Mahul Road District: Chembur, Mumbai. Company: M/s The Tata Power Company Ltd. 6. 2x800 MW (Stage-I) Darlipali Supercritical Coal Based Thermal Power Plant Village: Darlipali, 1600 Taluk: Lephripara District: Sundergarh, Orissa. Company: M/s. NTPC Ltd 7. 2x800 MW Ennore SEZ Supercritical Imported Coal based Thermal Power Plant by at Village 1600 Vayalur, in Ponneri Taluk, in District Thiruvallur, in Tamil Nadu. Company: M/s TANGEDCO 8 | Page

8. 2x20 MW coal based captive power plant at village Bhumaraichak, District: Haldia, West Bengal 40 Company: M/s MCC PTA India Corpn. Pvt. Ltd. Total 4677

GREEN SIGNAL TO RADAR STATION AT NARCONDAM ISLAND 17th July, 2014

RSQ 914

SHRI NARESH AGRAWAL

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

(a) by when green signal will be given to the proposed radar station at Narcondam island of Andaman and Nicobar Islands; (b) whether environmentalists have raised any objection against setting up of this radar station; (c) whether Government is formulating any separate policy for defence related projects; and (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a) There is no proposal regarding Radar station at Narcondam Islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands pending for wildlife clearance in the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.

(b) The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change had, in 2012, received representations from environmentalists urging the need for conservation of the Narcondam Hornbills in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

(c) & (d) The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has decided to accord general approval under Section 2 of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 f or diversion of forest land required for (i) construction and widening of two lane roads by the BRO and other road construction agencies entrusted with the job by the Ministry of Defence, in area falling within 100 kilometers aerial distance from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and (ii) widening of roads ( by BRO and other road construction agencies) which are identified by the Ministry of Defence as link roads, between Border Roads in the area within 100 kilometers aerial distance from the LAC.

Regarding environment clearance for Defence projects, a dedicated Expert Appraisal Committee has been set up.

OPEN WEB-BASED NATIONAL FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEM 17th July, 2014

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DR. V. MAITREYAN

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

(a) the details about the Greening of degraded lands, afforestation and eco-restoration of ecologically sensitive areas and the technology-based monitoring of forest cover, biodiversity through dedicated satellite by 2017; (b) the details of funds allocated, disbursed for these green initiatives; and (c) whether Government has plans to establish an open web- based National Forestry and Environmental information System for research and public accessibility by 2015 a nd Green Guards/Community Forestry for every Joint Forest Management (JFM) village by 2016; if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) & (b) Afforestation in the country is taken up under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), National Bamboo Mission (NBM) and under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), 13th Finance Commission, different State Plan/ Non- Plan Schemes including externally aided projects. National Afforestation Programme (NAP) of the Ministry of Environment & Forests is a 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme for afforestation and tree plantation and eco-restoration of degraded forests and adjoining areas in the country. The Scheme is being implemented through a decentralized mechanism of State Forest Development Agency (SFDA) at State level, Forest Development Agency (FDA) at Forest Division level and Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) at Village levels. An amount of Rs.2500 crores has been approved for NAP in the 12th Five Year Plan. As on 31.03.2014, 800 FDA projects have been approved in 28 States in the country to treat an area of 20.24 lakh hectare under the NAP scheme since inception of the scheme in 2002. The details of approved area and fund released State-wise are given in Annexure I and II.

Besides above, National Mission for a Green India aims at both increasing the forest and tree cover by 5 million hectare, as well as increasing the quality of the existing forest cover in another 5 million hectare. The mission has been approved as a centrally sponsored scheme with total outlay of Rs.13,000 crores for the 12th Plan period and spill over of one year. This includes allocation of Rs. 2000 crores by Planning Commission and convergence worth Rs.6000 crores with Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), Rs.4000 crores with Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Rs.600 crores with National Afforestation Program and Rs.400 crores from 13th Finance Commission.

Under the preparatory phase of the Mission, funds to tune of Rs.6261.55 lakh have been released to the State Governments in the Financial Year 2011-12 and 2013-14 for undertaking enabling activities for implementation of the Green India Mission. The details for release of funds state-wise is given in Annexure III.

The forest and tree cover of the country is monitored using remote sensing technology (IRS Resources at 2 LISS III) on a biennial basis. The results of the same are published in the India State of Forest Report. There is no dedicated satellite for forest cover mapping.

(c) Forest Survey of India is implementing National Forestry Information System (NFIS) which deals with monitoring the implementation of various country-wide afforestation programmes/schemes like Green India Mission (GIM), CAMPA and National Afforestation Programme (NAP).

The National Mission for Green India is meant to nearly double the ongoing efforts of greening the country. This will necessitate developing extra hands from within the community, namely youths from the community who on one hand would provide service to the community and on the other hand would link to 10 | Page a large number of other service providers, including the forest department and other agencies. The Mission has the potential to develop about one lakh skilled local community youths who would provide support in community based forest conservation, community livelihood enhancement and change monitoring, etc., these youths will also act as a b ridge between the community and the service providers like the forest department

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Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 915 due for answer on 17.07.2014 regarding ‘Open web- based National Forestry and Environmental Information System’

Details of Area approved State-wise from 2000-02 to 2014-15 under National Afforestation Programme Scheme (area in hectares) S. No. State Year 2000-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006- 2007- 2008- 2009- 2010-11 2011- 2012-13 2013- 14-15 07 08 09 10 12 14 upto 30/6/2014 1 Andhra 2000 21090 13040 7780 2690 13859 8182 4182 2341 5453 0 1605 Pradesh 2 Bihar 0 0 7750 2400 2165 9016 3675 3475 0 5647 2415 3885 1786 3 Chhattisgarh 1950 15670 19869 2800 2225 40990 14706 8450 1177 8370 2934 5906 4699 4 Goa 0 0 1250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Gujarat 1500 12415 6600 4930 5000 32545 14620 4920 1760 11150 2000 2735 5284 6 Haryana 9400 3405 7250 1000 1050 8298 8260 5526 1100 3145 1519 3035 1900 7 Himachal 2950 1520 20434 7474 0 10028 1222 1255 1646 2566 1450 908 Pradesh 8 Jammu & 4580 28204 15055 0 0 7735 6370 3550 0 4857 4486 2260 Kashmir 9 Jharkhand 0 5700 25400 7500 1250 31990 14680 9980 0 4815 0 3975 10 Karnataka 625 42770 6450 4790 2650 32905 3765 2200 0 9523 1880 3070 11 Kerala 0 6600 5890 805 2955 10518 4118 1095 666 2947 1000 1620 12 Madhya 20300 32650 5700 14700 3170 28707 13367 6188 13000 10219 5125 5110 Pradesh 13 Maharashtra 4003 17925 31580 8605 3175 41538 5182 7219 0 9854 2900 6850 6652 14 Orissa 820 39636 6228 2313 6025 59140 7400 1745 0 7410 1975 4910 6535 15 Punjab 650 0 3300 900 3385 7687 1640 547 0 625 0 1347 16 Rajasthan 1250 12550 6800 2500 5090 1000 9500 6800 400 3300 1250 2325 17 Tamil Nadu 2500 21400 19577 7450 1340 6230 5670 4025 0 2984 1800 2094 18 Uttar 7344 33615 19028 2000 1017 39104 18355 9664 3340 12435 4270 4890 8498 Pradesh 19 Uttarakhand 815 4122 18126 10346 5665 18867 3510 4065 5167 5058 2350 1241 1330 20 West 0 9470 9286 3900 200 9984 4793 615 2815 2360 710 970 Bengal Total 60687 308742 248673 92193 49052 0 410141 149015 85501 33412 112718 38064 58736 36684 (Other States) 21 Arunachal 3846 11030 4600 0 1940 5705 1450 1750 3125 0 0 0 Pradesh 22 Assam 0 0 19665 4350 2940 15660 6365 3625 0 0 0 3675 23 Manipur 0 11674 5600 600 500 12295 2950 1525 3599 4250 3970 2530 1835 24 Meghalaya 0 0 0 7400 0 8075 1970 800 4800 3930 3000 3000 25 Mizoram 0 26170 600 0 0 16150 4500 2700 2370 2600 2500 3000 3135 26 Nagaland 4130 19000 2398 0 0 10640 3500 4050 2000 8000 2910 4000 2130 27 Sikkim 1600 11783 1000 0 0 6045 3350 2225 1549 3730 650 1095 1851 28 Tripura 805 16400 0 2200 0 8350 335 1380 6271 6220 4435 4547 1796

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Total (NE 10381 96057 33863 14550 5380 0 82920 24420 18055 23714 28730 17465 21847 10747 States) TOTAL 71068 404799 282536 106743 54432 0 493061 173435 103556 57126 141448 55529 80583 47431

Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (b) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 915 due for answer on 17.07.2014 regarding ‘Open web-based National Forestry and Environmental Information System’

Details of funds released from 2000-02 to 2014-15 under National Afforestation Programme Scheme (Rs. in crores) State Year S. No. 2000-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006- 2007- 2008- 2009- 2010-11 2011- 2012-13 2013- 14-15 07 08 09 10 12 14 upto 30/6/2014 1 Andhra 0.99 8.35 10.44 14.21 7.08 11.06 9.97 11.54 11.03 10.48 15.15 2.71 3.75 Pradesh 2 Bihar 0.00 0.00 1.88 2.74 3.42 4.94 6.92 6.48 7.74 5.48 6.92 3.40 12.84 7.00 3 Chhattisgarh 0.77 5.89 10.20 17.50 17.63 13.05 42.71 25.66 25.12 33.25 24.74 13.33 21.38 10.00 4 Goa 0.00 0.00 0.64 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 5 Gujarat 0.85 3.87 3.20 8.77 12.05 17.52 30.93 25.75 24.44 29.43 27.00 14.30 11.68 10.50 6 Haryana 9.23 10.58 7.76 7.46 4.35 9.20 12.93 20.14 20.57 24.20 12.28 6.41 17.94 5.50 7 Himachal 2.20 0.60 6.95 10.60 9.08 11.56 7.43 6.72 3.59 3.45 3.50 3.62 2.61 Pradesh 8 Jammu & 1.54 5.45 7.21 3.56 5.28 5.83 8.13 8.47 9.81 3.99 6.89 3.37 8.11 Kashmir 9 Jharkhand 0.00 1.34 9.27 8.66 7.85 19.03 24.56 26.32 21.06 8.73 10.42 4.69 9.02 10 Karnataka 0.43 15.70 15.54 21.17 23.03 23.54 31.02 15.46 11.95 8.12 12.92 6.81 9.26 11 Kerala 0.00 1.06 3.47 1.04 4.99 12.75 8.81 9.45 4.02 7.54 2.04 11.30 6.99 12 Madhya 13.71 13.81 10.92 17.18 12.61 15.83 13.84 22.55 22.53 30.39 21.43 9.15 22.10 Pradesh 13 Maharashtra 1.85 4.87 11.91 13.12 14.69 15.93 29.92 21.87 20.53 16.17 28.51 28.87 32.33 17.50 14 Orissa 0.05 13.14 5.96 11.26 12.05 14.07 19.01 21.63 8.82 11.20 7.30 3.38 5.36 9.00 15 Punjab 0.25 0.25 1.74 0.14 3.97 3.36 5.88 3.30 3.01 0 0.46 0.76 2.00 16 Rajasthan 1.29 4.45 5.56 4.80 7.26 5.62 2.50 7.32 10.67 4.94 6.23 4.14 2.81 17 Tamil Nadu 0.76 7.82 14.66 14.06 20.92 17.22 9.46 8.86 7.98 7.21 3.08 2.78 3.21 18 Uttar 7.04 20.01 21.34 18.16 17.04 11.88 36.77 30.80 30.20 21.33 26.23 15.27 20.15 12.00 Pradesh 19 Uttarakhand 0.40 2.34 5.81 10.54 13.10 11.52 12.39 9.24 7.00 4.47 6.61 6.25 6.01 2.50 20 West 0.00 2.26 5.55 6.03 5.92 7.00 7.23 9.06 3.11 4.12 6.29 2.57 2.96 Bengal Total (Other States) 41.36 121.79 160.01 191.00 202.32 230.92 320.40 290.62 253.17 234.50 228.00 143.11 200.49 74.00 21 Arunachal 1.40 2.76 4.49 0.76 2.89 2.93 4.85 3.25 2.37 5.52 0.00 1.66 0.00 Pradesh 22 Assam 0.00 0.00 5.58 7.99 5.50 13.60 8.58 9.78 14.48 6.08 7.95 1.47 2.99 23 Manipur 0.00 2.40 5.08 5.43 6.30 7.78 12.37 9.51 5.93 10.37 12.74 9.46 12.12 4.00 24 Meghalaya 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.45 5.18 5.44 5.94 4.69 2.21 8.79 4.31 9.10 4.50 25 Mizoram 0.00 8.86 15.85 11.20 10.06 13.09 16.75 13.61 17.27 12.21 13.44 8.78 11.94 7.50 13 | Page

26 Nagaland 2.08 8.51 8.94 5.60 5.37 7.22 7.75 6.64 10.67 10.11 11.69 10.88 9.82 5.50 27 Sikkim 2.43 3.76 4.06 3.94 6.23 7.41 11.28 6.63 8.86 11.99 11.18 5.42 3.77 3.00 28 Tripura 0.26 3.18 3.97 4.63 4.27 4.37 5.02 0.89 3.20 10.43 13.69 3.50 11.99 4.50 Total (NE States) 6.17 29.47 47.97 42.00 45.80 61.83 72.55 55.00 65.00 75.49 75.00 50.26 57.13 24.50 TOTAL 47.53 151.26 207.98 233.00 248.12 292.75 392.95 345.62 318.17 309.99 303.00 193.37 257.62 98.50

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Annexure III Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 915 due for answer on 17.07.2014 regarding ‘Open web-based National Forestry and Environmental Information System’

Details of funds released to the State Governments under Green India Mission (Amount in lakhs) Sl. No. State 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 1. Andhra Pradesh 89.53 - - 2. Arunachal Pradesh - - 127.00 3. Assam 130.00 - - 4. Bihar - - 225.00 5. Chhattisgarh 972.00 - - 6. Gujarat 133.80 - - 7. Haryana 357.00 8. Himachal Pradesh 126.50 - - 9. Jammu & Kashmir 64.00 - - 10. Jharkhand 147.00 - - 11. Karnataka 267.45 - - 12. Kerala 194.60 - - 13. Madhya Pradesh 823.50 - - 14. Maharashtra 405.77 - - 15. Manipur 40.50 - - 16. Meghalaya - - 90.00 17. Mizoram - - 224.00 18. Nagaland 141.50 - - 19. Odisha 107.50 - - 20. Punjab 125.50 - - 21. Rajasthan 275.25 - - 22. Sikkim - - 300.00 23. Tamil Nadu 72.15 - - 24. Tripura 350.50 - - 25. Uttar Pradesh 119.50 - - 26. Uttarakhand 51.00 - - 27. West Bengal - - 301.00 TOTAL 4994.55 1267.00

INCREASED AIR POLLUTION IN NCR 17th July, 2014

RSQ 916

SHRI K.C.TYAGI

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

(a) whether Government is aware of the recent reports published in newspapers regarding increased air pollution over the National Capital Region, if so, the details thereof; and (b) the measures being initiated by Government to bring pollution in check?

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

(a). Ambient air quality is regularly monitored in National Capital Region (NCR) by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board, Haryana Pollution Control Board and Rajasthan Pollution control board under National Air Monitoring Programme (NAMP), in terms of Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and PM10 (particulate matter having size equal to or less than 10 micron) at 34 locations. National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) also monitor ambient air in Delhi. The levels of SO2 (annual average) are within norms in NCR however, levels of PM10 exceed the limits in NCR while, the levels of NO2 are exceeding the norms in Delhi. There is a mixed trend as far as SO2 and

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PM10 are concerned. NO2 is an upcoming pollutant in Delhi. WHO has recently released database on ambient air quality considering only two parameters; PM10 and PM2.5 whereas Yale University has brought one report considering only one pollutant, i.e., PM2.5.

(b). The Government has taken various measure to control air pollution in the NCR which inter alia include, supply of cleaner fuels as per auto fuel policy, use of gaseous fuel for public transport, stringent source specific emission standards, strict compliance of source specific emission standards, use of beneficiated coal in thermal power plants, closure of old coal based thermal power plants in Delhi and Faridabad, implementation of revised emission norms for gensets, implementation of city specific action plan in NCR, etc.

SETTING UP OF NEW ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION FRAMEWORK 17th July, 2014

RSQ 917

SHRI DARSHAN SINGH YADAV

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

(a) whether Government has recently decided to set up a new Environment Protection Framework (EPF) wherein National Institutions will frame and monitor zonal disaster management plans, if so, the details thereof; (b) whether the river and air pollution in the country is on a steady rise causing public health concern; and (c) if so, to what extent the new Environmental Protection Framework is going to check air and river pollution in the country?

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

(a) to (c). The Hon’ble Supreme Court vide its order dated 6th January, 2014 in I. A. No 1868, 2091, 2225-2227, 2380, 2568 and 2937 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 202 of 1995: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India and Others has directed the Central Government to appoint a ‘National Regulator’ under Section 3(3) of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 f or appraising projects, enforcing environmental conditions and to impose penalties on polluters.

The matter has recently been discussed in Union Cabinet on 9th July, 2014 and the Cabinet decided that the matter would need an in depth analysis by the new Government including examining the feasibility of setting up a Statutory Regulator and decided that the Hon’ble Supreme Court may be moved to grant more time to the Government for a d ecision in the matter. Accordingly, the Central Government through Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change is filing an application for seeking extension of time.

There is no proposal to set up ‘National Regulator’ for framing and monitoring zonal disaster management plans.

The ambient air quality and water quality are monitored by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with concerned State Pollution Control Boards/Pollution Control Committees. The water quality data indicates that the rivers are polluted downstream of major urban centres. A mixed trend is observed as far as air pollution is concerned. CPCB has not undertaken any study relating to water pollution and public health.

RECONSTITUTION OF NATIONAL BOARD OF WILD LIFE (NBWL) 17th July, 2014

RSQ 918

SHRI AAYANUR MANJUNATHA

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

(a) whether the National Board of Wild Life (NBWL) is being re-constituted shortly, if so, the details thereof; (b) the matters pending for clearance of NBWL during the last one year; and (c) the action/steps proposed t o be taken by the Ministry on the decision of Supreme Court and National Green Tribunal pertaining to Environmental Clearance (EC) for mineral leases of less than 5 hectares area?

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

(a) The term of office of members of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL), other than those who are members ex-officio, ended on 4th September 2013. Accordingly, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has initiated action for reconstitution of the National Board for Wildlife.

(b) The number of matters pending for clearance of NBWL during the last one year are as follows:

Proposals considered during previous meetings for decision by the Standing Committee of NBWL 72 Fresh proposals falling within Protected Areas 43 Fresh proposals falling within 10 kms from Protected Areas 56 Incomplete proposals 62 Total 233

(c) Pursuant to the Supreme Court judgment dated 27.02.2012 in I.A Nos. 12-13 of 2011 in Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 19628-16929 of 2009 titled Deepak Kumar etc. Vs. State of Haryana & Ors., the handling of prior environment clearance cases of mining of minor minerals, including sand, of lease area up to 5 ha. was delegated by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change to the concerned State Environment Impact Assessment Authorities (SEIAAs) vide Office Memorandum No. L- 11011/47/2011-IA.II (M) dated 18.05.2012. Further, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has issued an amendment to the Environment Impact Assessment Notification 2006 v ide S.O. 2731(E) dated 09.09.2013. The environment clearance cases of minor mineral mining projects upto 5 hectares are considered at the State level by the concerned State Environment Impact Assessment Authority.

ECO-SYSTEM OF WESTERN GHATS 17th July, 2014

RSQ 919

SHRI HUSAIN DALWAI

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

(a) whether the Western Ghats region is facing pressure of increasing population on land and vegetation, if so, magnitude of this pressure; (b) whether factors generated by the pressure have contributed to the ecological and environmental problems in the region, if so, the details thereof; (c) the findings of Gadgil Committee and Kasturirangan Committee on these issues; (d) in what manner Government propose to deal with the situation so as to protect fragile eco-system of the Western Ghats; and (e) the present position regarding Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant in Maharashtra?

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

(a) & (b) The Western Ghats is not only home to the rich biodiversity, but also supports a population of approximately fifty million people and also include areas of high human population density. The transformation of the landscape may have affected the ecosystems of the Western Ghats.

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(c) The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change had constituted the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) under the Chairmanship of Prof. Madhav Gadgil on 4th March 2010. The major recommendations of WGEEP report, submitted to this Ministry in August 2011, inter alia relate to demarcation of ecologically sensitive zones in Western Ghats and measures for management of these ecologically sensitive zones.

Subsequently, this Ministry constituted a High Level Working Group (HLWG) under the Chairmanship of Dr. K. Kasturirangan, the then Member (Science), Planning Commission on 17th August, 2012 to inter alia examine the WGEEP Report in a holistic and multidisciplinary fashion keeping in view the comments received from the concerned State Governments / Central Ministries / Stakeholders. The HLWG submitted its report on 15th April 2013.

Major recommendations of the HLWG inter alia relate to (i) identification of eco-sensitive areas in the Western Ghats region, (ii) regulation / prohibition of certain activities in the eco-sensitive areas, and (iii) measures for incentivizing green growth in Western Ghats region.

(d) To protect the fragile eco-system of the Western Ghats, the Government has taken the following measures:

(i) In order to provide immediate protection to the Western Ghats and to maintain its environmental integrity, the Ministry issued Directions under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 on 13th November 2013. As per the Directions, five categories of new and/or expansion projects/activities which have maximum interventionist and damaging impacts on ecosystems shall not be considered for granting Environmental Clearance in the Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA), as identified by the High Level Working Group, in the Western Ghats.

(ii) The Ministry has issued a d raft notification declaring Ecologically Sensitive Area in Western Ghats under the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 in the Gazette of India vide S.O. No 733 (E) dated 10th March 2014 inviting suggestions and objections from stakeholders on the proposals contained in the draft notification.

(iii) The Ministry has notified the following six ecologically sensitive zones in the Western Ghats to regulate certain identified developmental activities unless specifically prohibited in the respective notifications:

a. Eco-sensitive Zone around Purna Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat b. Eco-sensitive Zone around Vansda Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat c. Mahabaleshwar-Panchgani, Maharashtra d. Matheran, Maharashtra, e. Dahanu Taluka, Maharashtra, f. Eco-sensitive Zone around Bandipur National Park, Karnataka

(e) The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has accorded Environmental Clearance to Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant on 26.11.2010.

IMPLEMENTATION OF EIGHT NATIONAL MISSIONS UNDER NAPCC 17th July, 2014

RSQ 920

SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR

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

(a) the details of the launch and implementation of the eight National Missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC);

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(b) whether Government is aware of the latest report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the global impact of climate change on agriculture, water supply and society, warning that climate change could severely plague India and affect food production and water supply; and (c) if so, the details of the corrective, climate resilience measures that Government proposes to take?

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

(a) Government of India is implementing eight Missions under National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) in the areas of Solar Energy, Enhanced Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Habitat, Water, Sustaining the Himalayan Eco-system, Green India, Sustainable Agriculture and Strategic knowledge for Climate Change, during 12th Five Year Plan.

(b) Yes Sir. Government is aware of the recent report of Working Group-II of the 5th Assessment Report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) titled “Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability” published in April, 2014. The report characterizes observed impacts, vulnerability and exposure and adaptive responses to date at global and regional scale in agriculture, water resources, ecosystems, human health, infrastructure, livelihood, poverty, etc. It considers how impacts and risks can be reduced and managed through adaptation. Further, the report also assesses needs, options, opportunities, constraints, resilience, limits and other aspects associated with adaptation.

(c) Eight National Missions form the core of the National Action Plan, representing multi-pronged, long- term and integrated strategies for achieving key goals in the context of climate change. State Action Plans on Climate Change have also been prepared to develop state specific measures. A National Adaptation Fund on Climate Change has been established to provide support for augmenting adaptation activities.

STEPS TAKEN FOR CONSERVATION OF SLOTH BEARS 17th July, 2014

LSQ 921

DR. CHANDAN MITRA

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

(a) whether Government is aware that a large number of sloth bears are being killed by the poachers in various parts of the country because of the medicinal qualities of various organs of the animal; (b) if so, the number of killing incidents of sloth bear reported in the country during the last three years, State-wise and year-wise; and (c) the fresh steps taken by Government for conservation of sloth bears-a vulnerable species in International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) list?

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

(a) and (b) Yes, Sir. The bears are occasionally killed by poachers in various part of the country for its organ trade including for its stated medicinal values. However, the medicinal values have not been proved.

The State-wise and year-wise details of such incidents, as reported by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, during the last three years are as under:

State Year 2011 2012 2013 Uttarakhand 3 1 1 Madhya Pradesh 2 2 0 Maharashtra 0 2 3 Rajasthan 0 1 0 Tamil Nadu 0 1 0

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Total 5 7 4

(c) The Government has taken following steps for protection of wild animals including sloth bear in the country: i. Protected Areas, viz., National Parks, Sanctuaries, Conservation Reserves and Community Reserves covering important wildlife habitats have been created all over the country under the provisions of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 to conserve wild animals and their habitats.

ii. Legal protection has been provided to wild animals including sloth bear against hunting and commercial exploitation under the provisions of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.

iii. In addition to provision of stringent punishment for the offenders, the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 also provides for forfeiture of any equipment, vehicle or weapon that is used for committing wildlife offence(s).

iv. Financial and technical assistance is provided to the State/ Union Territory Governments under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes for providing better protection to wildlife including endangered species and improvement of its habitat.

v. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been empowered under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 to apprehend and prosecute wildlife offenders.

vi. The State/Union Territory Governments have been requested to strengthen the field formations and intensify patrolling in and around the Protected Areas.

vii. The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has been set up to ensure co-ordination among various officers and State Governments in connection with the enforcement of law for control of poaching and illegal trade in wildlife and its products.

viii. Strict vigil is maintained by the officials of State Departments of Forests and Wildlife.

WHO’S LATEST SURVEYS OF POLLUTED CITIES 17th July, 2014

RSQ 922

SHRI SUKHENDU SEKHAR ROY

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

(a) whether World Health Organization's Report of May 2014 described Delhi as the most polluted city of the world; (b) whether as per WHO's latest surveys India has the world's worst air pollution, and has 13 of the 20 most polluted cities of the world; (c) whether a 2014 s tudy by Yale University ranked India 155th out of 178 n ations on an overall environmental performance index; (d) whether Government concurs with these reports and surveys as mentioned; and (e) if so, the plan of action under contemplation to arrest such alarming pollution; and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a) & (b) World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently released Ambient Air pollution Database-update 2014 considering two pollutants PM10 (particulate matter having size equal to or less than 10 micron) and PM2.5 (particulate matter having size equal to or less than 2.5 micron) for 1628 cities. WHO report describes Delhi as most polluted city and ranked 13 cities of India out of 20 most polluted cities of the world while considering estimated data for fine dust (PM2.5) in select manner which is improper.

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(c). Yes, sir. A report on Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2014 has been produced jointly by a team of experts in Yale University and Columbia University which ranks countries on the basis of their environment performance. The report has ranked 178 countries based on 20 indicators tracked across nine areas. One of these areas is air quality considering PM2.5. India’s EPI rank is 155.

(d). No, sir. WHO has ranked the cities in the world while estimating the levels of fine dust in ambient air of various cities. The report of the Yale University and Columbia University has considered only PM2.5 as the pollutant (fine dust) relying on satellite data in place of actual monitored data though data is available. National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) notified by the Government envisage 12 pollutants whereas both the reports have relied on either one or two pollutants only.

(e). Ongoing measure to control air pollution in Delhi and other cities inter alia include, supply of cleaner fuels as per auto fuel policy, use of gaseous fuel for public transport, pollution under control (PUC) certificate for in use vehicles, stringent source specific emission standards, strict compliance of source specific emission standards, use of beneficiated coal in thermal power plants, strengthening of public transport implementation of revised emission norms for gensets, implementation of city specific action plan in 16 cities, etc

TIGER RESERVES UNDER PROJECT TIGER 17th July, 2014

RSQ 923

DR. V. MAITREYAN

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

(a) the list of Tiger reserves under Project Tiger and Project Elephant in the country and whether Government has plans to initiate any new Tiger and Elephant reserves in the country; (b) the details of the funds allocated and disbursed to Project Elephant and Project Tiger in the last five years, year-wise; and (c) the details of the progress made in these important Projects?

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

(a) There are 46 tiger reserves in the country, spread over in 18 States, encompassing a total area of 68518.8 sq.km. The details are at Annexure-I. There are 28 elephant reserves in the country and the details are at Annexure-II. Further, concurrence has been accorded for creation of four more elephant reserves (two in Odisha, one in Meghalaya and one in Chhattisgarh). In-principle approval has been accorded by the National Tiger Conservation Authority for creation of two new tiger reserves, and the sites are: Ratapani (Madhya Pradesh) and Sunabeda (Odisha). F inal approval has been accorded to Kudremukh (Karnataka), Rajaji (Uttarakhand) and Bor (Maharashtra) for declaring as a tiger reserve. The State Governments have been advised to send proposals for declaring the following areas as tiger reserves: (i) Suhelwa (Uttar Pradesh), (ii) Guru Ghasidas National Park (Chhattisgarh), (iii) Mhadei Sanctuary (Goa), (iv) Srivilliputhur Grizzled Giant Squirrel / Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuaries / Varushanadu Valley (Tamil Nadu) and Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary (Arunachal Pradesh).

(b) The details of funds / grants allocated to Project Elephant and Project Tiger, and disbursed to the States during the last five years, year-wise, are at Annexures-III and IV respectively.

ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 923 ON TIGER RESERVES UNDER PROJECT TIGER DUE FOR REPLY ON 17.07.2014.

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List of Core and Buffer areas of Tiger Reserves in India, notified under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, as amended in 2006 (as on 07.07.2014)

Sl. No. Name of Tiger Reserve State Area of the core / Area of the Total area critical tiger buffer / (In Sq.Kms.) habitat (In Sq. peripheral Kms.) (In Sq. Kms.) 1 Bandipur Karnataka 872.24 584.06 1456.3 2 Corbett Uttarakhand 821.99 466.32 1288.31 Amangarh (buffer of Uttar Pradesh - 80.60 80.60 Corbett TR) 3 Kanha Madhya Pradesh 917.43 1134.361 2051.791 4 Manas Assam 840.04 2310.88 3150.92 5 Melghat Maharashtra 1500.49 1268.03 2768.52 6 Palamau Jharkhand 414.08 715.85 1129.93 7 Ranthambore Rajasthan 1113.364 297.9265 1411.291 8 Similipal Odisha 1194.75 1555.25 2750.00 9 Sunderbans West Bengal 1699.62 885.27 2584.89 10 Periyar Kerala 881.00 44.00 925.00 11 Sariska Rajasthan 881.1124 332.23 1213.342 12 Buxa West Bengal 390.5813 367.3225 757.9038 13 Indravati Chhattisgarh 1258.37 1540.70 2799.07 14 Namdapha Arunachal 1807.82 245.00 2052.82 Pradesh 15 Dudhwa Uttar Pradesh 1093.79 1107.9848 2201.7748 16 Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tamil Nadu 895.00 706.542 1601.542 17 Valmiki Bihar 598.45 300.93 899.38 18 Pench Madhya Pradesh 411.33 768.30225 1179.63225 19 Tadoba-Andhari Maharashtra 625.82 1101.7711 1727.5911 20 Bandhavgarh Madhya Pradesh 716.903 820.03509 1536.938 21 Panna Madhya Pradesh 576.13 1002.42 1578.55 22 Dampa Mizoram 500.00 488.00 988.00 23 Bhadra Karnataka 492.46 571.83 1064.29 24 Pench Maharashtra 257.26 483.96 741.22 25 Pakke Arunachal 683.45 515.00 1198.45 Pradesh 26 Nameri Assam 200.00 144.00 344.00 27 Satpura Madhya Pradesh 1339.264 794.04397 2133.30797 28 Anamalai Tamil Nadu 958.59 521.28 1479.87 29 Udanti-Sitanadi Chattisgarh 851.09 991.45 1842.54 30 Satkosia Odisha 523.61 440.26 963.87 31 Kaziranga Assam 625.58 548.00 1173.58 32 Achanakmar Chattisgarh 626.195 287.822 914.017 33 Dandeli-Anshi Karnataka 814.884 282.63 1097.514 34 Sanjay-Dubri Madhya Pradesh 812.571 861.931 1674.502 35 Mudumalai Tamil Nadu 321.00 367.59 688.59 36 Nagarahole Karnataka 643.35 562.41 1205.76 37 Parambikulam Kerala 390.89 252.772 643.662 38 Sahyadri Maharashtra 600.12 565.45 1165.57 39 Biligiri Ranganatha Temple Karnataka 359.10 215.72 574.82 40 Kawal Telangana 893.23 1125.89 2019.12 41 Sathyamangalam Tamil Nadu 793.49 614.91 1408.40 42 Mukandra Hills Rajasthan 417.17 342.82 759.99 43 Nawegaon-Nagzira Maharashtra 653.674 - 653.674 44 Nagarjunsagar Srisailam Andhra Pradesh 2595.72* 700.59* 3296.31* (part)* 45 Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Telangana 2166.37* 445.02* 2611.39* (part) * 46 Pilibhit Uttar Pradesh 602.7980 127.4518 730.2498 TOTAL 38632.18 29886.62 68518.8

*Revised area details are awaited from the State Governments concerned after reorganization.

ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 923 ON TIGER RESERVES UNDER PROJECT TIGER DUE FOR REPLY ON 17.07.2014. Details of elephant reserves in the country

Sl. Elephant Range Elephant Reserve with date of notification State Total Area No (Sq. Km) 22 | Page

I Eastern India 1. Mayurjharna ER(24.10.02) W. Bengal 414 (South West Bengal- Jharkhand- 2. Singhbhum ER (26.9.01) Jharkhand 4530 Odisha) 3. Mayurbhanj ER (29.9.01) Odisha 3214 4. Mahanadi ER (20.7.02) Odisha 1038 5. Sambalpur ER (27.3.02) Odisha 427 6. Badalkhol-Tamorpingla Chhattisgarh 1048.30 (15.9.2011) Total 10671.30 II North Brahamputra 7. Kameng ER (19.6.02) Arunachal 1892 (Arunachal – Assam) 8. Sonitpur ER (6.3.03) Assam 1420

Total 3312

III South Brahamputra 9. Dihing-Patkai ER (17.4.03) Assam 937 (Assam- Arunachal) 10. South Arunachal ER Arunachal 1957.50 ( 29-2-08 ) Total 2894.50

IV Kaziranga 11. Kaziranga – Karbi Anglong ER (17.4.03) Assam 3270 (Assam- Nagaland) 12. Dhansiri-Lungding ER (19.4.03) Assam 2740 13. Intanki ER (28.2.05) Nagaland 202 Total 6212 V Eastern Dooars 14. Chirang-Ripu ER (7.3.03) Assam 2600 (Assam- W. Bengal) 15. Eastern Dooars ER (28.8.02) W. Bengal 978 Total 3578 VI E. Himalayas (Meghalaya) 16. Garo Hills ER (31.10.01) Meghalaya 3,500 Total 3500 VII Nilgiri –Eastern Ghat 17. Mysore ER (25.11.02) Karnataka, 6724 (Karnataka- Kerala- Tamilnadu- 18. Wayanad ER (2.4.02) Kerala 1200 Andhra) 19. Nilgiri ER (19.9.03) Tamil nadu 4663 20. Rayala ER (9.12.03) Andhra 766 Total 13353 VIII South Nilgiri 21. Nilambur ER (2.4.02) Kerala 1419 (Kerala- Tamilnadu) 22. Coimbatore ER (19.9.03) Tamilnadu 566 Total 1985 IX Western Ghat 23. Anamalai ER (19.9.03) Tamilnadu 1457 (Tamilnadu- Kerala) 24. Anamudi ER (2.4.02) Kerala 3728 Total 5185 X Periyar 25. Periyar (2.4.02) Kerala 3742 (Kerala- Tamilnadu) 26. Srivilliputtur ER(19.9.03) Tamilnadu 1249 Total 4991 XI Northern India (Uttarakhand-U.P.) 27. Shivalik ER (28.10.02) Uttarakhand 5405 28. Uttar Pradesh ER ( 9.9.09) U.P. 744 Total 6149 TOTAL 61830.80

ANNEXURE-III REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 923 ON TIGER RESERVES UNDER PROJECT TIGER DUE FOR REPLY ON 17.07.2014.

Details of grants allocated and disbursed under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Elephant during last five years, year-wise (Rs. in crore) Year Allocation Disbursed to States

2009-10 21.50 20.83 2010-11 21.50 21.97 2011-12 21.50 20.93 2012-13 22.58 17.96 2013-14 32.58 18.43

ANNEXURE IV REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 923 ON TIGER RESERVES UNDER PROJECT TIGER DUE FOR REPLY ON 17.07.2014.

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Details of grants allocated and disbursed under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger during last five years, year-wise (Rs. in crore)

Year Allocation Disbursed to States 2009-10 201.53 201.53 2010-11 178.72 178.72 2011-12 160.63 160.63 2012-13 166.70 162.87 2013-14 172.29 172.29

ANNEXURE-V REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 923 ON TIGER RESERVES UNDER PROJECT TIGER DUE FOR REPLY ON 17.07.2014.

Milestone initiatives taken by the Government of India for protection of tigers in the country

Legal steps

1. Amendment of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 in 2006 to provide enabling provisions for constituting the National Tiger Conservation Authority and the Tiger and Other Endangered Species Crime Control Bureau.

2. Enhancement of punishment for offence in relation to the core area of a t iger reserve or where the offence relate to hunting in the tiger reserves or altering the boundaries of tiger reserves, etc.

Administrative steps

3. Strengthening of antipoaching activities, including special strategy for monsoon patrolling, by providing funding support to tiger reserve States, as proposed by them, for deployment of antipoaching squads involving ex-army personnel or home guards, apart from workforce comprising of local people, in addition to strengthening of communication and wireless facilities.

4. Constitution of the National Tiger Conservation Authority with effect from the 4th September, 2006, for strengthening tiger conservation by, interalia, ensuring normative standards in tiger reserve management, preparation of reserve specific tiger conservation plan, laying down annual audit report before Parliament, constituting State level Steering Committees under the Chairmanship of Chief Ministers and establishment of Tiger Conservation Foundation.

5. Constitution of a multidisciplinary Tiger and Other Endangered Species Crime Control Bureau (Wildlife Crime Control Bureau) with effect from the 6th June, 2007 to effectively control illegal trade in wildlife.

6. The in-principle approval has been accorded by the National Tiger Conservation Authority for creation of two new tiger reserves, and the sites are: Ratapani (Madhya Pradesh) and Sunabeda (Odisha). Final approval has been accorded to Kudremukh (Karnataka), Rajaji (Uttarakhand) and Bor (Maharashtra) for declaring as a tiger reserve. The State Governments have been advised to send proposals for declaring the following areas as tiger reserves: (i) Suhelwa (Uttar Pradesh), (ii) Guru Ghasidas National Park (Chhattisgarh), (iii) Mhadei Sanctuary (Goa), (iv) Srivilliputhur Grizzled Giant Squirrel / M egamalai Wildlife Sanctuaries / V arushanadu Valley (Tamil Nadu) and Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary (Arunachal Pradesh).

7. The revised Project Tiger guidelines have been issued to State Governments for strengthening tiger conservation, which apart from ongoing activities, inter alia, include financial support to States for enhanced village relocation or rehabilitation package for people living in core or critical tiger habitats (from Rs. 1 lakh per family to Rs. 10 lakhs per family), rehabilitation or resettlement of communities involved in traditional hunting, mainstreaming livelihood and wildlife concerns in forests outside tiger reserves and fostering corridor conservation through restorative strategy to arrest habitat fragmentation.

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8. A scientific methodology for estimating tiger (including co-predators, prey animals and assessment of habitat status) has been evolved and mainstreamed. The findings of this estimation and assessment are bench marks for future tiger conservation strategy.

9. The 18 tiger States have notified the core/critical tiger habitat (38632.18 sq. km.), and the buffer/peripheral area (29886.62 sq.km.) of all the 46 tiger reserves in the country, under section 38V of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, as amended in 2006.

Financial steps

10. Financial and technical help is provided to the State Governments under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes, such as Project Tiger and Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats for enhancing the capacity and infrastructure of the State Governments for providing effective protection to wild animals.

International Cooperation

11. India has a bilateral understanding with Nepal on controlling trans-boundary illegal trade in wildlife and conservation, apart from a protocol on tiger conservation with China.

12. A protocol has been signed in September, 2011 with Bangladesh for conservation of the Royal Bengal Tiger of the Sunderban.

13. A sub-group on tiger and leopard conservation has been constituted for cooperation with the Russian Federation.

14. A Global Tiger Forum of Tiger Range Countries has been created for addressing international issues related to tiger conservation.

15. During the 14th meeting of the Conference of Parties to CITES, which was held from 3rd to 15th June, 2007 at The Hague, India introduced a resolution along with China, Nepal and the Russian Federation, with direction to Parties with operations breeding tigers on a commercial scale, for restricting such captive populations to a level supportive only to conserving wild tigers. The resolution was adopted as a decision with minor amendments. Further, India made an intervention appealing to China to phase out tiger farming and eliminate stockpiles of Asian big cats body parts and derivatives. The importance of continuing the ban on trade of body parts of tigers was emphasized.

16. Based on India's strong intervention during the 62nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) at Geneva from 23- 27 July, 2012, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Secretariat has issued a notification No. 2012/054 dated the 3rd September, 2012 to Parties to fully implement Decision 14.69 and report to the Secretariat by 25 S eptember, 2012 ( Progress made on restricting captive breeding operations of tigers etc.).

17. As a part of active management to rebuild Sariska and Panna Tiger Reserves where tigers have become locally extinct, reintroduction of tigers and tigresses have been done. T he successful reintroduction of wild tigers in Sariska is a unique exercise and is the first of its kind in the world. A reintroduced tigress has recently littered and two cubs have also been camera trapped. The tiger reintroduction initiative at Panna (MP) has also been very successful and reintroduced tigers are breeding.

18. Special advisories issued for in-situ build up of prey base and tiger population through active management in tiger reserves having low population status of tiger and its prey.

Creation of Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF)

19. The policy initiatives announced by the Finance Minister in his Budget Speech of the 29th February, 2008, inter alia, contains action points relating to tiger protection. Based on the one time grant of Rs. 50.00 crore provided to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) for raising, arming and deploying a Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF), the proposal for the said force has been approved by the competent authority for 13 tiger reserves. The States of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Odisha have already created and deployed the STPF.

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20. In collaboration with TRAFFIC-INDIA, an online tiger crime data base has been launched, and Generic Guidelines for preparation of reserve specific Security Plan has been evolved.

Recent initiatives

21. Implementing a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with tiger States, linked to fund flows for effective implementation of tiger conservation initiatives.

22. Special crack teams sent to tiger reserves affected by left wing extremism and low population status of tiger and its prey.

23. Chief Ministers of States having tiger reserves affected by left wing extremism and low population status of tiger and its prey addressed for taking special initiatives.

24. Steps taken for modernizing the infrastructure and field protection, besides launching 'Monitoring system for Tigers' Intensive Protection and Ecological Status (M-STrIPES)' for effective field patrolling and monitoring.

25. Steps taken for involvement of Non-Governmental Experts in the ongoing all India tiger estimation.

26. Initiatives taken for improving the field delivery through capacity building of field officials, apart from providing incentives.

27. The second round of country level tiger status assessment completed in 2010, with the findings indicating an increase with a tiger population estimate of 1706, lower and upper limits being 1520 and 1909 respectively, as compared to the last country level estimation of 2006, with an estimate of 1411, lower and upper limits being 1165 and 1657, respectively. At present, India has the maximum number of tigers and its source areas amongst the 13 t iger range countries in the world, owing to its long history of conserving the species through Project Tiger (2.06% of country's geographical area spread out in 46 tiger reserves in 18 States).

28. A report on Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of Tiger Reserves was released on 28th July, 2011, containing the second round of independent assessment based on refined criteria done in 2010-11 for 39 tiger reserves. Out of 39 tiger reserves, 15 were rated as 'very good', 12 as 'good', 8 as 'satisfactory' and 4 as 'poor'.

29. Providing special assistance for mitigation of human-tiger conflicts in problematic areas.

30. Regional Offices of the National Tiger Conservation Authority are operational at Nagpur, Bengaluru and Guwahati.

31. A 'Standard Operating Procedure' for dealing with tiger deaths has been issued, based on advisories of Project Tiger / National Tiger Conservation Authority, with inputs from Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, State officials and experts, fine tuned to meet the present challenges.

32. A ‘Standard Operating Procedure’ for dealing with straying tigers in human dominated landscape has been issued.

33. A ‘Standard Operating Procedure’ for disposing tiger/leopard carcass/body parts has been issued.

34. The Revised Cost Estimates for Project Tiger was approved on 11.8.2011 for an upward revision of the cost estimates for the ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger during the XIth Plan period from 650 crore to Rs. 1216.86 crore of central assistance to support States in village relocation from core areas of tiger reserves. Several new components were added to the Project, viz.:

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(iv) Establishment of Tiger Safari, interpretation/awareness centres under the existing component of 'co- existence agenda in buffer/fringe areas', and management of such centres through the respective Panchayati Raj Institutions (v) Re-introduction of Cheetah

35. Launching of Phase-IV tiger reserve level, continuous monitoring of tigers using camera traps and building up data on photo captures of individual tigers.

36. Launching the creation of a national repository of camera trap photo IDs of individual tigers.

37. In-principle approval for use of CAMPA funds towards village relocation from core areas.

38. Completion of e-surveillance project in Corbett.

39. Comprehensive guidelines under section 38O 1 (c) of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 issued for Project Tiger and Tourism in Tiger Reserves on 15th October, 2012.

40. Under active management, permission accorded for translocation of wilded / straying tigers / tigresses from high to low density reserves within States.

41. A bilateral arrangement has been recently formalized with Bangladesh on tiger conservation. O ur delegations are interacting with Nepal and China within the framework of existing bilateral arrangements. A sub-group on tiger/leopard conservation has been constituted for cooperation with the Russian Federation, which has met recently.

42. Field level workshops for capacity building of field officers to deal with straying tigers have been organized at Tadoba and Dudhwa Tiger Reserves (2013).

43. NTCA teams sent for field appraisal of tiger deaths, Project Tiger implementation etc.

44. Process underway for providing enabling provisions in the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, to strengthen our implementation of the CITES and towards enhancement of penalties for contravention of provisions of the Act.

45. Kawal (Telangana), Sathyamangalam (Tamil Nadu), Mukandra Hills (Rajasthan), Nawegaon-Nagzira (Maharashtra), Nagarjunasagar Srisailam (Telangana) and Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh) have been notified by the State Governments as Tiger Reserve.

46. The next round (2014) of country level status assessment of tiger, co-predators, prey and habitat, using the refined methodology, in collaboration with tiger States and the Wildlife Institute of India has been initiated.

47. The next round (2014) of Independent Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Tiger Reserves has been initiated.

48. Economic Valuation of some tiger reserves initiated in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Forest Management.

49. Trial of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for monitoring done in the Panna Tiger Reserve (Madhya Pradesh), in collaboration with the Wildlife Institute of India.

50. Assessment of Status, Density and Change in Forest Cover in and around tiger reserves of the Shivalik Gangetic Plain Landscape initiated in collaboration with the Forest Survey of India.

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POLLUTION BY BIG INDUSTRIES IN CHHATTISGARH 17th July, 2014

RSQ 924

DR. BHUSHAN LAL JANGDE

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

(a) whether controlling pollution caused by big industries in Chhattisgarh is under the State Government; (b) whether it is a fact that there is minimal control on pollution in cement, iron ore, aluminium factories in Chhattisgarh; (c) whether environmental rules are not being followed in the factories of Korba and Raigarh and Central Government would taken punitive action against the responsible people; and (d) the steps Government purpose to take to save the land turning barren due to emission of pollutants from the factories?

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

(a) Under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) are responsible for ensuring compliance to effluent and emission norms by an industry in the respective State.

(b) As per the provisions laid down under the Water and Air Acts, any industry including Cement, Iron Ore or Aluminium discharging trade effluent or releasing emission have to take consent from the SPCBs. I n the consent to operate granted by the State Board, environmental norms for effluent quality / emissions are prescribed which the industries have to comply. The environmental norms are prescribed after following a rigrous procedures and consultation with stakeholders.

(c) Of the 17 category of Highly Polluting Industries (HPI), 78 industries have been identified in Chhattisgarh. Besides these, 12 Iron-ore mining industries are also present. The primarily responsibility for enforcement of pollution control norms in these industries vest with the SPCBs. As per the information provided by Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board, out of these 78 industries, 71 industries are complying with the prescribed standards, 6 industries are non-complying and 1 industry is closed.

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) under its Environment Surveillance Squad Programme also inspected 28 industries under the 17 categories of highly polluting industries during the last 3 years including Cement industries. Out of 9 Cement industries, 2 industries have been found non-complying. Accordingly, Directions under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 have been issued to defaulting cement industries for upgradation of air pollution control devices.

(d) The CPCB has not carried out any study to save the land turning barren due to emission of pollutants from the factories. However, industries are required to take consent from concerned State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) under the Air Act and adhere to the prescribed emission standards, failing which appropriate action is taken as per the law.

ILLEGAL PURCHASE OF LAND OF FOREST DEPARTMENT OF UTTARAKHAND 17th July, 2014

RSQ 925

SHRI ARVIND KUMAR SINGH

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

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(a) whether Government is aware that a large tract of land belonging to Vir Girwali range of forest department in Mussoorie, Dehradun has been illegally purchased/occupied; (b) whether the plantation on the said land were illegally felled for clearing the land by the purchaser; if so, the details of the cases (c) whether any action has been initiated by the concerned forest Department on persons carrying such illegal activities; if not, the reasons for not taking any action; and (d) the steps Government proposes to take to free the forest land from such unscrupulous elements and take punitive action against them?

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

(a) & (b) Yes Sir, as per the reports received from Uttarakhand Forest Department, there has been allegedly illegal purchase of reserve forest land in Bir Girwali area of Rajpur Range, Dehradun (near old Mussoorie road) through sale deed dated 21.11.2012. A total of 25 Sal trees were illegally cut from the reserve forest on 9th March 2013 and 18th March 2013.The matter is sub-judice in the Hon’ble High Court of Uttarakhand, Nainital and Hon’ble National Green Tribunal (NGT), Principal Bench, New Delhi.

(c) & (d) The Uttarakhand Forest and Police Departments conducted independent enquiries into the matter and submitted reports to the Chief Secretary, Government of Uttarakhand. Criminal complaints were filed in the Hon’ble Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun. Uttarakhand Government and Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change have also filed affidavits in the NGT in this regard.

SURVEY FOR THE EFFECTS OF RISING INDUSTRIALIZATION 17th July, 2014

RSQ 926

SHRI DARSHAN SINGH YADAV

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

(a) whether any survey/study has been conducted for assessing the effects of rising industrialization on the quality of air by Government; (b) whether any effective policy in this regard is under the consideration of Government; and (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a).The trend in ambient air quality indicates cause-effect relationship between air pollution and sources of pollution including rising industrialisation. Ambient air quality is regularly monitored at 573 locations in 240 cities, towns and industrial areas in 27 States and 5 UTs under National Air Monitoring Programme (NAMP) by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with concerned State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) in terms of Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and PM10 (particulate matter having size equal to or less than 10 micron) across the country. NAMP is coordinated by CPCB and the data so collected is collated, compiled, processed and published on annual basis.

(b)&(c). The National Environment Policy (NEP)-2006 is in place as a guiding document which builds on earlier policies. The Government has taken various measure to curb pollution in the country which inter alia include, supply of cleaner fuels as per auto fuel policy, use of gaseous fuel for public transport, pollution under control (PUC) certificate for in use vehicles, stringent source specific emission standards and strict compliance therein, use of beneficiated coal in thermal power plants, implementation of revised emission norms for gensets, implementation of city specific action plan in 16 cities, etc.

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SHRINKING OF GREEN AREA 17th July, 2014

RSQ 927

SHRI DARSHAN SINGH YADAV

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the ambit of green area has been shrinking due to increase in urbanization and construction of residential and commercial buildings; (b) whether Government has any current policy in this regard, if so, the details thereof; and (c) whether Government is considering on any reasonable policy to save trees and green area from rapid increase of urbanisation and construction work and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) As per the India State of Forest Report-2013, the total Forest and Tree cover of the country is 789,164 sq.km (78.92 million ha.) which is 24.01% of the geographical area of the country. There is an increase of 5871 sq.km in the forest cover of the country in comparison to the 2011 assessment.

(b) & (c) Afforestation in the country is taken up under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), National Bamboo Mission (NBM) and under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), 13th Finance Commission, different State Plan/ Non- Plan Schemes including externally aided projects. National Afforestation Programme (NAP) of the Ministry of Environment & Forests is a 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme for afforestation and tree plantation and eco- restoration of degraded forests and adjoining areas in the country. The Scheme is being implemented through a decentralized mechanism of State Forest Development Agency (SFDA) at State level, Forest Development Agency (FDA) at Forest Division level and Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) at Village levels. An amount of Rs.2500 crores has been approved for NAP in the 12th Five Year Plan. As on 31.03.2014, 800 FDA projects have been approved in 28 States in the country to treat an area of 20.24 lakh hectare under the NAP scheme since inception of the scheme in 2002.

To prevent felling of trees, Ministry provides Grants-in-aid to State Governments under Intensification Forest Management Scheme (IFMS). The aim of the scheme is to supplement the efforts of the States forest management and protection. Funds under the scheme are utilized for patrolling of the forests, establishment of camps, building fire watch towers, creation and maintenance of fire lines, forest fire control, survey and demarcation of forest areas and strengthening forest infrastructure. Under the IFMS a sum of Rs. 5106.81 lakh was released to States/UTs for the year 2013-14.

PENDING APPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE 17th July, 2014

RSQ 928

SHRI T.K. RANGARAJAN

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

(a) the number of applications pending with the Ministry for environment clearance, State-wise position; and (b) the reasons therefor?

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

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(a) As on 30.6.2014, 298 proposals were pending in this Ministry for consideration for grant of Environment Clearance. The State/UT- wise details are at Annexure.

(b) The project proposals for Environment Clearance are considered as per the provisions under the Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006, as amended from time to time, which inter alia provides timelines for various stages of processing.

The receipt of proposals for environment clearance, their processing and taking a view thereupon is a continuous process.

State/UT-wise details of pending project proposals for consideration for grant of Environment Clearance as on 30th June, 2014

Sl. No. Name of State/UT No. of project proposal pending as on 30th June, 2014 1 Andhra Pradesh 35 2 A & N 3 3 Arunachal Pradesh 2 4 Assam 2 5 Bihar - 6 Chandigarh - 7 Chhattisgarh 5 8 Dadar Nagar Haveli - 9 Daman & Diu - 10 Delhi 1 11 Goa - 12 Gujarat 55 13 Haryana 3 14 Himachal Pradesh 5 15 Jammu & Kashmir - 16 Jharkhand 16 17 Karnataka 24 18 Kerala 6 19 Madhya Pradesh 24 20 Maharashtra 32 21 Manipur - 22 Meghalaya - 23 Mizoram - 24 Nagaland - 25 Lakshdweep - 26 Pondicherry - 27 Orissa 19 28 Punjab 8 29 Rajasthan 7 30 Sikkim 1 31 Tamil Nadu 21 32 Telangana - 33 Tripura 2 34 Uttarakhand 2 35 Uttar Pradesh 14 36 West Bengal 11 Total 298

PLANS FOR POLLUTED CITY OF DELHI 17th July, 2014

RSQ 929

SHRI MOHAMMED ADEEB

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

(a) whether it is a fact that Delhi is one of the most polluted cities of the world; if so, the details in this regard; and the reasons therefor; and (b) the short-term and the long term plans prepared in this regard? 31 | Page

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

(a) World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently released Ambient Air Pollution Database-update 2014 considering only two pollutants, i.e., PM10 (particulate matter having size equal to or less than 10 micron) and PM2.5 (particulate matter having size equal to or less than 2.5 micron) for 1628 cities at global level whereas National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)-2009 notified by the Government comprised of twelve pollutants including PM10 and PM2.5. WHO report describes Delhi as most polluted city of the world while considering estimated data for fine dust (PM2.5) in select manner which is improper.

(b) Various steps are taken by the Government to control air pollution in Delhi inter alia include, supply of cleaner fuel as per auto fuel policy, pollution under control (PUC) certificate system for in-use vehicles, use of beneficiated coal (ash content not to exceed 34%) in coal based thermal power plants, strengthening metro as means of public transport, strengthening public transport, closure of Rajghat coal based thermal power plant, ban on burning of leaves, etc.

PENDING PROPOSALS OF CHHATTISGARH 17th July, 2014

RSQ 930

SHRI MOTILAL VORA

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

(a) whether Government is aware of the fact that twelve forest project proposals of the State of Chhattisgarh are pending with the centre and out of them, nine proposals are pending with the regional office, Government of India, Bhopal; (b) if so, since which the proposals are lying pending, the reasons for the projects/ proposals being pending; and (c) by when these would be accorded approval, and the number of cases/proposals disposed of by the Central Government in June, 2014?

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

(a) to (c) Presently, only 4 proposals, pertaining to the State Government of Chhattisgarh, are pending for grant of forest clearance with the Central Government and its Regional Offices while 78 proposals are pending with the State Government for want of information sought by the Central Government and its Regional Offices.

Proposals seeking prior approval of the Central Government for diversion of forest land are dealt by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in accordance with the provisions given under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. Detailed site inspection is required in proposals involving more than 100 ha of forest land. Quite often the proposals received are not complete in all respects and the Central Government has to seek further details/ documents viz. Differential GPS Map of the area proposed for diversion, details of area identified for compensatory afforestation, details of compensatory levies realized from the user agency, compliance of Scheduled Tribe and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, etc. from the concerned State Governments. These are the main reasons of pendency of the proposals. . The Ministry takes prompt action to consider the projects for forest clearance when projects complete in all respects are received. Details of number of cases/proposals disposed of by the Central Government in the month of June, 2014 i s enclosed as Annexure I. Annexure-I Statement referred to in reply to part (c) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 930 asked by Shri Motilal Vora due for reply on 17.07.2014

Statement of Number of cases/proposals disposed of by the Central Government in June , 2014.

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S. No. State Stage I Stage II Returned/Rejected closed/Withdrawn 1. Andhra Pradesh 1 0 0 2. Karnataka 0 0 2 3. Chhattisgarh 0 3 0 4. Gujarat 2 0 0 5. Madhya Pradesh 2 0 0 6. Odisha 1 2 0 7. Uttarakhand 3 0 0 Total 8 5 2

STEPS TAKEN TO PROTECT THE TIGERS FROM POACHING 17th July, 2014

RSQ 931

DR. BHALCHANDRA MUNGEKAR

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

(a) the number of tigers died as a result of natural death and the number of them killed in poaching during the last three years, the State-wise information separately for the two; (b) the steps that have been taken to punish the poachers; and (c) whether the Ministry is preparing a road-map to protect the tigers from poaching, if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) The details of tiger mortality due to natural, poaching and other causes, besides seizures of body parts, as reported by States, during the last three years are at Annexure-I, and the State-wise details of the said information are at Annexure-II.

(b) Offenders are punished as per the enabling provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, read with relevant provisions of other Acts.

ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 931 ON STEPS TAKEN TO PROTECT THE TIGERS FROM POACHING DUE FOR REPLY ON 17.07.2014.

Details of tiger mortality due to natural and other causes, and poaching including seizure, during last three years (as reported by States)

Year Natural and other Poaching including Cases under scrutiny Total (Animals) causes (Animals) seizure (Animals) (Animals)

2011 40 16 - 56 2012 27 46 16 89 2013 8 15 45 68

ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 931 ON STEPS TAKEN TO PROTECT THE TIGERS FROM POACHING DUE FOR REPLY ON 17.07.2014.

Details of tiger mortality due to natural and other causes, besides poaching including seizure, as reported by States, during the last three years

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S. State 2011 2012 2013 No. Natural and Poaching Natural and Poaching Natural and Poaching other including other including other including causes* seizure causes* seizure causes* seizure 1 Andhra Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 Assam 3 3 1 3 0 1 4 Bihar 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 Chhattisgarh 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 Jharkhand 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Karnataka 3 3 4 8 0 3 8 Kerala 3 1 1 2 1 1 9 Madhya Pradesh 5 0 5 7 2 2 10 Maharashtra 2 4 3 7 3 4 11 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Odisha 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 Rajasthan 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 Tamil Nadu 3 0 3 3 1 0 15 Uttarakhand 15 2 5 6 0 1 16 Uttar Pradesh 3 1 2 4 0 3 17 West Bengal 0 0 2 1 1 0 18 Haryana 0 0 0 1 0 0 TOTAL 40 16 27 46 8 15 *Other causes include death due to accident or infighting or elimination by Department etc.

ANNEXURE-III REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 931 ON STEPS TAKEN TO PROTECT THE TIGERS FROM POACHING DUE FOR REPLY ON 17.07.2014.

The Government of India through the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) / Project Tiger (PT) has taken a number of steps to protect tigers from poaching, which interalia, include:

• Providing assistance to States under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger for antipoaching operations • Providing grant through NTCA for patrolling in tiger rich sensitive forest areas outside tiger reserves • Alerting the States as and when required • Transmitting backward / forward linkages of information relating to poachers • Advising the States for combing forest floor to check snares / traps • Performing supervisory field visits through the National Tiger Conservation Authority and its regional offices • Using information technology for improved surveillance (e-Eye system) using thermal cameras launched in Corbett • Launching tiger reserve level monitoring using camera trap to keep a photo ID database of individual tigers • Preparing a national database of individual tiger photo captures to establish linkage with body parts seized or dead tigers • Assisting States to refine protection oriented monitoring through monitoring system for tiger’s intensive protection and ecological status (M-STrIPES) • Assisting States to deploy local workforce in a big way for protection to complement the efforts of field staff [In all, approximately 24 lakh mandays are generated annually with 50% central assistance amounting to around Rs. 24 crores (excluding matching 50% share given by States) under Project Tiger. Many local tribes constitute such local workforce (besides non-tribals), eg. Baigas, Gonds in Madhya Pradesh, Gonds in Maharashtra, Chenchus in Andhra Pradesh, Sholigas in Karnataka, Gujjars in Uttarakhand and Irulas in Tamil Nadu to name a few. The deployment of such local tribals has been fostered / encouraged in the last two years]. • Supporting States for raising, arming and deploying the Special Tiger Protection Force

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WASTE DISPOSAL CHALLENGES 17th July, 2014

RSQ 932

DR. T. SUBBARAMI REDDY

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

(a) whether urban areas are posing big challenge of waste disposal in the country; (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and the reasons therefor, the steps being taken to deal with such situations; (c) whether any committee/group is constituted to study and make recommendation, if so, the details thereof; and (d) if not, what are the other methods proposed?

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

(a) & (b) The urban areas are facing challenges of waste disposal, inter-alia, on account of rapid urbanization, increasing population, lack of public awareness, financial constraints and inadequate capacities of Urban Local Bodies. Urban waste management is a S tate subject. State Governments/Urban Local Bodies are required to plan, design, execute and operate waste management projects in the urban areas of the country. This Ministry has notified the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000, which, inter-alia, provide for norms for collection, segregation, storage, transportation, processing and disposal of municipal solid wastes. Every municipal authority, within its territorial area, is responsible for implementation of the provisions of these rules and also for development of infrastructure for collection, storage, segregation, transportation, processing and disposal of municipal solid wastes. To support efforts of State Governments, Government of India has launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) with a view to providing financial assistance to the State Governments for creating infrastructure for municipal solid waste management. MoUD has also published a manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management to assist Urban Local Bodies in management of municipal solid waste in a hygienic and scientific manner.

(c) & (d): This Ministry notified the draft Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2013 proposing appropriate amendments in the existing Rules, for public comments. The Ministry has constituted a Committee having representatives of the Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Central Pollution Control Board, certain State Pollution Control Boards and Municipal Corporations, etc. to examine the comments and suggestions received in response to these draft Rules.

CLEARANCE FOR PROPOSAL OF MEMORIAL OF AMBEDKAR 17th July, 2014

RSQ 933

SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE

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

(a) whether Government has received any request from the State Government of Maharashtra for giving environment clearance to the proposal for the memorial of Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, if so, the details thereof and the latest status of this proposal; and (b) by when this proposal is proposed to be finalized and the reasons for the delay being occurred thereon?

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

(a) & (b) The proposal of Maharashtra Government as recommended by Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) for amending the CRZ Notification, 2011 to incorporate special provisions 35 | Page to enable development of Memorial of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar by permitting reconstruction with change of land use from industrial purpose to development of memorial as further recommended by the National Coastal Zone Management Authority was sent by this Ministry for legal vetting to Ministry of Law and Justice.

In the meantime, Ministry of Textiles has obtained a legal opinion from Solicitor General, as per which, the legislation regarding the transfer of land shall be made prior to bringing the proposed amendment to the CRZ Notification. The proposed legislation is yet to be enacted.

ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE TO DEFENCE PROJECTS 17th July, 2014

RSQ 934

SHRI LAL SINH VADODIA

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

(a) whether it is a fact that Government proposes to give environmental clearance in order of priority to complete defence projects; (b) if so, whether Government has taken any step towards this direction so far; and (c) if so, the comprehensive details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a) Yes, Sir.

(b) & (c):The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change consider the applications for grant of Environment Clearance from various sectors including Defence sector as per provisions of the Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, 2006 as amended from time to time, which inter- alia prescribes the time-lines for considering the proposal. All Defence sector proposals are kept in Category ‘A’ in the EIA Notification, 2006 and considered at the Central Government level. The Ministry has constituted an Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) to consider the defence sector proposals for expediting the process for grant of Environment Clearance to such projects.

WATER/SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS IN DELHI 17th July, 2014

RSQ 935

SHRI BALWINDER SINGH BHUNDER

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

(a) whether water/sewage treatment plants in Delhi are either not working or working below capacity leading to discharge of raw sewage in Yamuna, if so, the details thereof; (b) the efforts that have been made to ensure that sewage is allwoed to flow into the river only after treatment; and (c) whether any penalty has been imposed on industries sending untreated sewage or industrial waste in Yamuna?

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

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(a) As per information provided by Delhi Jal Board (DJB), the installed Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) capacity in Delhi is 2742 million litres per day (mld). However, the STPs are receiving sewage flow of only around 1590 – 1635 mld and are being underutilized due to settlement/silting/blockage of existing trunk sewers, non- availability of sewerage system and absence of house sewer connections in certain areas of the city, etc.

(b) Conservation of rivers is an ongoing and collective effort of the Central and State Governments. The Ministry is supplementing the efforts of the State Governments in addressing the problem of pollution of river Yamuna by providing financial assistance to the concerned State Governments, including Delhi, under Yamuna Action Plan (YAP) since 1993 in a phased manner. Works pertaining to sewerage/interception and diversion of drains, rehabilitation/upgradation of existing sewage treatment plants (STPs) and construction of new STPs, low cost sanitation/community toilet complexes, electric crematoria, etc have been taken up in Delhi under YAP Phase - I & II, on which expenditure of Rs. 732.72 crore (including State share) has been incurred. Additional sewage treatment capacity of 165 mld has been created and rehabilitation of existing treatment capacity of 328.20 mld has been done under the two phases of YAP in Delhi so far, leading to reduction of pollution load in the river. Further, YAP Phase-III project for Delhi has been approved with an estimated cost of Rs 1656 crore. Under the project, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is implementing rehabilitation of existing trunk sewers and rising mains, upgradation/modernisation of existing 7 STPs with a total treatment capacity of 814 mld and construction of a new 136 mld STP (in place of the old STP).

Under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) project of Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), DJB is implementing an interceptor sewer project costing Rs. 1357 crore to intercept sewage flowing into river Yamuna from three major drains, namely Najafgarh, Supplementary and Shahdara in Delhi. In addition, DJB is also constructing STPs having a treatment capacity of 363 mld capacity at various locations in Delhi from its own resources.

(c) As informed by Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), action against the defaulting industries is taken under the provision of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.

PLAN TO RESTORE FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, DEHRADUN 17th July, 2014

RSQ 936

SHRI TARUN VIJAY

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

(a) whether Government is aware of the continuous decline and mismanagement prevailing in once world famous Forest Research Institute, Dehradun; and (b) whether Government has any plans to restore the glory of this Institute and put more focus on research and development its original aims, and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) There is no decline and mismanagement in Forest Research Institute, Dehradun.

(b) There has always been focus on research and development in Forest Research Institute, Dehradun. To deal with emerging research, development and extension needs like climate change predictions, sustainable forest management, extension of new forestry technologies for the people through Van Vigyan Kendras and demonstration plots etc., the Union Government has released special grant of Rs. 49.18 Crores during the period 2010-11 to 2013-14 to the Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education, Dehradun of which the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun is an important institution. This special grant is over and above the normal plan and non-plan budget of the Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education, Dehradun.

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ALLOCATION OF BUDGET TO HIMACHAL PRADESH 17th July, 2014

RSQ 937

SHRIMAT1 BIMLA KASHYAP SOOD

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

(a) Whether Himachal Pradesh has been provisionally allocated Rs.3.15 crore through several criteria / schemes by the Ministry in the year 2013-14; and (b) if so, when and under which scheme the amount was allocated, the details thereof?

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

(a) & (b): During the financial year 2013-14, an amount of Rs. 3.15 crore was tentatively allocated to the State Government of Himachal Pradesh under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme -‘Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats’. T he allocation was made on the basis of extent of Protected Areas (PAs) in the State, proportion of geographical area of the State notified as PAs,population density in the State and past performance in utilizing central assistance released.Against this, an amount of Rs. 3.56053 crore was released to the State Government on the basis of the Annual Plan of Operation for 2013-14, which was in addition to the unspent balance of Rs. 0.1253 crore carried over from the previous year(2012-13) to 2013-14.

Further, another Rs. 1.19796 crore was released to the State Government in 2013-14 in compliance with Orders of the Hon’ble High Court of Himachal Pradesh for addressing the monkey menace.

GREEN CREDIT SCHEME 17th July, 2014

RSQ 938

SHRI DILIPBHAI PANDYA

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

(a) Whether it is a fact that State Government of Gujarat has submitted ‘Green Credit’ Scheme to Central Government for approval; (b) if so, whether Central Government has taken any action on the proposal of ‘Green Credit’ Scheme; (c) whether it is a f act that though the Minister and the Secretary of the Department has agreed in principle, yet the scheme is not formally approved; and (d) if so, by when the scheme is likely to be approved?

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

(a) to (d) Yes, Sir. The Central Government has received the proposal by the name ‘Green Credit Scheme’ from the State Government of Gujarat. This proposal envisages advancing the obligatory compensatory afforestation in cases of diversion of forest land under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. The proposal has been examined in the Ministry and requires approval of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. The State Government of Gujarat has been advised to approach the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India for obtaining further directions.

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DATA REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE IN INDIA 17th July, 2014

RSQ 939

SHRI K.N. BALAGOPAL

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

(a) whether Government has the data regarding major effects and changes on India due to climate change in the last ten years, if so, the details thereof; (b) the steps taken by Government to control and overcome the ill effects; and (c) whether any mission mode project has started to address climate change?

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

(a) Yes, Sir. Climate Change operates on very long term multi-decadal scale. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) prepares assessment of observed changes and projected climate change scenarios at global/regional scale based on published data. At the national level, India's National communications (NATCOM) to the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are prepared periodically where data on major effects and changes are documented.

The data includes spatial pattern of trend in mean annual temperature anomalies, in a long time frame over most parts of the country. No significant long-term trends are reported in the frequencies of large-scale droughts or floods in the summer monsoon season. The total frequency of cyclonic storms that form over the Bay of Bengal has remained almost constant. Analysis of past tide gauge records for the Indian coastline regions gives an estimate of sea level rise of 1.30 mm/year. There is evidence that glaciers in Himalayas are receding, however it is unclear as to how much of this recession is attributable to climate change is unclear, as glacial retreat is also due to natural long-term inter-glacial cycles.

(b)&(c) Recognising the challenges of Climate Change, Government has released the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) on June 30, 2008, with a v iew to address the concern of the country. State Governments have also been requested to prepare the State Action Plan on Climate Change to address state specific issues.

NAPCC includes eight National Missions in areas of Solar Energy, Enhanced Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Habitat, Water, Sustaining the Himalayan Eco-system, Green India, Sustainable Agriculture and Strategic knowledge for Climate Change. These National Missions are being implemented by concerned Ministries.

IDENTIFICATION OF HIGHLY POLLUTING INDUSTRIES 17th July, 2014

RSQ 940

SHRI PALVAI GOVARDHAN REDDY

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

(a) the details of each of the 17 categories of highly polluting industries identified by the Ministry, the details of each category of above industries situated in various States, State-wise; (b) the monitory mechanism of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) and the Ministry to verify their compliance with respect to pollution standards; (c) whether it is a fact that out of nearly 500 such industries in undivided Andhra Pradesh, nearly 100 are non-complying with pollution standards, if so, the details of each of such industry; and (d) the action that the Ministry has taken on such industries?

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

(a)&(b) The Government has identified 3266 highly polluting 17 categories of industries. Of which, 2328 are complying 571 industries are non-complying and 367 industries have been closed down. The category-wise and State-wise list of such industries is given at Annexure-I and II respectively. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has setup a mechanism called Environment Surveillance Squad (ESS) programme with a purpose of carrying out surprise inspections of industrial units based on adoption of a uniform approach. Besides, State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) and Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) are also giving consent to establish and consent to operate to each industry, thereby prescribing standards, the compliance of which has to be ensured by the units. The monitoring of compliance is done by the concerned SPCBs/PCCs, on regular basis.

(c)&(d) There are a total of 472 highly polluting industries located in Andhra Pradesh. Of these, 359 are complying, 74 are non-complying and 39 are closed. The CPCB undertook inspections of 74 non-complying industries under its ESS programme. During the last 5 years (upto June, 2014), of the 17 industries found defaulting, directions were issued to 9 industries under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and 8 directions were issued to the concerned SPCBs/PCCs under Section 18(1)(b) of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 respectively. For the remaining 57 industries, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board is taking appropriate action as per the Water and Air Acts respectively.

ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) & (B) OF RAJYA SABHA UNSTARED QUESTION NO. 940 DUE FOR REPLY ON 17.07.2014 REGARDING IDENTIFICATION OF HIGHLY POLLUTING INDUSTRIES BY SHRI PALVAI GOVARDHAN REDDY:

STATUS OF 17 CATEGORIES OF INDUSTRIES (CATEGORY-WISE)

S. No Sector Complying Non Complying Closed Total 1 Aluminium 6 1 3 10 2 Cement 251 51 21 323 3 Chlor Alkali 26 2 2 30 4 Copper 4 1 1 6 5 Distillery 227 49 45 321 6 Dye & DI 123 4 11 138 7 Fertilizers 77 5 17 99 8 Iron & Steel 144 88 17 249 9 Oil Refinery 20 3 0 23 10 Pesticide 77 4 13 94 11 Petrochemical 32 5 3 40 12 Pharmaceutical 544 52 66 662 13 Power Plant 216 89 8 313 14 Pulp & Paper 183 26 36 245 15 Sugar 332 178 87 597 16 Tannery 60 12 37 109 17 Zinc 6 1 0 7 Total 2328 571 367 3266

ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) & (B) OF RAJYA SABHA UNSTARED QUESTION NO. 940 DUE FOR REPLY ON 17.07.2014 REGARDING IDENTIFICATION OF HIGHLY POLLUTING INDUSTRIES BY SHRI PALVAI GOVARDHAN REDDY:

STATE- WISE STATUS OF 17 CATEGORIES OF INDUSTRIES AS ON 19.05.2014

S. No State Complying Non Complying Closed Total 1 Andhra Pradesh 359 74 39 472 2 Arunachal Pradesh 2 0 0 2 3 Assam 36 12 1 49 4 Bihar 16 4 0 20 5 Chattisgarh 71 6 1 78 6 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 7 Daman & Diu 1 1 1 3 8 Delhi 2 0 0 2 9 Goa 13 2 0 15 40 | Page

10 Gujarat 302 7 8 317 11 Haryana 119 6 16 141 12 H.P. 14 0 3 17 13 Jharkhand 103 48 22 173 14 Jammu & Kashmir 7 0 3 10 15 Karnataka 175 30 26 231 16 Kerala 21 11 19 51 17 Lakshadeep 0 0 0 0 18 Madhya Pradesh 65 16 2 83 19 Maharashtra 317 145 58 520 20 Meghalaya 4 12 1 17 21 Mizoram 1 0 0 1 22 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 23 Orissa 37 17 11 65 24 Puducherry 5 2 0 7 25 Punjab 57 12 18 87 26 Rajasthan 69 31 18 118 27 Sikkim 3 1 0 4 28 Tamil Nadu 165 19 5 189 29 Tripura 10 1 6 17 30 U.P. 278 36 89 403 31 Uttarakhand 33 4 6 43 32 West Bengal 43 74 14 131 Total 2328 571 367 3266 Note: No data has been reported by 02 S tate/UT namely Manipur and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Data reported by Chattisgarh & Jammu & Kashmir is more than 03 years old.

ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGES 17th July, 2014

RSQ 941

SHRI Y.S. CHOWDARY

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

(a) whether it is a fact that due to climate changes, glacier, lakes and springs are receding, across the country, if so, the details thereof and reasons therefor; and (b) the steps taken/being taken by Government to minimize the adverse effects of climatic changes?

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

(a) The study conducted by Geological Survey of India indicates that the Himalayan glaciers are receding at a varying rate in different regions. The recession of glaciers is a part of the natural cyclic process of changes in size and other attributes of the glaciers. These changes could be attributed to various reasons including global warming.

(b) Government is implementing the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) since June 30, 2008. NAPCC includes eight National Missions in specific areas of Solar Energy, Enhanced Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Habitat, Water, Sustaining the Himalayan Eco-system, Green India, Sustainable Agriculture and Strategic knowledge for Climate Change.

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PLAN TO REDUCE DEFORESTATION 17th July, 2014

RSQ 942

SHRI RITABRATA BANERJEE

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

(a) in the backdrop of rapid urbanization, deforestation at micro-intensity and nominal volume is continuing in full swing to accommodate the population boom and in regard of the rural to urban migration of a greater percentage of population, whether there is any plan to deal with the problem by ensuring immediate cut in the issue of all sorts of ‘deforestation’; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a)& (b) To deal with the problem of deforestation and to enhance the forest and tree cover, following measures are taken:

Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change provides Grants-in-aid to State Governments under Intensification of Forest Management Scheme (IFMS). The aim of the scheme is to supplement the efforts of the States for forest management and protection. F unds under the scheme are utilized for patrolling of the forests, establishment of camps, building fire watch towers, creation and maintenance of fire lines, forest fire control, survey and demarcation of forest areas and strengthening forest infrastructure etc.

Afforestation in the country is taken up under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), National Bamboo Mission (NBM) and under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), 13th Finance Commission, different State Plan/ Non- Plan Schemes including externally aided projects. National Afforestation Programme (NAP) of the Ministry of Environment & Forests is a 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme for afforestation and tree plantation and eco-restoration of degraded forests and adjoining areas in the country. The Scheme is being implemented through a d ecentralized mechanism of State Forest Development Agency (SFDA) at State level, Forest Development Agency (FDA) at Forest Division level and Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) at Village levels. An amount of Rs.2500 crores has been approved for NAP in the 12th Five Year Plan. As on 31.03.2014, 800 FDA projects have been approved in 28 States in the country to treat an area of 20.24 lakh hectare under the NAP scheme since inception of the scheme in 2002.

FOREST DECLINE IN ANDHRA PRADESH 17th July, 2014

RSQ 943

SHRI PALVAI GOVARDHAN REDDY

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

(a) whether it is a fact that as per the State of Forest Report (SFR) 2011, Andhra Pradesh is the major State where forest decline is nearly 300 Sq. Kms; (b) if so, the forest cover in Andhra Pradesh as of SFR 2009 and SFR 2011; and (c) in what manner the Ministry is planning to take up management interventions so as to increase forest cover in Andhra Pradesh?

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

(a) As per the India State of Forest Report 2011, there was a decline of 281 sq.km. in forest cover of Andhra Pradesh as compared with the India State of Forest Report-2009.

(b) The forest cover in Andhra Pradesh as per the India State of Forest Report 2009 was 46670 sq.km and as per India State of Forest Report 2011, it was 46389 sq.km.

(c) The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Afforestation Programme (NAP) Scheme for regeneration of degraded forests and adjoining areas in the country including the State of Andhra Pradesh. The scheme is being implemented through a decentralized mechanism of State Forest Development Agency (SFDA) at State level, Forest Development Agency (FDA) at Forest Division level and Joint Forest Management committees (JFMCs) at village level. The details of approved area in respect of Andhra Pradesh under the NAP scheme during last five years are as follows: (Area in hectares) Year 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Approved 4182 2341 5453 0 1605 Area

Besides implementation of the National Afforestation Programme, following steps have been taken to increase the forest cover in the country:-

• Under XIIIth Finance Commission, Rs.268.64 crore has been allocated for Andhra Pradesh for five years starting from 2010-11 for conservation and development of forests; • Additional Central Assistance of Rs. 4.10 crore has been released to the State of Andhra Pradesh during 2009-10 for Restoration and Regeneration of Forest Cover.

• Tree Planting is also an approved activity under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and other schemes of Central and State Governments.

EXPEDITING ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCES 24th July, 2014

RSQ *244

SHRI KALPATARU DAS

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

(a) whether it is proposed to expedite environment clearances to ensure early execution of such projects pending since long, if so, the details thereof; (b) whether the above measures would help to ensure fast development of SEZ sector; and (c) the status to ensure fast execution of road projects in the naxal areas which have been held up on account of environment and other various reasons?

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

(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c) OF THE RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.244 FOR 24.07.2014 REGARDING EXPEDITING ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCES BY SHRI KALPATARU DAS.

(a) For expediting the process of grant of environmental clearance, this Ministry has taken various steps which include: (i) mandating online submission of applications for grant of Terms of Reference / Environment Clearance, (ii) holding regular and longer duration meetings of Expert Appraisal

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Committees for consideration of projects in different sectors, (iii) regular monitoring of status of pending projects, (iv) constitution of State / Union Territory Level Environment Impact Assessment Authorities (SEIAAs) in 27 States / UTs to deal with the Category ‘B’ projects, (v) issuing guidelines for Categorization of Category ‘B’ projects into Category ‘B1’ & ‘B2’, etc.

(b) With a view to further simplifying the environment clearance process for SEZs, following has been inter-alia decided: (i) In respect of laws and regulations pertaining to environment, Central / State Governments may delegate the power as allowed by the relevant statutes to an official of the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) posted in the zone. (ii) The Environmental Clearance for SEZs units under the EIA Notification, 2006 shall be considered on a high priority. (iii) Individual units may be exempted from public hearing in cases where the SEZ as a whole has undergone public hearing. In cases where the type of individual unit / process was not originally considered as a part of the SEZ project at the time of the public hearing for SEZ, a fresh public hearing will be required for that individual unit / process at an appropriate time.

(c) For highway expansion projects, the requirement of obtaining TORs has been dispensed with. The conditions for obtaining EC for national highway expansion projects have been relaxed. Only those expansion projects require EC where the expansion is greater than 100 km. involving right of way or land acquisition greater than 40 meters on existing alignments and 60 meters on r ealignments or bypasses.

Further, general approval under Section 2 of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for projects involving diversion of forest land, not located within the protected areas, for construction of two lane public roads by Government Departments in 117 Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts irrespective of the area of forest land involved in such projects has been accorded by this Ministry.

NAMES OF THE INDUSTRIAL UNITS POLLUTION THE RIVERS 24th July, 2014

RSQ *246

SHRI PRABHAT JHA

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

(a) whether it is a fact that National Green Tribunal has ordered that Central Pollution Control Board to publicise the names of the industrial units polluting the Ganges and other rivers; (b) if so, the details thereof and whether the names have been publicized, the details thereof; and (c) whether there is a plan to divide the industrial units into different categories according to the level of polluting the Ganges and other rivers and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Rajya Sabha Starred Question No. 246 to be answered on Thursday, the 24th July, 2014 on ‘‘Names of the industrial units pollution the rivers’’ raised by Shri Prabhat Jha. (a) & (b) National Green Tribunal (NGT) in its order dated 4th July 2014 in application no. 299 of 2013 in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh & Others vs. National Ganga River Basin Authority & others had ordered the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to upload the list of all polluting units of Uttar Pradesh discharging effluent into river Ganga and its tributaries in the public domain. A list of 972 polluting industries has been uploaded on the CPCB’s website.

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(c) CPCB has already identified Grossly Polluting Industries (GPI) on the basis of concentration of pollutants in effluent discharged into river Ganga. NGT, however has ordered for categorization of all polluting industries in UP.

INCIDENTS OF CROPS DESTRUCTION BY WILD ANIMALS 24th July, 2014

RSQ *247

SHRI BALWINDER SINGH BHUNDER

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

(a) whether the incidents of destruction of corps by wild animals in Punjab and other Northern parts of the country are increasing day by day; (b) whether it is also a fact that wild animals like wild pig, blue bull etc. cannot be killed under the Wild Life Laws; and (c) in this precarious situation, in what manner Government intends to help the farmers in protecting their crops?

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

(a),(b) and(c) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A), (B)AND (C OF THE RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.* 247 REGARDING “INCIDENTS OF CROPS DESTRUCTION BY WILD ANIMALS” BY SHRI BALWINDER SINGH BHUNDER FOR REPLY ON 24.07.2014:

(a) Management and conservation of wildlife and its habitats including issues related to human wildlife conflict is the responsibility of the concerned State / Union Territory Governments. However, the incidents of loss of lives/ injury to people and damage to crops and property by wild animals in the country including Punjab and other Northern part of the country have been received in the Ministry from time to time. There are indications that the incidents of human wildlife conflicts are increasing in the country.

(b) The Section 11(1)(b) of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 empowers he Chief Wildlife Warden and officers authorized by the State concerned for the purpose to permit any person, by order in writing and stating the reasons, to hunt animal or group of animals included in Schedule II, III or IV in a specified area that has become dangerous to human life or to property including standing crops on any land. The wild pigs and blue bulls, which are listed in Schedule III of the Act can, therefore, be permitted to be hunted by the Chief Wildlife Warden or the authorized officers of the State concerned.

(c) The Central Government provides financial assistance to State/Union Territory Governments under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes of ‘Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats’ ‘Project Tiger’ and ‘Project Elephant’ for management of wildlife and its habitats in the country. The activities supported under the scheme inter alia include construction /erection of physical barriers, such as barbed wire fence, solar powered electric fence, bio-fencing using cactus, boundary walls etc. to prevent the entry of wild animals into crop fields; improvement of wildlife habitat of wild animals by augmenting the availability of food and water in forest areas to reduce the egress of animals from forests to habitations; payment of ex-gratia relief to the victims of wild animal attacks and depredation; and setting up of anti-depredation squads to drive away problematic animals.

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HOSPITAL FACILITIES FOR ANIMALS 24th July, 2014

RSQ *259

SHRI PANKAJ BORA

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

(a) whether the zoo authorities of the country have hospital facilities for the animals and availability of drugs is sufficient to treat them; (b) if so, whether special and modern treatments are available in such hospitals; and (c) if so, the details of treatment facilities available therein?

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

(a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a), (b) & (c) OF THE RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 259 REGARDING HOSPITAL FACILITIES FOR ANIMALS BY SHRI PANKAJ BORA DUE FOR REPLY ON 24.07.2014.

(a) Out of 170 recognized zoos (excluding 22 circuses), the 89 zoos (Large, Medium, Small Zoos and Rescue Centre) have basic hospital facilities with sufficient commonly used drugs to treat the animals. The remaining 81 Mini Zoos have facility of treatment room as per the Recognition of Zoo (Amendment) Rules, 2013. However, such zoos are using the services of State Animal Husbandry Department or Veterinary College.

(b) & (c) All the zoos/ zoological parks in the country do not have well equipped veterinary hospitals/ clinics for providing specialized treatment to the animals. H owever, the zoos have basic facilities like quarantine & isolation wards, x-ray machine, clinical laboratory, operation theatre, surgical instruments, oxygen supply unit, anaesthetic drugs and tranquilizing equipments etc for attending to the emergency treatment of the animals. The zoo authorities have been availing the facilities for specialized and super specialty treatment in the Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, which has been identified as National Referral Centre by the Central Zoo Authority.

CHECKING OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION LEVEL 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1684

SHRI LAL SINH VADODIA

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

(a) whether it is a fact that Government is testing the level of environmental pollution in Delhi and other cities of the country; (b) if so, whether it is also a fact that the pollution is on rise in other cities of the country including Delhi; (c) if so, whether Government is contemplating to take any step to check the pollution; and (d) if so, the steps Government would to take and by when, if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a). Yes, Sir. The ambient air quality is regularly monitored in 240 cities, towns and industrial areas including Delhi under National Air Monitoring Programme (NAMP) by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with concerned State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) in

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terms of Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and PM10 (particulate matter having size equal to or less than 10 micron) across the country. The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) also monitor ambient air in Delhi.

(b). The levels of SO2 (annual average) are within the prescribed norms across the country. However, levels of PM10 exceed the norms in a m ajority of cities whereas NO2 are exceeding the norms in 24 cities including Delhi. NO2 is showing an increasing trend.

(c) & (d) The Government has taken various measures to check pollution in cities which inter alia include, supply of cleaner fuels as per auto fuel policy, use of gaseous fuel for public transport, pollution under control (PUC) certificate for in use vehicles, stringent source specific emission standards, strict compliance of source specific emission standards, use of beneficiated coal in thermal power plants, strengthening public transport, expansion of metro train system, implementation of revised emission norms for gensets, implementation of city specific action plan in 16 cities, etc.

PENDING APPLICATION FOR CLEARANCE 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1685

SHRI TARUN VIJAY:

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

(a) the number of applications pending for clearance and have been cleared in last one year for making roads and public utility purposes in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Sikkim and North Eastern States; and (b) whether Government is of the view that in critical and sensitive border areas, development work must not be halted due to the forest and environmental clearance conditions?

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

(a) 56 proposals under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and 11 pr ojects under the Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006 for roads and public utility sectors were granted clearance during the last one year in the States of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir and North Eastern States. As on date, 55 projects for Forest clearance and one project for environmental clearance are pending from these States.

(b) The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change is aware of the importance of developmental works in critical and sensitive border areas. Accordingly, it has taken following steps to simplify and expedite the process for grant of clearance. Under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980: • Grant of general approval under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for construction and widening of two lane roads by the Border Roads Organization (BRO) and other road construction agencies entrusted with the job by the Ministry of Defence, in the area falling within 100 kilometres aerial distance from the LAC; • Grant of general approval under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for widening of roads (by the BRO and other road construction agencies) which are identified by the Ministry of Defence as link roads, between Border Roads in the area within 100 kilometer aerial distance from the LAC and National Highways / State Highways / other State Roads; • Relaxation given to strategic projects in the border areas, being taken up in the area falling within 100 km aerial distance from the LAC by any user agency identified by the Ministry of Defence, to raise and maintain compensatory afforestation (CA) over an equivalent degraded forest land instead of double the degraded forest land; • Constitution of Working Group to review forest, wildlife and environment clearances; 47 | Page

• Exemption of BRO roads from compliance to the Schedule Tribe and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006; • Combined format for forest and wildlife clearance; and • General a pproval to 13 categories of public utility projects, including construction of bridges, involving forest land not more than 1 ha and felling of not more than 50 trees. Under Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006: • Process of obtaining Terms of Reference (ToRs) for widening of National Highways has been waived. Environmental Impact Assessment studies for Highway widening projects can now be carried out by the project proponents as per the model ToRs. • National Highway widening projects up to 100 km with additional Right of Way/ land acquisition of 40 m in main alignment and 60 m in bye pass alignments are exempted from getting prior Environmental clearance. • De-linking of Environmental clearance and Forests clearances. • Dispensation of separate clearance for borrow areas for soil and earth for Highway projects. Such projects can be considered along with the Environmental clearance for Highway projects.

ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR SINGAJI THERMAL POWER PROJECT 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1686

SHRI DIGVIJAYA SINGH

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

(a) whether the Madhya Pradesh’s Singaji Thermal Power Project has received the Ministry’s proposal for forest clearance; and (b) if not, the reasons therefor and by when it will be approved?

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

(a) & (b) Central Government on 18t h May 2012 h as already accorded final approval under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for diversion of 130.30 hecatres of forest land in favour of M.P. Power Generating Company Limited for setting up of Malwa Thermal Power Project in District Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. As per the information provided by the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Land Management) & the Nodal Officer, the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, name of the said project has subsequently been changed as Singaji Power Project.

FIXING OF GREEN BONUS FOR STATES 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1687

SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH MAHRA

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

(a) the criteria adopted for fixing of Green Bonus for the States along with the details thereof; (b) the list of States that are deemed to be entitled for Green Bonus in the country; (c) whether environment and forests enrichment work undertaken in the State of Uttarakhand are lesser than those undertaken in other States; and (d) if not, the details of reasons for giving less Green Bonus to the States?

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

(a) to (d) There is no scheme as Green Bonus in the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEF & CC). However, the recommendations of Thirteenth Finance Commission (XIIIth FC) include, inter- alia, release of Forest Grants aggregating to Rs.5000 crore for the award period 2010-15 as compensation to the States in lieu of the economic disability posed to them by the forest cover. The allocation of forest grants to the States is based on the share of the total forest area in the country falling in any particular State and the quality of the forest in each State, as measured by density. Based on this criteria of forest area share, forest cover quality and economic disability, the forest grant of Rs. 205.44 crore has been duly allocated to the State of Uttarakhand which is, inter-alia, utilized for the purpose of forest protection, management, afforestation, forest infrastructure etc. A statement showing the State-wise allocations and release of forest grants during 2010-11 to 2014-15 is annexed.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question Number 1687 due for answer on 24.07.2014 regarding Fixing of green bonus for States. Details of funds allocated and released under Thirteenth Finance Commission as Grants in Aid to Forests. Allocation Release State 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Total 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Total Release Allocation (2010-11 to (2010-15) 2013-14) Andhra Pradesh 33.58 33.58 67.16 67.16 67.16 268.64 33.58 33.58 67.16 67.16 201.48 Arunachal 90.98 90.98 181.96 181.96 181.96 727.84 90.98 90.98 126.92 82.26 Pradesh 391.14 Assam 23.08 23.08 46.16 46.16 46.16 184.64 23.08 23.08 11.54 11.54 69.24 Bihar 4.80 4.80 9.60 9.60 9.60 38.40 4.80 4.80 4.06 4.06 17.71 Chhatisgarh 51.39 51.39 102.78 102.78 102.78 411.12 51.39 51.39 102.78 102.79 308.35 Goa 4.61 4.61 9.22 9.22 9.22 36.88 4.61 4.61 2.31 6.92 18.45 Gujarat 10.24 10.24 20.48 20.48 20.48 81.92 10.24 10.24 20.48 20.48 61.44 Haryana 1.10 1.10 2.20 2.20 2.20 8.80 1.10 1.10 1.94 2.10 6.24 Himachal 12.58 12.58 22.14 27.24 Pradesh 12.58 12.58 25.16 25.16 25.16 100.64 74.54 Jammu&Kashmir 16.63 16.63 33.26 33.26 33.26 133.04 16.63 16.63 8.32 8.32 49.90 Jharkhand 18.93 18.93 37.86 37.86 37.86 151.44 18.93 18.93 37.14 38.58 113.58 Karnataka 27.63 27.63 55.26 55.26 55.26 221.04 27.63 27.63 54.64 55.88 165.78 Kerala 16.94 16.94 33.88 33.88 33.88 135.52 16.94 16.94 25.41 33.88 93.17 Madhya Pradesh 61.29 61.29 122.58 122.58 122.58 490.32 61.29 61.29 122.58 122.59 367.75 Maharastra 38.70 38.70 77.40 77.40 77.40 309.60 38.70 38.70 77.40 77.40 232.20 Manipur 18.79 18.79 37.58 37.58 37.58 150.32 18.79 18.79 28.19 46.98 112.75 Meghalaya 21.01 21.01 42.02 42.02 42.02 168.08 21.01 21.01 0.00 31.52 73.54 Mizoram 21.40 21.40 42.80 42.80 42.80 171.20 21.40 21.40 19.26 47.72 109.78 Nagaland 17.32 17.32 34.64 34.64 34.64 138.56 17.32 17.32 25.98 23.38 84.00 Orissa 41.37 41.37 82.74 82.74 82.74 330.96 41.37 41.37 76.53 88.96 248.23 Punjab 1.15 1.15 2.30 2.30 2.30 9.20 1.15 1.15 2.30 2.31 6.91 Rajastan 11.04 11.04 22.08 22.08 22.08 88.32 11.04 11.04 15.12 29.04 66.24 Sikkim 5.07 5.07 10.14 10.14 10.14 40.56 5.07 5.07 10.14 7.61 27.89 Tamil Nadu 17.81 17.81 35.62 35.62 35.62 142.48 17.81 17.81 35.62 35.63 106.87 Tripura 11.94 11.94 23.88 23.88 23.88 95.52 11.94 11.94 17.91 17.91 59.70 Uttar Pradesh 10.06 10.06 20.12 20.12 20.12 80.48 10.06 10.06 20.12 20.12 60.36 Uttarakhand 25.68 25.68 51.36 51.36 51.36 205.44 25.68 25.68 38.52 38.52 128.40 West Bengal 9.88 9.88 19.76 19.76 19.76 79.04 9.88 9.88 19.76 19.76 59.28 Total 625.00 625.00 1250.00 1250.00 1250.00 5000.00 625.00 625.00 994.26 1070.65 3314.91

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BUFFER ZONE AROUND OKHLA BIRD SANCTUARY 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1688

DR. T. SUBBARAMI REDDY

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

(a) whether Government is considering buffer zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary as an eco-sensitive or no development zone; (b) if so, whether it would allow the proposal of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh Governments to declare 100 meters around the zone; (c) if not, would it ensure that the proposed eco-sensitive zone should not cause hardship to the people who have invested in about 60,000 flats in the region, since most of them are from low middle class family having taken home loans from banks; and (d) whether Government would issue guidelines and safety norms for future construction in the region, if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) Yes, Sir. The Government of Uttar Pradesh has submitted a proposal for declaration of Eco-Sensitive Zone around the Okhla Bird Sanctuary. The basis of consideration of the proposal is the following decision of the National Board for Wildlife on 17th March 2005: “Delineation of Eco-Sensitive Zones would have to be site specific and relate to regulation, rather than prohibition of specific activities”.

(b) and (c) The Chief Wildlife Warden, Haryana has informed that no eco-sensitive zone on Haryana side of Okhla Sanctuary is required due to large distance from the Sanctuary. The proposal of Government of Uttar Pradesh has been considered in the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change in pursuance to the directions of the National Green Tribunal, the proposal of Eco-Sensitive Zone around the Okhla Bird Sanctuary was also discussed in a meeting chaired by the Secretary, Environment, Forests and Climate Change. The State Government of Uttar Pradesh has been requested to submit a revised proposal. The revised version has not been received in the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.

The declaration of eco-sensitive zones involves consultation with States and also seeking comments from the public, after issuing a preliminary notification giving 60 days for this purpose.

(d) The list of activities to be prohibited/ regulated in the eco-sensitive zones is provided as a part of the notification. Besides, the notification also provides for a Zonal Master Plan for all such activities in the areas notified as eco-sensitive zones.

ALLOCATION OF FORESTS TO INDUSTRIES WITHOUT CLEARANCE 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1689

SHRI LAL SINH VADODIA

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

(a) whether it is a fact that several States in the country have allocated the forests to the industries even without obtaining the approval of the Ministry; (b) if so, whether Government is going to take any action to save the jungles; and (c) if so, the details thereof and by when and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a) Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change does not have any specific information that some States have diverted and allotted the forest land to industrial units without prior permission/ clearance from the Central Government under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980

(b) & (c) In view of reply to part (a) above, reply to parts (b) and (c) does not arise.

CONCERN FOR THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1690

PROF. SAIF-UD-DIN SOZ

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

(a) the level of Government’s concern for the threat of climate change; and (b) whether Government proposes to maintain balance between development and protection of environment and ecology giving priority to the safeguards for protecting the ecology which has already become fragile?

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

(a) & (b) Government of India recognises the threats of climate change and has taken proactive steps to ensure India’s development path while protecting the environment and enhancing ecological sustainability. A National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) was launched on June 30, 2008 to address the urgent and critical concerns of the country. There are Eight National Missions which form the core of the NAPCC representing multi-pronged, long-term and integrated strategies on mitigation and adaptation for achieving key goals in the context of climate change and to pursue India’s development objectives. F urther, all States have also been requested to prepare State Action Plan on Climate Change consistent with objectives of NAPCC highlighting State’s specific issues relating to climate change.

SETTING UP OF NATIONAL CONSERVATION BREEDING CENTRE 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1691

SHRI NARAYAN LAL PANCHARIYA

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

(a) whether proposal has been received from Rajasthan Government for setting up National Conservation Breeding Centre for ‘Gondavan’ (Great Indian Bustard); if so, when this proposal was received; (b) whether Government has accorded its approval to the proposal for setting up National Conservation Breeding Centre; and (c) if so, the date on which approval was given, if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a)&(b) Based on the recommendation of the workshop held on 17.1.2014 on ‘Feasibility and Roadmap for Great Indian Bustard Captive Breeding’ the Ministry has initiated the process of establishing a National

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Conservation Breeding Centre for the Great Indian Bustard. The state of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra have been requested to consider making available about 4 square kilometer of suitable land and contribute 50% of the envisaged capital cost of Rs.30 crores over a two year period. Also a long term commitment of 50% of an estimated annual running cost of about Rs. 2 crores for about 15 years has been sought from them. The State Government of Rajasthan has agreed in principle to the proposal of the Central Government. However, the details regarding availability of land and commitment for funding has not been received from the state government of Rajasthan.

SCHEMES FOR EXTENDING FOREST COVER 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1692

SHRI NARAYAN LAL PANCHARIYA

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

(a) the details of the various schemes sanctioned over the years for extending forest cover in the country; (b) if so, the increase in forest cover with the implementation of these schemes; and (c) the names of States where forest cover has increased?

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

(a) The Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change is implementing two major Centrally Sponsored Schemes for extending forest cover in the country, namely National Afforestation Programme (NAP) for eco- restoration of degraded forest and adjoining areas in the country and Green India Mission(GIM) which aims to increase forest & tree cover on 5 million ha area, improve quality of forest cover on another 5 million ha area, environmental amelioration through climate mitigation, livelihood security of local communities and also to improve ecosystem services, through peoples participation on landscape approach. Under NAP, an amount of Rs. 3399.85 crores has been released to the States for treatment of an area of about 20.71 lakh hectares since inception of the scheme in 2000-02. Under GIM, the central assistance of Rs. 62.60 crores has been extended to the States during 2011-12 to 2013-14 for 100 landscapes.

Tree planting is undertaken in a number of schemes of various Ministries of Government of India such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), National Bamboo Mission, Thirteenth Finance Commission and various State Plan and Non Plan schemes which contribute in increasing forest cover in the country.

(b) As per India State of Forest Report 2013, there is a total increase of 5871 sq km. in the forest cover as compared to the previous assessment of 2011, which can be attributed to afforestation, conservation measures, management interventions etc.

(c) The States where forest cover is reported to have been increased are West Bengal, Odisha, Kerala, Jharkhand, Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat.

FORESTRY PROJECTS WITH EXTERNAL FINANCIAL AID 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1693

DR.KANWAR DEEP SINGH

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(a) whether the Ministry is implementing forestry projects in the country with external financial aid; if so, the number of such projects completed; (b) the amount of fund granted and utilised for forestry projects, for the last three years;and (c) the list of States in which the projects are implemented; and the criteria for selecting States for the programme?

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

(a) to (c). A number of forestry projects with external financial assistance are in operation in various States as per the details given in the Annexure. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change i s the administrative ministry for forestry projects and the implementing agencies are the respective State governments. However, only one project namely “Capacity Development for Forest Management & Training of Personnel” funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan is being implemented in the country with external financial aid by the ministry. This externally aided project is aimed at improving training of frontline forestry force by improving training infrastructure, training methodology & trainer development. The total cost of the project is Rs. 225.00 Crore for a period of five years. The loan component is of Rs. 206.00 Crore and the rest is Central Plan component. The details are as under (Amount in Rs.) S.No. Financial Year Funds Released to States 1 2011-12 35,17,79,628.00 2 2012-13 40,63,45,367.00 3 2013-14 8,64,80,215.00 Total 84,46,05,210.00

The project is being implemented in thirteen States namely Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal. The States under this project have been selected based on certain criteria including paucity of training infrastructure, willingness of the State to implement the scheme etc.

Annexure referred to in part( a )to( c) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No.1693 regarding Forestry projects with external financial aid by Dr.Kanwar Deep Singh to be answered on 24.07.2014

A list of Ongoing Forestry Projects with external financial assistance

S. No. Name of the Project Date of Loan Implementing Loan Amount Funding Agency Agreement Agency/ State (in Rs. Crores) 1. Assam Project on Forest and Feb 22, Assam 329.40 French Bio-diversity Conservation 2012 Development Agency West Bengal Forestry and March 29, 2012 West Bengal 344.37 Japan International 2. Biodiversity Conservation Co-operation Project Agency(JICA) 3. Rajasthan Forestry and June 16, Rajasthan 884.77 Japan International Biodiversity Project 2011 Co-operation (Phase-II) Agency(JICA) 4. Tamil Nadu Biodiversity February 17, 2011 Tamil Nadu 469.62 Japan International Conservation and Greening Co-operation Project Agency(JICA) 5. Sikkim Biodiversity March 31, 2010 Sikkim 280.41 Japan International Conservation and Forest Co-operation Management Project Agency(JICA) 6. Uttar Pradesh Participatory March 10, 2008 Uttar Pradesh 468.24 Japan International Forest Management and Co-operation Poverty Alleviation Project Agency(JICA) 7. Gujarat Forestry Development March 30, 2007 Gujarat 695.27 Japan International Project – Phase II Co-operation Agency(JICA) 8. Tripura Forest Environmental March 30, 2007 Tripura 306.54 Japan International Improvement and Poverty Co-operation Alleviation Project Agency(JICA) 9. Swan River Integrated March 31, 2006 Himachal Pradesh 140.28 Japan International Watershed Management Co-operation Project Agency(JICA) 10. Orissa Forestry Sector March 31, 2006 Orissa 559.71 Japan International Development Project Co-operation 54 | Page

Agency(JICA) 11. Tamil Nadu Afforestation March 31, 2005 Tamil Nadu 409.08 Japan International project phase-II Co-operation Agency(JICA) 12 Uttarakhand Forest April 11, 682.03 Japan International Japan International management Project 2014, Co-operation Co-operation Uttarakand Agency(JICA) Agency(JICA)

13. Karnataka Forest Management March 31, 633.70 Japan International Japan International Biodiversity Conservation 2005, Co-operation Co-operation Karnataka Agency(JICA) Agency(JICA)

CITIES GENERATING MAXIMUM PLASTIC WASTE 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1694

SHRI KALPATARU DAS

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

(a) the major cities in India that generate maximum plastic waste; (b) whether such waste is very harmful to the residents of such cities/towns; (c) if so, whether Government has laid down certain guidelines/instructions for the safety of the workers so employed in such plastic industries, if so, the details thereof; and (d) the mechanism to ensure that such guidelines are followed by all concerned?

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

(a) & (b): Based on a study conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board and Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology for sixty cities in the country during 2010-11, it was observed that ten cities viz. Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Surat, Kanpur and Pune generate more plastic waste. Littering of plastic waste can be harmful to the environment.

(c) & (d) This Ministry has notified the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 for management of plastic waste. These Rules, inter-alia, provide for norms for collection, segregation, storage, transportation, processing and disposal of plastic waste. Recyclers of plastic waste are required to obtain registration from the concerned State Pollution Control Board/ Pollution Control Committee. The Government has taken a number of steps for ensuring safety and health of workers through enactment of various Statutes in the form of the Factories Act, 1948 and the model Factories Rules framed there under as far as the manufacturing sector is concerned. These Statutes are also applicable to plastic industries. Various provisions under the Factories Act, 1948, i.e., constitution of the site appraisal committee, compulsory disclosure of the information by the occupier, specific responsibility of the occupier in relation to hazardous process, power of the Central Government to appoint an enquiry committee, emergency standards, permissible limits of exposure of chemicals and toxic substances, workers participation in safety management and right of workers to warn about imminent danger, etc. are required to be complied by the occupier of the such factories. The State Governments/ Union Territories frame their State Factories Rules under various enabling provisions of this Act and enforce these provisions through their State Factory Inspectorates and Directorates to ensure that the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 and State Factories Rules are complied by the occupier/ owner of the factories.

DETERIORATION IN RIVER WATERS 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1695

SHRI HUSAIN DALWAI 55 | Page

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

(a) whether deterioration in river waters is largely due to discharge of raw/partially treated sewage into the rivers, if so, the details thereof; (b) the estimated waste-water generation per day in Class I cities and Class II towns in the country; (c) against this, what is the treatment capacity available per day at present; and (d) in what manner Government propose to narrow and ultimately wipe out this gap?

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

(a) Discharge of untreated and partially treated industrial and municipal wastewater from cities/towns along the rivers constitutes the major source of pollution in rivers. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has identified 150 polluted stretches along various rivers in the country based on BOD (Bio-chemical Oxygen Demand) levels, a key indicator of organic pollution. State-wise details of polluted river stretches are at Annexure.

(b) & (c) According to the report published by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in December 2009, against an estimated sewage generation of about 38,254 million litres per day (mld) from Class-I cities and Class-II towns of the country, the treatment capacity is available only for 11,787 mld i.e. around 30% of the sewage generation.

(d) It is the responsibility of the State Governments/concerned local bodies to set up proper facilities for collection and treatment of sewage being generated and ensure that untreated sewage does not fall into the rivers, thereby polluting them. This Ministry is supplementing the efforts of the State Governments in abatement of pollution in identified stretches of various rivers under the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) and NGRBA (National Ganga River Basin Authority) programmes, for implementation of projects on a cost sharing basis between the Central and State Governments. NRCP & NGRBA programmes presently cover polluted stretches of 42 rivers in 199 towns spread over 21 States at a sanctioned cost of Rs.10716.45 crore. Sewage treatment capacity of 4957.98 million litres per day (mld) has been created so far under the two programmes.

In addition, State Governments, apart from their own budgetary allocations, are also accessing financial assistance for creation of sewerage infrastructure, including setting up of sewage treatment plants, in various towns under other Central Sector Schemes like JNNURM (Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission) and UIDSSMT (Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns) of Ministry of Urban Development. Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1695 to be answered on Thursday, the 24th July, 2014 on ‘Deterioration in river waters’ State-wise details of polluted river stretches

Sl. No. Name of State Name of the River No. of polluted stretches 1 Andhra Pradesh & Godavari, Krishna, Manjira, Musi, Maner, Nakkavagu, Pennar and Tungabhadra 9 Telangana 2 Assam Bharalu, Burhidihing, Deepar Bill and Kalong 4 3 Chandigarh Attawa choe, Patiala ki Rao and Sukhna choe 3 4 Delhi Yamuna 1 5 Gujarat Ambika, Anas, Amlakhadi, Bhogavo, Baleshwar Khadi, Dhadar, Daman Ganga, 19 Khari, Kaveri, Kim, Kolak, Mindhola, Mahi, Panam, Shedi, Sabarmati, and Tapi 6 Haryana Ghaggar, Gurgaon canal, Markanda, Western Yamuna canal, and Yamuna 5 7 Himachal Beas, Markanda and Sukhna, 3 Pradesh 8 Madhya Betwa, Chambal, Kshipra, Khan, Kalisot, Mandakini, Tons and Narmada 9 Pradesh 9 Maharashtra Bhima, Godavari, Mula & Mutha, Pawana, Panchganga, Patalganga, Indrayani, 28 Koyna, Kundalika, Kalu, Kanhan, Kolar, Mithi, Tapi, Girna, Nira, Weinganga, Wardha, Krishna, Purna, Nira, Chandrabhaga, Venna, Ulhas, Rangavali and Bhatsa 10 Punjab Satluj and Ghaggar 2 11 Tamil Nadu Adyar, Cooum, Cauvery, Noyyal, Vaigai, Tambiraparani, Bhavani and Palar 9 12 Uttar Yamuna, Hindon, Western Kali (partly covered), Kali Nadi (Eastern), Bagad, 12 56 | Page

Pradesh Ganga, Gomti, Ramganga, Saryu and Rihand 13 Karnataka Bhadra, Tunga, Tungabhadra, Laxmantirtha, Kali, Krishna, Hundri, Kundu, 11 Arkavati and Malprabha 14 Manipur Nambul 1 15 Rajasthan Bandi, Berech, Jojari, Chambal and Khetri 5 16 Uttarakhand Kosi, Dhela & kichha and Bahalla 3 17 Jharkhand Subarnrekha and Sankh 2 18 Kerala Karamana, Puzhackal and Kadambayar 3 19 Tripura Agartala canal and Haora 2 20 Bihar Sikrana 1 21 Chhattisgarh Arpa, Seonath and Mahanadi 3 22 Meghalaya Kharkhala and Umtrew 2 23 Odisha Kathjodi, Brahmani, Mahanadi and Kuakhai 4 24 Puducherry Arasalar 1 25 West Bengal Damodar, Ganga and Barakar 3 26 Nagaland Dhansiri 1 27 Sikkim Dikchu, Teesta, Maney khola and Ranichu 4 TOTAL 150

FOREST LAND USED FOR PUBLIC PROJECTS 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1696

DR. R. LAKSHMANAN

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

(a) the details of forest land which were used for Public Projects during the last three years; (b) whether Government has fixed any parameters which are to be taken into consideration for deciding the projects which will be in the interest of public at large; and (c) whether any comprehensive study was undertaken to ascertain the loss of forest cover after allotting the forest land for public projects, if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) & (b) The Central Government has not formulated any specific parameters for deciding the projects which will be in the interest of public at large. However, the Central Government while taking decision on proposals seeking prior approval of Central Government under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 have due regard to all or any of the following matters::-

(i) whether the forests land proposed to be used for non-forest purpose forms part of a nature reserve, national park, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or forms part of the habitat of any endangered or threatened species of flora and fauna or of an area lying severely eroded catchment; (ii) whether the use of any forest land is for agricultural purposes or for the rehabilitation of persons displaced from their residences by reason of any river valley or hydro-electric project; (iii) whether the State Government or the Union territory Administration, as the case may be, has certified that it has considered all other alternatives and that no other alternatives in the circumstances are feasible and that the required area is the minimum needed for the purpose; (iv) whether the State Government or the Union territory Administration, as the case may be, undertakes to provide at its cost for the acquisition of land of an equivalent area and afforestation thereof; (v) whether the per unit requirement of forest land is significantly higher than the national average for similar projects; and (vi) whether the State Government or the Union territory Administration, as the case may be, before making their recommendation has considered all issues having direct and indirect impact of the diversion of forest land on forest, wildlife and environment.

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railway, defence, hydro power, thermal power, wind power, transmission line, mining, rehabilitation, schools, dispensary/hospitals, medical college, drinking water, irrigation, regularization of encroachments, petrol pumps, quarrying etc.

Further, the Central Government, with a view to boost development in the 117 n umbers of Left Wing Extremism affected District has granted general approval for diversion of forest land upto 5 ha for activities like schools, dispensaries/hospitals, electrical and telecommunication lines, drinking water, water/rain water harvesting structures, minor irrigation canal, non conventional sources of energy, skill up gradation/vocational training center, power sub-stations, roads, communication posts, police establishments like police stations /outposts / b order outposts / watch towers in sensitive area identified by ministry of home affairs); and underground laying of optical fibre cables, telephone lines & drinking water supply lines, quarrying and medical colleges, being implemented by the Government Departments which are of critical public utility in nature.

Also, the Central Government has agreed to accord general approval under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for diversion of not more than 1 ha of forest land, in each case, for creation of critical development and security related infrastructure like schools, dispensaries/hospitals, electrical and telecommunication lines, drinking water, water/rain water harvesting structures, minor irrigation canal, non conventional sources of energy, s kill up gradation/vocational training center, power sub-stations, communication posts, construction/widening of roads including approach roads to roadside establishments, upgradation/strengthening/widening of existing bridges by BRO and police establishments like police stations /outposts / border outposts / watch towers in sensitive area identified by ministry of home affairs) lines.

(c) The Ministry, after examination of the proposal seeking diversion of forest land recommends need based project specific studies to assess the impact of project activity on the flora and fauna in the area proposed to be diverted under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.

DEFINITION OF RESERVED FOREST AREA 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1697

SHRI PRABHAT JHA

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

(a) whether it is a fact that industrialization and developmental activities are not allowed in forest area classified as reserved area, if so, the details thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal to change the definition of reserved forest area, if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) Any proposal related to industrialisation and developmental activities in a forest area including those classified as reserved forests requires prior permission of the Central Government as per provisions of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.

(b) There is no such proposal to change the definition of reserved forests.

CLEARANCE TO DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1698

SHRI NARESH AGRAWAL

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state: 58 | Page

(a) whether the developmental projects held up due to lack of clearance by the previous Government will be cleared; (b) the policy to be adopted to give clearance to the developmental projects; and (c) whether development will be given priority or environmental balance will be our concern while giving clearance?

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

(a)& (b) This Ministry considers the project proposals of various sectors for grant of Environment Clearance (EC) as per provisions of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006, as amended from time to time. The Notification also provides time-lines for various stages of clearance process. Some times, delay occurs essentially on account of delay in receipt of requisite information from the Project Proponents and delay in conduct of Public Hearing by the concerned District level authorities.

The Ministry has taken a number of initiatives for expediting the decision making in Environment Clearance process which include, (i) Online submission of applications for grant of Term of Reference/ Environment Clearance, (ii) Regular and longer duration meetings of Expert Appraisal Committees for consideration of projects in different sectors, (iii) regular monitoring of the status of the pending projects, (iv) Constitution of State / Union Territory level Environment Impact Assessment Authorities (SEIAAs) in 27 States/ UTs to deal with the Category ‘B’ projects, (v) Guidelines for Categorization of B Category projects into B1 & B2 Category etc..

(c) The EC process under the EIA Notification, 2006, as amended, aims at mainstreaming environmental issues in developmental process. Various streamlining decisions taken by the Government from time to time are with a view to facilitating timely and objective decision making without compromising the integrity of the environment.

POACHING OF WILDLIFE AROUND NATIONAL PARKS 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1699

SHRIMATI SASIKALA PUSHPA

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

(a) whether it is a fact that large scale poaching of wildlife is going on in and around the National Parks and zoos in the country during the last two years: (b) if so, the details thereof, year-wise, category-wise, national park-wise; and (c) the action being taken to protect wildlife and to punish the guilty?

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

(a) and (b) The management and protection of wild animals in and around the National Parks in the country is carried out by the concerned State/Union Territory Governments. National Park-wise details of poaching of wild animals are not collated in the Ministry. Further as per information available in the Ministry there has been no poaching of wildlife in the zoos of the country for the last two years except one incident at the Biological Park, Itanagar on 24th September 2012 wherein killing of one female Bengal Tiger was reported.

(c) The State Government of Arunachal Pradesh has recommended the said case to Special Investigation Team of Police. Further, the Central Zoo Authority has issued an alert to all Zoos in the country to keep necessary vigil regarding any such attempts.

In addition, the important steps taken by the Government for protection of wild animals in the country includes:

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i. Endangered species of animals including Tiger, Elephants, Lion, Rhino, etc are listed under Schedule – I of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 thereby according them highest degree of protection.

ii. Legal protection has been provided to wild animals against hunting and commercial exploitation under the provisions of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.

iii. The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, has been amended and made more stringent. The punishments for offences have been enhanced. The Act also provides for forfeiture of any equipment, vehicle or weapon that is used for committing wildlife offence(s).

iv. Protected Areas, viz., National Parks, Sanctuaries, Conservation Reserves and Community Reserves covering important wildlife habitats have been created all over the country under the provisions of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 to conserve wild animals and their habitats. v. Financial and technical assistance is provided to the State/ Union Territory Governments under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes of ‘Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats', ‘Project Tiger’ and ‘Project Elephant’ for providing better protection to wildlife and improvement of its habitat. vi. The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has been set up to strengthen the enforcement of law for control of poaching and illegal trade in wildlife and its products. vii. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been empowered under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 to apprehend and prosecute wildlife offenders. viii. The State/Union Territory Governments have been requested to strengthen the field formations and intensify patrolling in and around the Protected Areas.

ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE NORMS FOR PROJECTS 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1700

SHRI DILIPBHAI PANDYA

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

(a) whether Government has decided to relax environmental clearance norms for projects requiring forest land, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; (b) whether an adverse impact on environment is likely to take place in the event of such relaxations, if so, the reaction of the Government thereto; and (c) whether Government has formulated any guidelines so as to reduce the diversion of forest land, and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a)&(b) As per the guidelines, the environment clearance (EC) of a project involving forest land is granted only after the project proponent has obtained Stage-I forest clearance (FC). These guidelines are inter alia stated in this Ministry’s OM No.J-11015/200/2008-IA.II(M) dated 31.03.2011 and 09.11.2011.

This Ministry received representations from various stakeholders to delink grant of EC from FC in case of linear projects such as roads, transmission lines, pipelines, etc., involving patches of forest land along their alignment, often stretching to several hundred kilometers. After careful consideration of the matter, this Ministry vide OM No. 11015/200/2008-IA.II(M) dated 19.03.2013 conveyed the decision that pending grant of Stage-I FC, EC to linear projects may be issued subject to certain stipulations contained therein.

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This Ministry vide OM No.J-11013/41/2006-IA.II(I) dated 19.04.2012, had also linked the issuance of EC of thermal power projects with Stage-I FC for the linked coal mine. Based on request received from the Ministry of Power, this Ministry vide OM of even number dated 30.12.2013 provided exemption from this requirement in respect of Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPPs) linked to captive coal blocks subject to certain stipulations as stated therein.

The aforesaid relaxations / dispensations have been given in public interest with a view to facilitating execution of such projects without compromising integrity of the environment.

(c) Diversion of forest land for non-forest purpose requires prior approval of Central Government under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. Approval under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for diversion of forest land for non-forest purpose is accorded only after examining all feasible alternatives and after Central Government is satisfied that diversion of forest land is unavoidable and bare minimum. Central Government while according approval under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for diversion of such forest land stipulates appropriate conditions to mitigate impact of diversion of forest land. These conditions inter alia include transfer and mutation of equivalent non-forest land for compensatory afforestation and realization of funds from the user agency for raising compensatory afforestation, NPV, implementation of wildlife conservation plan, catchment area treatment plan, etc.

MAHARASHTRA REQUEST FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1701

SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE

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

(a) whether C entral Government has received any request from the State Government of Maharashtra regarding grant of environmental clearance to the proposals of dam construction in the State, if so, the details thereof as on date, the latest status of this proposal; and (b) by when this proposal is proposed to be finalised along with the reasons for delay?

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

(a) & (b) Three (3) irrigation project proposals namely, Lendi Major Irrigation (Interstate) Project in Nanded District of Maharashtra having command in Nizamabad District of Andhra Pradesh, Lower Tapi Lift Irrigation Scheme in Jalagaon District and Krishna Marathwada Lift Irrigation Project in Osmanabad District have been received from Government of Maharashtra for environmental clearance (EC). These projects were considered by the designated Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC). Expert Appraisal Committee has sought additional information/clarifications from the project proponents. All the projects are being appraised for consideration of environmental clearance within stipulated time of Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006.

RELAXATION FROM ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1702

DR. SATYANARAYAN JATIYA

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

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(a) whether the demand for giving relaxation from the environmental clearance for the mines with an area of less than five hectare of secondary minerals in Madhya Pradesh will be met to fulfil the employment and construction related needs of the people; and (b) if so, the action taken so far along with the status of the clearance?

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

(a)&(b) The Supreme Court vide its judgment dated 27.02.2014 in I.A. Nos.12-13 of 2011 in Special Leave Petition (C) No.19628-19629 of 2009 titled Deepak Kumar etc. Vs. State of Haryana & Ors. etc. inter alia ordered that leases of minor mineral including their renewal for an area of less than 5 ha will be granted by the States / Union Territories only after getting environment clearance (EC) from this Ministry. This Ministry has since delegated the function for grant of EC of minor mineral mining projects of area less than 5 ha to the concerned State level Environment Impact Assessment Authorities.

The aforesaid court order had also directed the State Governments and Union Territories to take immediate steps to frame necessary rules under section 15 of the Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act) taking into consideration the recommendations of MoEF in its report of March 2010 and model guidelines framed by the Ministry of Mines, Government of India.

The Government of Madhya Pradesh has represented that since they have framed necessary rules under the MMDR Act, as per directions of the Supreme Court, the minor mineral mining projects in the State of area less than 5 ha may be exempted from the requirement of EC. This Ministry has decided to examine the Minor Mineral Concession Rules framed by some of the State Governments, pursuant to aforesaid court order dated 27.02.2012 from environment angle, and file petition before the Supreme Court stating that this Ministry may be authorized to examine and clear such rules from environment angle. It is proposed to obtain Supreme Court approval to the proposal that once this Ministry has examined such rules and approved them from environment angle, minor mineral mining projects of less than 5 ha area in that State may stand exempted from the requirement of EC.

LAKE REHABILITATION PROJECTS 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1703

DR. CHANDAN MITRA

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

(a) the details of lake rehabilitation projects undertaken under the National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-System (NPCA) - State-wise; (b) the progress status of each of the projects undertaken under NPCA; and (c) the fresh steps taken by Government to restore and conserve all the fast degrading lakes of the country especially in Madhya Pradesh through an integrated eco-system approach?

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

(a) to (c) This Ministry has been implementing the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Lake Conservation Plan (NLCP) for conservation of polluted and degraded lakes in urban and semi-urban areas of the country on 70:30 cost sharing between the Central Government and respective State Governments (90:10 for North Eastern States). Proposals for conservation of lakes are considered subject to their conformity with Guidelines of the scheme, pollution status, prioritization, and availability of Plan funds.

Based on the proposals received from different States, the Ministry has so far sanctioned projects for conservation of 62 lakes in 14 States at a total cost of Rs.1041.96 crore under the scheme, which includes 4 projects in Madhya Pradesh at a co st of Rs.87.41 crore. State wise details are at Annexure. Out of these, conservation works for 27 lakes have been completed so far, including one lake in Madhya Pradesh.

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For better synergy and to avoid overlap, NLCP has been merged with another scheme of National Wetlands Conservation Programme into one integrated scheme of National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-Systems for holistic conservation of lakes and wetlands during the XII Plan period.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No.1703 to be answered on Thursday, the 24th July, 2014 on ‘Lake rehabilitation projects’ raised by Dr.Chandan Mitra State-wise list of lakes covered under NLCP/NPCA (in Rs.crore) S. No. State Lake Approved cost Funds released (till March, 2014) 1. Karnataka 3 lakes of Bangalore namely Vengaiahkere, Nagavara 11.48 6.83 and Jarganahalli 2. -do- Bellandur lake, Bangalore 5.54 2.63 3. -do- Kotekere lake, Belgaum 5.64 3.95 4. -do- Bhishma lake, Gadag 2.50 1.58 5. -do- Lal Bagh, Bangalore 1.66 1.16 6. -do- Channapatna lake, Hasan 4.97 2.97 7. -do- Sharanbhasveshwara lake, Gulbarga 4.89 3.25 8. -do- Akkamahadevi lake, Haveri 2.64 1.624 9. -do- Kundawada lake, Davangere 3.41 2.35 10. -do- Kote Tavarekere lake, Chikmagalur 3.64 2.137 11. -do- Tripuranthkeshwar lake, Bidar 4.67 2.50 12. -do- Gowramma and Hombalamma lakes, Magadi town, 4.77 0.84 Bangalore Rural 13. -do- Amanikere Lake, Tumkur 13.37 7.34 Sub total 69.18 39.16 1. Andhra Pradesh Banjara lake, Hyderabad 4.30 2.70 Sub total 4.30 2.70 1. Maharashtra Powai lake, Mumbai 6.62 4.70 2. -do- 9 lakes in Thane 2.53 1.77 3. -do- Mahalaxmi lake, Vadagaon 1.85 1.29 4. -do- Rankala lake, Kolhapur 8.65 5.36 5. -do- Varhala Devi lake, Bhiwandi 4.60 2.80 6. -do- Siddheshwar Lake, Solapur 4.32 2.755 Sub total 28.57 18.765 1. Rajasthan Mansagar lake, Jaipur 24.72 17.30 2. -do- Anasagar lake, Ajmer 18.27 5.675 3. -do- Pushkar sarovar, Ajmer 48.37 26.73 4. -do- Fatehsagar lake, Udaipur 41.86 15.325 5. -do- Pichola lake system, Udaipur 84.75 14.20 6. -do- Nakki Lake, Mount Abu 7.33 2.78 Sub total 225.30 82.01 1. Tamilnadu Ooty lake 1.75 1.732 2. -do- Kodaikanal lake, Dindigul 10.42 2.00 Sub total 12.17 3.732 1. Tripura 3 lakes of Agartala 2.02 0.50 Sub total 2.02 0.50 1. Uttrakhand 4 lakes in Nainital 16.85 11.175 2. -do- Nainital lake, Nainital 47.97 30.93 Sub total 64.82 42.105 1. West Bengal Rabindra Sarovar 6.96 4.00 2. -do- Mirik lake, Darjeeling 4.01 1.00 3. -do- 22 km stretch of Adi Ganga in South 24 Parganas 24.94 11.30 4. -do- Sahib Bundh lake, Purulia 12.60 4.67 Sub total 48.51 20.97 1. J&K Dal lake, Sri Nagar 298.76 248.85 Sub total 298.76 248.85 1. Kerala Veli Akkulum lake, Thiruvananthpuram 24.56 4.30 Sub total 24.56 4.30 1. Orissa Bindu sagar lake, Bhubaneshwar 3.50 2.21 Sub total 3.50 2.21 1. Madhya Pradesh Rani talab, Rewa 3.31 2.18 2. -do- Sagar lake, Sagar 21.33 4.00 3. -do- Shivpuri lakes, Shivpuri 51.99 7.75 4. -do- Sindhsagar Lake, Ashok Nagar 10.78 - Sub total 87.41 13.93 1. Nagaland Twin lakes in Mokokchung 25.83 8.81 Sub total 25.83 8.81 1. Uttar Pradesh Mansi Ganga lake, Govardhan 22.71 14.72 63 | Page

2. -do- Ramgarh Tal, Gorakhpur 124.32 71.20 Sub total 147.03 85.92 Grand Total 1041.96 573.873

ASSISTANCE FOR FOREST COVER IN HILLY AND TERRAIN DISTRICTS 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1704

DR. V. MAITREYAN

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

(a) whether Government has provided any financial and logistic assistance for increasing the forest cover in hilly and terrain districts of country; (b) if so, the details thereof and the list of such districts in the country; (c) whether it is a fact that the forest cover in the country are in decrease due to acute water shortage and environmental degradation by human agencies; (d) the remedial steps taken by Government to provide adequate technological and financial support to increase the forest cover in these districts; and (e) the total funds allocated to Tamil Nadu in the last three years in this regard?

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

(a) & (b) The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) is implementing a 100% centrally sponsored “National Afforestation Programme (NAP)” scheme for regeneration of degraded forests and adjoining areas 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. Presently, there are about 800 FDAs engaged with NAP implementation of which about 248 FDAs fall in hilly areas of 16 States. A State-wise list of such hilly districts is annexed. Under NAP, the grants are released to SFDAs and implementation is monitored at the state level. An amount of Rs. 3399.85 crores has been released to the States for treatment of an area of about 20.71 lakh hectares since inception of the NAP scheme in 2000-02 covering these hilly FDAs.

(c) As per the biennial India State of Forest Reports, the forest cover in the country over the last decade has been stabilized despite sizable biotic pressure on the forest land and its resources. The latest India State of Forest Report, 2013 has rather reported a net increase of 5871 sq.km. in the forest cover in the country as compared to the previous assessment of 2011, which can be attributed to mainly afforestation, soil-moisture-water conservation measures, appropriate forest management, technology interventions, etc.

(d) In addition to financial support for afforestation purpose, under NAP scheme, technology funds are also provided for Improved Technologies such as tissue culture, clonal seedlings, root-trainers, rhizobia culture, specialized silvi-cultural operation etc.

(e) An amount of Rs. 3.08 crore, Rs. 2.78 crore and Rs. 3.21 crore has been released to the State of Tamil Nadu during 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 respectively.

Annexure referred to in reply of parts (a) and (b) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No.1704 on “Assistance for forest cover in hilly and terrain districts” asked by Dr. V. Maitreyan due for reply on 24.07.2014

S. No Name of State No. of FDAs in Name of Forest Development Agencies (FDAs) hilly areas 1 Arunachal Pradesh 19 Changlang, Nampong, KurungKumey, Banderdewa, Longding (Jhum), Seppa, Pasighat, Deomali, Lohit, Daporijo, Sagalee, Khonsa, Shergaon, Along,

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Towang, Bomdila, Hapoli, Yingkiong and Anini 2 Assam 4 North Cachar Hills, KarbiAnglong (East), Karbi Anglong (West), Hamren. 3 Himachal Pradesh 36 Bilaspur, Kunihar, Nalagarh, Bharmaour, Churha, Dalhausi, Pangi, Dharmshala, Nurpur, Palampur, H amirpur, Kullu, Lahul, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una, Dehra, Parvati, Seraj, Joginder Nagar, Karsog, Nachan, Suket, Nahan, Panota, Ramgarh, Renukaji, Ani, Kotgarh, Rampur, Chopal, Rohru, Theog, WL Chamba and GHNP. 4 Jammu and Kashmir 28 Kishtwar, Bhaderwah, Batote, Ramaban, Marwah,Doda, Ramnagar, Billawar, Reasi, Nowshera, Mahore, Rajouri, Poonch, Udhampur, Jammu, Kathua, JV baramulla, Tangmarg, Budgam, Bandipora, K ulgam, Kamraj, Lidder, Anantang, Khamil, Lagate,Shopen and Sindh. 5 Karnataka 18 Chikmaglur, Koppa, Bhadra WL, Maidekeri, Virajpet, Magalore, Shimoga, Shimoga WL, Sagar, Bhadravathi WL, Kundapur, Karkala (Kudermukh WL), Karwar, Sirsi, Honnavar, Haliyal, Yellapur and Dandeli WL. 6 Kerala 14 Kozikode, N Wayanad, S Wayanad, WL Wayanad, Palakkad, Thrissur, Thiruvanathapuraram, K annur, T hodupuzha, Punalur, Mannarkad, Konni, Ranni and Chalakudi. 7 Maharashtra 12 Pune, Bhor, Junner, Sangli, Satara, Alibag, Roha, Sawantwadi, Shahpur, Dahanu, Thane and Jawahar 8 Manipur 10 Imphal West(CFD), Thoubal, Bishnupur, Ukhrul(EFD), Tengnoupal(Chandel), Senapati, Kangpokpi(NFD), Jiribam(Imphal East), Tamenglong(WFD), Churachandpur(SFD). 9 Meghalaya 9 Jaintia Hills, East Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills, Ri-Bhoi, East Garo Hills, West Garo Hills, South Garo Hills, Jaintia Hills(T) andKhasi Hills WL. 10 Mizoram 21 Aizawl, Darlawn, Lunglei, Tlabung, Champhai, Kolasib, Mamit, Kwarthah, Thenzawl, N Vanlaiphai, Mara, Chakma ADC, Lai, Wild life Division, Dampa TR, Chhimtuipui WL, Tawi WL, Murlen National Park, Khawlungwl WL, Thorangtlang WL and Lengteng WL. 11 Nagaland 11 Dimapur, Kohima, Kohima Social Forestry, Peren, Mokokchung, Mon, Phek, Tuensang, Wokha, Doyang, Zunheboto.

12 Sikkim 9 East Sikkim, North Sikkim, South Sikkim, West Sikkim, East (WL), North (WL), South (WL), West (WL) and KNP.

13 Tamil Nadu 6 Nilgiris, Tirunelveli, Madurai (N), Kanyakumari, Coimbatore and KMTR.

14 Tripura 11 Manu, Ambassa, Sepahijala, Teliamura, Sadar, Bagafa, Gumti, Udaipur, Trishna(WL), Kailashahar and Kanchanpur.

15 Uttarakhand 38 Addl. Soil Conservation Ram Nagar, Alaknananda Soil Conservation, Almora, Civial&SoyamAlmora, Soil Conservation Ranikhet, Bageshwar, Badrinath, Nanda Devi National Park, Central Tarai, Chakrata, Champavat, Civial&SoyamPauri, Corbett Tiger Reserve, Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Kalagarh Tiger Reserve, Kalsi, Kedarnath WL, Lansdowne, Mussoorie, Nanital, Narendra Nagar, PauriGarhwal, Pithoragarh, Ramnagar, Soil Conservation Uttarkashi, Soil Conservation Nanital, Soil Conservation Lansdowne, Tarai West, Tarai East, Tehri Dam 1, Tehri Dam 2, Tehri Dam Garhwal, Tones Purola, Upper Ganga, Upper Yamuna and Uttarkashi.

16 West Bengal 2 Darjeeling WL and Darjeeling.

Total : 248

PLAN FOR PLANTATION OF TREES 24th July, 2014

RSQ 1705

SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH MAHRA

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

(a) whether Government is aware that water enrichment is being affected due to chir, poplar and eucalyptus trees in the country;

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(b) if so, whether Government would consider to make any action plan for plantation of trees saving water in place of chir trees in hilly areas and poplar and eucalyptus trees in plain areas so that the effect on water enrichment may be ended; and (c) if not, the mode and steps which Government is going to take for reducing the spread of chir, poplar and eucalyptus, so that depletion of ground water may be contained?

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

(c) Forest and tree cover help in arresting excessive run off and thus improving water percolation. Soil moisture distribution profile under plantations of different tree species reveals that soil moisture under plantations of chir, eucalyptus etc. is at par with plantations of other species like teak and khair. There are no specific reports on the adverse impact of chir, poplar and eucalyptus plantations on water regime of surrounding areas.

(d) & (c) In view of the reply to part (a) above, reply to parts (b) and (c) does not arise.

ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE 31st July, 2014

RSQ *321

SHRI HUSAIN DALWAI

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

(a) whether India is highly vulnerable to climate change, if so, the details in this regard; (b) whether any assessment of both short term and long term impact of the climate change in the country has been made, if so, the details thereof; and (c) in what manner Government proposes to address this issue?

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

(a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Statement referred to in reply to Part (a) to (c) of Rajya Sabha Starred Question No. 321 by Shri Husain Dalwai regarding ‘Assessment of impact of climate change’

Like rest of the world, India is also vulnerable to climate change. India’s Second National Communication (SNC) submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in May, 2012, has provided observed impacts, projections on future climate scenarios and likely adverse impacts of climate change on water resources, agriculture, forests, natural eco-systems, coastal zones, health energy and infrastructure. The report also projects a variable rate of change in agriculture production including losses in some crops, whereas Net Primary Productivity is likely to increase by an average of 30.3% by 2035, and 56.2% by 2085. Increase in temperature is also likely to cause severe droughts and flood problems. As far as the Health sector is concerned, malaria is projected to spread in new areas and threats of transmission are likely to increase.

Since Climate Change is a long-term phenomenon, a study has been conducted to assess the impact of climate change on four key sectors of Indian economy, namely agriculture, water, natural ecosystems & bio-diversity and health in four climate sensitive regions of India, namely the Himalayan region, the Western Ghats, the Coastal Area and the North-East Region. Based on this, a report titled “Climate Change and India: A 4X4 Assessment - A Sectoral and Regional Analysis for 2030s” was published in 2010. The study projects an overall warming, increase in precipitation with variable water yield, change in the composition of the forests, spread of Malaria in new areas and threats of its transmission for longer duration, which are likely to cause adverse impact on the lives of human beings.

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Being aware of the likely implications of climate change the Government formulated National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) and released on 30th June 2008. NAPCC outlines eight Missions in specific areas of solar energy, enhanced energy efficiency, sustainable habitat, water, sustaining Himalayan Ecosystems, Green India, sustainable agriculture and strategic knowledge for climate change. These National Missions form the core of the National Action Plan, representing multi-pronged, long term and integrated strategies for achieving key goals in the context of climate change. Further, all States have also been requested to prepare State Action Plans on Climate Change consistent with objectives of NAPCC highlighting State’s specific issues relating to climate change.

POLICY FOR CLEARANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOREST RELATED PROJECTS 31st July, 2014

RSQ *322

SHRI PRABHAT JHA

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

(a) whether it is a fact that clearances to environment and forest-related projects were usually delayed and there was also lack of transparency in the procedure during the last five years, if so, the details thereof; and (b) whether Government is contemplating on carrying out policy related changes with the objective of giving clearance to projects within a minimum possible time-frame and to make the procedure more transparent, if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) & (b) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*322 FOR ANSWER ON 31.07.2014 REGARDING POLICY FOR CLEARANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOREST RELATED PROJECTS

(a) The project proposals for environment clearance are considered as per the provisions of the Environment Impact Assessment Notification (EIA), 2006, as amended from time to time, which inter alia provides timelines for various stages of clearance process. Sometimes, delays occur essentially on account of delay in receiving requisite information from the project proponents and in conducting public hearing by the concerned district level authorities.

As regards proposals requiring forest clearance, the same are considered as per the provisions of the Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2003, as amended in 2014, which inter alia stipulate the timelines for processing of such proposals. Sometimes, delays occur on account of delay in receipt of requisite information from the project proponents/ State Governments and in site visit in respect of the proposals involving more than 100 ha of forest land.

(b) Online submission of applications for Terms of Reference (ToRs) and Environment Clearance (EC) has been mandated w.e.f. 1st July 2014 with a view to increasing transparency and facilitating expeditious decision making process. Further notification S.O. No.1599 (E) dated 25.06.2014 has been issued, amending the EIA Notification 2006, thereby delegating more powers to the State level Environment Impact Assessment Authorities (SEIAAs) for granting EC and further streamlining the processes.

As regards forest clearance, a web portal for submission and monitoring of forest clearance proposals has been launched on 15th July 2014. The forest clearance applications will be accepted only through online mode w.e.f. 15th August 2014. Further general approval has been issued under section-2 of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for diversion of forest land required for construction and widening of two lane roads by BRO, including 67 | Page widening of link roads identified by the Ministry of Defence, in the area falling within 100 kilometers aerial distance from the line of actual control and construction of two lane public roads by Government Departments in 117 Left Wing Extremism affected districts. Also, general dispensation available for undertaking compensatory afforestation over degraded forest lands so far available to the transmission lines upto 220 KV has been extended to all kinds of transmission lines.

ORDER OF NGT ABOUT CONSTRUCTION WITHIN 10 KM. RADIUS OF OKHLA BIRD SANCTUARY 31st July, 2014

RSQ *330

SHRI SALIM ANSARI

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to State.

(a) whether the National Green Tribunal has passed an order that construction within 10 km. radius of Okhla Bird Sanctuary cannot be given completion certificate leaving buyers/builders in Noida, Delhi and Greater Noida in the lurch ; (b) if so, the steps Government proposes to take to resolve the issue as quickly as possible in the interest of several lakhs flat buyers; (c) whether 100 meters boundary around the sanctuary is considered to be enough for bird species and migratory birds as per international standards; and (d) if so, the steps Government proposes to take to restrict 100 meters boundary to protect interest of lakhs of buyers?

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

(a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO * 330 REGARDING ‘ORDER OF NGT ABOUT CONSTRUCTION WITHIN 10 KM. RADIUS OF OKHLA BIRD SANCTUARY’ BY SHRI SALIM ANSARI DUE FOR REPLY ON 31.07.2014.

(a) The National Green Tribunal vide their order dated 28.10.2013 had directed that “..all the building constructions made within 10 km radius of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary or within distance of eco-sensitive zone as may be prescribed by the Notification issued by the MoEF shall be subject to the decision of the NBWL and till the time the clearance of NBWL is obtained, the authority concerned shall not issue completion certificates to the projects”.

(b) The Government of Uttar Pradesh submitted a proposal for declaration of Eco-Sensitive Zone around the Okhla Bird Sanctuary. In pursuance of the directions of the National Green Tribunal, the proposal of Eco- Sensitive Zone around the Okhla Bird Sanctuary was discussed in a meeting chaired by the Secretary, Environment, Forests and Climate Change and some modification in the proposal after a site inspection by a committee of representatives of MoEF, Governments of Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi was suggested. The inspection was carried out and the State Government of Uttar Pradesh has been requested to submit the revised proposal. The revised version has not been received in the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.

The requirement of clearance of NBWL for the building projects within 10 km of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary is based on the direction of Hon’ble Supreme Court dated 4th December 2006 i n Writ Petition 460/2004 for referring to NBWL all cases where Environmental Clearance (EC) had been granted for activities within 10 km zone.

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However, no proposal for building construction within 10 km s of Okhla Sanctuary has been received for consideration of the Standing Committee of NBWL.

(c) & (d) the basis of declaration of Eco-Sensitive Zone is the following decision of the National Board for Wildlife on 17th March 2005:

“Delineation of Eco-Sensitive Zones would have to be site specific and relate to regulation, rather than prohibition of specific activities”.

Eco-Sensitive Zones are to be notified in consultation with the State Government based on site specific scientific criteria. Certain activities as provided in the Eco-Sensitive Zone Notification are to be regulated as prescribed in the notification.

REDUCTION OF FOREST RESOURCES 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2304

SHRI BHUBANESWAR KALITA

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

(a) whether it is a fact that Forest resources in India particularly in North-East and specifically in Assam are reducing; (b) if so, the rate of reduction of forest resources and the reasons for such depreciation; (c) the steps that have been taken to increase and protect the forest area; and (d) the number of plantation of trees in North-East Region?

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

(a) & (b) As per the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2013 there has been an overall decline of 627 square kilometers forest cover in the North-Eastern States as compared to India State of Forest Report-2011. The decline in forest cover in the State of Assam is to the tune of 2 square kilometers with respect to India State of Forest Report- 2011. The reasons for decrease in forest cover for North Eastern Region are shifting cultivation, biotic pressure, landslide etc.

(c) & (d) In order to improve the quality of degraded forest areas and to bring new areas under forest cover, afforestation in the country is taken up under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes such as National Afforestation Programme (NAP), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), National Bamboo Mission (NBM) and under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), 13th Finance Commission, different State Plan/ Non- Plan Schemes including externally aided projects. National Afforestation Programme (NAP) of the Ministry of Environment & Forests is a 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme for afforestation and tree plantation and eco-restoration of degraded forests and adjoining areas in the country. The Scheme is being implemented through a decentralized mechanism of State Forest Development Agency (SFDA) at State level, Forest Development Agency (FDA) at Forest Division level and Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) at Village levels. The details of funds released and approved area for North- Eastern States including Assam under the National Afforestation Programme Scheme during last three years and current year so far are given in Annexure-I.

Besides above, under 13th Finance Commission, out of the total allocation of Rs. 1676.72 crore for North- Eastern Region including Assam, Rs. 928.04 crore has been released so far. The details of funds allocated and released under 13th Finance Commission for North-Eastern States from 2010-11 to 2014-15 are given in Annexure-II. Additional Central Assistance of Rs. 1777.00 crore has been released to North-Eastern States including Assam during 2009-10 for restoration and regeneration of forest cover. The details are given in Annexure-III.

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To prevent felling of trees, Ministry provides Grants-in-aid to State Governments under Intensification Forest Management Scheme (IFMS). The aim of the scheme is to supplement the efforts of the States forest management and protection. Funds under the scheme are utilized for patrolling of the forests, establishment of camps, building fire watch towers, creation and maintenance of fire lines, forest fire control, survey and demarcation of forest areas and strengthening forest infrastructure. Under the IFMS Rs. 5106.81 lakhs were released to States/UTs for the year 2013-14. Out of which Rs. 1268.65 were released to North Eastern States for the year 2013-14. The details of funds released under Intensification Forest Management Scheme (IFMS) to North Eastern States during last three years are given in Annexure-IV.

Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (c) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2304 due for answer on 31.07.2014 regarding ‘Reduction of forest resources’.

Statement of funds released and approved area for North Eastern States including Assam from the year 2011-12 to 2014-15 under National Afforestation Programme (NAP) Scheme

S. No State Amount Released (Rs. in crore) Approved Area (Area in Hectare) 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 1 Arunachal 0.00 1.66 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 Pradesh 2 Assam 7.95 1.47 2.99 0 0 0 3675 0 3 Manipur 12.74 9.46 12.12 4.00 4250 3970 2530 1835 4 Meghalaya 4.31 9.10 4.50 3930 3000 3000 5 Mizoram 13.44 8.78 11.94 7.50 2600 2500 3000 3135 6 Nagaland 11.69 10.88 9.82 5.50 8000 2910 4000 2130 7 Sikkim 11.18 5.42 3.77 3.00 3730 650 1095 1851 8 Tripura 13.69 3.50 11.99 4.50 6220 4435 4547 1796 Total (NE States) 75.00 50.27 57.13 24.50 28730 17465 21847 10747

Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2304 due for answer on 31.07.2014 regarding ‘Reduction of forest resources’.

Allocation & Release of Grants-in-Aid for Forests under 13th Finance Commission in respect of NE States from 2010-11 to 2014-15

(Rs. in Crore)

Allocation Release 2010- 2011- 2012- 2013- 2014- Total 2010- 2011- 2012- 2013- 2014- Total 11 12 13 14 15 Allocation 11 12 13 14 15 release (2010-15) (2010- 11 to 2014- 15) Arunachal 90.98 90.98 181.96 181.96 181.96 727.84 90.98 90.98 126.92 82.26 0.00 391.14 Pradesh Assam 23.08 23.08 46.16 46.16 46.16 184.64 23.08 23.08 11.54 11.54 0.00 69.24 Manipur 18.79 18.79 37.58 37.58 37.58 150.32 18.79 18.79 28.19 46.98 9.40 112.75 Meghalaya 21.01 21.01 42.02 42.02 42.02 168.08 21.01 21.01 0.00 31.52 0.00 73.54 Mizoram 21.40 21.40 42.80 42.80 42.80 171.20 21.40 21.40 19.26 47.72 10.70 109.78 Nagaland 17.32 17.32 34.64 34.64 34.64 138.56 17.32 17.32 25.98 23.38 0.00 84.00 Sikkim 5.07 5.07 10.14 10.14 10.14 40.56 5.07 5.07 10.14 7.61 0.00 27.89 Tripura 11.94 11.94 23.88 23.88 23.88 95.52 11.94 11.94 17.91 17.91 0.00 59.70 Total 209.59 209.59 419.18 419.18 419.18 1676.72 209.59 209.59 239.94 268.92 20.10 928.04

Annexure-III referred to in reply to part (c) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2304 due for answer on 31.07.2014 regarding ‘Reduction of forest resources’.

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3 Manipur 273.00 4 Meghalaya 39.00 5 Mizoram 430.00 6 Nagaland 156.00 7 Tripura 234.00 Total 1777.00

Annexure-IV referred to in reply to part (c) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2304 due for answer on 31.07.2014 regarding ‘Reduction of forest resources’

Details of fund released under the IFMS to North Eastern States during last three years (2011-12 to 2013-14) (Rs. in lakhs) S. States Amount Released No. North Eastern States 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 1 Assam 246.64 0.00 0.00 2 Arunachal Pradesh 261.15 0.00 0.00 3 Manipur 461.81 117.51 294.86 4 Meghalaya 161.26 144.64 244.83 5 Mizoram 253.17 292.00 284.74 6 Nagaland 346.97 0.00 145.92

ENVIRONMENT PLAN TO SAVE THE RIVERS 31st July, 2014

LSQ 2305

SHRI NARAYAN LAL PANCHARIYA

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

(a) whether Government is going to formulate a plan to save those rivers of the country from getting polluted which are being subjected to pollution, if so, the details thereof; and (b) whether Government proposes to make the Jojari river of Jodhpur, pollution free, if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) Conservation of rivers is an ongoing an collective effort of the Central and State Govt. This Ministry is supplementing the efforts of the State Governments in abatement of pollution in identified stretches of various rivers under the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) and NGRBA (National Ganga River Basin Authority) programmes, for implementation of projects on a cost sharing basis between the Central and State Governments. NRCP & NGRBA programmes presently cover 42 rivers in 199 towns spread over 21 States at a sanctioned cost of Rs. 10716.45 crores. Various pollution abatement schemes taken up under these programmes, inter-alia, include interception and diversion of raw sewage, setting up of sewage treatment plants, creation of low cost sanitation facilities, setting up of electric/improved wood crematoria and river front development. Sewage treatment capacity of 4957.98 million litres per day (mld) has been created so far under the two programmes.

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(b) Pollution abatement schemes under NRCP are sanctioned from time to time on the basis of the proposals received from the State Governments. N o proposal for abatement of pollution in river Jojari at Jodhpur, Rajasthan has been received in this Ministry for consideration under NRCP.

PROGRESS ON ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2306

SHRI AJAY SANCHETI

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

(a) whether the focus of the ongoing Twelfth Five Year Plan is on ‘environmental sustainability’,if so, the details thereof; and (b) the details of progress made in this direction during the first two years of the Twelfth Five Year Plan?

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

(a) The focus of the Twelfth Five Year Plan is on faster, more inclusive and sustainable growth. The Plan recognizes that no development process can afford to neglect the environmental consequences of economic activity, or allow unsustainable deletion and deterioration of natural resources. It has identified twelve focus areas in this direction, namely (i) energy efficiency in industry, (ii) use of advanced coal technology, (iii) technology improvement in iron and steel industry, (iv) technology improvement in cement industry,(v) fuel efficiency improvement in motor vehicles, (vi) urban public and non-motorized transport, (vii) labeling of super-efficient equipment,(viii) adoption of green building codes,(ix) national wind energy mission,(x) national solar mission, (xi) efficiency improvement of freight transport, and (xii) stock improvement of forest and tree cover.

The targets set out for environmental sustainability are (i) increase green cover by one million hectare every year during the Plan period; (ii) add 30,000 MW of renewable energy capacity in the Plan period; and (iii) reduce emission intensity of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in line with the target of 20 per cent to 25 per cent reduction by 2020 over 2005 levels.

(b) During the first two years of the Plan, the annual Plan outlay of this Ministry was Rs. 2,430/- crore each year. However, this Ministry's allocation was reduced to Rs. 1,800/- crore in 2012-13 at Revised Estimates (RE) stage and to Rs. 1,850/- crore in 2013-14. Against these revised allocations, actual expenditure incurred was Rs. 1,636.17 crore or 90.90% in 2012-13 and Rs. 1,811.34 crore or 97.91% in 2013-14.Physical progress in the first two years was broadly commensurate with the financial allocations across the respective Plan Schemes/ Programmes.

MULTI-LATERAL EFFORTS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2307

SHRI AJAY SANCHETI

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

(a) whether multi-lateral efforts on sustainable development and climate change have led to several positive outcomes, if so, the details thereof; and (b) in what manner India has benefited by these outcomes?

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

(a)and (b) The most significant outcomes of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio+20, held in June, 2012, from the point of view of the developing countries including India, have been the restoration of the centrality of equity and the principle of common but differentiated responsibility in the global environmental discourse; placing poverty eradication at the centre of the global development agenda; providing the required domestic policy space to the countries on green economy; and launching of process / mechanism relating to development of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and developing financing strategy for sustainable development. Subsequently, India has been actively participating in the meetings of the Open Working Group on S ustainable Development Goals and Inter-Governmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing with a view to protecting our interests in these negotiations.

As regards climate change negotiations, in the Conference of Parties held in Durban in 2011, it was decided by countries to negotiate a new agreement by 2015 under the Ad-hoc Working Group on Durban Platform for Enhanced Action which would come into force from 2020. In the Doha Climate Change Conference held in 2012, amendments were carried out to the Kyoto Protocol making the second commitment period of emission reduction by Kyoto Protocol parties effective immediately beginning January 1, 2013. In Warsaw, in 2013, an important decision on an International Mechanism on Loss and Damage to help vulnerable developing countries cope with severe climate change impacts was taken, which will have a positive impact on developing countries including India. India has been able to protect its interests in these negotiations.

FOREST LAND FOR DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2308

SHRI VIJAY JAWAHARLAL DARDA

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

(a) whether Indian forests have lost 2.79 lakh hectare forest area for various development projects; (b) if so, the details of forest land lost in such projects, State-wise; (c) how much afforestation has been done in the various parts of the country; and (d) what is the corporate social responsibility of the corporate houses executing those projects in this regard?

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

(a) to (c) Since 25.10.1980, the Ministry of Environment and Forests has granted approval for diversion of 11,89,294 ha of forest land for non-forestry purposes involving 23,511 proposals. State wise detail of proposals received from various State/UT Governments for diversion of forest land for non-forestry purposes is given in Annexure -I.

The State/UT Governments, under the National afforestation Programme (NAP) being implemented in the country, has taken up afforestation over 20,71,747 ha of land in various parts of the country during the last 14 years. In addition to this, compensatory afforestation is also being carried out, in lieu of forest land diverted under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.

(d) The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities are undertaken by the companies, as per their stated CSR Policy, as projects or programs or activities (either new or ongoing), excluding activities undertaken in pursuance of its normal course of business. The Ministry, while according approval under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 also stipulates need based conditions to be complied with by the user agency as a part of their CSR.

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Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) to (c) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question no. 2308 asked by Shri Vijay Jawaharlal Darda regarding ‘Forest land for developmental projects’ due for reply on 31.07.2014

State wise details of proposals received from various State/UT Governments for diversion of forest land under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.

Total Approvals accorded (In-principle + final) Sr. No. Category No. of proposals Area Diverted (in hectares) 1 Andaman & Nicobar Island 94 2,788.82 2 Andhra Pradesh 655 53,708.34 3 Arunachal Pradesh 237 37,194.21 4 Assam 271 8,286.74 5 Bihar 189 6,827.11 6 Chandigarh 28 49.108 7 Chhattishgarh 510 1,06,259.08 8 Dadar & Nagar Haveli 226 300.821 9 Daman & Diu 1 3.95 10 Delhi 12 40.058 11 Goa 101 2,231.52 12 Gujarat 1541 73,014.94 13 Haryana 2433 6,547.84 14 Himachal Pradesh 1653 15,022.68 15 Jammu & Kashmir 8 1,500.09 16 Jharkhand 389 31,654.43 17 Karnataka 780 45,500.74 18 Kerala 235 40,986.79 19 Lakshdeep 0 0 20 Madhya Pradesh 1056 3,88,214.62 21 Maharashtra 1610 1,01,736.45 22 Manipur 31 2,555.34 23 Meghalaya 102 794.447 24 Mizoram 32 26,196.40 25 Nagaland 0 0 26 Orissa 538 57,120.73 27 Pondichery 1 0.96 28 Punjab 3330 64,380.72 29 Rajasthan 685 31,548.19 30 Sikkim 340 3,140.53 31 Tamil Nadu 469 2,725.85 32 Tripura 286 7,772.56 33 Uttar Pradesh 1022 21,405.55 34 Uttaranchal 4530 45,418.86 35 West Bengal 116 4,366.06 TOTAL 23511 11,89,294.54

Category wise detail of area diverted

Total Approvals accorded (In-principle + final) Sr. No. Category No. of proposals Area Diverted (in hectares) 1 Defence 254 50,534.13 2 Dispensary/Hospital 40 115.16 3 Disputed Settlement Claims 0 0.00 4 Drinking Water 1529 3,617.11 5 Encroachments 64 3,68,432.07 6 Forest Village Conversion 16 41,170.01 7 Hydel 498 1,18,460.56 8 Irrigation 2107 1,32,716.28 9 Mining 1761 1,67,980.03 10 Others 7977 1,73,275.22 11 Railway 280 9,048.31 12 Rehabilitation 48 18,463.85 13 Road 6255 52,294.22 14 School 139 2,709.18 15 Thermal 54 7,032.78 16 Transmission Line 2361 38,858.33 17 Village Electrification 50 178.02 18 Wind Power 78 4,409.27 Total 23511 11,89,294.54

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COMMITTEE OF SENIOR EARTH SCIENTISTS 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2309

SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH MAHRA

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

(a) whether it is proposed to set up a committee of Senior Earth Scientists to find out the reasons of climate change in the Himalayan region; (b) if so, the scientists of different fields to be included in this committee; and (c) if not, the details of the measures to be taken to contain the destruction being caused in these regions due to climate change occurring in the Himalayan region?

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

(a) No, Sir.

(b) Does not arise.

(c) Government is implementing the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). One a mongst the eight National Missions i.e. National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE) has been launched to evolve management measures for sustaining and safeguarding the Himalayan glaciers and mountain eco-system. All Himalayan States have been requested to prepare State Action Plan on Climate Change consistent with objectives of NAPCC highlighting State specific issues relating to climate change.

KILLING OF TREES DUE TO FIXING OF HOARDINGS/ADVERTISEMENTS 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2310

SHRI RAJKUMAR DHOOT

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

(a) whether it is a f act that hoardings, advertisements fixed with big nails and concrete covers at the bottom of trees, particularly on the roads and public places like markets are killing trees in the National Capital and other parts of the country, if so, the details thereof; and (b) the remedial measures that Government propose to take in this regard?

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

(a) & (b) This Ministry has no specific reports that hoardings and advertisements fixed with big nails on the trees and concrete covers at the bottom of the trees, particularly on the roads and public places are killing the trees in the National Capital and other parts of the Country. Management and protection of forests and trees is primarily the responsibility of concerned State/Union Territory Governments.

As per the directions of Hon’ble National Green Tribunal vide their order dated 23rd April, 2013 in the Original Application No. 82 of 2013, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has requested all the concerned Ministries, Departments and agencies for strict implementation of the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi’s order dated 19.09.2007 in W.P. (C) No. 1772/2007, wherein, it is stated that concretization around the trees should be stopped and remedial action taken to save the trees from concretization that has already been done.

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MAHARASHTRA PROPOSAL FOR TRANSFER OF FOREST LAND 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2311

SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE

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

(a) whether Government has received any proposal from the State Government of Maharashtra with regard to sanctioning the proposals of the transfer of forest land in the State, if so, the details thereof as on date; (b) the latest status of this proposal; and (c) by when this proposal will be finalized and the reasons of delay in this regard?

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

(a) to (c) During the period of 25.10.1980 to 30.06.2014, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has received approximately 2,136 proposals from the State Government of Maharashtra, seeking prior approval of the Central Government under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for diversion of forest land for non-forestry purposes. Out of 2,316 proposals, 1,610 proposals involving 1,01,736 ha of forest land have been accorded approval under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 by the Central Government, 502 proposals have been closed/rejected/returned or withdrawn on their merits while another 24 proposals are at various stages of clearance. Grant of forest clearance under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 is a continuing process. Proposals seeking diversion of forest land are examined in light of provisions of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and rules and guidelines framed thereunder.

Quite often the proposals, received by the Ministry, are not complete in all respects and the Central Government has to seek further details/ documents from the concerned State Governments resulting into pendency of the proposals. The Ministry intimates the shortcomings in the proposal immediately to the State Government and as soon as the proposal complete in all respect is received, the Ministry promptly takes decision on the proposal.

NGT FOR ENVIRONMENT RELATED CASES 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2312

SHRI ISHWARLAL SHANKARLAL JAIN

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

(a) whether National Green Tribunal (NGT) is being constituted to hear the environment related cases and settle disputes concerning environmental or natural resources, if so, the details thereof; (b) whether there has been pendency of several such cases to be heard in various courts over the year; and If so, (c) whether all those cases would be dealt with by NGT if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) As per preamble, object and reasons of the NGT Act, 2010, the National Green Tribunal has been established for the effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources including enforcement of any legal right relating to environment and giving relief and compensation for damages to persons and property and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

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(b) National Green Tribunal was established on 18.10.2010 and court commenced from 4.7.2011. In the year 2011, 26 cases were transferred from National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) to NGT. Further, pursuant to the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, a total of 291 caseshave been transferred to NGT by various High Courts till 11.11.2013. The institution and disposal of cases in the NGT till 31st March, 2014, is detailed below.

Year Institution Disposal Pending Cumulative pending 2011 142+(26 Transferred cases) 163 5 5 2012 548 438 110 115 2013 3116 1585 1531 1646 2014 909 492 417 2063

(c) All cases as pending before National Green Tribunal are being dealt under the provisions of NGT Act. Under Section 14 of the National Green Tribunal Act 2010:

14(1) The Tribunal shall have the jurisdiction over all civil cases where a substantial question relating to environment (including enforcement of any legal right relating to environment), is involved and such question arises out of the implementation of the enactments specified in Schedule -I (2) The Tribunal shall hear the disputes arising from the questions referred to in sub-section (l) and settle such disputes and pass order thereon. (3) No application for adjudication of dispute under this section shall be entertained by the Tribunal unless it is made within a period of six months from the date on which the cause of action for such dispute first arose:

Provided that the Tribunal may, if it is satisfied that the applicant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the application within the said period, allow it to be filed within a further period not exceeding sixty days.

IDENTIFICATION OF ESA IN KERALA BY KASTURIRANGAN COMMITTEE 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2313

SHRI S. THANGAVELU

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

(a) whether it is a fact that 3,114.3 sq.km. of human settlement, plantations and agricultural land in Kerala form the Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESA) identified by the Kasturirangan Committee on the conservation of the Western Ghats, if so, the details thereof; and (b) whether it is also a fact that the said Committee had recommended the demarcation of a total of 59,940 sq.km. as ESA in the six States bordering the Western Ghats, if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) & (b) The High Level Working Group under the Chairmanship of Dr. K. Kasturirangan, the then Member (Science), Planning Commission, had identified approximately 59,940 sq. km. of natural landscape of Western Ghats as an Ecologically Sensitive Area, which includes 13, 108 sq. km. of Ecologically Sensitive Area falling in the state of Kerala. The identified Ecologically Sensitive Area represents a co ntinuous band of natural vegetation extending over a horizontal distance of 1,500 km and is spread across six states of Western Ghats region namely, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Subsequently, the State Government of Kerala had demarcated Ecologically Sensitive Area in the State by physical verification. While doing so, the State Government excluded agricultural areas, orchards, horticultural plots, plantation and residential areas from the Ecologically Sensitive Area as demarcated by the High Level Working Group. The Ecologically Sensitive Area recommended by the State Government of Kerala is spread over of an area of 9993.7 sq. km., which includes 9107 sq. km. of forest area and 886.7 sq. km. of non-forest area.

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DEFINITION OF PROTECTED FOREST AREA 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2314

SHRI VIJAY GOEL

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

(a) whether it is a fact that industrial and development activities are not permitted in classified forests area being protected areas, if so, the details thereof; and (b) whether it is proposed to change the definition of protected forests area, and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) Any proposal related to industrial and development activities in a forest area including those classified as protected areas requires prior permission of the Central Government as per provisions of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. Further, in accordance with the provisions of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 and the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, a proposal seeking diversion of land from a protected area such as National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary is required to obtain the recommendations of the State Board for Wildlife as well as the Standing Committee of National Board on Wildlife and the final approval of the Supreme Court.

(b) There is no such proposal to change the definition of protected forests area.

ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR THERMAL POWER STATION AT WANAKBORI 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2315

SHRI DILIPBHAI PANDYA

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

(a) whether Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd. (GSECL) has requested Government to issue environment clearance for 1x800 Mega Watt Super critical coal based thermal power station at Wanakbori; (b) whether Ministry had issued environment clearance on 2 December, 2013 by stipulating specific condition; (c) whether GSECL has requested to amend the environment clearance issued on 2 December, 2013 and Expert Appraisal Committee also recommended that environment clearance may be amended but the clearance is still awaited; and (d) if so, what are the reasons therefor and by when the environment clearance is likely to be given?

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

(a) to (d) Environmental Clearance (EC) was accorded by this Ministry for “Expansion by addition of 1x800 MW (Extension Unit-8) Super-Critical Coal Based Thermal Power Plant at Wanakbori, in Gujarat to M/s. Gujarat State Electricity Corpn. Ltd.” on 02.12.2013 subject to environmental safeguards. An amendment to the said EC was accorded on 04.07.2014.

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AWARENESS PROGRAMME TO CLIMATE CHANGE 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2316

SHRI SANTIUSE KUJUR

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

(a) whether the Government has taken up important awareness programmes to educate the people with focus to climate change and global warming;and (b) the details of such educational programmes, budget expenditure and mode of execution thereof ?

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

(a) Government has many programmes for environmental awareness. However, there is no specific component to educate people with focus to climate change and global warming.

(b) Question does not arise.

HAVOC WITH WILDLIFE/PARKS IN TELANGANA 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2317

SHRI MOHD. ALI KHAN

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

(a) whether the floods play havoc with some wildlife/parks in the country particularly in Telangana; (b) if so, the details thereof and the loss estimated during the last 3 years, State wise; and (c) the steps being taken to protect animals at such times in future in each State particularly in Telangana?

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

(a) & (b) The floods occasionally lead to some loss of wildlife like drowning and sweeping away of animals as well as to the property of National Parks and Sanctuaries.

During the floods in Uttarakhand in 2013, as per the report received from Uttarakhand, six National Parks in Uttarakhand suffered damage to the properties like roads, bridges, retaining walls and soil conservation structures etc amounting to Rs 18.85 Crores.

However, no other reports of widespread loss to wildlife/parks by floods in the country particularly Telangana have been received in the Ministry.

(c) The Ministry provides assistance to States/ Union Territories under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats, Project Elephant and Project Tiger for various activities related to habitat improvement including soil and moisture conservation and water development activities.

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BENEFITS TO THE TECHNICAL STAFF OF ICFRE 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2318

SHRI RAM NARAIN DUDI

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the technical staff of the Indian Council of Forest Research and Education under the Ministry have not received the benefits of the recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission till date and the reasons therefor;

(b) the details of rules regarding their promotion; and

(c) the details of action taken by the Ministry on the directions given by the Central Administration Tribunal (CAT) on the recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission on 01.01.1996 and to provide technical services like ICAR from 01.02.2000?

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

(a) No, Sir. The replacement scales as per the recommendations of Fifth Pay Commission were provided to the Technical Staff of Indian Council of Forest Research and Education.

(b)Extracts from the Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education, Technical Officer and Staff Recruitment Rules, 2012 r elating to recruitment and promotion of Research Officers Grade-I, Research Officer Grade-II, Research Assistant Grade-I (General), Research Assistant Grade-II (General) and Technical Assistant Group C are placed at Annexure-I.

(c) A copy of the Order dated 3rd June, 2014 of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Bangalore bench in O.A. No.1039/2013 filed by Shri K.T. Chandrasekhar has been received only on 28.7.2014.

ANNEXURE-I

Extracts from the Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education, Technical Officer and Staff Recruitment Rules, 2012 relating to recruitment and promotion of Research Officer Grade-I, Research Officer Grade-II, Research Assistant Grade-I (General), Research Assistant Grade-II (General) and Technical Assistant Group ‘C’ referred to in reply to part (b) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No.2318 to be answered on 31.7.2014

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NEW PLAN TO CHECK AIR AND WATER POLLUTION 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2319

SHRI PARVEZ HASHMI

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

(a) whether it is a fact that as per the report issued by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) lacs of people die every year owing to polluted air and water too in our country, if so, the details of the said report; (b) whether Government is going to implement any new plan to check air and water pollution; and (c) the details of the outcome of the schemes being run in this regard?

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

(a) As per The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Environmental Survey Report, 2014 carried in collaboration with the Department for International Development, United Kingdom’s International Development Agency, 11214 respondents were interviewed in eight cities like Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Kanpur, Coimbatore Jamshedpur, Indore and Guwahati in between December, 2013 to February, 2014. Of these respondents, 43 per cent were from low-income localities such as slums, 24 per cent were from middle-class localities and 33 per cent were from high-income localities. The report does not reveal mortality due to air and water pollution but gives an insight on general effect of pollution and morbidity.

(b)&(c) For checking level of air pollution, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) initiated a National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP) in the year 1984 with 7 stations at Agra and Anpara. The NAMP network was further extended to presently cover 573 operating monitoring stations located in 240 cities / towns in 27 states and 5 union territories across the country. Under NAMP, three air pollutants viz., Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and Particulate Matter with size equal to or less than 10 micron (PM10), are being regularly monitored at all the locations. The plan to check air quality in the country envisages strengthening of the existing monitoring network to include 700 stations for monitoring of additional parameters as per the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, 2009.

In addition to the above, the CPCB has established a network of 2500 Water Quality Monitoring Stations in 28 States and 6 Union Territories covering 445 Rivers, 154 Lakes, 12 Tanks, 78 Ponds, 41 Creeks/Seawater, 25 Canals, 45 Drains, 10 Water Treatment Plants and 807 Wells. Among these 2500 stations, 1275 are on rivers, 190 on lakes, 45 on drains, 41 on canals, 12 on tanks, 41 on c reeks/seawater, 79 on pon ds, 10 on Water Treatment Plants and 807 are groundwater stations. The water quality monitoring indicates that the rivers are polluted in downstream of major urban and industrial centres due to large scale water abstraction and discharge of untreated / partially treated wastewater not meeting the desired criteria.

The Government has taken the following steps to effectively implement various Central schemes with regard to control of air and water pollution in the country.

(i) Support is provided to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in the operation of the National Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NWQMP) and the National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAAQMP). (ii) Development and notification of standards (effluent / emission) under Environment (Protection) Act 1986 for various categories of industries to check the industrial pollution; (iii) Implementation of Air Pollution Control (APC) system and Effluent Treatment Plants (ETP) in industrial units through consent management and environmental clearance system; (iv) Establishment of Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) and Treatment Storage Disposal Facilities (TSDFs) for treating industrial effluents / hazardous waste collectively; (v) Strengthening of CPCB and State Pollution Control Board (SPCBs) for effective monitoring of air and water pollution; (vi) Introduction of cleaner fuel for control of vehicular pollution as per Auto Fuel Policy; (vii) Implementation of Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) in 17 categories of highly polluting;

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(viii) Regular monitoring of National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) including effective management of the Ganga river cleaning through the establishment of National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA). The aforesaid schemes and programmes have helped in containing and combating the air and water pollution in the country.

LOSS OF FOREST LAND DUE TO DIVERSION 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2320

SHRI RAJKUMAR DHOOT

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

(a) whether Government has assessed the loss of forest land due to diversion for economic activities in the country; (b) if so, the details thereof, State andUnion Territory-wise; and (c) the remedial measures Government has taken or propose to takein this regard?

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

(a) to (b) Since 25.10.1980, the Ministry of Environment and Forests has granted approval for diversion of 11,89,294 ha of forest land for non-forestry purposes in the country in accordance with the provisions given under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 proposals. State wise details of proposals receivedfrom various State/UT Governments for diversion of forest land for non-forestry purposes is given in Annexure -I.

(c) For all purposes, on the request of the State Government, the Central Government considers the proposal for non-forest use of forest land and accords prior approval as per the Rules and Guidelines framed under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 stipulating mitigative measures in the form of general, standard and specific conditions including conditions on Compensatory Afforestation, imposition of Net Present Value (NPV) to reduce the adverse impact of the diversion of forest land. Loss of forest cover due to diversion of forest land for non-forestry purposes is compensated by raising compensatory afforestation and also through regeneration activities in the degraded forest area from the funds received from the user agencies as Net Present Value of the diverted forest land. The approach of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Changehas been conducive for diversion of forest land vis-a-vis conservation of forests.

Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) to (b) of the RajyaSabha Unstarred Question no. 2320asked by Shri RajkumarDhootregarding ‘Loss of forest land due to diversion’ due for reply on 31.07.2014

State wise details of proposals received from various State/UT Governments for diversion of forest landunder the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.

Sr. Category Total Approvals Pending Referred Rejected Closed Returned Withdrawn Total No. accorded (In-principle + with back to the Number final) Govt. of State of Area India Government Proposals No. of Diverted (in for essential proposals hectares) detail Andaman & 1 Nicobar 0 0 7 17 10 2 Island 94 2,788.82 2,788.82 Andhra 2 8 12 86 93 16 5 875 Pradesh 655 53,708.34 Arunachal 3 8 2 11 20 0 0 278 Pradesh 237 37,194.21 4 Assam 271 8,286.74 1 0 2 10 0 0 284 5 Bihar 189 6,827.11 2 1 10 21 2 2 227 6 Chandigarh 28 49.108 0 0 3 0 1 0 32 95 | Page

7 Chhattishgarh 510 1,06,259.08 3 2 52 84 46 5 702 Dadar& 8 1 0 34 17 17 0 295 Nagar Haveli 226 300.821 Daman & 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Diu 1 3.95 10 Delhi 12 40.058 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 11 Goa 101 2,231.52 0 0 23 25 0 2 151 12 Gujarat 1541 73,014.94 19 1 202 150 81 1 1995 13 Haryana 2433 6,547.84 9 1 15 34 9 9 2510 Himachal 14 5 2 85 147 4 37 1933 Pradesh 1653 15,022.68 Jammu & 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 Kashmir 8 1,500.09 16 Jharkhand 389 31,654.43 4 1 15 85 11 5 510 17 Karnataka 780 45,500.74 5 6 191 206 15 11 1214 18 Kerala 235 40,986.79 0 0 26 73 4 2 340 19 Lakshdeep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Madhya 20 24 7 228 187 32 10 1544 Pradesh 1056 3,88,214.62 21 Maharashtra 1610 1,01,736.45 12 12 273 187 38 4 2136 22 Manipur 31 2,555.34 1 1 0 3 0 0 36 23 Meghalaya 102 794.447 1 0 0 3 1 0 107 24 Mizoram 32 26,196.40 1 1 0 5 0 0 39 25 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Orissa 538 57,120.73 22 4 34 69 9 4 680 27 Pondichery 1 0.96 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 28 Punjab 3330 64,380.72 6 2 40 131 9 20 3538 29 Rajasthan 685 31,548.19 3 2 67 200 3 21 981 30 Sikkim 340 3,140.53 3 0 5 8 16 1 373 31 Tamil Nadu 469 2,725.85 0 0 59 56 1 12 597 32 Tripura 286 7,772.56 0 0 10 13 3 0 312 33 Uttar Pradesh 1022 21,405.55 7 4 35 154 32 8 1262 34 Uttaranchal 4530 45,418.86 6 1 258 467 70 33 5365 35 West Bengal 116 4,366.06 1 0 16 20 8 2 163 TOTAL 23511 11,89,294.54 152 62 1,787 2490 429 196 28,636

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO CORBETT NATIONAL PARK 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2321

SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH MAHRA

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

(a) whether the Corbett National Park situated in Uttarakhand is a world level park; (b) if so, whether Government of India would extend any special economic assistance to prevent the soil erosion due to the rivers flowing inside and outside the park; (c) if not, the manner in which Government would save this world level park from the flow of water; and (d) if not, whether Government would accept the proposal of the State Government?

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

(a) to (d) The Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand is well known. Under the ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger, central assistance is provided to the said tiger reserve, based on the Annual Plan of Operation from the State for the reserve specific tiger conservation inputs, which, interalia, include soil and moisture conservation.

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NOISE POLLUTION IN METRO CITIES 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2322

DR. CHANDAN MITRA

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

(a) whether Government is aware that noise pollution in the Metro Cities of the country, especially near fly overs has radically gone up to 85 DB; (b) if so, the details thereof for big metro cities and the reasons therefor along with the details of standard laid down by the Pollution Control Board in this regard; (c) the corrective steps taken by Government in this regard including installation of noise barriers and micro-surfacing of roads; and (d) the further steps taken by Government for conducting noise mapping before construction of any flyover or industry?

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

(a)&(b). The ambient noise levels are monitored in seven metro cities, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Lucknow on 24X7 basis at 35 locations. Time series data for last three years is available. One of the ambient noise monitoring stations in Hyderabad i.e., Panjagutta is located next to a flyover and ambient noise levels are ranging between 69.7 to 79.0 dB(A) Leq. Ambient noise levels are exceeding the prescribed standards for both day time(6.00 am to 10.00 pm) and night time(10.00 pm to 6.00 am) at most of the stations including panjagutta.

The ambient noise standards laid down are: 55 dB (A) Leq and 45 dB (A) Leq for Residential area; 75 dB (A) Leq and 70 dB (A) Leq for Industrial area; 65 dB (A) Leq and 55 dB (A) Leq for Commercial area; and 55 dB (A) Leq and 45 dB (A) Leq for Silence Zone for day and night time, respectively.

(c)&(d) Flyover projects are not covered under the Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006. However, flyovers may be integral part of National and State Highways project. For National and State Highways projects, noise monitoring for the entire stretch of the projects is undertaken by the project proponents. Mitigative measures like noise barrier, etc. are suggested in the environment management plan for such projects.

LOSS DUE TO FIRE IN FORESTS/HILLS OF MUSSOORIE 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2323

SHRI ISHWARLAL SHANKARLAL JAIN

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

(a) whether forest resources have suffered a huge loss due to breaking out of fire in the forests/hills of Mussoorie; (b) whether the causes of the breaking out of fire in the forests of Mussoorie recently have been found out and its probe has been ordered; and (c) if so, the details thereof?

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

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1.5 hectare forest area was affected. This fire was immediately controlled by the local staff. No huge loss has been caused to the vegetation and wildlife due to this fire. It is a general practice in the hilly areas that the local villagers set fire to the dried grasses in order to get new flush of grass for their cattle. The reported fire incident could have occurred due to such practice.

FOREST COVER IN INDIA 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2324

SHRI LAL SINH VADODIA

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

(a) the total forest cover of the country in sq.km. before independence in the year 1947; (b) the total forest cover in square kilometers at present; and (c) the plans of Government to augment the forest cover and the details thereof?

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

(a) The Forest Survey of India has been carrying out forest cover assessment of the country since 1987. The results of the same are published in the State of Forest Report on a biennial basis. As per the State of Forest Report 1987 the forest cover of the country was 640,819 square kilometers.

(b) The total forest cover of the country as per the India State of Forest Report 2013 is 697,898 square kilometers.

(c) Afforestation in the country is taken up under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes such as National Afforestation Programme (NAP), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), National Bamboo Mission (NBM) and under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), 13th Finance Commission Grant, different State Plan/ Non- Plan Schemes including externally aided projects. National Afforestation Programme (NAP) of the Ministry of Environment & Forests is a 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Afforestation and tree plantation and eco-restoration of degraded forests and adjoining areas in the country. The Scheme is being implemented through a decentralized mechanism of State Forest Development Agency (SFDA) at State level, Forest Development Agency (FDA) at Forest Division level and Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) at Village levels. An amount of Rs.2500 crores has been approved for NAP in the 12th Five Year Plan. As on 31.03.2014, 800 FDA projects have been approved in 28 States in the country to treat an area of 20.24 lakh hectare under the NAP scheme since inspection of the scheme in 2002.

NATIONAL WETLAND INVENTORY ATLAS 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2326

DR. K.V.P. RAMACHANDRA RAO

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

(a) whether it i s a fact that the Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad has prepared the National Wetland Inventory Atlas mapping wetlands in the country; and (b) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) & (b) At the behest of the Ministry, the Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad has prepared the National Wetland Inventory Atlas on 1:50,000 scale using Indian Remote Sensing Satellite LISS III data of pre and post-monsoon seasons during the year 2006-2011. As per the Atlas, there are a total of 7,57,060 wetlands covering an estimated area of 15.26 million hectare, that is around 4.63% of the geographic area of the country.

NATIONAL POLICY ON REDUCING EMISSIONS 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2327

SHRI A.W. RABI BERNARD

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

(a) whether Government has come out with a draft National Policy on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, if so, the details thereof; (b) whether it is a fact that the present level of forest cover of 69.20 million hectares in India neutralises 11 per cent of the country's green house emissions, if so, the details thereof; (c) whether the country's forest cover is around 21.05 per cent of its geographical area and added merely three million hectares of forest between 1997 and 2007; and (d) if so, the steps taken to add more forest cover area?

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

(a) Y es, a National Policy and Strategy on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation is under preparation.

(b) As per India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2013 the forest cover which defined as “all lands, one hectares and more in area, with a tree canopy density of 10% or more irrespective of ownership and legal status” of the country is 21.23% of its geographical area i.e 69.79 million hectares. As per the Second National Communication to UNFCCC forests neutralizes 17.1% of the country’s green house gas emission.

(c) As per India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2013 t he forest cover of the country is 21.23 percent of its geographical area. As per the ISFR 2009, the increase in forest cover between State Forest Report (SFR) 1997 (data period 1993-95) and ISFR 2009 (data period 2006) is 3.13 million hectares.

(d) To increase the forests cover area Government of India has initiated the National Mission for a Green India, as one of the eight Missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). The objectives of the Mission are to increase forest/tree cover on 5 m ha of forest/non-forest lands and improved quality of forest cover on another 5 m ha (a total of 10 m ha).

PENDING CASES FOR DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2328

SHRI MOHD. ALI KHAN

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

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(a) whether Government has been receiving any complaints from other Departments regarding pending cases in sanctioning for some developmental projects viz., irrigation, roads and bridges, power plants, mining, school buildings, Anganwadi buildings etc., in the Forest Department; (b) if so, the details thereof State-wise/ Union Territory-wise, including more details of Telangana State for the last three years and the current year; (c) the main reasons for pendency/ rejection during last three years and the current year, State/Union Territory-wise along with the reasons therefor; and (d) the action taken by Government to solve the problems with an aim of providing infrastructure development to the Tribal People?

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

(a) to (c) Use of forest land for non-forest purpose including for execution of development projects, such as, irrigation, roads and bridges, power plants, mining, school buildings, Anganwadi buildings etc. requires prior approval of Central Government under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.

Central Government did not receive any specific complaint regarding pending cases in sanctioning for some developmental projects viz., irrigation, roads and bridges, power plants, mining, school buildings, Anganwadi buildings etc., in the Forest Department in the Telangana State.

Major reasons for delay in taking decision on proposals seeking prior approval of Central Government under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for diversion of forest land for non-forest purpose are- receipt of incomplete proposals; delay in submission of additional information/documents, including those related to settlement of Rights under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 on the forest land proposed to be diverted sought by the Central Government; need for further studies to assess impact of project on flora and fauna etc.

Approval under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 f or diversion of forest land is accorded only if the requirement of forest land is unavoidable and bare minimum. The proposals seeking diversion of forest land for non-site specific activities which may be executed in non-forest areas and the proposals seeking diversion of forest land for the projects which may have severe impact on flora and fauna are rejected.

(d) With a view to provide infrastructure development to the tribals section 3 (2) of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 pr ovides that notwithstanding anything contained in the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 Central Government shall provide for diversion of forest land for 13 c ategories of facilities managed by the Government which involve felling of trees not exceeding seventy five trees per hectare provided that such diversion of forest land shall be allowed only if (i) the forest land to be diverted for the purposes mentioned in this sub-section is less than one hectare in each case; and (ii) the clearance of such developmental projects shall be subject to the condition that the same is recommended by the Gram Sabha. Ministry of Tribal Affairs has stipulated the procedure for diversion of forest land in accordance with the provisions of the section 3 (2) of the afore-mentioned Act.

STEPS TAKEN TO PROTECTION OF TIGERS 31st July, 2014

RSQ 2329

SHRI MOHD. ALI KHAN

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

(a) the details of the number of Tiger Projects in the country and name and location and area covered by them; (b) the details of Tigers counted approximately in the country Tiger project-wise, especially details of Telangana State; (c) the grants released and utilised for the Tiger Projects scheme for the last three years and the current year Tiger project-wise; and

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(d) the steps taken to develop protection of Tigers by new schemes?

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

(a) There are 46 tiger reserves in the country, spread over 18 States, encompassing a t otal area of 68518.8 sq.km. The details are at Annexure-I.

(b) The State-wise details of tiger estimation, interalia, including the State of Telangana, for the years 2006 and 2010 are at Annexure-II.

(c) The details of central assistance released and utilized under the ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger during the last three years and the current year, reserve-wise, are at Annexure-III.

(d) The milestone initiatives taken by the Government of India for protection of tigers are at Annexure-IV.

ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2329 ON STEPS TAKEN TO PROTECTION OF TIGERS DUE FOR REPLY ON 31.07.2014.

List of Core and Buffer areas of Tiger Reserves in India, notified under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, as amended in 2006 (as on 28.07.2014) Sl. No. Name of Tiger Reserve State Area of the core / Area of the Total area critical tiger buffer / (In Sq.Kms.) habitat (In Sq. peripheral Kms.) (In Sq. Kms.) 1 Bandipur Karnataka 872.24 584.06 1456.3 2 Corbett Uttarakhand 821.99 466.32 1288.31 Amangarh (buffer of Corbett Uttar Pradesh - 80.60 80.60 TR) 3 Kanha Madhya Pradesh 917.43 1134.361 2051.791 4 Manas Assam 840.04 2310.88 3150.92 5 Melghat Maharashtra 1500.49 1268.03 2768.52 6 Palamau Jharkhand 414.08 715.85 1129.93 7 Ranthambore Rajasthan 1113.364 297.9265 1411.291 8 Similipal Odisha 1194.75 1555.25 2750.00 9 Sunderbans West Bengal 1699.62 885.27 2584.89 10 Periyar Kerala 881.00 44.00 925.00 11 Sariska Rajasthan 881.1124 332.23 1213.342 12 Buxa West Bengal 390.5813 367.3225 757.9038 13 Indravati Chhattisgarh 1258.37 1540.70 2799.07 14 Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh 1807.82 245.00 2052.82 15 Dudhwa Uttar Pradesh 1093.79 1107.9848 2201.7748 16 Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tamil Nadu 895.00 706.542 1601.542 17 Valmiki Bihar 598.45 300.93 899.38 18 Pench Madhya Pradesh 411.33 768.30225 1179.63225 19 Tadoba-Andhari Maharashtra 625.82 1101.7711 1727.5911 20 Bandhavgarh Madhya Pradesh 716.903 820.03509 1536.938 21 Panna Madhya Pradesh 576.13 1002.42 1578.55 22 Dampa Mizoram 500.00 488.00 988.00 23 Bhadra Karnataka 492.46 571.83 1064.29 24 Pench Maharashtra 257.26 483.96 741.22 25 Pakke Arunachal Pradesh 683.45 515.00 1198.45 26 Nameri Assam 200.00 144.00 344.00 27 Satpura Madhya Pradesh 1339.264 794.04397 2133.30797 28 Anamalai Tamil Nadu 958.59 521.28 1479.87 29 Udanti-Sitanadi Chattisgarh 851.09 991.45 1842.54 30 Satkosia Odisha 523.61 440.26 963.87 31 Kaziranga Assam 625.58 548.00 1173.58 32 Achanakmar Chattisgarh 626.195 287.822 914.017 33 Dandeli-Anshi Karnataka 814.884 282.63 1097.514 34 Sanjay-Dubri Madhya Pradesh 812.571 861.931 1674.502 35 Mudumalai Tamil Nadu 321.00 367.59 688.59 36 Nagarahole Karnataka 643.35 562.41 1205.76 37 Parambikulam Kerala 390.89 252.772 643.662

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38 Sahyadri Maharashtra 600.12 565.45 1165.57 39 Biligiri Ranganatha Temple Karnataka 359.10 215.72 574.82 40 Kawal Telangana 893.23 1125.89 2019.12 41 Sathyamangalam Tamil Nadu 793.49 614.91 1408.40 42 Mukandra Hills Rajasthan 417.17 342.82 759.99 43 Nawegaon-Nagzira Maharashtra 653.674 - 653.674 44 Nagarjunsagar Srisailam Andhra Pradesh 2595.72* 700.59* 3296.31* (part)* 45 Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Telangana 2166.37* 445.02* 2611.39* (part) * 46 Pilibhit Uttar Pradesh 602.7980 127.4518 730.2498 TOTAL 38632.18 29886.62 68518.8 *Revised area details are awaited from the State Governments concerned after reorganization.

ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2329 ON STEPS TAKEN TO PROTECTION OF TIGERS DUE FOR REPLY ON 31.07.2014.

Details of tiger estimation for the years 2006 and 2010

State Tiger Population 2006 2010 Increase/ Decrease/ Stable Estimate Statistical Statistical Estimat Statistical Statistical (Number) Lower Limit Upper e Lower Upper Limit (Numbe Limit Limit r) Shivalik-Gangetic Plain Landscape Complex Uttarakhand 178 161 195 227 199 256 Increase Uttar Pradesh 109 91 127 118 113 124 Stable Bihar 10 7 13 8 (-)*** (-)*** (-)*** Stable Shivalik-Gangetic 297 259 335 353 320 388 Stable landscape Central Indian Landscape Complex and Eastern Ghats Landscape Complex Andhra Pradesh 95 84 107 72 65 79 Decrease Chhattisgarh 26 23 28 26 24 27 Stable Madhya Pradesh 300 236 364 257 213 301 Stable Maharashtra 103 76 131 169 155 183 Increase Odisha 45 37 53 32 20 44 Stable Rajasthan 32 30 35 36 35 37 Stable Jharkhand Not 10 6 14 Could not be assessed compared since it was not assessed in 2006. Central Indian 601 486 718 601 518 685 Stable landscape Western Ghats Landscape Complex Karnataka 290 241 339 300 280 320 Stable Kerala 46 39 53 71 67 75 Increase Tamil Nadu 76 56 95 163 153 173 Increase Western Ghats 402 336 487 534 500 568 Increase landscape North Eastern Hills and Brahmaputra Flood Plains Assam 70 60 80 143 113 173 Increase Arunachal Pradesh 14 12 18 Not Not Not Could not be assess assessed assessed compared since it ed was not assessed in 2010. Mizoram 6 4 8 5 (- (-)*** (-)*** Stable )*** Northern West 10 8 12 Not Not Not Could not be Bengal assess assessed assessed compared since it ed was not assessed in 2010. North East Hills, 100 84 118 148 118 178 Increase and Brahmaputra landscape Sundarbans Not Not assessed Not assessed 70 64 90 Could not be assessed compared since it was not assessed in 2006. TOTAL 1411 1165 1657 1706 1520 1909 102 | Page

*** Statistical lower / upper limits could not be ascertained owing to small size of the population.

ANNEXURE-III

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2329 ON STEPS TAKEN TO PROTECTION OF TIGERS DUE FOR REPLY ON 31.07.2014.

Details of central assistance released and utilized under the ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger during the last three years and the current year, reserve-wise (Rs. in lakhs) 2014-15 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 (as on Tiger Reserve States 25.7.2014) Released Utilised Released Utilised Released Utilised Released Nagarjunasagar Andhra 154.406 0 208.68 119.408 121.3504 410.1882 0 Srisailam Pradesh Andhra 0 0 196.2104 129.199 90.4300 129.1990 52.48 Kawal Pradesh Arunachal 75.00 75.00 156.3832 156.37373 324.1837 0.0000 0 Namdapha Pradesh Arunachal 161.7857 174.1 263.704 263.6996 412.8568 0.0000 0 Pakke Pradesh Kaziranga Assam 426.9168 380.52 250.286 296.676 708.9060 708.9060 241.17 Manas Assam 479.62 479.62 0 273.176 99.0765 496.8500 140.00 Nameri Assam 40.972 40.972 123.608 0 0.0000 0.0000 0 Valmiki Bihar 172.193 122.778 311.064 189.21918 284.7730 285.1302 96.00 Achanakmar Chhattisgarh 494.586 281.415 217.0924 217.0924 255.6320 255.8000 263.415 Indravati Chhattisgarh 106.13 106.605 69.45 67.34977 75.5500 77.6580 97.781 Udanti-Sitanadi Chhattisgarh 102.01 150.47 245.92 227.71 208.4560 0.0000 0 Palamau Jharkhand 156.3465 141.56223 107.44023 118.51200 251.1680 194.8475 84.04 Bandipur Karnataka 213.9504 250.022 221.543 243.818 808.8410 0.0000 0 Bhadra Karnataka 215.8822 215.8892 198.2391 193.767 306.9850 0.0000 0 Dandeli Anshi Karnataka 159.204 45.01 136.18 136.18 434.5460 0.0000 0 Nagarhole Karnataka 1123.133 225.491 222.049 1177.865 251.1008 0.0000 0 Biligiri 118.48 118.48 155.52 150.76 183.5970 188.3600 148.2286 Ranganatha Karnataka Temple Periyar Kerala 261.57 263.15 286.96 272.836 271.4880 285.6120 92.204 Parambikulam Kerala 168.2 172.45 227.875 226.61 208.1840 209.4440 69.814 Madhya 2313.237 2368.38 334.633 235.98 244.6120 294.9060 114.42 Bandhavgarh Pradesh Madhya 1969.67 1991.545 4373.17 4302.014 3162.2040 317.9500 2559.45 Kanha Pradesh Madhya 284.7956 312.775 295.9054 279.726 358.3480 366.1200 124.98 Panna Pradesh Madhya 191.53 252.33 128.44 283.12 314.2390 209.8800 116.52 Pench Pradesh Madhya 92.673 140.396 223.88 218.533 323.6850 328.9450 109.68 Sanjay Dubri Pradesh Madhya 310.8056 365.836 416.3354 408.47 393.0500 316.4650 133.638 Satpura Pradesh Melghat Maharashtra 973.579 1007.42 332.746 334.496 320.4880 329.1120 109.704 Pench Maharashtra 280.818 312.775 232.01715 260.65000 343.4400 348.5000 116.167 Tadoba-Andhari Maharashtra 2320.5485 2665.035 222.37515 267.04946 2564.4383 561.6878 138.53 Sahyadri Maharashtra 47.396 21.821 61.27 84.69484 136.7660 138.9141 46.3056 Dampa Mizoram 225.288 2043.00 468.31 241.31 233.6800 233.6800 77.89 Satkosia Odisha 118.408 126.7 142.956 136.543 191.3030 0.0000 0 Similipal Odisha 436.6681 252.85 20.8 162.32 556.8900 611.8150 203.9376 Ranthambhore Rajasthan 0.6 1970.92 2834.955 1389.94 304.5200 0.0000 0 Sariska Rajasthan 66.61 1547.56 1255.612 1450.35 208.3280 612.4500 65.48 Kalakad 209.825 149.094 143.997 143.018 127.6950 0.0000 0 Tamil Nadu Mundanthurai Mudumalai Tamil Nadu 191.583 181.34 138.795 141.775 229.1160 0.0000 0 Anamalai Tamil Nadu 204.556 204.555 163.191 159.481 252.8440 0.0000 0 Sathyamangalam Tamil Nadu - - - - 144.0200 0.0000 0 Corbett Uttarakhand 399.76 304.37 160.69 247.025 377.6890 0.0000 0 West 135.66 191.07 177.2 119.55 136.4700 179.5500 65.37 Buxa Bengal Sunderbans West 22.00 167.73596 227.716 193.40799 211.3400 262.0609 70.45

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Bengal Uttar 446.1258 434.5225 334.055 522.086 525.8760 496.2490 175.292 Dudhwa Pradesh Uttar ------Pilibhit Pradesh Nawegaon------Maharashtra Nagzira Nagarjunasagar ------Telangana Srisailam (part) Total 15872.5222 20255.5649 16287.25343 16041.79097 16958.1655 8850.2797 5512.9468 *Utilized amount is more than the released amount owing to carried over unspent funds of the previous years.

ANNEXURE-IV REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2329 ON STEPS TAKEN TO PROTECTION OF TIGERS DUE FOR REPLY ON 31.07.2014.

Milestone initiatives taken by the Government of India for protection of tigers in the country

Legal steps

1. Amendment of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 i n 2006 to provide enabling provisions for constituting the National Tiger Conservation Authority and the Tiger and Other Endangered Species Crime Control Bureau.

Administrative steps

6. The in-principle approval has been accorded by the National Tiger Conservation Authority for creation of two new tiger reserves, and the sites are: Ratapani (Madhya Pradesh) and Sunabeda (Odisha). Final approval has been accorded to Kudremukh (Karnataka), Rajaji (Uttarakhand) and Bor (Maharashtra) for declaring as a tiger reserve. The State Governments have been advised to send proposals for declaring the following areas as tiger reserves: (i) Suhelwa (Uttar Pradesh), (ii) Guru Ghasidas National Park (Chhattisgarh), (iii) Mhadei Sanctuary (Goa), (iv) Srivilliputhur Grizzled Giant Squirrel / M egamalai Wildlife Sanctuaries / Varushanadu Valley (Tamil Nadu) and Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary (Arunachal Pradesh).

Financial steps

International Cooperation

11. India has a bilateral understanding with Nepal on controlling trans-boundary illegal trade in wildlife and conservation, apart from a protocol on tiger conservation with China.

12. A protocol has been signed in September, 2011 with Bangladesh for conservation of the Royal Bengal Tiger of the Sunderban.

13. A sub-group on tiger and leopard conservation has been constituted for cooperation with the Russian Federation.

14. A Global Tiger Forum of Tiger Range Countries has been created for addressing international issues related to tiger conservation.

16. Based on India's strong intervention during the 62nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) at Geneva from 23- 27 July, 2012, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Secretariat has issued a notification No. 2012/054 dated the 3rd September, 2012 to Parties to fully implement Decision 14.69 and report to the Secretariat by 25 September, 2012 (Progress made on restricting captive breeding operations of tigers etc.).

18. Special advisories issued for in-situ build up of prey base and tiger population through active management in tiger reserves having low population status of tiger and its prey.

Creation of Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF)

19. The policy initiatives announced by the Finance Minister in his Budget Speech of the 29th February, 2008, inter alia, contains action points relating to tiger protection. Based on the one time grant of Rs. 50.00 crore provided to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) for raising, arming and deploying a Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF), the proposal for the said force has been approved by the competent authority for 13 tiger reserves. T he States of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Odisha have already created and deployed the STPF.

20. In collaboration with TRAFFIC-INDIA, an online tiger crime data base has been launched, and Generic Guidelines for preparation of reserve specific Security Plan has been evolved.

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