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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 486
TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2014
Forest cover in India
486. DR. K.P. RAMALINGAM:
Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to
state:
(a)
whether it is a fact that Government has fixed target to achieve 33 per cent forest cover
in the country, if so, the details thereof; and
(b)
whether it is also a fact that Government would provide incentives to States that
increased their forest cover and give more attention to those which were unable to do so,
if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND
CLIMATE CHANGE
(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)
(a)
Yes, Sir. The National Forest Policy, 1988 provides for having a minimum of onethird of the total land area of the country under forest or tree cover as a national goal.
The Policy further prescribes that in the hills and in mountainous regions, the aim
should be to maintain two-third of the area under such cover in order to prevent
erosion and land degradation and to ensure the stability of the fragile eco-system. The
details of forest cover State/ UT-wise as per India State of Forest Report 2013 are
given in table at Annexure.
(b)
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change does not provide
incentives to States that increased their forest cover or more attention to those which
were unable to do so. However, the Ministry is supporting the State Governments in
implementing the programmes of afforestation, forest conservation and protection to
achieve this goal. The Government of India supports afforestation and social forestry
programmes, especially on all denuded, degraded and unproductive lands through
various schemes like National Afforestation Programme (NAP), Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Intensification of
Forest Management Schemes, Integrated Watershed Management Programme
(IWMP), 13th Finance Commission support to different State Plan/ Non-Plan
schemes, and various Externally- Aided Projects etc.
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Annexure
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN PARA (a) OF THE REPLY TO RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 486 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 27.11.2014 REGARDING
‘FOREST COVER IN INDIA’ ASKED BY SHRI DR. K.P. RAMALINGAM
Forest cover in States/UTs as per India State of Forest Report 2013
(area in km2)
State/UT
Andhra
Pradesh
Geographical
Area
Forest Cover
Very
Dense
Forest
Mod.
Dense
Forest
Open
Forest
Total
% of
GA
275,069
850
26,079
19,187
46,116
16.77
Arunachal
Pradesh
83,743
20,828
31,414
15,079
67,321
80.39
Assam
78,438
1,444
11,345
14,882
27,671
35.28
Bihar
94,163
247
3,380
3,664
7,291
7.74
135,191
4,153
34,865
16,603
55,621
41.14
Delhi
1,483
6.76
49.38
123.67
179.81
12.12
Goa
3,702
543
585
1091
2219
59.94
Gujarat
196,022
376
5,220
9,057
14,653
7.48
Haryana
44,212
27
453
1,106
1,586
3.59
Himachal
Pradesh
55,673
3,224
6,381
5,078
14,683
26.37
Jammu &
Kashmir*
222,236
4,140
8,760
9,638
22,538
10.14
Jharkhand
79,714
2,587
9,667
11,219
23,473
29.45
Karnataka
191,791
1,777
20,179
14,176
36,132
18.84
38,863
1,529
9,401
6,992
17,922
46.12
308,245
6,632
34,921
35,969
77,522
25.15
Chhattisgarh
Kerala
Madhya
Pradesh
Maharashtra
307,713
8,720
20,770
21,142
50,632
16.45
Manipur
22,327
728
6,094
10,168
16,990
76.10
Meghalaya
22,429
449
9,689
7,150
17,288
77.08
Mizoram
21,081
138
5,900
13,016
19,054
90.38
Nagaland
16,579
1,298
4,736
7,010
13,044
78.68
Odisha
155,707
7,042
21,298
22,007
50,347
32.33
Punjab
50,362
0
736
1,036
1,772
3.52
342,239
72
4,424
11,590
16,086
4.70
7,096
500
2,161
697
3,358
47.32
130,058
2,948
10,199
10,697
23,844
18.33
10,486
109
4,641
3,116
7,866
75.01
Uttar Pradesh
240,928
1,623
4,550
8,176
14,349
5.96
Uttarakhand
53,483
4,785
14,111
5,612
24,508
45.82
West Bengal
88,752
2,971
4,146
9,688
16,805
18.93
A&N Islands
8,249
3,754
2,413
544
6,711
81.36
Chandigarh
114
1.36
9.66
6.24
17.26
15.14
Dadra & Nagar
Haveli
491
0
114
99
213
43.38
Daman & Diu
12
0
1.87
7.4
9.27
8.28
Lakshadweep
32
0
17.18
9.88
27.06
84.56
480
0
35.23
14.83
50.06
10.43
3,287,263
83,502
318,745
295,651
697,898
21.23
Tree cover in India
91,266
2.78
Total Forest and Tree Cover in India
789,164
24.01
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Puducherry
Total
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