Monday, March 7, 2011

National Afforestation Programme

The Ministry of Environment and Forests reviewed the National Afforestation Programme (NAP) guidelines based on the feedback from the implementing States and other stakeholders, as well as mid-term evaluation of the programme. It was considered desirable to inter-alia further decentralize the scheme administration to the States, modify the institutional arrangements, streamline the fund flow, and add two new components with a view to enhance the delivery of the programme. Revised Operational guidelines of NAP have been issued in the year 2009. The State-wise details of funds released to Forest Development Agencies under NAP scheme during last three years (2007-08 to 2009-10) are given in Annexure I.

The Ministry of Environment & Forests is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely “Intensification of Forest Management”, which aims at creation of infrastructure for development and conservation of forest resources in the country. The details of funds released to States including Orissa State during the Current Financial Year (2010-11) is given in Annexure II.

It has come to the notice of Ministry of Environment & Forests that funds provided to State of Goa under the National Afforestation Programme Scheme in the year 2003-04 have not been fully utilized. The Ministry has regularly monitored the progress and also highlighted it in various meetings with the Government of Goa. The State Government has been requested to refund the unspent amount.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment and Forests Shri Jairam Ramesh in a written reply to a question by Shri P. T. Thomas, Nityananda Pradhan, Modugula Venugopala Reddy, Badruddin Ajmal, Jayant Chaudhary and Ramsinh Rathwa in Lok Sabha.

Annexure I

Details of State-wise funds released during last three years(2007-08 to 2009-10)

S. No.

State

Amount Released (Rs. in crore)

1

Andhra Pradesh

32.54

2

Chhattisgarh

93.49

3

Gujarat

81.11

4

Haryana

53.64

5

Himachal Pradesh

17.74

6

Jammu & Kashmir

26.42

7

Karnataka

58.43

8

Madhya Pradesh

58.92

9

Maharashtra

72.32

10

Orissa

49.46

11

Punjab

12.20

12

Rajasthan

20.48

13

Tamil Nadu

26.30

14

Uttar Pradesh

97.76

15

Uttarakhand

28.63

16

Goa

0.00

17

Jharkhand

71.94

18

Bihar

21.14

19

Kerala

22.27

20

West Bengal

19.40

21

Arunachal Pradesh

10.47

22

Assam

32.84

23

Manipur

27.81

24

Nagaland

25.06

25

Sikkim

26.77

26

Tripura

9.11

27

Mizoram

47.64

28

Meghalaya

12.84

Grand Total

1056.74

Annexure II

Details of State-wise fund released under the Intensification of Forest Management Scheme during the year 2010-11.

S.No.

Name of States/UTs

Amount released

(Rs. in lakhs)

1

Andhra Pradesh

136.94

2

Bihar

118.77

3

Chhattisgarh

345.83

4

Goa

25.00

5

Gujarat

322.27

6

Haryana

82.80

7

Himachal Pradesh

212.89

8

Jammu & Kashmir

0.00

9

Jharkhand

89.94

10

Karnataka

142.89

11

Kerala

257.16

12

Madhya Pradesh

267.75

13

Maharashtra

184.70

14

Orissa

195.34

15

Punjab

76.49

16

Rajasthan

103.76

17

Tamil Nadu

143.99

18

Uttar Pradesh

199.62

19

Uttarakhand

134.57

20

West Bengal

141.68

21

Assam

202.65

22

Arunachal Pradesh

268.66

23

Manipur

168.21

24

Meghalaya

100.94

25

Mizoram

349.79

26

Nagaland

147.52

27

Sikkim

259.33

28

Tripura

188.81

29

Andaman & Nicobar

10.33

30

UT Chandigarh

24.86

TOTAL

4903.48

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