Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
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Creation of additional carbon sink

Posted On: 08 FEB 2024 4:13PM by PIB Delhi

The base year for India’s commitment under the Nationally Determined Contributions, to create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030, is 2005. Accordingly, as reported by Forest Survey of India (FSI), Dehradun, India has so far achieved an additional carbon sink of 1.97 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change provides technical and financial assistance to States and UTs under various schemes and programs namely Green India Mission, Nagar Van Yojana and Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAMPA), thereby contributing to creation of additional carbon sink.

The Green India Mission, which was initiated during 2015-16, aims at protecting, restoring and enhancing India’s forest cover by restoring degraded forest lands and undertaking afforestation activities in the forest and non-forest areas. The State and UT wise detail of funds released under Green India Mission are enclosed at Annexure I.

The Ministry is implementing the Nagar Van Yojana which envisages creation of 600 Nagar Vans and 400 Nagar Vatika in the country during the period 2020-21 to 2026-27. The Nagar Van Yojana aims at significantly enhancing the forests and green cover in the urban and peri-urban areas and augmenting biological diversity. The State and UT wise detail of funds released under Nagar Van Yojana are enclosed at Annexure II.

The Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAMPA) are being utilized by States and UTs for taking up various afforestation and forest protection activities as per provisions of Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016 (CAF Act) and CAF Rules, 2018. The details of the Annual Plan of Operations approved for the State and UTs under CAMPA are enclosed at Annexure III.

Afforestation activities are also taken up under various programmes and schemes of line Ministries such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, National Bamboo Mission, Sub-Mission on Agroforestry etc. and under schemes of State Government and UT Administrations.

Annexure I

States and UTs wise fund released under Green India Mission

 

                                                                            (Rupees in Crores)

Sl. No.

         States

2021- 22

2022-23

2023-24

1

Andhra Pradesh

2.02

 

 

2

Arunachal Pradesh

13.43

21.28

  

3

Chhattisgarh

6.12

 

 

4

Haryana

9.55

  

5.19

5

Jammu & Kashmir

  

6.49

  

6

Karnataka

4.45

2.93

2.33

7

Madhya Pradesh

18.29

17.93

8.62

8

Manipur

9.93

5.45

8.91

9

Mizoram

29.86

36.27

21.13

10

Odisha

17.74

8.4756

  

11

Punjab

3.32

2.7393

5.38

12

Sikkim

7.77

6.57

7.50

13

Uttarakhand

33.99

28.40

21.61

14

West Bengal

  

0.76

0.76

15

Uttar Pradesh

 

 

5.43

 

Total

156.46

137.29

86.86

 

Annexure II

State/UTs wise fund released under Nagar Van Yojana

                                                                                                 (Rupees in Crore)

S.No.

State/UT

2021-22

2022-23

2023-24

1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0.56

0

0

2

Andhra Pradesh

1.17

3.58

58.38

3

Arunachal Pradesh

0

0.56

0

4

Assam

1.69

0

0

5

Bihar

1.007

1.38

0.44

6

Chandigarh

0

0.13

0

7

Chhattisgarh

8.30

0

0

8

Goa

1.43

0

0.61

9

Gujarat

2.97

2.03

0

10

Haryana

4.49

0

0

11

Himachal Pradesh

1.66

3.19

0

12

Jammu & Kashmir

1.38

3.64

1.07

13

Jharkhand

2.36

17.62

1.45

14

Karnataka

1.40

0

2.60

15

Kerala

10.55

0

0

16

Madhya Pradesh

10.14

11.75

0

17

Maharashtra

1.56

1.93

0

18

Manipur

1.43

0

0

19

Meghalaya

0

2.42

0

20

Mizoram

2.84

17.66

1.21

21

Nagaland

1.29

0

4.57

22

Odisha

20.30

0

0

23

Punjab

2.62

0

2.65

24

Rajasthan

4.44

8.48

0.73

25

Sikkim

0

3.90

0

26

Tamil Nadu

5.93

6.30

0

27

Telangana

0

5.85

0

28

Tripura

3.53

0

1.51

29

Uttar Pradesh

19.68

0.06

0

30

Uttarakhand

1.68

0.86

0

31

West Bengal

1.02

0.72

1.58

 

Total

115.52

92.12

76.85

 

Annexure III

Annual Plan of Operations of States/UTs approved by National CAMPA

(Rupees in Crore)

S. No.

State/UT

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

1.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

2.13

0.00

10.97

2.

Andhra Pradesh

330.82

325.00

224.09

3.

Arunachal Pradesh

155.46

240.85

196.93

4.

Assam

88.34

79.12

162.57

5.

Bihar

239.47

106.84

115.42

6.

Chandigarh

2.26

5.14

1.56

7.

Chhattisgarh

1347.02

1500.75

688.47

8.

Daman and Diu and Dadar and Nagar Haveli

0.00

0.00

0.00

9.

Delhi

19.55

16.15

33.93

10.

Goa

32.68

21.55

36.53

11.

Gujarat

169.85

169.00

205.40

12.

Haryana

203.95

317.59

270.68

13.

Himachal Pradesh

158.38

138.10

190.23

14.

Jammu and Kashmir

184.33

257.16

312.69

15.

Jharkhand

376.55

437.60

764.828

16.

Karnataka

216.70

321.06

270.98

17.

Kerala

15.78

25.13

17.26

18.

Madhya Pradesh

500.00

616.88

899.84

19.

Maharashtra

599.32

688.27

708.11

20.

Manipur

27.79

25.09

22.59

21.

Meghalaya

33.97

36.40

26.67

22.

Mizoram

32.66

18.08

16.74

23.

Nagaland

0.00

0.00

0.00

24.

Odisha

773.39

901.03

1191.31

25.

Punjab

177.85

218.06

203.01

26.

Rajasthan

280.70

286.70

249.19

27.

Sikkim

47.72

70.00

92.85

28.

Tamil Nadu

66.62

0.00

38.22

29.

Telangana

483.78

752.71

772.65

30.

Tripura

21.51

35.24

52.90

31.

Uttar Pradesh

442.01

586.90

344.08

32.

Uttarakhand

353.64

726.88

320.15

33.

West Bengal

74.00

58.30

52.83

34.

Ladakh

0.00

0.00

0.00

 

Total

7458.23

8981.58

8493.678

 

This information was given by Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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