Cement, Energy and Environment

National Environment Awareness Campaign (NEAC) in which financial assistance is provided to various organisations for the protection of environment in the Country. Further, 1% of funds under National Afforestation Programme (NAP) are provided to States for awareness programs. A number of awards have also been instituted by the Ministry to recognise exemplary efforts in the field of Environment and Forests protection. Every year World Forestry Day, World Earth Day, World Environment Day, Van Mahotsav and Wildlife Week are also celebrated with the objective of creating awareness about forest and environment. (b) According to the biennial report of Forest Survey of India 2011 , the forest cover of the country has decreased between 2009 assessment and 2011 assessment. State I Union Territory wise details of forest cover are at Annexure I. (c) The satellite based assessment of forest cover reported by the Forest Survey of India, Dehradun does not include sugarcane, wheat and cornfield ANNEXURE I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO PART (b) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2337 DUE FOR REPLY ON 13.02.2014 REGARDING SATELLITE MANAGEMENT REPORT BY SHRI RAMA CHANDRA KHUNTIA (Forest Cover Area in Sq.Km) - - -~.... - -. _.,. - - States/ Union Territories India State·ofForest India State of Forest Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizorarn Nagalaod Odhisa Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhaod West Bengal Andaman & Nicobar Chandigarh Dadra & Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu Lakshadweep Puducherry • - • • ---- --•4 r ~~~•ton ~-Q9~ ' _ . Report 2011 46670 46389 67484 67410 27692 27673 6804 6845 55678 55674 177 176 2212 2219 14620 14619 1594 1608 14668 14679 22537 22539 22894 .- 22977 36190 36194 17324 17300 77700 77700 50650 50646 17280 17090 17321 17275 19183 19117 13464 13318 48855 48903 1664 1764 16036 16087 3359 3359 23551 23625 7985 7977 14341 14338 24495 24496 12994 12995 6662 6724 17 17 211 211 6 6 26 27 50 50 Grand Total 692394 692027 - - - - . l