Cement, Energy & Environment

States Geographical Total Forest Area (Area in Km 2 ) (Area in Km 2 ) Nagaiand 16579 13318 Orissa 155707 48903 Punjab 50362 1764 Rajasthan 3422239 16087 Sikkim 7096 3359 Tamil Nadu 130058 23625 Tripura 10486 7977 Uttar Pradesh 240928 14338 Uttarakhand 53483 24496 West Bengal 88752 12995 A & N Islands 8249 6724 Chandigarh 114 17 Dadra & Nagar 491 211 Haveli Daman & Diu 112 6 Lakshadeep 32 27 Puducherry 480 50 Total 3287263 692027 **** GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1031 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12/08/2013 Formulated Draft of Climate Change 1031. Shri P. C. Mohan: Shri Jeetendra 'Singh Bundela: Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS be pleased to state: (a) Whether the Government has formulated any draft to deal with the hazards of climate change in the year 2010 in the country; (b) If so, the details thereof; (c) Whether the possibility of the incidents like recent calamity in Uttarakhand had been indicated in the above draft; (d) If so, the details of the above mentioned draft; (e) Whether the work on the said scheme has been started according to the draft; (f) If not, the reasons thereof; and (g) The steps taken by the Government in the regard? ANSWER Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environemtn and Forests (Shrimathi Jayanthi Natarajan) (a) to (d) Government has released the National Action on Climate Change (NAPCC) on June 30, 2008 with a view to meet the challenges of climate change. NAPCC includes eight National Mission in specific areas of Solar Energy, Enhanced Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Habitat, Water, Sustaining Eco-system, Green India, Sustainable Agricultural and Strategic knowledge for climate change. All the Mission documents were approved by the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change in 2011 . Besides, all state Government including Uttarakhand have been requested to prepare the state Action Plan on Climate Change to address State specific issues. (e) to (g) The National Missions under NAPCC are being institutionalized by respective Nodal Ministries. The implementations of all National Mission has started in the 1ih Five Year Plan. The Government has constituted an Executive Committee on Climate Change in January, 2013, under the chairmanship of Principal Secretary to Prime Minister to assist the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change in evolving a coordinated response to issues relating to Climate Change and monitor the implementation of the eight National Missions and other initiatives under the NAPCC. **** GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1099 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2013 Ban on clearance for Mining in ESA 1099. Shri Dilip Singh Ju Dev: Will the Minister of ENVIRONEMENT AND FORESTS be pleased to state: (a) Whether the Environmental Sensitive Area/ Zone in the country including Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh State are often being invaded by miners destroying the natural environment and plantation by way of illegal mining; 39