(a) the total area of grazing land available for animal feed and fodder in the country at present, State-wise; and
(b) the steps proposed to be taken to increase the area under grazing land in the country?
(a) the total area of grazing land available for animal feed and fodder in the country at present, State-wise; and
(b) the steps proposed to be taken to increase the area under grazing land in the country?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI TASLIMUDDIN)
(a): The total area under permanent pastures and other grazing lands, Statewise, is given in Annexure-I.
(b): This Department is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Fodder Development Scheme under which 100% Central grant is provided for Grassland Development including Grass reserves (one unit of 10 ha. @ Rs.10 lakhs) to the Department of Animal Husbandry/Department of Forest of the States. The State governments make available the Central funds to the implementing agencies such as Village Panchayats/self help groups/NGOs etc. to develop grassland in common property resources. The monitoring of implementation of the scheme is done by the State Government.
Annexure-I
Area under permanent pastures and other grazing lands 0 1999-2000# ( State wise)
Sl No. States/UTs. Area (000 ha.)
1 Andhra Pradesh 682 2 Assam 167 3 Bihar 105 4 Goa 1 5 Gujarat 849 6 Haryana 22 7 Himachal Pradesh 1472 8 Jammu & Kashmir 126 9 Karnataka 979 10 Kerala (a) 11 Madhya Pradesh 2524 12 Maharashtra 1341 13 Manipur 14 Mizoram 23 15 Orissa 534 16 Punjab 4 17 Rajasthan 1714 18 Sikkim 69 19 Tamil Nadu 123 20 Uttar Pradesh 296 21 West Bengal 5 22 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 4 23 Chandigarh 24 Dadr & Nagar haveli 1 25 Daman & Diu (a) 26 Delhi (a) 27 Lakshadweep 28 Pondicherry (a) All India 11041