(a) the number of people who have been provided employment under Namami Gange Programme till date, State-wise;
(b) the number of villages developed under Ganga Gram Project in the State of Bihar;
(c) the quantum of funds additionally allocated and utilised under the Namami Gange Programme till date, year and State-wise; and
(d) the details of number of trees planted from 2014-15 to 2021-22 across various States under the Namami Ganga Programme and the funds required for the Plantation?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI
(SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)
(a): National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is providing financial and technical support to the States for implementing projects on diverse set of interventions like pollution abatement activities including sewage, industrial effluent, Solid Waste etc., River Front Management, Aviral Dhara, Rural Sanitation, Afforestation, Biodiversity Conservation, Wetland Conservation, Public Participation etc. for cleaning and rejuvenation of river Ganga. These projects are implemented by State Executing Agencies which helps to generate local employment in the States, however, the employment data are not collated and kept at NMCG.
(b): A total of 472 villages have been taken up for development under the Ganga Gram Project in the State of Bihar.
(c): The Government of India releases funds to National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) for the implementation of the program. Thereafter, funds are released by NMCG to State Governments /State Programme Management Groups/CPSUs/ Other Executing Agencies. The details of funds allocated and funds released under the Namami Gange Programme till date, year and State-wise are annexed at Annexure.
(d): Under the Namami Ganga Programme, NMCG have been providing funds since the year 2016-17 to the Ganga bank State Forest Departments of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal for afforestation works along the river Ganga as per the DPR prepared by Forest Research Institute (FRI) Dehradun.
So far, 1,63,25,296 number of plants have been planted over 29,326 hectares area under the Namami Gange program for which an expenditure of Rs. 313.90 crore has been incurred by the respective State Forest Departments. The State wise details of plantation is as follows:
2016-17 to 2020-21
State Expenditure
(in Rs. Cr.) Total Area Covered under Plantation (in ha.) No. of Plants planted
Uttarakhand 115.71 10356 7344400
Uttar Pradesh 57.90 8820 4639275
Bihar 91.63 7151 1399752
Jharkhand 26.21 884 723420
West Bengal 22.46 2115 2218449
Total 313.90 29,326 1,63,25,296
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ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (C) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1520 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 10.02.2022 REGARDING “EMPLOYMENT UNDER NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME”.
Details of funds allocated/ released by Government of India to National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and subsequently disbursed/released by NMCG from the financial year 2014-15 till 31 December 2021 is tabulated below:-
Financial Year Budget Estimates Revised Estimates Releases by Government of India Disbursement/ Expenditure by National Mission for Clean Ganga
(Rupees in crore)
2014-15 2,137.00 2,053.00 326.00 170.99
2015-16 2,750.00 1,650.00 1,632.00 602.60
2016-17 2,500.00 1,675.00 1,675.00 1,062.81
2017-18 2,550.00 3,023.42 1,423.12 1,625.01
2018-19 3,070.00 2,370.00 2,307.50 2,626.54
2019-20 1,970.00 1,553.44 1,553.40 2,673.09
2020-21 1,640.02 1,300.00 1,300.00 1,339.97
2021-22* 1,450.02 1,450.02 950.00 972.68
Total 18,067.04 15,074.88 11,167.02 11,073.69
(* up-to 31 December 2021)
State-wise and year-wise funds released/ expended by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) to State Governments /State Programme Management Groups/CPSUSs/ Other Executing Agencies from the financial year 2014-15 onward till 31 December 2021, are mentioned below:-
(Rs. in crore)
State FY
2014-15 FY
2015-16 FY
2016-17 FY
2017-18 FY
2018-19 FY
2019-20 FY
2020-21 FY
2021-22* Total
Uttarakhand 4.26 37.04 43.97 242.49 341.44 128.20 124.82 129.65 1,051.87
Uttar Pradesh 74.58 153.35 602.90 549.88 823.77 821.09 472.46 322.49 3,820.52
Bihar ---- 124.23 82.03 367.18 673.03 1,185.17 194.43 37.46 2,663.53
Jharkhand 0.97 27.83 49.53 21.72 74.23 30.50 28.03 2.59 235.40
West Bengal 73.85 185.79 117.25 249.35 227.62 70.60 105.06 72.41 1,101.93
Delhi ---- 4.96 2.17 81.57 310.69 214.47 235.00 240.00 1,088.86
Haryana ---- 30.00 52.73 6.88 ---- ---- ---- ---- 89.61
Environmental Planning & Coordination Organization, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh ---- 3.39 6.50 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 9.89
Urban Improvement Trust, Kota, Rajasthan ---- ---- 20.00 ---- ---- ---- ---- 20.00 40.00
Irrigation & Public Health Department, Himachal Pradesh ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1.25 2.50 3.75
NMCG’s Expenditure including other Basin wide interventions 17.33 36.01 85.73 105.94 175.76 223.06 178.92 145.58 968.33
Total 170.99 602.60 1,062.81 1,625.01 2,626.54 2,673.09 1,339.97 972.68 11,073.69
(* till 31 December 2021)
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