Parliament Question: Animal Relocation Programme

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3727 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2026 Animal Relocation Programme

3727. MR. PATHAN YUSUF:

SHRI K C VENUGOPAL:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

(a) the data on the number of human casualties and crop/property damages due to human- wildlife conflicts across the country during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise including Kerala;

(b) the details of animal relocation programmes conducted during the said period, along with the total number of animals relocated, year-wise;

(c) the total funds allocated and released to each State, including Kerala for mitigating human-wildlife conflicts under Centrally Sponsored Schemes during the said period, including compensation for fatalities;

(d) the funding provided under Project Tiger and Project Elephant during the said period, State/UT-wise; and

(e) the steps being taken to enhance inter-State coordination, integrate technology like early warning systems and alternative livelihoods for forest-fringe communities? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

(a) to (e) The management of wildlife including the mitigation of human-wildlife conflict is primarily the responsibility of the concerned States/UTs. The State Governments &Union Territory Administrations are the first responders to any conflict situation and they maintain the details of the conflict along with the species involved.

The Central Government provides financial assistance to State Governments/Union Territory Administrations under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes, ‘Development of Wildlife Habitats’ and ‘Project Tiger and Elephant’ for management of wildlife and its habitat including management of human-wildlife conflict in the country. The activities supported include procurement of early warning systems, construction and erection of physical barriers such as barbed wire fence, solar, powered electric fence, bio- fencing, boundary walls etc. to prevent the entry of wild animals into crop fields, payment of ex- gratia relief to the victims of human-wildlife conflicts.:2:

Further, the Ministry has issued an advisory on dealing with human-wildlife conflict in February 2021. The Advisory recommends coordinated interdepartmental action, identification of conflict hot spots, adoption of early warning systems using scientific technology, adherence to Standard Operating Procedures, establishment of rapid response teams, formation of State and District level committees to review the quantum of ex-gratia relief, and issuing guidance/instructions for expedited payments etc. The details of fund released under the schemes in last three year are provided at Annexure-I & Annexure-II.

*****ANNEXURE –I Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3727 due for reply on 16.03.2026 regarding “Animal Relocation Programme” Details of funds released to State/ UT Governments under CSS-‘Development of Wildlife Habitats’ during last Three years and CFY.

(₹. in lakhs) 2025-26 S. No. Name of States/UTs 2023-24 2024-25 (as on 11.03.2026) 1 Arunachal Pradesh 672.46 1044.81 1032.59 2 Assam 565.10 1234.46 695.16 3 Bihar 336.37 0 0 4 Chandigarh 16.49 0 0 5 Chhattisgarh 116.24 135.58 11.90 6 Goa 50.10 66.44 0 7 Gujarat 206.99 801.58 348 8 Haryana 167.85 232.97 96.12 9 Himachal Pradesh 94.15 172.31 72.83 10 Jammu & Kashmir 69.57 73.97 29.89 11 Jharkhand 14.91 71.93 0 12 Karnataka 581.52 800.82 292.79 13 Kerala 921.03 909.63 320.80 14 Madhya Pradesh 471.81 740.89 274.10 15 Maharashtra 554.69 622.06 497.72 16 Manipur 231.72 261.70 0 17 Meghalaya 243.56 389.59 0 18 Mizoram 304.20 344.32 269.71 19 Nagaland 1306.32 1490.04 998.90 20 Odisha 1005.08 1108.46 312.02 21 Rajasthan 0 0 336.62 22 Sikkim 187.03 221.17 250.99 23 Tamil Nadu 373.89 661.78 237.27 24 Uttar Pradesh 290.64 393.86 0 25 Uttarakhand 498.49 652.47 280.14 26 West Bengal 385.29 183.14 417.63 27 Puducherry 5.22 0 0 28 Lakshadweep 124.65 217.18 0 29 Tripura 186.05 339.48 0 30 Ladakh UT 6.00 0 0 Total 9987.42 13170.64 6775.18ANNEXURE –II Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3727 due for reply on 16.03.2026 regarding “Animal Relocation Programme” State-wise fund released under Central Sponsored Scheme (CSS) of Project Tiger & Elephant during 2023-24 to 2025-26 (₹ in Lakhs) S. No State/UTs 2023-24* 2024-25 2 0 2 5 - 2 6 1 Andhra Pradesh 149.42 365.13 307.85 2 Arunachal Pradesh 1119.91 1767.99 856.05 3 Assam 2619.30 3030.84 4138.01 4 Chhattisgarh 292.85 307.98 471.26 5 Jharkhand 405.78 727.55 216.01 6 Karnataka 2613.08 2801.26 2142.66 7 Kerala 996.22 221.36 1439.09 8 Maharashtra 2614.45 4176.70 2372.66 9 Meghalaya 65.25 59.4 61.11 10 Nagaland 337.77 305.44 319.46 11 Odisha 1012.58 919.57 695.70 12 Tamil Nadu 2547.96 2184.88 1473.35 13 Tripura 27.08 14.68 21.33 14 Uttar Pradesh 1031.97 2075.10 1208.22 15 Uttarakhand 1495.52 1823.23 1173.55 16 West Bengal 522.58 425.94 601.94 17 Haryana 26.1 31.2 1.75 18 Bihar 308.98 543.09 364.32 19 Rajasthan 968.30 579.47 776.32 20 Madhya Pradesh 4303.79 5910.50 3084.03 21 Manipur 14.12 29.25 31.49 22 Mizoram 144 367.08 250.62 23 Telangana 323.30 291.68 405.27 24 Himachal Pradesh 19.61 40.57 6.62 Total 23959.92 28999.89 22418.67 *Centrally Sponsored Scheme Project Elephant and Centrally Sponsored Scheme Project Tiger has been merged and now known as Centrally Sponsored Scheme Project Tiger & Elephant.