Year-wise and State Wise Details of Approvals Granted for Diversion of Forest Land under the Forest (Conservation)

Act, 1980

2010 2011 2012 2013

S.No. STATE / UT Area Area Area Area

No. of No. of No. of No. of
Diverted Diverted Diverted Diverted
Proposal Proposal Proposal Proposal
(Ha.) (Ha.) (Ha.) (Ha.)

Andaman & Nicobar

1 0 0 2 0.225 4 8.56 2 8.575
Island

2 Andhra Pradesh 27 4,640.86 38 1,998.44 33 1,092.31 14 1,695.49

3 Arunachal Pradesh 43 1,297.67 17 863.394 12 2,189.32 1 133.56

4 Assam 4 210 7 6.539 2 179.15 1 98.251

5 Bihar 30 725.803 36 3,109.51 27 389.085 3 11.2

6 Chandigarh 2 0.103 3 0.212 1 0.1 0 0

7 Chhattisgarh 30 4,291.39 21 3,579.31 14 3,011.35 3 558.947

8 Dadar & Nagar Haveli 5 1.99 9 2.877 4 1.552 0 0

9 Daman & Diu 0 0 1 3.95 0 0 0 0

10 Delhi 1 0.94 2 15.8 0 0 0 0

11 Goa 8 239.937 2 92.5 0 0 0 0

12 Gujarat 133 1,252.51 72 1,807.35 68 772.249 2 447.79

13 Haryana 299 395.329 289 171.432 199 453.805 1 0.15

14 Himachal Pradesh 147 1,277.38 161 609.355 82 1,300.28 3 62.441

15 Jammu & Kashmir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

16 Jharkhand 58 4,920.82 44 3,244.04 37 3,781.82 6 959.767

17 Karnataka 25 1,301.58 28 171.874 22 286.253 2 145.764

18 Kerala 4 1.184 4 13.646 7 4.906 1 0.535

19 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

20 Madhya Pradesh 55 2,698.02 52 1,774.65 38 5,333.87 8 846.542

21 Maharashtra 65 2,443.37 63 1,343.12 48 1,988.88 3 209.343

22 Manipur 4 691.79 2 428.5 1 135.82 0 0

23 Meghalaya 0 0 3 7.441 3 378.455 0 0

24 Mizoram 0 0 2 253.383 1 384.031 0 0

25 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

26 Orissa 19 2,677.04 28 3,821.75 23 2,012.96 5 1,795.14

27 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 28 Punjab 244 313.867 297 235.422 106 610.791 4 103.819

29 Rajasthan 32 2,640.32 36 1,044.87 11 189.567 4 124.256

30 Sikkim 11 385.228 25 103.591 0 0 0 0

31 Tamil Nadu 17 432.564 13 25.067 12 52.683 0 0

32 Tripura 15 19.846 13 36.209 2 37.298 0 0

33 Uttar Pradesh 107 429.003 191 328.519 51 1,052.58 11 53.232

34 Uttarakhand 435 1,789.32 233 1,127.33 74 326.071 49 2,448.67

35 West Bengal 10 190.654 12 67.165 4 19.918 0 0

TOTAL 1830 35,268.51 1706 26,287.47 886 25,993.66 123 9,703.48

Source: Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 1124, dated 04.03.2013