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Annual Report
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FOREST DEPARTMENT

ANNUAL REPORT
2023-24
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INDEX
Chapter Content Pg. No.

1 Introduction 1-5

2 Human Resource 6-10

3 Developmental Activities 11-19

3.1 Social Forestry 20-22

3.2 Projects 22-24

3.3 National Forestry Action Programme and Bamboo Mission

(NFAP&BM) 24-28

3.4 Unit wise and Category wise Building details 28-29

4 Wild life 30-48

5 Forest Resource Management (FRM) 49-57

6 Van(Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980 (Forest 58-62

conservation)

7 Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority 63-65

(CAMPA)

8 Administration and Co-ordination(A&C) 66

9 Evaluation, Working plan, Research & Training (EWPRT) 68-95

9.1 Evaluation 68

9.2 Working Plan 69

9.3 New projects in Working Plan 70-77

9.4 Research and Utilisation 78-81

9.5 Forest Training 82-94

9.6 Land Record 95

10 Legal Cell 96-97

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Chapter Content Pg. No.

11 Forest Protection and Vigilance 98-100

12 Publicity, Information & Communication technology (ICT) 101-109

12.1 Publicity 101-102

12.2 Statistics 102-103

12.3 Information and Communication Technology(ICT) 103-106

12.4 Central Forest Library 106-108

12.5 Implementation of Right to Information (RTI)act 108

13 Sakala Services 110-11

14 Sports Medals 112

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 TABLES
Tables Contents Pg. No.

1 Staff position in Karnataka Forest Department during 2023-24 7-9

2 Notified Daily Wage Employees in Karnataka Forest Department during

9-10
2023-24
3 Allotment and Expenditure under DDF Scheme during 2023-24 12

4 Allotment and Expenditure under Siri Chandana Vana programme during 14

2023-24
5 Allotment and Expenditure under Hasiru Karnataka Scheme during 13
2023-24
6 Allotment and Expenditure under Deemed Forest afforestation during
13
2023-24
7 Allotment and Expenditure under Eco Budget Scheme during 2023-24 14
8 Allotment and Expenditure under GUA Scheme during 2023-24 16

9 Allotment and Expenditure under RSPD Scheme during 2023-24 16

10 Allotment and Expenditure under Roadside Plantation Scheme during

17
2023-24
11 Progress under State Sector in Development schemes during 2023-24 19

12 Unit wise & Category wise Building details during 2023-24 28-29

13 Details of Circle/Division wise National Parks, Tiger Reserve, Wildlife 31-39

Sanctuaries, Conservation & Community Reserves during 2023-24
14 Statement showing the details of allotment, Releases of funds and
35-37
Expenditure during 2023-24
15 Details of allocations for the payment of ex-gratia for damages caused by
37
wildlife attacks during 2023-24
16 Constitution of Governing Council of ZAK during 2023-24 41

17 List of forest officers who held the charge in zoo authority of Karnataka 42
during 2023-24
18 Details of expenditure by each Zoo towards rescued animals during
44
2023-24
19 Particulars of developmental works taken up during 2023-24 45

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20 Developmental Works taken up under CSR / CAMPA / DMF / MNREGA

45-48
etc., Scheme at various Zoos during 2023-24

21 Adoption / Donation details at various Zoos during 2023-24 48

22 Quantity of sandalwood supplied to various consumers at the sanctioned

51
retails rate during 2023-24

23 Quantity of timber supplied to various consumers at the sanctioned retail 52

rates during 2022-23

24 Supply of firewood to various institutions and to public during 2023-24 52

25 E-auction sale details of Timber and Firewood during 2023-24 53

26 Bamboo supplied to Medars and Non-medars during 2023-24 54

27 Canes supplied and by auction sale during 2023-24 54

28 Tender cum Auction of Minor Forest Produce during 2023-24 55-56

29 Forest lands diverted for non-forestry purpose (Stage-II / final approval)

under Forest Conservation Act, 1980 during 2023-24 58-61

30 Details of Financial and Physical Progress achieved under Working plan

unit during 2023-24 72-77

31 Physical and Financial Progress achieved in Research unit during 79-81

2023-24

32 Training curriculum of each cadre of Forest department 82

33 No. of Batches and Trainees passed out in Induction training at Gungargatti

83
Dharwad training centre during 2023-24

34 No. of Batches and Trainees passed out in Induction training at, Kadugodi
85
training centre during 2023-24

35 No. of Batches and Trainees passed out in Induction training at Tattihala

86
training centre during 2023-24

36 No. of Batches and Trainees passed out in Induction training at, Bidar
85
training centre during 2023-24

37 No. of Batches and Trainees passed out in Induction training at, Chakra 85
training centre during 2023-24

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38 No. of Batches and Trainees passed out in Induction training at Ilawala 84

training centre during 2023-24
39 No. of Batches and Trainees passed out in Induction training at,
84
Kushalnagar training centre during 2023-24
40 Number of trainees undergone training from 2021-22 to 2023-24 86-87

41 Details of Physical target & Achievement under training centres during 88-94
2023-24
42 No of court cases pending in legal cell 97

43 Details of the wireless networks/devices as on 31.12.2023 99

44 Details of Weapons in the Vigilance wing during as on 31.12.2023 99

45 Forest offence cases in vigilance wing during 2023-24 100

46 State Public Information Officer (SPIO) Requests Form-1 under RTI as 109
on 31.3.2024
47 Appellate Authority (Appeals) Form-2 under RTI as on 31.3.2024 109

48 Details of applications received, disposal of applications & pendency under 110-111

Sakala services as on 31.3.2024

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 ANNEXURES
Annexure Particulars Pg. No.

1 District wise extent of Forest area in Karnataka during 2023-24 113

2 District wise extent of Forest area by legal status 2023-24 114

3 Organisation Structure of Forest, Ecology and Environment,

115
Government of karnataka & Karnataka Forest Department

4 Circle wise/species wise/model wise plantation raised

116
during 2023-24

5 Payment of ex-gratia for crop damages, cattle killed, permanent

117-124
disability, Injury and property loss by wild animals during 2023-24

6 Timber and major Forest produce during 2023-24 125

7 Non wood Forest Produce (NWFP) during 2023-24 126-128

8 List of Timber depots in the Forest Department 129-130

9 Progress under State Scheme as on 31.3.2024 131-133

10 Progress under centrally sponsored Scheme as on 31.3.2024 134-136

11 Progress under KFD-Flexi fund as on 31.3.2024 137-146

12 Details of Audit Report as on 31.3.2024 147

13 Details of Legislature Assembly/Council questions & Details of

147
Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha questions as on 31.3.2024

14 Forest offence cases as on 31.3.2024 148-173

15 Revenue and expenditure of the Forest Department from

174
2006-07 to 2023-24

16 Details of Revenue as on 31.3.2024 175

17 Details of Expenditure as on 31.3.2024 175

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 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
A.C.F. Assistant Conservator of Forest

APCCF Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests

A&C Administration and Co-ordination

API Application Programme Interface

APO Annual Plan of Operation

ANR Assisted Natural Regeneration

AR Artificial Regeneration

AYUSH Ayurveda, Yoga and naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy

BBP Bannerghatta Biological Park

BDA Bamboo Development Agency

BFO Beat Forest Officer

CAMPA Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority

CAG Comptroller Auditor General

CCF Chief Conservator of Forests

CD Compact Disc

CDR Call Detail Record

CeG Centre for e-governance

CSS Centrally Sponsored Scheme

DCF Deputy Conservator of Forests

DDF Development of Degraded Areas

DMG Department of Mines & Geology

DRFO Deputy Range Forest Officer

ED Executive Director

EMD Employee Master Details

FAA First Appellate Authority

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FCA Forest Conservation Act

FDA First Division Assistant

FDT Forest Development Tax

FDF Forest Development Fee

FGTC Forest Guard Training Centre

FRM Forest Resource Management

FTC Forest Training Centre

GDP Groos Domestic product

GIM Green India Mission

GIS Geographical Information System

GSFIS Geo Spatial Forest Information System

GUA Greening of Urban Areas

HOA Head of Account

HRD Human Resources Development

ICT Information and communication Technology

IFS Indian Forest Services

ISFR India State of Forest Report

ISRO Indian Space Research Organization

IWST Indian Wood Science and Technology

JFMC Joint Forest Management Committee

KAPY Krishi Aranya Protsaah Yojne

KCDC Karnataka Cashew Development Corporation

KDP Karnataka Development Programme

KEA Karnataka Evaluation Authority

KFDF Karnataka Forest Development Fund

KFDC Karnataka Forest Development corporation

KPTCL Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited,

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KRDCL Karnataka Road Development Corporation Limited

KRIDL Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Limited

KREDL Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited

KSDL Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited

KSHDCL Karnataka State Handicrafts Development Corporation Limited

K-SHIP Karnataka State Highway’s Improvement Project

KSFIC Karnataka State Forest Industries Corporation Limited

KSRSAC Karnataka State Remote Sensing Application Centre

KSWAN Karnataka State Wide Area Network

LAMPS Large scale Adivasi Multipurpose Co-operative Society

LISS Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor

LPG Liquid Petroleum Gas

MGNREGA Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

MAP Mangrove Afforestation Program

MIS Management Information System

MPIC Monthly Programme Implementation Calendar

MPCA Medicinal Plants Conservation Areas

MPDA Medicinal Plants Development Areas

MPM Mysore Paper Mills

MSTC Metal Scrap Trade Corporation Limited

NAEB National Afforestation and Eco-Development Board

NAP-FDA National Afforestation Program- Forest Development Agency

NBM National Bamboo Mission

NH National Highway

NHAI National Highway Authority

NWFP Non Wood Forest Produce

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OJT On the Job training

PAC Public Accounts Committee

P&R Personnel & Recruitment

PA’s Protected Areas

PFMS Public Financial Management System

PCCF Principal Chief Conservator of Forests

PRED Panchayath Raj Engineering Department

RFO Range Forest Officer

R&U Research & Utilisation

RRSC Regional Remote Sensing Centre

RSPD Raising of Seedlings for Public Distribution

SCP Special Component Plan

SFS State Forest Service

SFDA State Forest Development Agency

SHGY Samruddha Hasiru Grama Yojane

SLEC State Level Executive Committee

SLSC State Level Steering Committee

SMAF Sub-Mission on Agro Forestry

SMC Soil and Moisture Conservation

SNA System of National Accounts

SPIO State Public Information Officer

SPARROW Smart Performance Appraisal Report Recording Online Window

SSLR Survey Settlement and Land Record

TSP Tribal Sub Plan

VFC Village Forest Committee

ZAK Zoo Authority of Karnataka

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 Chapter - 1 : Introduction 1

1. INTRODUCTION

Forests are an integral part of natural resources and ecological systems. The state’s
dense forests are located in the Western Ghats region. About 60% of the Western
Ghats of the country are located in Karnataka. In recent years, due to many factors, the
Western Ghats, one of the hot spots of the world’s biodiversity, has been under severe
threat. The depletion of forest cover has been halted to a large extent and forest cover
has quantitatively increased in recent years. The natural forest stock has also qualitatively
improved due to strict protection measures as well as a reduction in biotic pressure.
Forest resources significantly contribute to the state’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
by being a major source of timber, medicinal plants, minor forest products, grazing,
recreational activities, carbon sequestration, watershed provisions, etc. The department
has succeeded to a great extent in halting the quantitative depletion of forest cover
through afforestation and improved conservation programmes, however, anthropogenic
pressure on forests continues to be a major threat to the sustainability of human beings,
animals, and natural resources.

FOREST AREA:
Karnataka State has a total geographical area of 1, 91,791 sq. km, of which 40678.23
sq. km (21.21%) is under the control of the Karntaka Forest Department. This area
Comprises Reserved Forests, Protected Forests, Unclassed Forests, Village Forests,
and Private Forests. Further, land tenures like Betta, Bane, Jamamalai, Forest
Poramboke, Kan, Kumki, Paisari, Amritmahal Kaval, assessed wasteland, Kharab lands,
Inam lands, thickly wooded areas, plantations etc. also form part of forest areas. The
District wise Forest area are given in Annexure-1 and District wise extent of Forest
area by legal status are given in Annexure-2
The state has a network of protected areas with 5 national parks, 36 wildlife sanctuaries
(including five tiger reserves), 18 conservation reserves, and 1 community reserve.

OBJECTIVE:
¾ Protection, conservation and consolidation of forests and protected areas
(Consolidation, protection and conservation of forests, biodiversity and wildlife, and
habitat improvement.)
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¾ Qualitative and quantitative enhancement of forest cover in the state (Afforestation,

reforestation and regeneration of degraded forests, soil and moisture conservation.)
¾ Sustainable management of forests (sustainable harvest and livelihood support
through people’s participation, capacity building of stakeholders, and effective
delivery mechanisms.)
¾ Expansion of tree cover outside forests (Agro-forestry, farm-forestry, tree
improvement, Extension and Publicity)

MISSION:
The department plans, executes, coordinates, and monitors the implementation of
various forestry and on a wildlife programmes to ensure ecological security and
environmental balance through sustainable forest management. It is also engaged in
enhancing the forest and tree cover through people’s participation benefit sharing basis
in order to meet the people’s needs and better realise ecological goods and services.

VISION:
The vision of the Forest Department is the conservation, management and development
of forests and tree growth on a sustainable basis, for present and future generations. It
envisages the expansion of the forest and tree cover to one third of the geographical
area of the state in accordance with the National Forest Policy, 1988. The focus of the
department is on protecting the existing forests, greening all the barren areas of the
state, and encouraging people to grow more and more trees on their lands through
agroforestry so that the pressure on the natural forests is progressively reduced.

WORKS CARRIED OUT BY THE FOREST DEPARTMENT:

1. Development Works: Afforestation work, nursery work, infrastructure development
work and modernization/digitization of department fall in this category.
2. Regulatory Works: The department enforces provisions of various legislations,
such as the Karnataka Forest Act 1963, the Wildlife Protection Act 1972, the Forest
(Conservation) Act 1980 and the Karnataka Preservation of Trees Act 1976, and
corresponding rules, as part of its regulatory functions.
3. Protection Works: The main functions under this category include boundary
consolidation, protection of forest areas from encroachment, illicit-felling, mitigation
of human-wildlife conflict, undertaking fire prevention and control measures, etc.
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4. Conservation Works: Soil-moisture conservation, Watershed development work

for water security, Conservation of rare, endangered, and threatened (RET) species,
and conducting awareness activities to sensitize all sections of society about the
importance of forests, wildlife, and biodiversity etc are all conservation functions of
the department.
5. Sustainable Forest Management Works: In territorial forest areas, the department
is involved in the sustainable extraction and marketing of timber and other forest
products as per the specifications of the working plans. The department also
promotes agro-forestry through giving incentives to support farmers’ income.

MAIN FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT:

¾ Effective implementation of laws and regulations pertaining to forests and wildlife.
¾ Consolidation and preservation of forest land and woodlots.
¾ Habitat development in Protected Areas (P.A.s) and other forest areas, including
wetlands.
¾ Afforestation and reforestation of degraded forests.
¾ Regeneration of forest areas, including soil and moisture conservation works.
¾ Increasing tree cover outside of the forest through Farm Forestry, Agroforestry,
Tree Parks and Urban Woodlots, Roadside/Canal side plantations, and School
Forestry, among other methods.
¾ Taking appropriate measures to propagate Sandalwood, medicinal plants and R.E.T.
Species.
¾ Transparent and effective delivery systems for various forest- based goods and
services.
¾ Providing bamboo, cane, sandalwood etc., to forest produces dependent sections
of society and artisans to support their livelihood needs.
¾ Research and extension support for forestry management.
¾ Providing for adaptation of policies for mitigation of climate change in forestry
planning and management.
¾ An effective mechanism for continuous monitoring, evaluation, and learning from
all departmental activities and programmes.
¾ Human Resource Development and capacity building of all stakeholders.
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¾ Providing an institutional mechanism for information dissemination and

communication among various stakeholders
¾ Strengthening the process of Joint Forest Planning & Management/Revitalization
of VFC’s and EDC’s for meaningful participation of people in forests and wildlife
development programmes.

MAJOR REGULATORY FUNCTIONS:

The main regulatory functions of the department have been broadly classified into the
following categories.

i. Regulating the exploitation of forests for the removal of timber, firewood, and other
non-forest timber products as laid down in the principles of the working plans.
ii. Regulating the movements of forest produce, controlling sawing contraventions
and wood-distillations.
iii. Regulating tree felling on private lands.
iv. Regulate the diversion of forest land for non-forestry purposes.
v. Conservation of wildlife, biodiversity, and ecosystems

The Karnataka Forest Department has the following Acts, Rules, Codes &Manuals;
ACTS:

1. The Karnataka Forest Act, 1963.

2. The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972
3. The Karnataka Preservation of Trees Act, 1976
4. The Forest Conservation Act, 1980
5. The Environment Protection Act, 1986
6. The National Forest Policy, 1988
7. The Biological Diversity Act, 2002
8. The Forest Rights Act of 2006 (Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest
Dwellers Act)
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RULES:
1. Karnataka Civil Services Rules, 1957
2. Karnataka Forest Rules, 1969.
3. The Wildlife Protection Rules, 1973
4. The Karnataka Preservation of Trees Rules, 1977
5. The Forest Conservation Rules, 1981 and 2003
6. The Environment Protection Rules, 1986
7. The Biological Diversity Rules, 2004

CODES AND MANUALS:

1. The Karnataka Forest Code 1976,
2. The Karnataka Forest Manual 1976
3. The Karnataka Forest Account code
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2. HUMAN RESOURCE

The Karnataka Forest Department is under the administrative control of the Forest,
Ecology and Environment Department of the Government of Karnataka. The Forest,
Ecology and Environment Department is headed by Hon’ble Forest, Ecology and
Environment Minister who is assisted by the Additional Chief Secretary (Forest, Ecology
and Environment) and who is in turn assisted by the Principal Secretary (Forest) and
Principal Secretary (Ecology and Environment).
The Karnataka Forest Department is headed by the Principal Chief Conservator of
Forests (Head of Forest Force) who is assisted by the Principal Chief Conservator of
Forests (Wildlife), Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Evaluation, Working Plan,
Research and Training & Climate Change), Principal Chief Conservator of Forests
(Development), Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Legal Cell), Principal Chief
Conservator of Forests (Forest Conservation) and the Additional Principal Chief
Conservators of Forests at the State Headquarter level.
For the purpose of territorial administration, the department is organised into 13 Circles
which are headed by the Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF)/Conservator of Forests
(CF). These circles are further divided into territorial and wildlife divisions, headed by
the Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF). These divisions are again divided into Sub-
divisions, Ranges, Sections, and Beats with jurisdictional officers as Assistant
Conservator of Forests (ACF), Range Forest Officer (RFO), Deputy Range Forest
Officer cum Surveyor (DYRFO-cum surveyor), and Beat Forest Officer(BFO)
respectively.
Each revenue district has a social forestry division headed by a DCF, under the
administrative control of the respective Zilla Panchayat. Social forestry divisions take
up afforestation outside the notified forest areas and promote farm forestry and agro-
forestry. Each social forestry division has a small establishment comprising ACFs,
RFOs, DRFOs and Beat Forest Officer.
The Wildlife wing is headed by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Wildlife and
Chief Wildlife Warden [PCCF, WL & CWLW]. Wildlife areas such as National Parks,
Wildlife Sanctuaries, Tiger Reserves, Conservation Reserves and Community Reserves
are administered by a Wildlife Wing comprising CCFs/CFs, DCFs, ACFs, RFOs,
DRFOs and Beat Forest Officers who are exclusively in charge of the above wildlife
areas, also known as protected areas (PAs).
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In addition to the above territorial, social forestry and wildlife units in the field, the
department has a number of other functional units such as the CAMPA, Working Plan,
Research, Training, Evaluation, Vigilance, Publicity & ICT etc. These units are headed
by either PCCF’s, APCCF's.
The Organisational Chart of KFD is given in Annexure-3.
During 2023-24 the total staff strength in the department was 14815, of which 8234
were filled and 6586 were vacant. The number of daily wage employees working under
the Karnataka Daily Wage Employees Welfare Rules-2013 was 2026
Table - 1: Staff position in Karnataka Forest Department during 2023-24
SI. Sanctioned
Designation posts Filled Vacant
No
Group A
1 Indian Forest Service Officer 164 111 53
2 Deputy Conservator of Forests (SFS) 104 42 62
3 Assistant Conservator of Forests (SFS) 231 157 74
4 Administrative Officer 5 4 1
5 Chief Accounts Officer 1 1 0
Total 505 315 190
Group B
6 Range Forest Officer 785 667 118
7 Administrative Assistant 11 8 3
8 Gazetted Managers 71 68 3
9 Assistant Director (Veterinary) 1 0 1
10 Assistant surgeon (Veterinary) 5 0 5
11 Assistant Director (Statistics) 2 2 0
12 Deputy Director, Forest Survey, 1 0 1
Demarcation and Mapping
13 Assistant Director, Forest Survey, 1 0 1
Demarcation and Mapping
14 Public Judge (Junior division) 1 0 1
Total 878 745 133
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SI. Sanctioned
Designation Filled Vacant
No posts
Group C
15 Special Tahsildar 1 0 1
16 Forest Chemist 2 0 2
17 Draughtsman Grade -1 4 2 2
18 Draughtsman Grade -2 27 1 26
19 Deputy Range Forest Officer cum Surveyor 3008 2417 591
20 Forest Guard 5494 2873 2621
21 Assistant Statistical Officer 8 2 6
22 Photographer 2 0 2
23 Junior Engineer 2 0 2
24 Wireless Operator 15 0 15
25 Librarian 1 0 1
26 Asst. Librarian 1 1 0
27 Statistical Inspector 7 5 2
28 PT Instructor 2 0 2
29 Senior Driver 49 24 24
30 Driver 174 4 170
31 Police Constable 9 0 9
32 Forest Colonial Officer 3 0 3
33 Superintendent (Forest Survey) 8 0 8
34 Finance Assistant 1 0 1
35 Accounts Superintendent 8 7 1
36 Superintendent 194 107 87
37 First Division Assistant 639 507 138
38 Stenographers 44 27 17
39 Senior Typist 22 4 18
40 Second Division Assistant 524 294 230
41 Typist 107 13 94
42 Elephant Jamedar 8 3 5
Total 10364 6291 4078
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SI. Sanctioned
Designation Filled Vacant
No posts
Group D
43 Film Projector Operator 7 0 7
44 Crane Operator 2 0 2
45 Elephant Mahout 122 57 65
46 Elephant Kawadi 122 81 41
47 Forest Watcher 1892 185 1707
48 Attenders / Daftar Bandh/ Jamedar / 29 12 17
Lift Attender / Pumpset Operator /
Wireless mechanic
49 Butlers 5 2 3
50 Forest guest house Supervisor / tindil / lasker 889 546 343
/ jaddadmaali / Gardener / Coolie /maali /
dalayath / Cleaners / Watchman
Total 3068 883 2152
Grand Total 14815 8234 6586

Source: APCCF (P&R) Section

Table - 2
Notified Daily Wage Employees in Karnataka Forest Department during 2023-24

SI.
Circles/Divisions “C” Group “D” Group Total
No
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

1 PCCF, Bangalore 2 7 9

2 PCCF, WL Bangalore 2 0 2

3 APCCF, VIG, Bangalore 13 5 18

4 APCCF, PT Mysore + Hunsur 14 53 67

5 APCCF, PT, Shimoga 0 0 0

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SI.
Circles/Divisions “C” Group “D” Group Total
No
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

6 APCCF, R & U Bangalore 4 56 60

7 APCCF, HRD Dharwad 1 3 4

8 APCCF, WP. Bangalore 7 2 9

9 RFO, Estate, Bangalore 1 6 7

10 Bangalore Circle 38 219 257

11 Bellary Circle 13 146 159

12 Gulburga Circle 3 42 45

13 Belgaum Circle 11 121 132

14 Dharwad Circle 5 79 84

15 Kanara Circle 90 362 452

16 Shivamogga Circle 26 128 154

17 Chikkamagaluru Circle 25 60 85

18 Kodagu Circle 11 62 73

19 Mangalore Circle 12 81 93

20 Hassan Circle 9 119 128

21 Mysore Circle 19 77 96

22 Chamarajanagar Circle 14 78 92

TOTAL 320 1706 2026

Source: APCCF (P&R) Section
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3. DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

The primary objective of the development wing is to look after the afforestation,
reforestation and other developmental works in the state. This includes initiatives taken
up by the Forest Department, along with other departments or private institutions/
organizations. The Key functions of this wing are as follows: -

¾ Supervision and monitoring of state sector schemes, Viz., development of degraded

forests (DDF), Siri-Chandana Vana, raising of seedlings for public distribution
(RSPD), Special component plan (SCP), Tribal sub plan (TSP), Roadside Plantation,
Krushi Aranya Protsaha Yojane (KAPY), etc.,
¾ To timely allocate the funds to the implementing authorities for planting and other
developmental works.
¾ To monitor the effective and efficient use of the government funds for utilising against
the purpose provided for. Monitoring of timely expenditure and implementation of
the sanctioned schemes by the implementing authorities.
¾ To monitor the implementation of the Bittotasava (Seed Sowing) and
Vanamahotsava (Mass Tree Planting) programs.
¾ Address issues connected with developmental Programs, afforestation activities
including areas other than forest areas.

State Sector Schemes:

I. The following programmes are implemented under the HOA:4406-Capital
Outlay on Forestry & Wildlife-01-Forestry-101-0-03-Afforestation on Forest
Area-139-MW.
1. Development of Degraded Forests:
Under this scheme, degraded forests are rejuvenated through various measures
like planting of seedlings, protection from grazing & fire, promotion of natural
regeneration. Plantations are raised depending upon the local conditions and
requirement of the local people to cater their needs, such as small timber, fuel
wood and fodder.
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In the year 2023-24, Rs.8231.762 lakh annual allocation has been made. Out of
this Rs.8279.064 lakh has been spent upto end of March -2024 for the following
afforestation activities.
Table - 3
Allotment and Expenditure under DDF Scheme during 2023 - 24

Financial
SI. Physical
Details of Works (Rs. In lakh)
No
Target Ach. Target Ach.

1 1st Year Maintenance (in Ha) 131 131

2 3rd Year Maintenance (in Ha) 2018 2018

3 Teak bed maintenance 8826 8826

4 Raising of Teak Plantation (in Ha.) 570 570

8231.762 8279.064
5 Raising of Plantation (In Ha.) 455 455

6 Advance Work (Ha.) 3,855 3,666

7 Barbed wire Fencing area maintenance 11,863 11,554

(in Ha.)

8 Advance work in Barbed wire fencing areas 9067.14 8930.56

(in Ha.)

2. Cultivation of Sandalwood Plantations:

The main object of this scheme is to maintain and protect sandal plantations and
natural sandal bearing area in natural forest. The erection of chain link mesh, 24
hours watch and ward, soil working, cultural operation and other protective measures
are being undertaken for the plantations raised under this scheme.
In the year 2023-24, annual allocation of Rs.775.811 lakh has been made. Out of
this Rs.743.168 lakh has been spent upto March-2024 for the following afforestation
activities.
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Table - 4
Allotment and expenditure under Cultivation of sandalwood
plantations during 2023-24

Financial
SI. Physical
Details of Works (Rs. In lakh)
No
Target Ach. Target Ach.

1 Engaging watchman (in Nos) 55 55

2 Maintenance of watchman (inNos) 55 55
3 Maintenance of Dogs (inNos) 9 9
4 Maintenance of 3rd year plantation (in Ha.) 1670.14 1670.14
775.811 743.168
5 Maintenance of 5 year plantation
th
(in Ha.) 948.50 948.50
6 Maintenance of Inspection path (in km.) 67.30 67.30
7 Maintenance Fire line (in km.) 148.50 148.50
8 Raising of Plantation (in Ha.) 50 50

3. Hasiru Karnataka:
In order to give more impetus for development of social forestry action is being
taken to plant seedlings suitable to each area in the government lands of small
hills, gomalas and areas surrounding tanks. By involving students of schools,
colleges and environmental organization with their active participation, a tree to
each house, a groove to each village, a small forest to each taluk, a forest to each
district. With this motto a scheme titled Hasiru Karnataka was launched.
In the year 2023-24 Rs.255.513 lakh has been allocated out of which Rs.252.350
lakh has been utilized upto end of March 2024for the following works.

Table - 5
Allotment and expenditure under Hasiru Karnataka during 2023-24
SI. Particulars of works Physical Financial
No. (Rs. In lakh)

Target Ach. Target Ach.

1 Maintenance of 3rd year plantation 975 975 255.513 252.350

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4. Afforestation in Deemed Forest:

During 2023-24 Rs.251.631 lakh has been allocated to undertake afforestation
works in the deemed forest areas of the dry land districts. Upto end of March-2024
Rs.251.779 lakh has been spent.

Table - 6
Allotment and expenditure under Afforestation in Deemed Forest during 2023-24

SI. Particulars of Works Physical Financial

No (Rs. In lakh)

Target Ach. Target Ach.

1 Maintenance of plantation 2430 2430 251.631 251.779

5. Eco Budget :
Budget speech No.344 for the year 2022-23,In order to compensate for the adverse
effects caused by natural and man-made pressures on the forest biological system
in the state during the last five years, the following activities have been approved
and implemented under the new Eco-Budget scheme.
1. Barren hillock restoration
2. Eco restoration of degraded forest area
3. Mangroves afforestation in coastal areas
4. Shelter belt in coastal area
5. Krishna Riverine eco system restoration
6. Landslides and landslides prone areas management
7. Agro-forestry in Bayaluseeme Areas
During the year 2023-24, Rs.6252.223 lakh has been allocated and Rs.6235.561
lakh has been spent upto March 2024 for the following activities.
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Table - 7
Allotment and expenditure under Afforestation in Eco Budget during 2023-24

Financial
SI. Physical
Details of Works (Rs. In lakh)
No
Target Ach. Target Ach.

1 Plantation in Barren hillock area (ha.) 4704 4704

2 Maintenance of 3rdyear plantation (ha.) 115 115
3 Advance work (ha.) 290 240
4 Protection works(ha.) 2700 2700
5 Maintenance of 1 year Mangrove
st
510 510
plantation(ha.)
6252.223 6235.561
6 Raising of Mangrove Plantation(ha.) 50 50
7 Maintenance of 1st year Shelterbelt 110 110
Plantation(ha.)
8 Raising of Shelterbelt Plantation(ha.) 537.15 537.15
9 Raising of Plantation(Km.) 483.49 483.49
10 Raising of Plantation(in ha.) 356 356
11 Maintenance of 1st year Plantation(in km) 33.05 33.05
12 Maintenance of 1 year Plantation(in ha)
st
265 265
13 Maintenance of 8”x12” seedlings 0.400 0.400
14 Maintenance of 1st year Plantation in 81.5 81.5
Landslide Prone areas
15 Maintenance of 8”x12” seedlings 4.511 4.511
16 Maintenance of 6”x9” seedlings 32 32

II. The following programmes are implemented under the HOA:4406-Capital

Outlay on Forestry & Wildlife-01-Forestry-101-0-04-Afforestation on Non-
Forests Area-139-MW.
6. Greening of Urban Areas:
The main objective of the scheme is to prevent pollution caused due to high
population & vehicles in urban areas by planting trees in Mahanagara Palike,
Municipal corporation & Town Panchayath. Block plantations are also being raised
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in the schools and colleges of Urban Areas. These plantations prevent not only
pollution but also enhance the greenery and scenic beauty of the urban areas.
In the year 2023-24 Rs.1183.769 lakh is allocated annually. Out of this Rs.1183.218
lakh has been spent upto end of March-2024 for the following afforestation activities.

Table - 8
Allotment and expenditure under Greening of Urban Areas during 2023-24

SI. Phy. Fin. (Rs. In lakhs)

Particulars of Works
No Target Ach. Target Ach.
Maintenance of 3rd year plantation
(in km/ ha) 1,059.00 1,059.00
1
Maintenance of 1st year plantation
(in km/ ha) 344.50 344.50
1183.769 1183.218
2 Raising of Monsoon plantation (in km) 297.90 297.90

3 Raising of 14”X20” seedlings (in lakh) 5.76550 5.76550

4. Maintenance of 14”X20” seedlings (in lakh) 1.025 1.025

7. Raising of Seedlings for Public Distribution Scheme(RSPD):

This programme is being implemented for distribution of seedlings to Public and to
the beneficiaries of KAPY Programme. Under this programme, seedlings are being
raised for distribution to public, Institutions, Farmers and others at subsidized rates
through VFCs to plant in their lands. For this purpose, seedlings of suitable local
species are raised in 6”X9” and 8”X12” sized bags. In the year 2023-24
Rs.2167.665lakh allocation has been provided out of which Rs.2165.089 lakh has
been spent upto end of March 2024 for the following afforestation activities.
Table - 9
Allotment and expenditure under Raising of Seedlings for Public Distribution
during 2023-24

SI. Phy. Fin. (Rs. In lakhs)

Particulars of Works
No Target Ach. Target Ach.

1 Raising of seedlings (in lakh ) 67.375 67.065

2 Maintenance of seedlings (in lakh) 204.099 204.099 2167.665 2165.089
3 Distribution of seedlings (in lakh) 204.099 204.099
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8. Roadside Plantation:
Karnataka has about 4,000 km of national highways, about 21,000 km of state
highways and about 38,000 km of district roads. Some stretches of these roads
had avenue plantations raised a long time ago, since the days of the Mysore kingdom
or British presidencies. Since 1980 about 15,000 km of roadside plantations have
been raised by the Forest Department throughout the state under various schemes.
Since the year 2010, trees along many stretches of the state’s roads have been
cut under road-widening projects. In order to bring back greenery along these roads,
the state sector scheme “Roadside Plantations” has been under implementation
since 2011-12.
During the year 2023-24 budget allocation of Rs.3148.566 lakh has been allocated
and Rs.3145.777 lakh was utilized till March 2024for taking up the below mentioned
afforestation works.
Table - 10
Allotment and expenditure under Roadside Plantataion during 2023-24

SI. Phy. Fin. (Rs. In lakhs)

Particulars of Works
No Target Ach. Target Ach.

1 Maintenance of 1nd year plantation 507 507

2 Maintenance of 3rd year plantation 711 711
3 Creation of Monsoon plantation 474.50 474 3148.566 3145.777
4 Creation of Plantation 105.76 105.76
5 Advance work 1415 1412

9. KrishiAranyaProtsahaYojane:2406-01-101-2-83-100-Afforestationon Forest &

Non-Forest Areas-Financial Assistance/Relief:
As per the National Forest Policy of 1988, 33% of the Geographical area must be
under forest and tree cover. To achieve this goal, the Department has taken up
various afforestation programmes on private & public lands. This has been achieved
successfully through involvement of farmers, public and NGOs.
Government of Karnataka has launched “KRISHI ARANYA PROTSAHA YOJANE”,
programme from the year 2011. A provision has been made in the guidelines of the
programme that the farmers and public may obtain the seedlings at subsidized
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rates from the nearest nurseries of the department. Seedlings so obtained be planted
in their land and nurtured. The incentive will be paid to farmers for each survived
seedlings from the Government and they are entitled to get returns from such
seedlings when it attains maturity.
In the year 2023-24 Rs.1000.00 lakh allocation has been provided under budget
head “2406-01-101-2-83-100-Afforestation on Forest & Non-Forest Areas-Financial
Assistance/Relief” the same has been allocated for making pending payment of
both incentive and service charges for the years 2021-22 and 2022-23. Out of this
Rs. 997.377lakh has been spent upto end of March 2024.
10. Special Component Plan: 2406-01-789-0-00-SCP-422:
This programme is being implemented to improve the economic condition of SC
community and to reduce the pressure on forest and to provide LPG gas connection
directly, supply of bee hive boxes, distribution of solar lamps to the selected SC
beneficiaries of this community. Action is being taken to maintain avenue plantations
along the roads leading to the colonies in habituated by Schedule Caste population.
In the year 2023-24 Rs.200.00 lakh has been allocated and Rs. 200.00 lakh is
released. Out of this Rs.199.99lakh has been utilized upto end of March 2024 for
free refilling of two gas cylinders to 11132 beneficiaries and free distribution of
bamboos to 406 families of SC beneficiaries.
11. Tribal Sub-Plan : 2406-01-796-0-00-TSP-423
This programme is being implemented to improve the economic condition of ST
community and to reduce the pressure on forest and to provide LPG gas connection
directly, supply of bee hive boxes, distribution of solar lamps to the selected ST
beneficiaries of this community. Action is being taken to maintain avenue plantations
along the roads leading to the colonies in habituated by Schedule Caste population.
In the year 2023-24 Rs.200.00 lakh has been allocated and Rs.200.00 lakh has
been released. Out of this Rs.199.99 lakh has been utilized upto end of March
2024 for free refilling of two gas cylinders to 10490 beneficiaries and free distribution
of bamboos to 702 families of ST beneficiaries.
12. Afforestation in other Areas: HOA: 2406-01-101-2-21-AOA-139-MW.
In the process of road widening in the state and national highways the trees which
are obstructing the works are felled. In order to plant the sapling in place of the cut
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trees the funds are collected from the user agencies (K-ship, KPTCL, KRDCL and
other user Agencies) and remitted to HoA:0406-01-800-0-08-000. In turn the funds
are released by the Government under the budget head:2406-01-101-2-21-AOA-
139-M.W. based on the remitted amount by the user agencies according to as and
when the works are taken up.
During 2023-24 Rs.2000.00 lakh was allocated and released. Out of which
Rs1998.169 lakh has been spent upto end of March 2024 for taking up afforestation
works like advance works, raising and maintenance of plantation, raising and
maintenance of seedlings subject to the availability of the funds remitted by User
Agencies
Table - 11 : Progress under state sector schemes
(Rs. In Lakh)

Annual
SI.
Name of the Scheme Allocation Achievement
No
as per BE

1 Development of Degraded Forests (DDF) 8231.762 8279.064

2 Eco Budget 6252.223 6234.365

3 Sirichandanavana 775.811 743.168

4 Hasiru Karnataka 255.513 252.350

5 Afforestation in Deemed Forest 251.631 251.779

6 Greening of Urban Areas (GUA) 1183.769 1183.218

7 Raising of Seedlings for Public Distribution (RSPD) 2167.665 2165.089

8 Roadside Plantation(RSP) 3148.566 3145.777

9 Krishi Aranya Prothsaha Yojane (KAPY) 1000.00 997.377

10 Special Component Plan 200.00 199.99

11 Tribal Sub Plan 200.00 199.99

12 Afforestation in other Areas(AOA) 2000.00 1998.169

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3.1 SOCIAL FORESTRY & PROJECTS:

A. SOCIAL FORESTRY:
The following schemes are being implemented in 30 Social Forestry Divisions in
Karnataka State.

DISTRICT SECTOR SCHEME:

The Social Forestry wing of Karnataka Forest Department comprises 30 Social Forestry
divisions which work under the Zilla Panchayaths.

1. Budget head: 2406-00-101-0-27-090 General Expenses (Social Forestry):

The main objective of the Social Forestry scheme is to undertake afforestation to
create greenery by planting seedlings on the Nalaband, Roadside, Railway side,
River edge, Schools & College campus, Institutional Premises and other non-forest
areas. This project creates jobs for the rural unemployed.
For the year 2023-24, under the Social Forestry Scheme, a physical target of raising
3785.60 hectares and 261.49 KM of plantations, maintaining 9261.88 hectare and
288.52 KM hectares, advance work of 1308.10 hectare and 70.03 KM and raising
of 10.70 lakh seedling and maintaining 15.02 lakh seedlings and 39 other physical
target was fixed. Rs.10563.00 lakh allocation is provided. Out of this, upto the end
of March-2024, Rs.10562.96 lakh on been released, Rs.10496.57 lakh spent on
raising 3785.60 ha. and 261.49 KM plantations, maintenance of 9261.88 ha. and
288.52 KM older plantations, advance work of 1015.35 ha. and 70.03 KM, raising
10.26 lakh seedling and maintaining 15.02 lakh seedlings and 36 other works have
been carried out.

2. Budget head: 2406-00-101-0-28-140 – MINOR WORKS (Building) :

Under this scheme, construction of new buildings and residential quarters required
for Officers and Staff and repairs/maintenance to the existing buildings are being
undertaken by Zilla Panchayats through PRED/KRIDL. During 2023-24, Rs.1462.00
lakhs financial target was fixed and physical target has been fixed for construction
of 74 new buildings and for maintenance of 207 older buildings. Out of this, 65 new
building have been constructed and 178 older buildings maintenance has been
carried out. By the end of March-2024, Rs.1460.97 lakhs were released and
Rs.1446.24 lakhs were spent.
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3. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) :

Under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, enhancement of
livelihood security in rural households is ensured by providing upto one hundred
days of guaranteed wage employment to every individual adult who volunteers to
do unskilled manual work.
7530.87 ha of blocks and institutional plantations have been raised, 249.86 ha of
advance works and 13740.875 ha of previous years plantations 1st, 2nd and 3rd
year plantations maintenance have been carried out.
2562.26 km. road side plantations have been raised. 8699.98 Km Road side
plantation have been maintained. Planted 24478.85 ha. on farm lands by distributing
seedlings to 10287 beneficiaries under Farm Forestry. 210.96 acre of Gomala
lands have been developed by growing common grazing plants.
Soil and Moisture Conservation (SMC) works have been carried out in forest and
government lands to the extent of 776902.59 cum and 49.16lakh seedlings have
been raised in nurseries.
During 2023-24, by the end of March-2024, 56.67 lakhs manday's have been
generated. Rs.28772.27 lakhs have been spent on the above works. This scheme
is being implemented with other departmental schemes under convergence. Out
of the total expenditure, Forest Department Allotment of Rs.2148.82 lakhs were
incurred with Rs.716.47 lakhs of MGNREGA allotment under convergence.

4. Agroforestry under the Umbrella Scheme of RKVY:

Agroforestry component under the Umbrella Scheme of RKVY is being implemented
under the Department of Agriculture from 2023-24. An Annual Action Plan of Rs.26.00
crore (125% additional) has been sanctioned by the Central Government. In this
scheme, SMAF plantations raised in previous years on farm lands are being
maintained. Also, it includes target of new programmes like establishment of 30
nurseries, raising of high-quality seedlings (QPM) in 190 nurseries, upgradation of
2 nos of tissue culture labs, establishment of 5 Nos of private nurseries and also
includes skill development and awareness programmes.

By the end of March-2024, 39.11 lakh seedlings have been raised in nurseries and
11 medium nurseries, 15 small nurseries, 4 private nurseries have been developed
and upgraded 1 (one) Tissue Culture Lab.
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Central Share (1st to 4th installment funds) of Rs.1250.00 Lakhs and State Share of
Rs.833.33 Lakhs totaling Rs.2083.33 lakhs have been released in K-2 PFMS. By
the end of March-2024, Central Share an amount of Rs.1161.78 Lakhs and State
Share an amount of Rs.774.52lakhs totally Rs.1936.29641 Lakhs was spent.

B. PROJECTS:
The Projects wing of Karnataka Forest Department is responsible for the
implementation and monitoring several afforestation schemes in all territorial
divisions of the state. These include the state sector schemes such as Tree Park
Scheme, Development and Preservation of Devarakadu Scheme, Maintenance of
Medicinal Plant Areas and Medicinal Plant Development Areas (MPCA & MPDA)
Scheme, Smruthivana Nirmana Yojane.

1. Tree Parks (Salumarada Thimmakka Vruksha Udyana) scheme:

In order to provide a better environment to the citizens living in cities, to establish
atleast one Tree-Park in one Assembly Constituency, the guidelines have been
provided in the Government Order No: C¥Àfà 57 J¥sï.J.¦ 2020 dated: 13.10.2020
for the selection of Site, Implementation, Development and Maintenance after
revoking earlier orders. Accordingly, from the year 2011-12 to the end of March-
2024 a total of 181 Tree-Parks have been created and developed in 147 Assembly
Constituencies.
In the budget for the year 2023-24 under the head of account 4406-01-101-0-05-
Tree-Park Program-139 Major Works, Rs.2000.00 lakhs have been provided. Out
of this amount, Rs.1909.06 lakhs have been earmarked for the Tree-Park Scheme
and the remaining amount of Rs.90.94 lakhs have been earmarked for the
Smruthivana Nirmana Scheme as per the government order. Out of 181 Tree-
Parks under the Tree-Park Scheme, 168 tree-parks are being maintained and 13
new tree-parks are being created. Rs.2000.00 lakhs have been released by the
end of March-2024. An amount of Rs.1900.28 lakhs under Tree-Park Scheme and
Rs.90.94 Lakhs under Smruthivana Nirmana Scheme totally Rs.1991.21 lakhs was
spent.

2. Development and Preservation of Devarakadu (Daivivana) :

Devarakadu Forests are very unique and significant from religious and Eco-systems
points. This scheme has been introduced to conserve the valuable Eco-systems
in their pristine conditions as sacred groves and allowing them to have their natural
 Chapter - 3 : Developmental Activities 23

evolutionary process to continue without any disturbance and this scheme has
been started to construct and develop one Daivivana at every district. Accordingly,
from the year 2010-11 to the end of March-2024 a total of 92 Devarakadu’s have
been developed and conserved.
During 2023-24, Rs.302.02 lakhs have been provided under Budget Head: 4406-
01-101-0-03-Afforestation on Forest and Non-Forest Areas-139 Major Works.
Development and conservation works have been completed at 85 existed
devarakadus and 7 new Devarakadu sites during the current year, Rs.302.02 lakhs
have been released. By the end of March-2024, an amount of Rs.302.02 lakhs
were spent.
3. Maintenance of Medicinal Plants Conservation Areas (MPCA’s) and Medicinal
Plants Development Areas (MPDA’s) Scheme:
During 2023-24, an amount of Rs.131.03550 Lakhs has been allocated under Budget
Head: 4406-01-101-0-03-Afforestation on Forest and Non-Forest Areas-139 Major
Works in “MPCA’s and MPDA’s Scheme” out of which, Rs.131.04 lakhs allocated
and released. By the end of March-2024, an amount of Rs.131.04 lakhs was spent
for maintenance of medicinal plants protected areas and for protection of degraded
and endangered Myristica swamps.
4. Smruthivana Nirmana Yojane:
As announced in Budget Speech Para-289 for the year 2021-22, Smruthivana in
honour of 1) Shri Shri Shri Shivakumara Swamiji at Tumakuru and 2) Pejawara
Shri Vishwesha Thertha Shripada at Udupi are being constructed with an
expenditure of Rupees two crore each and this programme has been completed in
the year 2023-24.
An amount of Rs.309.04 Lakhs have been spent upto 2022-23 to implement this
programme. During 2023-24 balance amount of Rs.90.94 lakhs was allocated
and released under Budget Head 4406-01-101-0-05-Tree Park Programme-139
Major works. By the end of March-2024, an amount of Rs.90.94 Lakhs was spent.

5. Smruthi Vanagala Nirmana: (Public participation and financial assistance to

increase tree wealth and create a better environment) :
In the budget speech for the year 2021-22-Para-293, announced a programme of
construction of Smruthivana’s in selected areas with public participation and
financial assistance to increase tree wealth and create a better environment in the
24 ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

cities of the state. The Government has given approval to implement this programme
and the unit officers have been instructed to take action at the field level for the
implementation of the programme.

3.3 NATIONAL FORESTRY ACTION PROGRAMME & BAMBOO MISSION

(NFAP & BM) :
The Government of India has launched a centrally sponsored scheme titled National
Forestry Action Plan (NFAP), Green India Mission (GIM), National Bamboo Mission
(NBM), and Conservation and Management of Mangroves with a ratio of 60:40
(central share 60% and state share 40%). These schemes are under implementation
in various territorial and certain social forestry divisions in the state.. These schemes
are being monitored by the NFAP-BM wing at Aranya Bhavan under the supervision
of APCCF (NFAP-BM).

The Duties and responsibilities of the NFAP-BM wing are as follows:

¾ Preparation of the annual plan of operations of the National Afforestation Programme
and Green India Mission Schemes and placing the same before the State Forest
Development Agency-Executive Committee (SFDA-EC) meeting for approval before
submitting the same to the Government of India for sanction and release of funds.
¾ Preparation of the annual plan of operations of the National Bamboo Mission
Schemes and placing the same before the State Level Executive Committee (SLEC)
Meeting for approval before submitting the same to the Government of India for
sanction and release of funds.
¾ Preparation of the annual plan of operations for the ‘Conservation and Management
of Mangroves’ and placing the same before the State Level Steering Committee
(SLSC). Meeting for approval before submitting the same to the Government of
India for sanction and release of funds.
¾ Monitoring and supervision of the implementation of NAP-FDA, GIM, NBM, and
MAP schemes, submission of progress reports, audit reports, and utilisation
certificates to the Government of India
¾ Attending review meetings conducted by the government of India and the state
government. Organising the meeting of the State Forest Development Agency-
Executive Committee (SFDA-EC), the State Level Steering Committee (SLSC),
and the State Level Steering Committee (SLSC) at the state level and facilitating
the implementation of the recommendations
¾ APCCF (NFAP-BM) acts as the nodal officer for NAP-FDA and the National Bamboo
Schemes.
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CENTRALLY SPONSERED SCHEMES:

1. Conservation and Management of Mangroves (MAP):
The main objective of the scheme is to check and prevent sea erosion in the coastal
region. Under this scheme, activities like raising mangrove plantations and maintaining
older mangrove plantations in coastal divisions are being undertaken, besides creating
awareness, training, and publicity among the local population. This programme is
being implemented in Honnavara, Mangalore, Karwar, and Kundapur divisions.
In the year 2023-24 a budget provision of Rs.113.00 lakh has been provided under
the budget head 2406-01-101-2-32-Conservation and Management of Mangroves-
140-Minor works. Proposal has been submitted to Government of India for the year
2023-24 for Rs. 572.18 lakh for approval. Approval is awaited. Further, the central share
of Rs.16.59 lakh released during 2022-23 has been released to Honnavar, Karwar and
Mangalore Division for incurring expenditure after revalidation during 2023-24.

2. National Bamboo Mission Scheme (NBM) :

The Department of Agriculture and Co-operation, Government of India has since
2007-08 launched a new centrally sponsored scheme titled the National Bamboo
Mission with 100 percent central assistance. The main objective of the scheme is
to develop bamboo in forest lands through Forest Development Agencies (FDAs)
with the support of joint forest management committees (JFMCs), and in non-
forest areas through Bamboo Development Agencies (BDAs).
In the year 2023-24, a sum of.Rs.1000.00 lakhs have been provided in the State Budget
for implementing National Bamboo Mission schemes under the following budget heads.
(Rs. In Lakh)
SI. Head of Account Budget Provision during 2023-24
No
Central (60%) State (40%)

1 2406-01-101-2-30-140 4530.00 -
2 2406-01-101-2-30-422 105.00 -
3 2406-01-101-2-30-423 42.00 -
4 2406-01-101-2-31-140 - 302.00
5 2406-01-101-2-31-422 - 70.00
6 2406-01-101-2-31-423 - 28.00

Total 600.00 400.00

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The Government of India has approved the work programme for Rs.1236.96 lakh for
implementation of the scheme during current year in the ratio 60:40 and released
Rs.162.50 lakh to the state Government as 1st installment. In turn the State Government
has released Rs.270.833 lakh to the department including its share of Rs.108.333 lakh
to the department. This amount has been released to the various implementing officers
to execute the works through K-2(PFMS) system to incur the expenditure.

Physical and Financial Progress under National Bamboo Mission Scheme

SI. Works Physical Financial
No (in Ha) (Rs. In Lakh)

1 High Density Bamboo plantation on Govt./ 500 250.00

Panchayat/Community land including waste
lands (in Ha)

2 1st Year Maintenance 275 82.50

3 2nd Year Maintenance 1452 290.40

4 Block plantation/boundary plantation on 300 75.00

farmers field (in ha)

5 1st Year Maintenance 239 35.85

6 2nd Year Maintenance 335.225 33.52

Other Activities - 126.30

Total 3101.225 893.57

3. Green India Mission: (GIM)

The main objective of the scheme is to increase forest/tree cover in forest/non-
forest land to an extent of 10 million ha in total. To provide improvement of ecosystem
services including biodiversity, Hydrological services etc., to increase forest-based
livelihood income for about 3 million households residing in and around forests.
This programme is under implementation in Kalburgi, Hassan and Sirsi forest
divisions since 2015-16. In the year 2023-24, a sum of Rs.Rs.1750.37 lakhs have
been provided in the State Budget for implementing Green India Mission schemes
under the following budget heads.
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(Rs. In Lakh)

Budget Provision during 2023-24

SI.
Head of Account
No Central (60%) State (40%)

1 2406-02-110-0-53-139 781.000

2 2406-02-110-0-53-422 177.000

3 2406-02-110-0-53-423 92.620

4 2406-02-110-0-56-139 520.000

5 2406-02-110-0-56-422 118.000

6 2406-02-110-0-56-423 48.000

Total 1050.62 686.000

The Government of India has approved the works programme for Rs.593.45 lakh for
implementation of the scheme during current year in the ratio 60:40 and released
Rs.233.04 lakh to the state Government which includes 1st installment of Rs.89.00
lakh of 2023-24 and the pending payment of Rs.144.04 lakh of 2022-23. In turn the
State Government has released Rs.394.885 lakh including its share of Rs.161.845
lakh to the department. This amount has been released to the various implementing
officers through K2(PFMS) system. to incur the expenditure.

Physical and Financial Progress under Green India Mission

SI. No Works Phy (in Ha) Fin (Rs. In Lakh)

1 Raising of plantation 330 225.05

2 1st Year Maintenance 515 80.59
3 2 Year Maintenance
nd
565 82.73
4 3 Year Maintenance
rd
455 51.22
5 Other Activities 153.86
Total 1865 593.45
5. Nagaravana Scheme:
In recent days, due to modernization, pollution has increased drastically in towns
and cities. This results in health hazards and has a great impact on humans. In order
to control and provide an eco-friendly environment, increase green cover, and develop
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bio-diversity, the Department of Forest and Climate Change, Government of India,

has proposed to implement a scheme titled Nagaravana in towns and cities.
In the year 2023–24, the Government of India approved the work programme for
Rs. 372.08 lakh for implementing the scheme at Uplam area of Kalburgi Division,
Bhuthanal in Vijayapara Division, Muddinkoppa area of Shivamogga Division, and
Malvi in Vijayanagara Division and released Rs. 260.44 lakh in the first installment.
The same has been released to the above implementing officers for incurring the
expenditure.
6. Land & Building :
In the year 2023-24 a budget provision of Rs.1000.00 lakh has been provided and
released for construction of new office building and residential houses under the
budget head 4406-01-070-0-02-Capital Expenditure on Forests and Wildlife,
Forestry - Infrastructure Development - Land and Buildings-147. Upto end of March-
2024 Rs.994.80 lakh has been spent by the various unit officers.
7. Building Maintenance :
In the year 2023-24 a budget provision of Rs.1600.00 lakh has been provided and
released toward maintenance of existing office building and residential houses under
the budget head 2406-01-070-0-01- Connectivity and Buildings, Road, Bridges
and Buildings (Maintenance) - Maintenance Expenditure-200. Upto end of March-
2024 Rs.1594.83 lakhs have been spent by the various unit officers.

3.4 Buildings:
Table-12: Unit wise & Category wise Building details during 2023-24
Sl. Circles /Divisions Departmental Residential Other Buildings Grand
No Building Buildings Total

Own Rented
Office Office Used Vacant Total Used Vacant Total
Building Building

1 Bengaluru 68 8 347 108 455 107 6 113 644

2 Belagavi 48 9 316 129 445 36 0 36 538

3 Dharwad 43 5 188 57 245 54 5 59 352

4 Ballari 47 0 380 67 447 76 3 79 573

5 Kalaburgi 49 1 156 57 213 24 0 24 287

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Sl. Circles /Divisions Departmental Residential Other Buildings Grand

No Building Buildings Total

Own Rented
Office Office Used Vacant Total Used Vacant Total
Building Building

6 Mysuru 58 0 285 46 331 79 0 79 468

7 Chamarajnagar 36 0 203 68 271 115 3 118 425

8 Hassan 41 0 224 41 265 56 4 60 366

9 Shivamogga 71 0 459 60 519 84 43 127 717

10 Chikkamagaluru 40 1 203 107 310 109 6 115 466

11 Canara 18 0 169 72 241 25 4 29 288

12 Kodagu 35 0 382 85 467 161 13 174 676

13 Mngaluru 47 4 334 127 461 129 21 150 662

14 Research Wing 27 1 46 25 71 35 11 46 145

15 Project Tiger, Mysuru 23 0 355 94 449 123 41 164 636

17 Working Plan 9 0 44 6 50 0 0 0 59

18 Training & Eco-Tourism, 2 0 5 7 12 45 0 45 59

Gungargatti

19 FTC, Thattihalla 1 0 54 10 64 8 10 18 83

20 FGTS, Kushalnagar 1 0 6 1 7 9 0 9 17

21 FTATI, Kadugodi 4 0 3 0 3 5 0 5 12

22 FGTS, Bidar 1 0 2 4 6 9 0 9 16

23 FGTS, Ilawala 1 0 7 0 7 10 1 11 19

24 FGTS,Chakra 1 0 0 7 7 3 0 3 11

Total 671 29 4168 1178 5346 1302 171 1473 7519

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4. WILDLIFE

The Wildlife Wing of the Karnataka Forest Department takes care of the protection and
management of 5 national parks and 36 sanctuaries (including 5 Tiger Reserves), 18
conservation reserves, and 1 community reserve. The wildlife wing also looks after the
conservation of all wildlife listed on the schedules of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 in
the State (including wild animals occupying non-forest areas).
The management of national parks and sanctuaries is done through funding under
Centrally Sponsored Schemes and State Plan Schemes.
The activities carried out under the various schemes in the wildlife wing are as follows.
¾ Habitat improvement of national parks and sanctuaries by taking up the creation of
water holes and fodder development, besides taking up fire protection and cattle
vaccination programmes against diseases in and around protected areas etc.,
¾ Setting up anti-poaching camps at sensitive locations for the protection of forests
and wildlife through patrolling.
¾ Taking up eco-development activities, to reduce cattle and human pressure in the
protected areas by providing alternative resources such as LPG& Solar- based
equipment
¾ Reduction of man-animal conflict by taking up barriers such as elephant proof
trenches, rail barricades, solar-powered fences, erecting dry rubble stone walls
and creating corridors across areas of wildlife habitats.
¾ Payment of ex-gratia for the death of humans, injuries to humans, loss of crops,
cattle, and property due to wild animals.
¾ Taking up education, training, and research activities.
¾ Conducting exercises for estimating wild animal populations, such as tigers,
elephants etc.

4.1 PROTECTED AREAS: (PA’s)

Karnataka State has 5 national parks, 36 sanctuaries, 18 conservation reserves
and 1 community reserve. The Circle/Division encompassing the PA’s and its
extent are shown here under:
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Table -13
Circle/Division wise National Parks/Wild life Sanctuaries/Conservation Reserve/
Community Reserve with extent during 2023-24

SI. Area
Proteacted Areas(PA's) Division Circle/FDPT
No (Sq.Kms)

National Park/Tiger Reserves with Extent (A)

1 Bannerghatta National Bannerghatta Bengaluru 260.51

Park & Tiger Reserve National Park
2 Ramadevara Betta Vulture Ramanagara Bengaluru 3.46
Sanctuary

3 Kudremukh National Park Kudremukh Wild life Mangaluru 600.57

4 Anshi National Park Kali Tiger Reserve Kanara 417.34
Reserve & Tiger Reserve
5 Bandipur National Park & Bandipur 872.24
Tiger Reserve Field Director,
Project Tiger,
6 Nagarahole National park Nagarhole Mysuru 643.39
& Tiger Reserve

TOTAL 2797.51
Wild life sanctuaries/Tiger Reserves with extent (B)

7 BRT Wild life sanctuary/ BRT Chamarajanagar Chamarajanagar 539.52

Tiger Reserve
8 Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary&Tiger Bhadra Tiger Reserve Chikkamagalur 500.16
Reserve
9 Adichunchanagiri Peacock 0.84
Wildlife Sanctuary
10 Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary Wildlife Division, Mysuru Mysuru 0.67
11 Arabithittu Wild life Sanctuary 13.50
12 Melkote Wildlife Sanctuary 49.82
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SI. Proteacted Areas(PA's) Division Circle/FDPT Area

No (Sq.Kms)

13 Kamsandra Wildlife Sanctuary Kolar Bengaluru 78.62

14 Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary Kollegal Chamarajanagar 1080.92

15 MalaiMahadeshwara Wildlife M M Hills 906.19

Sanctuary

16 Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary 102.92

17 Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary Wildlife, Madikeri Kodagu 105.59

18 Bramhagiri Wildlife Sanctuary 181.29

19 Someshwara Wildlife 314.25

Sanctuary

20 Mookambika Wildlife Kudremukh Wild life Mangaluru 370.37

Sanctuary

21 Attiveri Bird Sanctuary Yellapura Kanara 2.23

22 Shettihalli Wildlife Sanctuary 395.6

23 Sharavathi Valley LTM 930.16

Sanctuary Shivamogga Shivamogga
24 Gudavi Bird Sanctuary 0.73
25 Ranebennur Blackbuck Sanctuary Haveri Dharwad 119.00
26 Kappathagudda Wildlife Gadag 244.15
Sanctuary
27 Daroji Bear Sanctuary 82.72
Ballari
28 Gudekote Sloth Bear Sanctuary 47.61
29 Rangayyadurga Four Horned Davanagare 77.23
AntelopeWildlife Sanctuary
Ballari
30 Jogimatti Wildlife Sanctuary 100.48
Chitradurga
31 Uttaregudda WL Sanctuary 189.26
32 Bankapur Wolf Sanctuary Koppal 3.33
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SI. Proteacted Areas(PA's) Division Circle/FDPT Area

No (Sq.Kms)
33 Nugu Wildlife Sanctuary Director, Bandipur FDPT,Mysuru 30.32
34 Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary Belgaum Belgaum 190.42
35 Ghataprabha Bird Sanctuary Gokak 29.78
36 YadahalliChinkara Wildlife Bagalkote 96.36
Sanctuary
37 Chincholi Wildlife Sanctuary Gulbarga 134.88
38 Thimlapura Wildlife Sanctuary Tumkur Hassan 50.86
39 BukkapattaChinkara Wildlife 136.11
Sanctuary
40 Arasikere Sloth Bear Hassan 100.88
Sanctuary
41 Dandeli Wildlife Sancuatry & Tiger Reserve Canara 886.41
Tiger Reserve Dandeli
TOTAL(B) 8093.18
CONSERVATION & COMMUNITY RESERVES (C)
42 Bankapura Peacock Haveri Dharwad 0.56
Conservation Reserve
43 MagadiKere Conservation Gadag 0.54
Reserve
44 Mydhanahalli (Jayamangali) Tumkur Hassan 3.23
Black Buck Conservation
Reserve.
45 Thimlapura Conservation 17.38
Reserve
46 Basur Amruth Mahal Kaval Chikkamagaluru Chikkamagaluru 7.36
Conservation Reserve
47 Hornbill Conservation Reserve Haliyala Canara 52.50
48 Bedthi Conservation Reserve Sirsi 57.30
49 Shalmala Riparian Eco- 4.89
System Conservation Reserve
50 Mundige Lake and Bird 1.67
Conservation Reserve
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SI. Proteacted Areas(PA's) Division Circle/FDPT Area

No (Sq.Kms)

51 Thungabhdra Otter Vijayanagar Ballari 20.00

Conservation Reserve
52 Ankasamudra Birds 0.99
Conservation Reservation
Reserve
53 Puttenahalli Lake Birds Bengaluru(Urban) Bengaluru 0.15
Conservation Reserve
54 Kolara leaf Nosed Bat Kolar 0.90
Conservation Reserve,
55 Melapura Bee Eater Bird Mysuru WL Mysuru 0.03
Conservation Reserve
56 Bonal Bird Conservation Yadagiri Kalaburgi 2.73
Reserve
57 Ummathur Conservation BRT Chamarajanagar 6.08
Reserve
58 Chikkasangam Bird Bagalkot Belagavi 116.38
Conservation Reserve
59 Hirisulikere Sloth Bear Ballari Koppala 11.809
Conservation Reserve
TOTAL (B) 304.50
COMMUNITY RESERVE(D)

60 Kokkarebellur Community Mysuru Wild life Mysuru 3.12

Reserve,
TOTAL A+B+C+D 11,198.31

4.2 Proposal submitted for declaring Conservation Reserves:

The proposal to declare the Nethravathi Island Conservation Reserve- Mangaluru
Division was approved by the Hon’ble Chief Minister in the 12th meeting of the
State Board for Wildlife held on 26.09.2019
The proposal to declare the Dhamane S Bailuru Conservation Reserve- Belagavti
Division was approved by the Hon’ble Chief Minister in the 16th meeting of the
State Board for Wildlife held on 3.11.2022.
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4.3 BUDGET:
During the year 2023-24, the Central Government has provided financial assistance
through Centrally Sponsored Schemes including revalidation of amount unspent
during 2022-23. The Government of Karnataka has provided grants as State Share
under CSS-Project Tiger, Project Elephant and CSS-Integrated Development of
Wildlife Habitat. The budget allocation for financial year 2023-24 is as under:

Table - 14 : Statement showing the details of Allotment, Release of funds and

Expenditure booked during 2023-24
(Rs. in lakhs)

Sl. Budget Head Annual Amount Achievement % of

No. Target Released upto Progress
2023-24 upto 31.03.2024 w/r
31.03.2024 release

A State Plan Schemes

1 2406-02-110-Wildlife Preservation-0-54-Nature Conservation, Wildlife Habitat

Management & Man-Animal Conflict Measures

1. 2406-02-110-0-54-Chinnara Vana
Dharshana-015-Subsidiary 300.00 300.00 290.14 96.71
Expenses.
2. 2406-02-110-0-54-Subsidy for Solar
100.00 100.00 92.37 92.37
Power Fencing-106-Subsidies
3. 4406-01-101-0-01- Survey and
demarcation, forest protection,
wildlife management and Man - 6000.00 5999.80 5999.75 100.00
animal Conflict Measures -139 -
Major works
4. 2406-02-110-Wildlife Preservation-0-
54- Man-Animal Conflict Measures- 4455.64 4455.64 4452.68 99.93
034-Out Source
5. 2406-02-110-Wildlife Preservation-0-
55-Rehabilitation & Voluntry
1000.00 1000.00 1000.00 100.00
Acquisition of Land Programme-059-
Other Expenses
6. 2 4 0 6 - 0 2 - 11 0 - 0 - 0 1 - N a t u r e
Conservation-Wages-140-Minor 775.00 775.00 769.30 99.26
works
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Sl. Budget Head Annual Amount Achievement % of

No. Target Released upto Progress
2023-24 upto 31.03.2024 w/r
31.03.2024 release

7. 2406-02-110-0-46-Protected Area
100.00 100.00 99.98 99.98
Development Fund-140 – Minor works
8. 4406-Capital Outlay on Forestry &
Wildlife-01-Forestry-101-Forest
Protection, Regeneration & Cultural
Operation-0-01-Railway Barricade to 10,000.00 10,000.00 9999.63 100.00
Prevent Man-animal Conflict-132-
Capital Expenses
9. 2406-02-110-0-01- Nature
Conservation -015-Subsidary 4740.86 4740.86 4712.52 99.40
Expenses (Ex-gratia)
10. 2406-02-110-0-01-Nature
Conservation-wildlife-051-General 350.00 350.00 349.98 99.00
Expenses Feed & Fodder
Total 27821.5 27821.3 27766.35
B Centrally Sponsored Schemes

12 2406-02-110-0-02-CSS Project Tiger-

140 – Minor works -Central Share 2125.51 2125.51 2125.51 100.00

13 2406-02-110-0-02-PT - 422-SCP-
250.00 76.22 76.22 100.00
Central Share
14 2406-02-110-0-02-PT - 423-TSP-Central
Share 475.43 475.43 475.43 100.00

15 2406-02-110-0-23-Project Elephant-140
– Minor works-Central Share 500.00 235.93 235.93 100.00

16 2406-02-110-0-32-CSS-State Share
1685.63 1685.63 1685.63 100.00
Project Tiger -140 – Minor Works.
17 2406-02-110-0-32-CSS-State Share
Project Tiger -422-SCP 167.00 69.73 69.73 100.00

18 2406-02-110-0-32-CSS-State Share
Project Tiger -423-TSP 438.84 438.84 438.84 100.00

19 2406-02-110-0-33-Project Elephant-140
– Minor works-State Share 300.00 157.29 157.29 100.00

Total of PT : 5942.41 5264.58 5264.58

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Sl. Budget Head Annual Amount Achievement % of

No. Target Released upto Progress
2023-24 upto 31.03.2024 w/r
31.03.2024 release

20 2406-02-110-0-47-CSS-IDWH-140 –
Minor works-Central Share 1100.00 298.415 298.42 100.00

21 2406-02-110-0-47-IDWH-422-SCP-
Central Share 229.00 141.554 141.55 100.00

22 2406-02-110-0-47-IDWH-423-TSP-
229.00 141.554 141.55 100.00
Central Share
23 2406-02-110-0-57-CSS-IDWH-140 –
762.00 219.790 219.79 100.00
Minor Works- State Share -
24 2406-02-110-0-57-CSS-IDWH-422-
228.00 109.737 109.74 100.00
SCP- Plan-State Share
25 2406-02-110-0-57-CSS-IDWH-423-
TSP- State Share 228.00 109.737 109.74 100.00

Total of IDWH : 2776.00 1020.79 1020.79

Total 36539.91 34106.66 34051.72

Apart from this, the Government of Karnataka has provided the following allocations for
the payment of ex-gratia for damages caused by wildlife attacks, as well as for feed
and fodder for the domestic elephants in the departmental elephant camps.
Table - 15 : Details of allocations for the payment of ex-gratia for damages
caused by wildlife attacks
SI. No Scheme State Share Amount (Rs. in lakhs)

1. Ex-gratia payment 4740.86

2. Feed & Fodder 350.00
Total : 5090.86

4.4 Project Tiger:

The Project Tiger scheme was implemented in 1973. The government of India
provides financial assistance of 60% share and State government provides a 40 %
share. The scheme is being implemented in Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Rajiv Gandhi
(Nagarahole) Tiger Reserve, Bhadra Tiger Reserve, BRT Tiger Reserve and Anshi-
Dandeli Tigers Reserves. The works carried out under this scheme are
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establishment of the Tiger Protection Force, monsoon patrolling squads,

construction & maintenance of staff quarters, prevention of poaching by organizing
anti-poaching camps, formation & maintenance of roads, maintenance of wireless
sets, vehicles, fire protection work, formation of water holes to provide drinking
water to the animals, publicity activities, habitat Improvement works and eco-
developmental works etc.
The State has 5 Tiger Reserves. As per the 2022 Tiger estimation, the State is now
ranked as the number two Tiger State in the country with an estimated 563 tigers.
4.5 Project Elephant:
This scheme envisages protection and development of elephant habitats in national
parks and sanctuaries. Presently, this scheme covers Bangalore Urban, Bangalore
Rural, Kolar, Ramanagar, Mandya, Mysore, Hunsur, Chamarajnagr, Kodagu, Virajpet,
Hassan, Bhadravathi, Shimoga, Chikmagalur, and Uttarakannada in the State. The
works are planned under this scheme are excavation of new elephant proof
trenches, erection and maintenance of a new solar fence, establishment of Rapid
Response Teams, anti-poaching camps, anti-depredation camps, capturing and
translocation of problematic elephants, tranquilization equipment, drugs, training
of staff &veterinary doctors, and awareness programmes.
As per 2023 elephant estimation conducted by the direct count method, there are
6395 elephants in the state. Karnataka has Highest Number of Elephants and owned
first place in the country.
4.6 Voluntary relocation & rehabilitation of tribals and villagers from National
Parks and Wildlife sanctuaries
As per the guidelines of the National Tiger Conservation Authority, New Delhi letter
F.No. 3-1/2003-PT dated: 21-02-2008 & additional guidelines of the National Tiger
Conservation Authority, New Delhi letter No.15-4/2010-NTCA (Part-III) dated: 28-
11-2011, the voluntary rehabilitation of programmes being implemented in Tiger
Reserves. The Government of Karnataka has constituted the District Level
Implementation Committee for the Rehabilitation of Tribal and Other Families in
Tiger Reserve Areas under the Chairmanship of the concerned Deputy
Commissioners of the respective districts for monitoring the rehabilitation process.
Further, the amount of Rs.29.36 crores has been released under CAMPA during
the year 2023-24 and out of which a total of 459 families have been rehabilitated at
the cost of Rs.15.00 lakh per family in Kumbarwada, kulagi and Anasi Wildlife Range
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of Kali Tiger Reserve. Further, an amount of Rs 1000.00 lakh has been released
for the year 2023-24 under Budget Head 2406-02-110-Wildlife Preservation-0-55-
Rehabilitation & Voluntry Acquisition of Land Programme-059-Other Expenses to
Kudremukh National Park and out of which 3 families in Kerekatte Range and 6
families in Belthangadi Range of Kudremukh National Park have been rehabilitated.
4.7 Payment of ex-gratia for death of human, compensation for crop and cattle
damages by Wildlife:
As per Government order No. FEE 114 FWL 2022 dated 15.12.2022, ex-gratia of
Rs 15,00,000.00/-is paid to the legal heir of the deceased person in case of death
caused due to wild animal attack and vide Govt. order No. FEE 114 FWL 2022
dated 15.12.2022, in the case of permanent disability caused by wild animals, an
ex-gratia of Rs. 10,00,000/-is paid to the disabled person and in the case of partial
disability, ex-gratia of Rs. 5,00,000/-is paid to the disabled person. "A monthly pension
of Rs.4,000 for a period of 5 years is also given along with the ex-gratia to the
family of a person killed by wild animals and for permanent disability caused by
wild animals as per G.O. No. FEE 114 FWL 2022 dated 15.12.2022.
Further a medical expenditure as per the Central Government Health Scheme
(CGHS) rates vide G.O FEE 128 FWL 2013 dated 15-09-2015.
The Government has doubled the amount of compensation being paid under the
existing Govt order 130 FWL 2016 dated 19.09.2016 for crop damage by wild
animal attack and compensation for new crops such as Mango, Sapota , Seebe,
Jackfruit, Pomegranate, Custard apple and Mulberry are added in the order FEE
156 FWL 2022 dated 18.01.2023.
In the case of the loss of domestic animals such as cows, ox and buffalo due to
wild animal attack, an ex-gratia payment to the owners of such animals is enhanced
from Rs. 10,000/-to Rs. 30,000/-as per the rates of the State Disaster Response
Fund (SDRF) vide Govt. order No: FEE-144-FAP-2020, Date: 20.04.2021.
Including this in the case of the loss of domestic animals such as Chicken, Horses,
Donkeys etc. due to wild animal attack, an ex-gratia payment to the owners of
such animals is paid as per the rates of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF)
vide Govt. order No: FEE-171-FWL-2022, Date: 16.02.2023.
Statement on payment of ex-gratia for crop damages, cattle killed, Human death,
Permanent disability, injury and property loss from wild life during 2023-24 up to
March - 2024 is given in Annexure -5.
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4.8 Elephant Task Force and Leopard Task Force established by the Government
to prevent Human-Elephant and Human-Leopard conflict as detailed below.
4.8.1 Elephant Task Force:
The Government has constituted an Elephant Task Force in Hassan,
Chikkamagaluru, Mysuru, Kodagu vide Govt order No: FEE 170 FWL 2022 dated:
21.11.2022, and Chamarajanagar, Ramanagar vide Govt order No: FEE 311 FEG
( E) dated: 01.02.2023 and vide Govt order No: FEE 170 FWL 2022 dated:
21.11.2022 Bengaluru Districts where the human-Elephant Conflict is more,
consisting of officers/staff to mitigate the Elephant problem and established control
rooms for the said Elephant Task Force and responding to calls in the control
rooms and driving back the elephants to forest.
4.8.2 Leopard Task Force:
The Leopard Task Force constituted to prevent the leopard menace vide Govt order
No: FEE 311 FEG 2022 (E) dated: 31.01.2023 Mysore, Nanjangudu, HD Kote,
Saraguru, T. Narasipur, Mandya, Pandavapura, Nagamangala areas where the
leopard menace is high. As per the official memorandum dated: 24.11.2023 of
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head of Forest Force), the Bengaluru
Leopard Task Force was constituted to prevent the leopard menace in Kaggalipura
/ Anekal / Yalahanka / Hosapete / K.R.Puram Range of Bengaluru District.

4.9 Zoo Authority of Karnataka (ZAK):

The Zoo Authority of Karnataka is registered under Societies Registration Act, 1960,
and is functioning at Chamundi Wildlife Rescue and Rehabiliation Centre, Koorghally,
of Mysuru Zoo. Up to the year 20-07-2002 only Mysore Zoo was under the control of
Zoo Authority of Karnataka. Now, expanded all over the state vide Govt. orders No.
FEE/252/FWL/2000 dated: 20-07-2002 and FEE/61/FPC/2017 Bengaluru dated:18-
09-2017, it has following 9 Zoos under its Jurisdiction,
1. Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, Mysuru.
2. Bannerghatta Biological Park, Bengaluru
3. Tiger and Lion Safari, Thyavarekoppa, Shimoga.
4. Sri AtalBihariVajapayee Zoological Park, Kamalapura, Hospet, Vijayanagar.
5. Mini Zoo, Kittur Rani ChennammaNisargadhama, Belagavi.
6. Indira PriyadarshiniPranisangrahalaya, Anagod, Davangere.
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7. Children Park-Mini Zoo, Kalburgi

8. Children Park-Mini Zoo, Binkadakatti, Gadag,
9. Adumalleswara Children Park cum Mini Zoo, Chitradurga.
ZAK functions through a Governing Council headed by a chairperson. The Chief
Executive of ZAK is the Member Secretary of the rank of Chief Conservator of
Forests and above, who are deputed from the Karnataka Forest Department.

Table - 16: Constitution of Governing Council of ZAK

Name of Office Bearer Designation

Additional Chief Secretary (Forest ecology and

Environment) - Since 29-05-2023 to 12-06-2023
Sri Eshwar Khandre, Hon’ble Minister (Forest Chairman, Zoo Authority of Karnataka
ecology and Environment) Government of
Karnataka – Since 13-06-2023 to Till date
Sri Subhash K. Malkhede ,IFS Principal Chief Conservator of Forests
(Wildlife) and Chief Wildlife Warden,
Bengaluru - Vice–Chairman
Hon’ble Mayor Mysore City Corporation, Sayyaji Rao Road,
Mysuru- Member
Sri Prabhash Chandra Ray, IFS Principal Secretary (Forests) Forest
Environment and Ecology Department,
Bengaluru- Member
Sri Ravi B P, IFS (from 06-07-2017 to 30-08-2023)
Sri A.K.Singh, IFS from 31-08-2023 to till date
Sri A.K.Singh, IFS (from 31-08-2023 to Addl. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests,
12-02-2024) Zoo Authority of Karnataka, Mysuru - Member
Secretary
Dr. Sunil Panwar, IFS since 12-02-2024 to till
date 12-02-2023
Joint Secretary (Services-1) Finance Dept., M.S. Building, 5th Gate, Dr.
AmbedkarVeedhi, Bangalore –Member
Director Dept. of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary
Services,Vishveshwaraiah Gopura,
Dr.AmbedkarRoad, Bengaluru – Member
Director Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary
Biologicals, Hebbal, Bengaluru –Member
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Table -17: List of Forest Officers who held the charge in Zoo Authority of
Karnataka during 2023-24
NAME OF POST NAME OF OFFICER DATES

1. Member–Secretary, Zoo Sri. B.P. Ravi, IFS 06-07-2017 to 30-08-2023

Authority of Karnataka, Mysuru.
Sri A.K.Singh, IFS 31-08-2023 to 12-02-2024
Dr. Sunil Panwar, IFS 12-02-2024 to till date
2. Executive Director, Sri Sri Ajith Kulkarni, IFS. 04-07-2018 to 31-05-2023
Chamarajendra Zoological
Gardens, Mysuru. Sri D. Mahesh Kumar, IFS 01-06-2023 to till date

3. Executive Director, Bennerghatta Dr. Sunil Panwar, IFS 01-04-2023 to 12-07-2023

Biological Park, Bengaluru
Sri A.V. Surya Sen, IFS 12-07-2023 to till date
4. Executive Director, Atal Bihara Sri M.N Kiran 11-06-2020 to 30-06-2023
Vajaypayee Zoological park,
Sri Ravi Kumar B.G, ACF 01-07-2023 to till date
Kamalapura, Bellary.
(Addl. Charge of ED)
5. Executive Director, Tiger Lion Sri B.Mukundachandra 27-08-2018 to till date
Safari, Thyavarekoppa,
Shivamogga.

6. In other 5 Zoos, Deputy Conservator of Forest of the Karnataka Forest Department of the
concerned jurisdictional territorial divisions is working as Ex-Officio Executive Directors of
the Zoos.

4.10 Rescue facilities for animals at Bannerghatta Biological Park, Bbengaluru

As on 31-03-2024, there are no circus animals housed in the Rescue Centre at
Bannerghatta Biological Park, Bengaluru, however, this facility has been utilized
for rescued leopards, tigers and bears etc.,
As on 31-03-2024, Rescued animals housed in BBP are as follows:
1. Royal Bengal Tiger 06 (03 Male, 03 Female)

2. Leopard 65 (35 Male, 30 Female)

3. Sloth Bear 04 (01 Male, 03 Female)

4. Golden Jackal 02 (02 Male)

5. Bengal Fox 01 (01 Male)

Total: 78 rescued animals

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A Bear Rescue Centre by using a part of the existing Bear Safari with the existing
rescued animals has been established at Bannerghatta Biological Park, Bengaluru,
with the collaboration of Wildlife SOS, New Delhi, for the benefit of the rescued bears
from Khalandars, found astray, injured orphaned, trapped & sick etc., and enables to
rescue and rehabilitate more such bears. As on 31-03-2024, 60 (20 males & 38 females,
02 unknown) Bears rescued, are being accommodated in this rescue centre. The
maintenance costs of all these Bears are being directly met by Wildlife SoS, an NGO.
4.10.1 Chamundi Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre at Kurghally of
Mysuru Zoo
As on 31-03-2024, Rescued animals housed in Chamundi Wildlife Rescue Centre,
Mysuru are as follows:
1. Tiger 7 (6 Male, 1 Female)
2. Leopard 10 (6 Male: 4 Females)
3. Elephant 5(1 Male adult, 1 Female, 2 Sub-Adult, 1 Calf)
4. Albino Rock Python 1
5. Gaur Calf 1:0
6. Rhesus Macaque 1:0
Total: 25 rescued animals

The Zoo Authority of Karnataka is ably supporting the national conservation strategy
especially in conservation education and disaster relief and rehabilitation. As a
testimony, Mysuru Zoo with visitor’s revenue established a Kurghally Rescue Center
during the year 2012, with an investment of about 25 Crores, over a period of 7-8
years, towards the construction of a compound Wall, a veterinary hospital, animal
enclosures, day kraals, Purchase of Vehicles etc., Thus, Kurghally Rescue Centre
is helping in preventing a collateral damage from effective conservation in the State.
Otherwise, rescued Tigers & Leopards, would not have been accommodated at
Banneraghatta Rescue Centre due to space constraint. So far, Mysuru Zoo has
rescued total 331 animals, of which 22 Asian Elephants, 40 Indian Leopards, 33
Bengal Tigers, Sloth Bears -12, Deers – 7, Birds – 63, Reptiles -81, Lesser
Carnivores – 37, Primates – 10 and other species – 26. Mysuru Zoo spends
approximately Rs.151.53 Lakhs per year on animal feed, fodder and maintenance.
These expenses are met out of revenue earned by Mysuru Zoo.
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4.10.2 Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Zoological Park, Kamalapur

As on 31.03.2024, details of rescued animals housed in the Rescue Centre at Shri
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Zoological Park, Kamalapur, however, are as follows;
1. Royal Bengal Tiger (2 Female)
2. Leopard (5 Male, 2 Female)
3. Sloth Bear (2 Male, 1 Female)
Total: 12 Rescued animals
Annualy Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Zoological Park, Kamalapur, is spending an
amount of Rs.58.24 Lakhs towards rescuec animals feed and fodder, maintenance,
veterinary care etc.,
4.10.3 Tiger Lion Safari, Shimoga.
As on 31.03.2024details of rescued animals housed in the Rescue Centre at Tiger
Lion Safari, Shimoga, details are as follows;
Sl. No. Animal No.
1 Leopard 4
2 Toddy Cat 2
3 Sloth Bear 3
4 Langur 2
5 Rose ringed parakeet 5
6 Rusty spotted cat 1
7 Bos gaurus 1
Total 18
Annually Tiger Lion Safari, Shivamogga, is spending an amount of Rs.39.55 Lakhs
towards rescued animals feed and fodder, maintenance, veterinary care etc.,

Table-18: Details of expenditure by each zoo towards rescued animals

during 2023-24
(Rs. In Lakhs)
Expenditure Heads Mysuru Zoo BBP Shimoga Zoo Hampi Zoo
Establishment Charges 88.68 124.04 12.34 25.29
Feed & Fodder 151.53 123.23 26.45 24.45
Vet. Care 2.5 3.00 0.76 4.00
Maintenance 3.5 7.50 - 4.50
Total 246.21 257.77 39.55 58.24
MAC Grants released by Govt. 50.00 53.48 - -
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Table-19: Particulars of developmental works taken up in Zoo’s under ZAK

during 2023-24
(Rs. In Lakhs)
S.No Name of the Zoo/Biological Park Amount

1 Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Garden, Mysuru. 113.38

2 Bannerghatta Biological Park, Bengaluru 391.22

3 Tiger-Lion Safari, Thyavarekoppa, Shimoga. 1076.70

4 Mini Zoo, Kittur Rani Channamma Nisargadhama, Belgaum 308.35

5 Indira Priyadarshini Pranisangrahalaya, Anagod, Davengere. 53.44

6 Children Park-Mini Zoo, Gulbarga 26.00

7 Children Park-Mini Zoo, Binkadakatti, Gadag. 573.30

8 Adumalleshwara cum Mini Zoo, Chitradurga 337.98

9 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Zoological park, Kamalapura 72.34

Total (pre-audited) 2952.71

Table-20: Developmental Works under CSR / CAMPA / DMF / MNREGA /

KMERC etc., Scheme at various Zoos during the year 2023-24
(Rs. In Lakhs)
Sl. Name of the Zoo Developmental Works Amount
No.

CSR FUND

1. Battery Operated Vehicle 5.00

1 Sri 2. Construction of Ring Tailed Lemur Enclosure 39.35

Chamarajendra 3. Construction of Orangutans Family enclosure 46.15
Zoological
Garden, Mysuru 4. Construction of Sloth Bear enclosure 36.32

5. Fixing toughed and glass to Orangutan family 12.55

enclosure
TOTAL 139.37
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Sl. Name of the Zoo Developmental Works Amount

No.

MCC GRANT

Maintenance of Zoo Parking Area (Providing Asphalt

road strengthening, maintenance and painting of
compound wall

Developmental Works under MAC Scheme

(Forest Department)

2 Sri Construction of Tiger/Leopard holding room daycrawl 200.00

Chamarajendra and paddock at Chamundi Rescue and rehabilitation
Zoological centre Koorghally
Garden, Mysuru
Construction of Tiger holding room daycrawl and
paddock at Chamundi Rescue and rehabilitation
centre Koorghally

Control room for Carnivorus block at Koorghally

Misc Works (Installation of CCTV to Tiger block,

Stainless steel treatment cages to tiger and leopard,
tender/publicity)

CAMPA (Stainless steel for tiger enclosure ) 50.00

TOTAL 250.00

MAC SCHEME

Restructuring of existing L-5 enclosure at Rescue 124.30

Centre inside BBP

Restructuring of existing L-6 enclosure at Rescue 124.35

3. Bannerghatta Centre inside BBP
Biological Park,
Bengaluru Restructuring of existing L-7 enclosure at Rescue 124.35
Centre inside BBP

Restructuring of existing L-8 enclosure at Rescue 127.00

Centre inside BBP

TOTAL 500.00
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Sl. Name of the Zoo Developmental Works Amount

No.

KMERC SCHEME(DMF)

Providing MS Sheet for overhanging portion of outer 275.00

4. Sri Atal Bihari peripheral fencing at Shri ABVZP, Kamalapur
Vajpayee
Zoological Park, Development of Entrance Plaza at Shri ABVZP, 424.00
Kamalapur Kamalapur

TOTAL 699.00

INFOSYS

Construction of Over Head Tank at 88.00

New Zoological Park Kalaburagi (Madbool)

Construction of GSLR Sump at 22.00

New Zoological Park Kalaburagi (Madbool)

Construction of Store and kitchen at New Zoological 56.00

Park Kalaburagi (Madbool)

Construction of Veterinary Hospital at New 54.00

Zoological Park Kalaburagi (Madbool)
5. Children Park
Cum Mini Zoo, Construction of Emu Enclosure at New Zoological 45.00
Madabul
Park Kalaburagi (Madbool)
Kalburgi
Construction of Pheasants Enclosure at 69.00
New Zoological Park Kalaburagi (Madbool)

Construction of Small Bird Enclosure at 69.00

New Zoological Park Kalaburagi (Madbool)

Construction of Indian Birds Enclosure at 69.00

New Zoological Park Kalaburagi (Madbool)

Construction of Sambar Enclosure at 54.00

New Zoological Park Kalaburagi (Madbool)

Construction of Entrance Plaza at 50.00

New Zoological Park Kalaburagi (Madbool)

Total 576.00
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Sl. Name of the Zoo Developmental Works under KKRDB Amount Remarks
No. Scheme

1 Construction and asphalting of

Approach Road from SH-10 to Zoo
Entrance at New Zoological park 350.00 Yet to Start
Madbool Kalaburagi
2 Construction UGD Line at New
405.00 Work Started
Zoological park Madbool Kalaburagi
3 Construction Water Supply Line at
New Zoological park Madbool 107.00 Work started
Kalaburagi
4 Construction Sloath bear Enclosure
at New Zoological park Madbool 87.00 Work started
6 Children Park Kalaburagi
cum Mini Zoo
5 Construction Lion Enclosure at New
Kalaburgi 96.00 Work started
Zoological park Madbool Kalaburagi
6 Construction Tiger Enclosure at New
94.00 Work started
Zoological park Madbool Kalaburagi
7 Power Supply and Electrical works
& Shifting of power at New Zoological 122.00 TenderUnder
park Madbool Kalaburagi Process

8 Administrative Block 117.50 Yet to Start

TOTAL 1378.50

Table-21: Adoption / Donation details at various Zoos during the year 2023-24
(Rs. in Lakhs)
Name of the Zoo Total Adoption Total Donation Total adoption and
Amount Amount donation amount
Mysuru Zoo 72.53 1.07 73.60
Bannerghatta Zoo 72.33 0 72.33
Hampi Zoo 3.59 0.02 3.61
Chitradurga Zoo 0.89 4.76 5.65
Gadag Zoo 0.01 0.09 0.02
Kalburgi Zoo 5.53 0 5.53
Belagavi Zoo 0 0 0
Davanagere Zoo 5.05 0.03 5.08
Shimoga Zoo 2.27 0 2.27
Total 162.20 5.88 168.08
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5. FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

The Forest Resource Management (FRM) Wing of the Karnataka Forest Department is
headed by the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests. This unit is primarily
responsible for the management and overall protection of forest resources from the forest
production stage. It is responsible for monitoring various forest resources such as Timber,
Firewood, Billets, Poles, Sandalwood, Bamboo, Canes and others forest produce.
5.1 System of Management:
The felling of trees and dead & fallen trees in forest plantations in territorial forest
divisions is being undertaken by the Karnataka State Forest Industries Corporation
or through the Department, which is included in the working plan approved by the
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India and
with the approval of the Regional Empowered Committee. The forest cultivation
method followed earlier by the forest department, i.e., the method of removing
trees and raising of plantations, has been abandoned. Because this practice harms
the local environment and biodiversity, sapwood and firewood are removed from
fallen and dried trees to avoid stress on overall forest management. Trees for
industries are being harvested only from plantation areas. Timber & other Forest
produce, Firewood, Pulpwood, Bamboo, Cane are being cut using improved
methods. While clearing plantations for attention is necessarily paid to planting
suitable trees on the site. Non- Timber Forest produce is being disposed of through
Large scale Adivasi Multipurpose Cooperative Society (LAMPS), contractors.
5.2 Method of Extraction:
Harvesting of mature plantations and removal of dead and fallen trees from forest
areas, Felling and transportation of plantations by the Department or by Karnataka
State Forest Industries Corporation (KSFIC), details of Timber Forest and Non-
Timber Forest products for the period 2023-24 up to the end of March-2024 are
given in Annexure-6 and 7.
a. Large Scale Adivasi Multipurpose Co-operative Societies (LAMPS):
Large Scale Adivasi Multipurpose Co-operative Societies (LAMPS) have been set
up for better utilization of non-timber forest products for the tribal people living in
forest areas of Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Uttara
Kannada, Chikkamagaluru and Udupi. Arrangements have been made to collect
Non-timber Forest Product (NTFP) by collecting Rs.250/- from 23 LAMPS Societies.
50 ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

5.3 Method of Disposal:

Timber and other forest products are sold in Government Timber Depots and Tenke
Depots in the following three ways as per Rule 85 of Karnataka Forest Rules, 1969.
a. Sale by e-auction
b. Selling at retail rates
c. Allocation
a. Sale through e-Auction:
The logs received at the depots are sorted on the basis of quality, length and
girth and stacked at convenient locations. And the value of each lot is determined
on the basis of average prices of previous auctions. Then steps will be taken to
sell the said Material through e-auction under the supervision of the Deputy
Conservator of Forests through MSTC e-portal.
b. By retail sale:
Timber and other forest produce in the Government Timber Depot in the Forest
Department are distributed at retail rates to users for bonofide purpose at rates
specified from time to time. The superior officers including Deputy Conservators
of Forests have the power to sanction allotment of small quantity as detailed in
financial power. Timber released in this manner by the Department shall be
limited to his bonifide use.
c. Allotment:
The Government has the discretionary power to allocate Timber, sandalwood
at retail rates to various users and institutions for their own use.
Forest Resources Management wing is overseeing CSS-Forest Fire Prevention
and Management Plan, SS-Forest Protection, Regeneration and Cultural
Operations and Collection/Transportation /Management Schemes of Timber
and other forest produce by Government Agencies.
5.4 Supply of Sandalwood:
Sandalwood is a valuable forest produce. Production has slowed down in recent
years and the Government has also taken steps to supply sandalwood from
Government through the sandalwood Depot in Mysore, Shivamogga and Dharwad
to sandalwood artisans the Karnataka State Handicrafts Corporation. The stock
available by the Department in the Government Sandalwood Depot is being
disposed of through e-auctions from time to time, and allotted to Religious Institutions,
 Chapter - 5 : Forest Resource Management 51

Temples and Public, small customers only subject to availability at Sandalwood

retail prices. The retail price is fixed by the Government a year, based on the average
rates arrived at in the last two auctions.
To sustainably preserve the genetic resource base of sandalwood trees in
Karnataka, protect natural sandalwood growing areas and encourage Individuals /
Farmers / Institutions / Government Departments / Organizations to cultivate
Sandalwood trees in the State, Karnataka State Sandalwood Policy, 2022 has been
approved for implementation vide Government Order No: FEE 32 FDP 2020, dated
31-12-2022 and its amendment date:10-01-2023.
Government Order No: FEE 46 FDP 2022, dated 31-12-2022 has amendment
made to Rules 108, 122 and 123 of Karnataka Forest Rules, 1969 regarding
permission for felling, transportation and sale of sandalwood trees in the open
market. Additionally, sandalwood owners are also allowed to sell sandalwood to
Government Sandalwood Depots in Mysore, Shivamogga and Dharwad, Karnataka
State Handicrafts Development Corporation, Bangalore and Karnataka Soap and
Detergent Limited, Bangalore and any other.

Table -22: Details of different categories sale of entity sandalwood at retail

rates to various establishments during 2023-24
Name of Quantity (Kgs.) of sandalwood supplied by the department Revenue
Depot (without tax)
Temples/ Individuals KSHDC KS&DL KSIDC Auction (Rs. In lakhs)
Muzrai (in KGs) (in KGs) (in KGs) (in KGs) sale
institutions (in KGs)
(in KGs)

Shivamogga - 84.400 - - - - 6.35

Dharwad - 14.940 - - - 4745.1 222.512
Mysuru 160.000 437.630 - - - - 53.44
TOTAL 160.000 536.970 - - - 4745.1 282.302

5.5. Allotment of Timber on Retail Sales:

One method is to allot forest produce including timber to users for bonafide use as
per at Rule 85 of the Karnataka Forest Rules, 1969. Such retail sale rates are fixed
biennially by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and the rates have been
sanctioned for the period 2023-24.
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The Government has the discretionary power to sanction (Head of Forest Force)
at 50% concession not exceeding Rs.2.00 lakhs in each case to the religious
institutions coming under the jurisdiction of Mujarai Department. That is, according
to the demand of public/organizations for construction of temple/repair of temple,
building of houses, various types of timber are being given on availability basis in
Circles for actual use and faith purposes.

Table–23: The details of Timber provided at retail prices and the Territorial at
discounted during 2023-24
Details of Timber provided at retail rates during 01.04.2023 to 31.03.2024 are as follows

Name of the Temples Public Total

Circle Revenue
Teak Collected Other Collected Teak Collected Other Collected (Rs. in
(in cmtr) Revenue kind Revenue (in cmtr) Revenue kind Revenue lakhs)
(Rs. in lakhs) (in cmtr) (Rs. in lakhs) (Rs. in lakhs) (in cmtr) (Rs. in lakhs)

Mangaluru 0 0 11.076 6.824 - - - - 6.824

Kanara 7.542 18.557 3.595 1.527 65.098 152.523 84.842 33.139 411.492
Total 7.542 18.557 14.671 8.351 65.098 152.523 84.842 33.139 418.316

5.6 Supply of Firewood:

The firewood obtained by conversion of dead and fallen trees in the forest is collected
and transported to the Government Timber Depots and sold in open auctions. In
Uttara Kannada district, the department is supplying firewood to the public at retail
rates through depots run by Forest Labor Co-operative Societies and KSFIC.

Table – 24: Details of firewood provided at retail rates during 2023-24

Circle Temples and religious Public Total Revenue realized
institutions (in Cum) (in Cum) (in Cum) (Rs. In lakhs)
Shivamogga - 115.617 115.617 2.576

Belagavi 49.000 0 49.000 1.462

Canara 448.986 4602.118 5051.104 76.571

Chickkamagaluru - 15.863 15.863 0.377

Mangaluru 1000 - 1000 28.889

Total 1497.986 4733.598 6231.584 109.875

 Chapter - 5 : Forest Resource Management 53

Table -25: Details of Timber and Firewood sold through e-auction

Sl Name of the Timber (in Cubic Meter) Revenue Firewood Total
No Circle Collected Revenue
Beete Teak Other (Rs. In Quantity Revenue Collected
lakhs) (in Cubic Collected (Rs. In
Meter) (Rs. In lakhs)
lakhs) (6+8)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 Bengaluru 0 0 1392.047 49.05 733.65 4.02 53.07

2 Belagavi 1.440 8.124 2392.168 250.086 29611.392 853.428 1103.514

3 Bellari 0 0 0 0 2012.48 7.84 7.84

4 Chikkamagaluru 58.373 73.897 6585.749 1032.241 15990.095 317.736 22575.844

5 Hassan 40.824 7.189 531.800 61.755 384.499 5.425 67.180

6 Kanara 2754.457 5647.816 23656.457 11285.369 120869.609 3364.913 14650.282

7 Kodagu 2634.304 86.225 1039.918 3103.075 1840.176 66.107 3169.182

8 Mysuru 0.042 2.977 259.842 27.740 69.550 1.210 28.950

9 Mangaluru 10.556 29.257 2975.549 361.303 23342.502 379.519 740.822

10 Shimogga 82.063 131.870 14082.085 2410.902 59954.65 1729.33 4140.23

Total 5582.059 5987.355 52915.615 18581.521 254808.6 6729.528 46536.914

5.7 Supply of Bamboo:

Apart from the fact that bamboo production is at the fore in the state, Bamboo
plantations are currently being cultivated under the National Bamboo Mission and
other development projects. Green bamboo is being supplied to both Medars and
Non-Medars subject to availability at retail rates sanctioned to bamboo artisans.
(Different rates are fixed for Medars and Non-Medars). Since 2008-09, bamboo
has not flowered, but dried up in many areas, and steps were being taken to collect
and dispose such dried bamboo to the Mysore Paper Mills through the Karnataka
State Forest Industries Corporation. Dead and dried bamboos are waiting for buyers
as the institute is not functioning at present. Details of Green Bamboo supplied to
Medars and Non-Medars at sanctioned rates are as follows.
54 ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

Table - 26: Details of Green Bamboo supplied at retail rates to Medars and
Non-Medars during 2023-24
Sl. Name of the Circle Medars (in nos.) Non Medars Total Revenue
No. (in nos.) (Rs. In lakhs)
1 Ballari 23000 7000 2.70
2 Kanara 2881 24300 3.98
3 Mangaluru 1700 450 1.19
4 Bengaluru 40143 33950 31.74
5 Mysore 3475 300 2.13
6 Dharwad - 20204 8.67
Total 71199 86204 50.41

5.8 Supply of Canes:

Canes are found in the evergreen forest areas of the Western Ghats. Canes issued
to artisans/organizations at retail rates subject to availability. For the year 2023-24
the price of super size large cane has been fixed at Rs.135-00 (each), large cane
at Rs.80-00 (each) and small cane at Rs.32-00 (each).

Table - 27 : Details of Canes supplied in public auctions and at sanctioned

rates to Artisans and Institutions during 2023-24
Name of the Big Super Small By Artisans Institutions Total revenue
Circle size canes size e-auction (in nos.) (in nos.) (Rs. In lakhs)
supplied canes sale
(in nos.) supplied (in nos.)
(in nos.)

Kanara (Sirsi) 64800 0 7300 13000 0 42.062

Mangalore 0 1000 0 1000 0 0.320

Total 64800 1000 7300 14000 0 42.382

5.9. Non-wood Forest product:

Large Scale Adivasi Multipurpose Co-operative Societies (LAMPS) have been formed
in Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
and Chikkamagaluru Districts to collect Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFP) from
the marginal forest tribes in the forest area for profit making.
 Chapter - 5 : Forest Resource Management 55

Government vide Order No: FEE 40 FDP 2008 dated 19.08.2013 has fixed a nominal
fee of Rs.250/- for collection of Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFP) from LAPMS.

Table -28 : Details of e-auction of Non-Wood Forest Products during 2023-24

Circle Non-Wood Forest Quantity Total Revenue

Products (in Kgs) (Rs. In Lakhs)
Bengaluru Cashew 400 0.19

Tamarind 10100 2.06

Sitradora 14700 5.29

Total 25200 7.54

Belagavi Tamarinda Crop 29665 15.71

Total 29665 15.71

Chikkamagaluru Acacia Concine 11448 ¸ÀPÁðj DzÉñÀ

¸ÀASÉå:J¥sï:E:E:40:J¥sïr¦:2008,
Honey 6381 ¢:19.08.2013 ªÀÄvÀÄÛ
C¥ÀfÃ:94:J¥sïr¦:2015
Vateria Gum of Forest 1411 ¢:16.12.2015gÀ ¥ÀæPÁgÀ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ F
PÀZÉÃj ¥ÀvÀæ ¸ÀASÉå:
Antuwala 308 C¥Àªæ ÄÀ ÄC¸ÀA(C¸ÀA¤)J7/
JAJ¥sï¦ /¹Dgï-09/2012-13
Cinnamonus Leaves 69524 ¢:30.08.2013 ªÀÄvÀÄÛ
01.01.2016gÀ DzÉñÀzÀ ¥ÀPæ ÁgÀ
Garcenia indicia 65334 QgÀÄ CgÀtå GvÀà£ßÀ UÀ¼£À ÄÀ ß ªÉÄ:
¯ÁåA¥ï ¸ÉƸÉÊnUÉ
Total 154406 ªÀUÁð¬Ä¸À¯ÁVzÉ.

Bellary Tamarinda 18400 6.08

Antu 3700 1.25
Neem Seeds 200 0.04
Butea monosperma 350 0.22
Total 22650 7.59
Dharwad Tamarinda 61875 8.737
Total 61875 8.737
Hassan Tamarinda 10137 5.937
Total 10137 5.937
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Circle Non-Wood Forest Quantity Total Revenue

Products (in Kgs) (Rs. In Lakhs)

Kanara Geru Seeds 4928 11.308

Ramapatre 200 0.510

Uppage Huli 595000 23.680

Total 600128 35.498

Kodagu Antuwala 1237 0.495

Huli Sippe 337.50 0.270

Ramapatre 230 0.012

Tree Mosses 130 0.468

Acacia Concine 16835 9.422

Honey 77 0.366

Total 18846.50 11.033

Mangalore Cashew 0.34 0.274

Ramapatre 5.00 0.0039

Total 5.34 0.2779

Mysore Tamarinda Crop 2837 1.087

Geru 65000 0.450

Total 67837 1.537

Shivamogga Garcenia indicia / Uppage Huli 45000 1.232

Minor Forest Produce 114500 1.411

Total 159500 2.643

Total 1150250 96.50

5.10 The Central & State Sector Scheme Implemented By The FRM Wing:
1. Forest Fire Prevention and Management Scheme;
This unit is a Centrally Sponsored Forest Fire Prevention and Management Scheme
with Rs. 60% percent Central share and 40% State share. It aims to protect the
forest from fire. The scheme was earlier known as Intensive Forest Management
 Chapter - 5 : Forest Resource Management 57

Scheme is now renamed as Centrally Sponsored Forest Fire Prevention and

Management in 2017-18. The works undertaken under this scheme include protection
of forest from fire, construction of fire lines, maintenance of existing fire lines,
construction of water storage structures, purchase of modern firefighting equipment,
awareness campaign on forest fire control, recruitment of fire watchers etc.
During the year 2023-24, under 2406-01-102-2-17-Forest Fire Control and
Management Scheme-140 Minor Works Scheme Rs. 330.00 lakhs have been
allocated out of which the Central share is Rs.52.85 lakhs and the State share is
Rs. 35.23 lakh total Rs. 88.08 lakhs have been released by the State Government.
This grant will be released for recruitment of fire watchers and forest fire control
works in Dharwad, Kalburgi, Bellary and Mangalore circles.
2. Budget Head 2406-01-101-2-11-140-Minor Works-Forest Conservation Natural
Regeneration Traditional Works Project:
Under this scheme, allocation of Rs.1220.00 lakhs have been allocated for the
year 2023-24, out of which Rs.1220.00 lakhs have been released up to the end of
31-03-2024 and Rs.1219.53 lakhs expenditure has been incurred. The grant
allocated and released under the said head of account is for construction of new
fire lines in forest areas, maintenance of old fire lines, appointment of fire watchers,
S.M.C. expenditure for carrying out works, forest fire management workshop and
related works has been paid.
3. Non-Plan Budget Head 2406-01-105-0-01-Timber and other forest produce
removed by Government Agency-140-Minor Works-Collection/Transportation/
Management of Timber and other forest produce by Government Agencies:
Under this scheme, a total grant of Rs.9500.00 lakhs have been allocated for the
year 2023-24 and a grant of Rs.9500.00 lakhs has been released, out of which
expenditure of Rs.9499.93 lakhs has been incurred. Under the said head of account,
logging works in forest areas and transportation of dead and fallen trees to
Government Timber Depots as per the Working Plan sanctioned by Government
of India are undertaken.
4. Non-Plan Budget Head 2406-01-101-2-11-Forest Protection, Regeneration
& Cultural Operation-180-Machinery & Equipment:
Under this scheme, a total grant of Rs.67.62 lakhs have been allocated for the year
2023-24 & released Rs.67.62 lakhs out of which expenditure of Rs.67.62 lakhs
have been incurred. Under this head installation of CCTV to Forest Check Post
and Forest Timber Depot.
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6. Van(Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam,

1980 (Forest conservation)

The Van(Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980 wing deals with subject
matters pertaining to the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. Proposals for the use of
forest land for non-forest purposes received from various User Agencies (Central/ State
Government Agencies/ Departments, Institutions, Companies and others including
private individuals) are scrutinized and processed through the Field units of the Forest
Department and submitted to the Government of India through State Government for
diversion of forest land under Section 2 of the Forest Conservation Act (FCA), 1980.

Table -29: Forest lands diverted for non-forestry purpose

(Stage- II final approval) under Forest Conservation Act, 1980
Sl. Name of the Project Category of Forest area
No project diverted (in ha.)

1 Diversion of 16.828 ha of forest land in Sy No.48

of Chowdapura village, Sy No.154 of Jalibera
Viillage and Sy No.130 of Kallahalli Village for
construction of new Broad Gauge line Bagalkot-
Kudachi in favour the Deputy Chief Engineer-II 05 - Railway 16.83
(Construction), South Western Railway, Club
Road, Keshawapura, Hubbali
2 Diversion of 32.16 ha of forest land (29.49 ha
for existing mining lease and 2.67 ha for
existing approach road) in Donimalai (DM)
Block Forest, Ubbalagandi Reserved Forest and
Ubbalagandi Extension Reserved Forest, Near
Ubbalagandi Village, Sandur Taluk, Bellary 03 - Mining & allied *
District for Mining Lease No.2433 ("C" Category
mine of M/s Nidhi Mining Pvt Ltd) in favour of M/
s. Minera Steel and Power Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru
(The Preferred Bidder in e-auction)-reg.
3 Diversion of 1.0938 ha. of forest land in Sy No.209
of Amble Village and Hobli, Chikkamagaluru
Taluk and District (Chikkamagaluru Forest
Division) for laying of New Broad Gauge line from 05 - Railway 1.09
Chikkamagaluru to Belur in favour of Deputy Chief
Engineer (Construction) West, South Western
Railway, Bengaluru-reg.
 Chapter - 6 : Van(Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980 (Forest conservation) 59

Sl. Name of the Project Category of Forest area

No project diverted (in ha.)

4 Diversion of 47.91 ha of forest land in 13

Villages in Shivamogga and Davanagere
Districts (Shivamogga and Sagara Forest
Division) for construction of Shivamogga - 05 - Railway 47.91
Shikaripura New BG Railway Line in favour of
the Deputy Chief Engineer, South Western
Railway Construction, Mysore-reg

5 Proposal for diversion of 64.86 ha of forest land

(60.66 ha for mining+4.20 ha for approach road)
in Swamimalai (SM) Block Forest, near
Dharmapura Village, Sandur Taluk, Ballari
District for Narsimha Iron Ore Mine ML No.2148 03 - Mining & allied *
[an auctioned C-Category mine] erstwhile
Lessee Sri H.G. Rangangouda] in favour of M/
s MSPL Limited, Hosapete, Ballari District (LoI
holder)-regarding (Online Proposal No.FP/KA/
MIN/39986/2019). Transfer of the FC

6 Diversion of 53.67 ha. (Originally proposed

75.92 ha. of forest land) of forest land (near
M.L No.2396 of NMDC) in Donimalai (DM) forest
Block, Sandur Taluk, Ballari District for
construction of new Screening Plant-II, Two 03 - Mining & allied 53.67
Tailing dams (I&II) and laying of Water pipe
line in favour of NMDC limited. Donimalai
Township, Sandur Taluk, Ballari District. online
--
proposal No. FP/KA/Others/14576/2015

7 Transfer of forest clearance of Karadikolla Iron

Ore Mines (ML No.2487) in respect of diversion
of 86.12 ha of forest land in North-Eastern Block
(NEB) Range, Karadikolla Village, Sandur Taluk,
Ballari District Range, present FC leaseholder 03 - Mining & allied *
M/s Lakshminarayan Mines Company to M/s
MSPL Limited, Hosapete, the successful bidder
in e-auction conducted by Mines and Geology
Department-regarding.

8 Diversion of 0.90 ha of forest land in Sy No.517

A1 of Honnavar town, Uttara Kannada District
(Honnavar Forest Division) for construction of
RTO Office and Building in favour of the 07-Others 0.90
Commissioner of Transport, Shanthi Nagar,
Bengaluru-reg.
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Sl. Name of the Project Category of Forest area

No project diverted (in ha.)

9 Diversion of 0.44 ha. of forest land in

F.Sy.No.262 of Aghanashini Village, Kumta
Taluk, Honnavar Division, Uttara Kannada 04-Road 0.44
District for approach road in favour of Sri
Ratnakar Mahadev Naik, Gudeangadi, Kumta
Taluk-reg.

10 Diversion of 5.571 ha of forest land (4.876 ha

in Margutti RF, 0.095 ha. in Ganjalkhed Sec-4
Notified area in Gulbarga Division/ District &
0.60 ha. in Sy No.41 Borampalli Village in Bidar
Division) of forest land for construction of New 05 - Railway 5.571
Broad Gauge Railway Line between Bidar-
Gulbarga in favour of the Chief Engineer,
Construction/I, South Central Railway,
Secunderabad, Andra Pradesh.

11 Diversion of 1.92 ha. of forest land for approach

road to existing mining lease of Shri H.G.
04-Road 1.92
Rangangoud, Hospete (M.L. No. 2549) in NEB
Range, Sandur Taluk, Bellary District - reg

12 Extension of the period of validity of Forest

Clearance under Section-2 of Forest
(Conservation) Act, 1980 Co-terminus with the
Mining Lease (ML) No.2549 for 36.50 ha. [ out
of 46.20 ha as per CEC / Joint DGPS Survey) 03 - Mining & allied *
and as per MMRD 54.64 ha ] for iron ore in
North Eastern Block Range
(Thimmappanaguddi block), Muraripura
Village, Sandur Taluk, Ballari District in favour
of Shri. H.G. Ranganagouda.
13 Diversion of 4.93 ha of (Revised from 4.90551
ha) forest land in Sy No.346, Kalthadu Village
and Sy No.53, 78, 164 & 167 Golihole Village,
Byndoor Taluk, Udupi District (Kundapura
Forest Division) for laying of 33 KV H/T line from 06-Transmission line 4.93
Kambadakone to Kollur passing through
Kambadakone, Heranjal, Kalthodu and Golihole
Villages for a total length of 17.924 km (with a
forest segment of 4.294 km) in favour of the
Executive Engineer, MESCOM, Kundapura.

Total 133.2628
*Since it is a renewal or extension proposal, the extent is not mentioned.
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The following proposals which were not included in the previous year's annual report
due to the order/ Corrigendum issued by GoI / GoK at the end of March. Hence, these
proposals are added to present year.
Sl. Name of the Project Category of Forest area
No project diverted (in ha.)

1 Renewal of 3.24 ha of forest land granted in

F.Sy.16A, 21 & 48 Hartuga Village, Karwar
Forest Division for construction of approach
road to Kaiga Atomic Power Plant in favour of 04-Road *
the Officer-in-charge(C & SM), Kaiga
Generating Station 1 & 2, Nuclear Power
Corporation of the India Ltd., Kaiga

2 Renewal of FC lease involving diversion of 1.28

ha of forest land in F.Sy No.4, Dandeli Village,
F.Sy No.22, Kerwad Village, F.Sy No.28, Alur
Village, F.Sy No.9, Domgera Village,
F.Sy.No.34, Ajagaon Village, F.Sy No.34, Nirala
Village and F.Sy No.8 Kesarolli Village, Dandeli
Hobli, Haliyal Taluk, Uttara Kannada District 07-Others *
(Haliyal Forest Division) for already laid water
pipeline and constructed Jack Well Pump
House in favour of M/s. E.I.D Parry (India)
Ltd.,[Previous FC lease in the name of M/s
Bharath Sugar Mills Limited under process of
change of name in FC lease]

3 Renewal of FC lease involving diversion of 2.00

ha of forest land in Sirsi Village F.Sy No.232
Uttara Kannada District (Sirsi Forest Division)
for existing hand made paper Manufacturing 07-Others *
Small Scale Industry in favour of M/s Sahyadri
Papers, near Industrial Estate Banavasi Road,
Sirsi, Uttara Kannada District.

4 Extension of the period of validity of apprval

under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 Co-
terminus with the Mining Lease (ML) No.1111
(Kumaraswamy Iron Ore Mines) for 324.70
hectare forest land in Swamymalai Forest 03-Mining and *
Block, Kumaraswamy Range, Sandur Taluk, allied
Ballari District favour of M/s National Mineral
Development Corporation (NMDC) Limited,
Ballari.
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Sl. Name of the Project Category of Forest area

No project diverted (in ha.)

5 Renewal of FC lease for diversion of 0.9755

hectare of forest land in Sy No.25,
Kasanakandi Village and in submerged villages
of Holemudlapura and Lingapur, Hitanala Hobli,
Koppal Taluk & District for already laid 07-Others *
underground water pipeline, 11 KV
Transmission Line, Pump House and BP Tank
in favou rof the M/s Kirlosakar Ferrous
Industries Limited, Bevinahalli, Hitnal Post,
Koppal Taluk & District.
6 Diversion of 1.05 ha of forest land in Sy No.225
of Chanduru Village, Somenahalli Hobli,
Gudibande Taluk, Chikkaballapura District for
laying of transmission line of 45.504 km length
from existing 220/66 KV Sub-Station at
06 - Transmission 1.05
Gowribidanuru to 220/66 KV Sub-Station at
Lines
Mittemari in Bagepalli Taluk, Chikkaballapura
District in favour of the Executive Engineer,
Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation
Ltd, Major Works Division, Kolar-reg.

Total 1.05
Grand Total 134.31

ABSTRACT
Statement showing the details of approved projects under FCA, 1980

Sl. Category Upto 31-03-2023 From 01-04-2023 to Total

No. 31.3.2024
No. of projects Extent No. of projects Extent No. of projects Extent
sanctioned (In ha.) sanctioned (In ha.) sanctioned (In ha.)
1 Irrigation 72 2277.16 0 0.00 72 2277.16
2 Wind Power & allied 45 2058.97 0 0.00 45 2058.97
3 Mining & allied 140 10167.16 5 53.67 145 10220.83
4 Road 77 527.80 2 2.36 79 530.16
5 Railway 14 453.66 4 71.39 18 525.05
6 Transmission Line 119 1390.94 2 5.98 121 1396.22
7 Others 274 9711.40 1 0.90 275 9712.30
8 Hydel Power & allied 29 5227.35 0 0.00 29 5227.35
9 Quarrying & allied 13 127.50 0 0.00 13 127.50
Total 783 31941.94 14 134.31 797 32076.25
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7. Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and

Planning Authority (CAMPA)

Under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016 and Rules, 2018 the Government of
India has created a National CAMPA at National level and State CAMPA in each State
and Union Territory. Under the Act, funds are accumulated on account of charges
levied on user agencies in whose favour forest lands are diverted. These charges are
towards Compensatory Afforestation, Net Present Value and any other money
recoverable by the State Government/Union Territory. 90% of the funds thus accumulated
are retained by the State/UT and 10% are to be transferred to National CAMPA.

As per the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016 and Rules, 2018, to manage
the affairs of State CAMPA, Government of Karnataka has constituted a State Governing
Body, State Steering Committee and State Executive Committee. The Governing body
under the Chairmanship of the Hon’ble Chief Minister shall lay down the broad policy
framework for the functioning of State level CAMPA and review its working from time to
time. The State Steering Committee under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to
Government approves the Annual Plan of Operations (APO) and lays down the rules
and procedures for the functioning of its Executive Committee and ensures
interdepartmental co-ordination. The State Executive Committee under the
Chairmanship of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests prepares the Annual Plan
of Operations and oversees its implementation after its due approval.

Accordingly, Government of Karnataka constituted the State Compensatory Afforestation

Fund in 2019 and created new budget head and sub-heads vide G.O. No.FEE.156.FAP.2018
dated: 14-03-2019 for utilization of the funds available under the State share.

As per the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act -2016 & Compensatory Afforestation
Fund Rules – 2018 the following works are permitted to be carried out under State
Compensatory Afforestation Fund.
1. Compensatory afforestation: Compensatory Afforestation is one of the most
important conditions stipulated by the Government of India, while approving diversion
of Forest land for non-forestry purpose under Forest (Conservation) Act – 1980.
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Compensatory Afforestation shall be carried out over an equivalent extent of non-

forest land or in special cases over degraded forest land, twice in extent to the area
being diverted.
2. Site Specific Activities: The Penal Compensatory Afforestation work, Soil &
moisture conservation works in the forest, raising medicinal and dwarf plantations,
protection of plantation and forests, plantations under one and half times, safety
zone, road side plantations, canal plantations etc.,
3. Catchment Area Treatment Plan: Under this component, canal side plantation,
soil and water conservation measures etc., are under taken.
4. Activities pertaining to utilization of Net present value of Forest Land: Under
this component afforestation activities such as Assisted Natural Regeneration,
Artificial Regeneration, Boundary consolidation, Survey & demarcation, Fire
protection & control operation, improvement of wildlife habitat as provided in the
approved wildlife management plan or working plan, construction, up-gradation
and maintenance of forest paths, fire lines, watch towers, check posts and timber
depots, publicity-cum-awareness programmes etc. are taken up.

Salient achievements under CAMPA during 2023-24

1. Raising of 720.29 ha and maintenance of 7333.95 ha of plantations under
Compensatory Afforestation at a cost of Rs.17.15 crores.
2. Raising of 8,000 ha and maintenance of 38747.75 ha of plantations in forest area
under the Assisted Natural regeneration model at a cost of Rs.68.99 crore.
3. Raising of 883.72 ha and maintenance of 3392.75 ha of plantations in forest areas
under the Artificial regeneration model at a cost of Rs.13.08 crore.
4. Maintenance of Plantations of 176.07 ha under Catchment Area Treatment Plan at
a cost of Rs.0.65 Cr.
5. Steps taken to relocate on voluntary basis 195 families from the Kali Tiger Reserve,
Dandeli so as to create inviolate areas within the Reserve at a cost of Rs.29.39
crore at Rs.15.00 lakhs per family.
6. Strengthening of 6288.13 km of forest boundaries to prevent encroachments at a
cost of Rs.18.83 crore.
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7. Installation of solar fences, tentacle fences, elephant proof trenches and other
physical barriers to mitigate Human-wild animal conflict at a cost of Rs.16.85 crore
for 2451.68 Km.
8. Creation and maintenance of fire lines for 16123.73 Kms and engaging fire watchers
of 36366 man-days and purchase of fire equipment’s for 12354 nos in fire prone
forest areas at a cost of Rs.12.87 crore
9. Rejuvenation of grasslands and removal of invasive weeds in wildlife habitats in
1413.24 ha area at a cost of Rs.4.49 crore.
10. At a cost of Rs.3.16 crore tiger /leopard and other animal rescue center have been
established and maintained in Tyavarekoppa Tiger-Lion sanctuary in Shivamogga
wild life area.
11. Improvement of Elephant Camps & Anti-poaching camps at a cost of Rs.3.79crore.
12. An expenditure of Rs.17.87Cr occurred during 2023-24 for construction of 130
residential buildings for front line staff (work in progress)
13. Undertaking research (maintenance of Clonal Orchards 762.30 Ha.) spill over
activities at a cost of Rs.2.28 crores through the Research Wing of the department.
14. Publicity & awareness creation at a cost of Rs.0.25 crores.
15. Modernization of IT infrastructure of Forest Department through the ICT wing at a
cost of Rs.2.00 crores.
16. Establishment and maintenance of Animal Rescue centers at Bannerghatta and
Mysuru Zoo and upgradation of Dubare Elephant camp/ Doddaharave Elephant
Camp and Elephant taming kraal have been undertaken at a cost of Rs.4.47 Cr.
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8. Administration and Co-Ordination (A & C)

The Administration & Co-Ordination (A&C) wing of the Karnataka Forest Department is
responsible for overseeing all matters related to the budget and accounts of the
department. All the budget allocations, releases of funds and supervision of various
administrative budgets are looked after by this wing. A & C wing is also responsible for
all matters relating to audits including carrying out internal audits of all territorial and
wild life units and compiling and furnishing replies to the AG, C&AG and PAC paras.
This wing coordinates with all other wings of the department as well as the government
in submitting replies to Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council questions.

The progress of releases made and the expenditure done under various State schemes
up to March 2023 is given in Annexures 9 & 10.

8.1 Karnataka Forest Development Fund:

In order to supplement the resources available under the various afforestation
schemes of the Forest Department, the Karnataka Forest Development Fund
(KFDF) was created in 1975. The Forest Development Fee (earlier, Forest
Development Tax) is levied on the forest produce disposed of by the Forest
Department, Forest Corporations, and ‘a body notified by the State Government’,
as interpreted in the Karnataka Forest (Amendment) Act, 2016. The Forest
Development Fee is 12 percent of the sale value of the forest products. The Forest
Development Fee collected is initially credited to the consolidated fund of the State
and subsequently transferred to the Karnataka Forest Development Fund (KFDF).
The funds credited under KFDF are made available to the department for raising
plantations and carrying out other allied activities.
The allocations, releases of funds and supervision of the Flexi-Funds under the
Karnataka Forest Development Funds (KFDF) are handled by A & C wing. The
progress achieved under the KFDF Budget Head during 2023-24 is given in the
Annexure 11.
The Audit Section of this Wing conducts internal audits in the Department and
supervises the follow up. The details of the action taken during 2023-24 is given in
Annexure12.
 Chapter - 8 : Administration and Co-Ordination (A & C) 67

The replies to Rajya Sabha/Lokasabha questions, LA/LC questions and issues

pertaining to the Assurance Committee, Petition Committee, Public Accounts
Committee etc., are also submitted through the A&C Wing to the government during
2023-24. Details are given Annexure 13
The Revenue and Expenditure for year 2023-24 of the Karnataka Forest Department
are given in Annexures 14, 15 and 16
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9. Evaluation, Working Plan, Research and Training

(EWPRT)

9.1 EVALUATION:
Evaluations in Karnataka Forest Department started way back from the year 1993.
In Evaluation wing Internal, External and Thematic Evalution works are carried out.
As per OM of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (HoFF) dated 27/03/2018,
2022-23 Biannual Evaluation of Forestry works of 4th and 5th years are being carried
out. In this evaluation, Plantations, Seedling Distribution programme, other works
of 2017-18 and 2018-19 are being evaluated by teams of Chief Conservator of
Forests of different circles. Field evaluation is completed. The above said evaluation
report preparation is under process.
Evaluation wing has developed a webpage to collect information regarding forestry
works carried out under different schemes by all divisions. In this webpage worklists
are uploaded from all divisions.
In the year 2020-21, Biannual evaluations of Forestry works of 2015-16 and 2016-
17 have been completed. The above said evaluation final report are sent to circles
to submit ATRs.
To conduct evaluation regarding Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management
and Planning Authority from 2016-17 to 2021-22 is given to Institute of Wood Science
and Technology, ICFRE, MoEF & CC, Malleshwaram, Bengaluru.
ToR is prepared for works of Tree Park from 2011-12 to 2019-20 and worklists are
received from the wing for evaluation. To conduct this evaluation android mobile
application is being developed.
To conduct evaluation regarding SCP-TSP from 2017-18 to 2020-21 the ToRs have
been received from the respective wing and sent to Karnataka Evaluation Authority
for approval.
To conduct evaluation regarding Krishi Aranya Prothsaha Yojane (KAPY) from 2017-
18 to 2020-21, the ToR is prepared and worklists are being awaited from the wing.
To conduct evaluation regarding Raising of Seedlings for Public Distribution (RSPD)/
NAP-NBM from 2017-18 to 2020-21, ToR are being awaited from the wing.
 Chapter - 9 : Evaluation, Working Plan, Research and Training (EWPRT) 69

9.2 WORKING PLAN

The Working Plan has been the main instrument of forest planning in the country
for the scientific management of forests. It is a very useful document for evaluating
the status of forests and biodiversity resources in a forest division, assessing the
impact of past management practices and deciding about suitable management
interventions for the future. Besides writing the Working Plans, the wing also takes
up the work of surveying the forest boundaries and demarcating the forest areas of
the State. Reservation and de-reservation of forests in Karnataka under the
provisions of the Karnataka Forest Act 1963 are also taken up by this wing.
The Working Plan wing comes under the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests
(Evaluation, Working Plan, Research & Training). For administration purposes,
the wing is headed by APCCF, Working Plan head quartered in Bangalore with five
field offices at Chikamagalur, Shivamogga, Belgavi, Dharwad, Bellary and Mysore.
The field offices are headed by CCF/CF rank officers.

9.2.1 WRITING OF WORKING PLANS:

The Working Plan wing is entrusted with the task of preparing these scientific
Working Plans for the territorial divisions of the State. Each Working Plan is approved
by the Central Government in the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Climate
Change (MoEF& CC). All the forest divisions are mandated to carry out works in
accordance with the prescriptions laid down in these sanctioned Working Plans.
For the entire State of Karnataka, there are 40 territorial divisions which are under
the Working Plan Prescription and Management.
The currency of the Working Plans of the following 7 divisions are in currency:
Bidar, Davanagere, Hassan, Koppal, Madikeri, Raichur and Tumkur divisions
The currency of the Working Plans of the following 11 divisions has been extended
till 2024-25: Chikkaballapura, Chikkamgaluru, Haliyal, Haveri, Honnavara, Karwar,
Kundapura, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Sirsi and Yellapura.
In-principle approvals have been accorded by the Standing Consultative Committee
for the Extension of Working Plans of 4 divisions: Bengaluru Urban, Mangaluru,
Shivamogga and Virajpete divisions. Final approval of GoI is awaited for the
Extension of Working Plans of the above mentioned divisions.
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Draft Working Plans of 5 divisions are to be approved by Govt. of India.: Koppa,

Kundapura, Ramanagara, Sagara and Vijayapura divisions.
Preparation of Working Plans for 13 divisions are under process: Bagalakote, Ballari,
Belagavi, Bengaluru Rural, Bhadravathi, Chitradurga, Dharwad, Gadag, Gokak,
Hunsur, Kalburgi, Kolar, Mandya divisions

9.2.2 SURVEY AND DEMARCATION:

The survey of forest boundaries in the state is taken up by the wing. Maps for these
surveyed areas are being prepared. Demarcation work is then initiated on these
forest boundaries by way of fixing of RCC pillars, construction of cairns or by fixing
the demarcation stones. The forests are further divided into blocks and blocks into
compartments. The compartments are also demarcated in the field by fixing
stenciled galvanized iron sheets for effective management of the forests. Details
of works undertaken during 2023-24 are shown in Table-30.

9.2.3 CONSTITUTION AND DECLARATION OF RESERVED FORESTS:

The Government lands that have characteristics of forests and are in the possession
of the Forest department are to be notified under the provisions of the Karnataka
Forest Act 1963. The State Government is empowered under Section 4 of the Act
to propose any land that is the property of the State government as a Reserve
Forest. A total of 9 Reserved Forest to an extent of 18834 Ha proposed Under Sec
4. After following the due process of Settlement of Rights over these lands by the
Forest Settlement Officer, the final notification for declaring these lands as Reserved
Forests is taken up under Section 17 of the Act. A total 6 Protected Forests to an
extent of 129573 Ha is notified in the year 2023-24.

9.3 NEW PROJECTS

With the advent of technology and the availability of high-resolution images the
Karnataka Forest Department has undertaken the following two projects which are
being coordinated by the working plans wing.

9.3.1GENERATION OF GEO-SPATIAL DATABASE OF NOTIFIED FORESTS OF

KARNATAKA:
To create a reliable and robust geo-spatial database of the notified forests of
Karnataka, a project is undertaken using the expertise of ISRO and KSRSAC. The
 Chapter - 9 : Evaluation, Working Plan, Research and Training (EWPRT) 71

scope of the project is to generate a uniform GIS database for all the notified forests
of the state using high resolution remote sensing data, village cadastral maps and
field survey data including GPS co-ordinates and publish these geo-referenced
forest maps for easy reference for the general public through the Bhuvan /KGIS
portal. The information will also be useful for operational and developmental initiatives
of the forest department with the following objectives.
• Generation of Cartosat-1 and LISS-IV Ortho-image databases.
• Generation of the geo-referenced cadastral database in and around the forest
lands.
• Generation and updating of notified forest land boundaries at the cadastral level.
• Generation of a GIS database of all Notified Forest lands and hosting the same
on the K- GIS platform.

9.3.2 FOREST COVER MAPPING PROJECT:

The forest is dynamic in nature and requires regular monitoring to understand
areas of rapid change due to developmental activities. A reliable database
on the spatial spread of the dynamic forest cover is a basic prerequisite
for planning and implementing various developmental activities. Therefore, the
forest cover mapping project was envisioned with the below mentioned
objectives:
1. Mapping the forest cover of Karnataka using 50 cm World view satellite
imagery
a. Forest type & Forest density mapping
b. LISS IV (5.8) and Sentinel (10m) imagery were used as other season data
2. Integration of the Land use/Land cover, transportation network, drainage
network layers
3. Preparation of forest type and forest density map using IRS Resource sat-II
LISS-IV satellite images.
a. This will be considered baseline data for future change detection analyses.
4. Generation of Range-wise Atlas and beat maps
 Table -30: Details of Financial and Physical Progress achieved in working plan unit during 2023-24 72

(Rs.in lakhs)
Financial Physical
Sl. Working Budget Head Plan/Non- Details
Plan Total Sanctioned Released Expenditure of Target Achievement
No. Plan Unit
Target in amount amount amount Works
2023-24
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 Ballari 4406-Capital Outlay on Forestry & 215.35 215.35 215.35 215.353 Survey and 161.11 Km 162.15 Km
Working Plan Wildlife-01-Forestry-101-Forest Demarcation Survey and Survey and
Unit Conservation, Development & Demarcation, Demarcation,
Regeneration-0-01-Survey and 1042 RCC 1050RCC
Demarcation, Forest Protection, Pillars Pillars
Wildlife Management and Man-
animal conflict Measures; Man-
animal conflict-140-Minor works
(Demarcation and protection of
Forests Works)
2406-01-003-Education and training- 70.00 70.00 70.00 70.00 Sample 700 Sample 700 Sample
0-01-Working Plan, Research and Plots Plots Plots
Training Institution-140-Minor Works
2406-04-103-1-04-Net Value of Forst 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 Survey and 111.61 Km 111.61 Km
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Land -140-Major Works (STATE Demarcation Survey and Survey and

CAMPA) Demarcation, Demarcation,
782 RCC Pillars 785 RCC Pillars
4406-Capital Outlay on Forestry & 264.00 262.50 262.50 262.50 Survey and 93.71 Km 93.93 Km
Wildlife-01-Forestry-101-Forest Demarcation Survey and Survey and
Conservation, Development & Demarcation, Demarcation,
Regeneration-0-02-FLXI-139-Major 656 RCC Pillars 654 RCC Pillars
Works and 1382 and 1379
Sample Plots Sample Plots

Total 699.35 697.85 697.85 697.85

 Table -30: Details of Financial and Physical Progress achieved in working plan unit during 2023-24
(Rs.in lakhs)
Financial Physical
Sl. Working Budget Head Plan/Non- Details
Plan Total Sanctioned Released Expenditure of Target Achievement
No. Plan Unit
Target in amount amount amount Works
2023-24
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

4406-Capital Outlay on Forestry & 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 Survey and 130.46 Km 130.46 Km
Wildlife-01-Forestry-101-Forest Demarcation Survey and Survey and
Conservation, Development & Demarcation, Demarcation,
Regeneration-0-01-Survey and 909 RCC Pillars 909 RCC Pillars
Demarcation, Forest Protection,
Wildlife Management and Man-
animal conflict Measures; Man-
animal conflict-140-Minor works
(Demarcation and protection of
Forests Works)
2 Belgavi
Working Plan 2406-01-003-Education and training- 38.73 38.73 38.73 38.70 Sample 451 Sample 451 Sample
Unit 0-01-Working Plan, Research and Plots Plots Plots
Training Institution-140-Minor Works

2406-04-103-1-04-Net Value of Forst 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 Survey and 142.32 Km 142.32 Km
Land -140-Major Works (STATE Demarcation Survey and Survey and
CAMPA) Demarcation, Demarcation,
996 RCC Pillars 996 RCC Pillars
4406-Capital Outlay on Forestry & 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Survey and 73.79 Km 73.79 Km
Wildlife-01-Forestry-101-Forest Demarcation Survey and Survey and
Conservation, Development & Demarcation, Demarcation,
Regeneration-0-02-FLXI-139-Major 515 RCC Pillars 515 RCC Pillars
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Works

Total 538.73 538.73 538.73 538.73

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(Rs.in lakhs)
Financial Physical
Sl. Working Budget Head Plan/Non- Details
Plan Total Sanctioned Released Expenditure of Target Achievement
No. Plan Unit
Target in amount amount amount Works
2023-24
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

4406-Capital Outlay on Forestry & 203.55 203.55 203.55 203.55 Survey and 142.55 Km 142.55 Km
Wildlife-01-Forestry-101-Forest Demarcation Survey and Survey and
Conservation, Development & Demarcation, Demarcation,
Regeneration-0-01-Survey and 960 RCC 960 RCC
Demarcation, Forest Protection, Pillars,25 Pillars,25
Wildlife Management and Man- Cairons Cairons
animal conflict Measures; Man-
animal conflict-140-Minor works
(Demarcation and protection of
Forests Works)
3 Chikkamagaluru 2406-01-003-Education and training- 266.27 266.27 266.27 266.27 Survey and 226.68 Km 226.68 Km
Working Plan 0-01-Working Plan, Research and Demarcation Survey and Survey and
Unit Training Institution-140-Minor Works Demarcation1230 Demarcation1230
RCC RCC
Pillars,15Cairons Pillars,15Cairons
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2406-04-103-1-04-Net Value of Forst 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 Survey and 243.28 Km 243.28 Km
Land -140-Minor Works (CAMPA) Demarcation Survey and Survey and
Demarcation898 Demarcation898
RCC Pillars RCC Pillars

2406-01-003-0-01-WPRT 140 Minor 3.92 3.92 3.92 3.92 Survey and 6.50 Km land 6.50 Km land
Works Demarcation survey, 52 survey, 52
Cairons Cairons

Total 673.74 673.74 673.74 673.74

 Table -30: Details of Financial and Physical Progress achieved in working plan unit during 2023-24
(Rs.in lakhs)
Financial Physical
Sl. Working Budget Head Plan/Non- Details
Plan Total Sanctioned Released Expenditure of Target Achievement
No. Plan Unit
Target in amount amount amount Works
2023-24
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

4406-Capital Outlay on Forestry & 206.00 206.00 206.00 206.00 Survey and 130 Km Survey 130 Km Survey
Wildlife-01-Forestry-101-Forest Demarcation and and
Conservation, Development & Demarcation, Demarcation,
Regeneration-0-01-Survey and 913 RCC Pillars 913 RCC Pillars
Demarcation, Forest Protection,
Wildlife Management and Man-
animal conflict Measures; Man-
animal conflict-140-Minor works
(Demarcation and protection of
Forests Works)
4 Dharwad 2406-01-003-Education and training- 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 Sample 824 Sample 824Sample
Working Plan 0-01-Working Plan, Research and Plots Plots Plots
Unit Training Institution-140-Minor Works

2406-04-103-1-04-Net Value of Forst 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 Survey and 129.60 Km 129.60 Km
Land -140-Major Works (STATE Demarcation Survey and Survey and
CAMPA) Demarcation, Demarcation,
908 RCC Pillars 908 RCC Pillars

4406-Capital Outlay on Forestry & 160.00 160.00 160.00 160.00 Survey and 93.55 Km 93.55 Km
Wildlife-01-Forestry-101-Forest Demarcation Survey and Survey and
Conservation, Development & Demarcation, Demarcation,
Regeneration-0-02-FLXI-139-Major 653 RCC Pillars 653 RCC Pillars
Works and 388 Sample and 388 Sample
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Plots Plots

Total 641.00 641.00 641.00 641.00

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(Rs.in lakhs)
Financial Physical
Sl. Working Budget Head Plan/Non- Details
Plan Total Sanctioned Released Expenditure of Target Achievement
No. Plan Unit
Target in amount amount amount Works
2023-24
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4406-Capital Outlay on Forestry & 400.00 225.00 400.00 323.70 Survey and 475.48 Km 489.68 Km
Wildlife-01-Forestry-101-Forest Demarcation Survey and Survey and
Conservation, Development & Demarcation, Demarcation,
Regeneration-0-01-Survey and 811 RCC Pillars 921 RCC Pillars
Demarcation, Forest Protection,
Wildlife Management and Man-
animal conflict Measures; Man-
animal conflict-140-Minor works
(Demarcation and protection of
Forests Works)
5 Mysore 2406-01-003-Education and training- 55.00 20.59 55.00 53.04 Survey and 146 RCC Pillar 146 RCC Pillar
Working Plan 0-01-Working Plan, Research and Demarcation and 300 Sample and 278 Sample
Unit Training Institution-140-Minor Works Plots Plots

2406-04-103-1-04-Net Value of Forst 200.00 100.00 200.00 184.02 Survey and 269.15 Km 269.15 Km
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Land -140-Major Works (STATE Demarcation Survey and Survey and

CAMPA) Demarcation841 Demarcation 818
RCC Pillars RCC Pillars
4406-Capital Outlay on Forestry & 173.95 49.62 173.95 171.33 Survey and 159.8 Km 159.8 Km
Wildlife-01-Forestry-101-Forest Demarcation Survey and Survey and
Conservation, Development & Demarcation, Demarcation,
Regeneration-0-02-FLXI-139-Major 889 RCC Pillars 889 RCC Pillars
Works

Grand Total 828.95 395.21 828.95 732.09

 Table -30: Details of Financial and Physical Progress achieved in working plan unit during 2023-24
(Rs.in lakhs)
Financial Physical
Sl. Working Budget Head Plan/Non- Details
Plan Total Sanctioned Released Expenditure of Target Achievement
No. Plan Unit
Target in amount amount amount Works
2023-24
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

4406-Capital Outlay on Forestry & 300.00 300.00 300.00 300.00 Survey and 156 Km Survey 156 Km Survey
Wildlife-01-Forestry-101-Forest Demarcation and and
Conservation, Development & Demarcation, Demarcation,
Regeneration-0-01-Survey and 563 RCC Pillars 563 RCC Pillars
Demarcation, Forest Protection, and 276 Cairns and 276 Cairns
Wildlife Management and Man-
animal conflict Measures; Man-
animal conflict-140-Minor works
(Demarcation and protection of
Forests Works)
6 Shivamogga
Working Plan 2406-01-003-Education and training- 145.00 145.00 145.00 145.00 Survey and 1465 Sample 1465 Sample
Unit 0-01-Working Plan, Research and Demarcation Plots Plots
Training Institution-140-Minor Works

2406-04-103-1-04-Net Value of Forst 250.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 Survey and 266.96 Km 266.96 Km
Land -140-Major Works (STATE Demarcation Survey and Survey and
CAMPA) Demarcation, Demarcation,
851 RCC Pillars 851 RCC Pillars
and 362 Cairns and 362 Cairns

4406-Capital Outlay on Forestry & 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Survey and 226.70 Km 226.70 Km
Wildlife-01-Forestry-101-Forest Demarcation Survey and Survey and
Conservation, Development & Demarcation 212 Demarcation 212
Regeneration-0-02-FLXI-139-Major RCC Pillars and RCC Pillars and
Chapter - 9 : Evaluation, Working Plan, Research and Training (EWPRT)

Works 122 Cairns 122 Cairns

Total 795.00 795.00 795.00 795.00

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9.4 RESEARCH & UTILIZATION:

The jurisdiction of the Forest Research & Utilisation wing is spread over the
State of Karnataka. There are four research circles stationed at Bengaluru,
Dharwad, Madikeri and Bellary. One seed division, Bengaluru and Utilisation
sub-division Bengaluru also comes under the said jurisdiction. The Additional
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Research & Utilisation) is the controlling
officer for the above units under the supervision of the Principal Chief Conservator
of Forests (Evaluation, Working Plan, Research, Training and Climate Change)
Bengaluru.

There are four seed development units in the state. The main aim of these units is
collection of quality seeds from identified plus trees and seed production areas.
The seeds collected are classified, tested, graded and then supplied to other wings
of the department depending on the indents received. A seed testing lab and a
tissue culture lab is established in Doresanipalya for supply of quality seeds and
the mass production of QPM.

Butterflies and Bees play an important component of the eco-system as they

play a crucial role in insect-plant communication & food chains. Therefore, in order
to create awareness among the students and public about the conservation of
these insects, A Butterfly & Bee festival/ workshop is organised at Doresanipalya
Research Station every year in the month of October/ November. Further, a meeting
of the State Level Forest & Wildlife Research Advisory Committee under the
chairmanship of PCCF (HOFF) Bengaluru is convened to take decisions regarding
many research proposals submitted by scientists and research scholars of
reputed Institutes.
 Table – 31: Physical & Financial progress achieved during 2023-24
Financial (Rs in Lakhs) Physical
Budget Head Item of works
Sl.
No. Annual Release Expenditure Tart Ach
Target

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Raising of experimental plots 250 250 250 94 94
(in Ha)
Maintenance of 4 to 10 year 1.50 1.50
Plantations (in Ha)
1 2406-01-004-0-01-
Maintenance of Senna 6 6
Research 140 Minor
spectabilis &Mangrove (in Ha.s)
works
Research studies (in Nos) 3 3
Collection & Supply of Seeds 81.452 81.452
(in tons)
TOTAL 250 250 250
Excavation of CPT(cum) 350 350 348.500 453.37 453.37
Maintenance of I to IV 243 243
Plantations (in Ha)

2 2406-01-003-0-01- Study of ecological monitering 2 2

WPRT 139 MW plot (in Nos)
Engaging Watch & Ward 64 64
(in Nos)
Collection & Supply of Seeds 64.954 64.954
(in tons)
TOTAL 350 350 348.500
3 4406-01-101-0-04
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Raising of Seedlings 144.149 144.149 144.149 1.659 1.659

Afforestation on Non
Forest Area 139 Major Maintenance of seedlings 180000 180000
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works (RSPD) TOTAL 144.149 144.149 36.004

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Financial (Rs in Lakhs) Physical
Budget Head Item of works
Sl.
No. Annual Release Expenditure Tart Ach
Target

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Maint. of III Year Research 503.845 503.845 503.845 198.5 198.5
plots (in Ha)
Maint. of IV Year Research 215.56 215.56
plots (in Ha)
Maintenance of seedlings 3,25,036 3,25,036
(in No)
Wedge grafting & Change of 1,57,000 1,57,000
bags (in No)
Maint. of 4-16 Year Exp. plots 721.41 721.41
(in Ha)
4. 4406-01-101-0-02 Drone survey of sandal stock 267.41 267.41
KFDF Flexi Fund (in Ha.)
139 MW 3 3
Establishment of
Vermicompost units (in No)
Collection & Supply of Seeds 23.029 23.029
(in tons)
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Development of Research 3 3
Nursery (in No)
Upgradation of Research 4 4
Station(in Nos)
Initiation of teak clones 2 2
TOTAL 503.845 503.845 503.845
5. 2406-01-101-2-11 Maintenance of fireline (in Ha) 1192.61 1192.61
50.000 50.000 50.000
FPR & COP 139 Engaging fire watcher (in No) 38.00 38.00
MW TOTAL 50.000 50.000 50.000
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Financial (Rs in Lakhs) Physical
Budget Head Item of works
Sl.
No. Annual Release Expenditure Tart Ach
Target

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Raising of experimental Plots 228.00 228.00 228.00 189.98 189.98
(in Ha)
Maintenance of I year 382.20 382.20
Plantations (in Ha)
Maintenance of IV year 73.00 73.00
6. STATE CAMPA Plantations (in Ha)
Maintenance of V year 117.12 117.12
Plantations (in Ha)
Collection & Supply of Seeds 12.244 12.244
(in tons)
TOTAL 228.000 228.000 228.000
7. 2406-01-070-0-01 Maintenance of Departmental 30.00 12.980 12.780 8 8
RBBM 200 MW(PP) Buildings (in Nos)
TOTAL 30.000 12.980 12.780
8. 4406-01-070-0-02 Construction of office 20.00 5.00 5.00 1 1
147 Land & building (in No.s)
Buildings TOTAL 20.000 - -
Maint. of Biofuel Plantations 5.000 5.000 5.000 14.200 14.200
9. 2406-10-101-2-21/ (in Ha)
AOA/140/major
works Engaging Watch & Ward 3 3
(in Nos)
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TOTAL 5.000 5.000 5.000

GRAND TOTAL 1575.994 1575.994 1575.994
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9.5 FOREST TRAINING

The Karnataka Forest Department has a long tradition of imparting training to newly
recruited officers and frontline staff at the induction level. To cater to the need for
induction training of various cadres of the department a dedicated Training Wing
headquartered at Gungargatti, Dharwad was established in the year 1996 which is
now called the Karnataka State Forest Academy (KSFA). The training wing is headed
by the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Human Resource
Development). The training wing encompasses the following seven training centers:
1. Karnataka Forest Academy, Gungargatti, Dharwad.
2. Forest Technical and Administrative Training Institute, Kadugodi.
3. Forest Training Centre,Thattihalla, Uttara Kannada.
4. Forest Training School,Bidar.
5. Forest Training School,Chakra, Shivamogga.
6. Forest Training Centre,Ilawala, Mysuru.
7. Forest Training Centre,Kushalanagara.
These forest training institutes have been carrying out various induction programmes for
the new recruits in the cadres of Deputy Range Forest Officers cum surveyors, Forest
Guards, Forest Watchers, Kawadies, and Ministerial staff. In addition to this, refresher
courses in selected fields are also being organised for the in-service field staff.
KFD has an elaborate training curriculum for each cadre of the forest department.
The details are as follows:
Table- 32: Training curriculum of each cadre of Forest department
Sl. Cadre Duration of Courses cover Approval
No training Authority
1 RFO 18 months 19 core forestry subjects as per Government of India
Entrance and Training Rules (DFE, Dehradun)
(2004)
2 DRFO cum surveyors 12+3 months 15 subjects of core and applied Karnataka Forest
forestry and Survey Training at Department
State institute
3 FG 9 months 15 subjects of core and applied Karnataka Forest
forestry Department
4 FW 6 months 11 subjects of basic and applied Karnataka Forest
forestry Department
5 Kawadi 75 days Elephant Management Skills Karnataka Forest
Department
6 Ministerial Staff 3 months Refresher Courses, e-office & Karnataka Forest
ICT works Department
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BRIEF NOTE ON FOREST TRAINING CENTRES: -

1. Karnataka Forest Academy, Gungargatti, Dharwad:
Location and Extent: It is 12 km from the district headquarter, in the Gungargatti
Reserve Forest area on the right side of NH-4 near the Tata Marco Polo industrial
centre. The total area of the academy is 42.16 hectares.
Infrastructure facility available: The academy was recognized in 2015 by the
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change as the Range Forest Academy
for conducting an 18-month Induction Certificate Course for the new recruits in the
cadre of Range Forest Officer. Infrastructure facilities available in the academy are:
i. Administrative block for office purposes.
ii. Academic block for training course.
iii. Two open grounds- parade and play ground.
iv. Indoor badminton & table tennis hall.
v. Swimming pool.
vi. Gymnasium.
vii. Multi utility building.
viii. Examination Hall and Laboratory.
ix. New library building.
x. Mess – 04 in numbers – 02 for Range Forest Officers & 01 Deputy Range
Forest Officer cum Surveyors + 01 Officers mess.
xi. Hostel – Krishna for Gents 01 & Cauveri for Ladies 01.
xii. Dormitories – 24 for Karnataka Forest Department trainees.
xiii. Barracks – for in-service trainees.
xiv. Executive Hostel.
xv. Residential Quarters- 8
xvi. Auditorium (under progress)

Table-33 : No. of Batches and Trainees passed out at Karnataka Forest

Academy, Gungargatti, Dharwad during 2023-24
Sl.No Designation Batches Total no of trainees
1 Range Forest Officer 13 375
2 Beat Forest Officer 1 25
3 Others 11 305
Total 25 705
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2. Forest Training Centre, Kadugodi, Bangalore

Location and Extent: Kadugodi State Forest, Kadugodi, Bangalore
Infrastructure facility Available: Classrooms Induction Training(100 Members),
Class Room for Refresher Course, Library, Computer Lab (25 Members), Gym,
Rooms with Attach Bathroom (100 Members Boy and Girls Seperate), Dining
Hall, Indoor Stadium, Multi utility Building, Office Room

Table-34 : No. of Batch and Trainees passed out at Kadugodi training

centre during 2023-24
Training No of Batch No Trainees Passed Out

Others 3 111
Total 3 111

3. Forest Training Centre, Tattihalla, Haliyal (N.K):

Infrastructure facility Available: Classrooms Induction Trainees (120 Members),
Class Room for Refresher Course, Library, Computer Lab (48 Members), Gym
Hall, Rooms for Accommodation with Attach Bathroom (120 Members Boy and
Girls Separate), Play Ground, Multi utility Building, Office Room, Mess, Auditorium,
Shuttle Hall

Table-35 : No. of Batch and Trainees passed out at Tattihalla training

centre during 2023-24
Training No of Batch No Trainees Passed Out till date

Beat Forest Officer 1 35

Others 12 421
Total 13 456

4. Forest Training Centre, Bidar:

Location and Extent: Bidar- Balkiraod at Honnikeri Reserved Forest Sy. No 140
Infrastructure facility Available: Office Rooms and Classrooms for the Multi utility
Building Induction Training (100 Members) Class Room for Refresher Course,
Library Computer Class Room (60 members) Gym, Rooms, Boys Hostel (30
members) Girls Hostel (30 Members) Mess, track ground for morning physical
training,
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Table-36 : No. of Batch and Trainees passed out at Bidar training center
during 2023-24
Training No of Batch No Trainees Passed Out
Others 7 163
Total 7 163

5. Forest Training Centre, Chakra

Location and Extent: Chakra, NagaraHobali, HosanagarTaluk, Shivamogga
District, MalaliState forest Block -2
Infrastructure facility Available: Rooms for trainees -06, TV hall, dining room, guest
room -01, Kitchen, store rooms, Two Dormitory Administration office building-1
Teaching room-2, Auditorium and Indoor Sports Hall, Playground Multipurpose Hall.

Table-37: No. of Batch and Trainees passed out at Chakara Training

centre during 2023-24
Training No of Batch No Trainees Passed Out
Others 4 109
Total 4 109

6. Forest Training Centre, Ilawala:

Location and Extent: Ilawala State Forest, Mysore
Infrastructure facility Available: Classroom Induction Training (100 Members),
class room for refresher course, library, Computer Lab (68 Members), Gym, Rooms
for Accommodation with Attached Bathroom (100 Members Boy and Girls
Separate), PlayGround, Multi utility Building, Office Room

Table-38: No. of Batch and Trainees passed out at Forest Training Centre,
Ilawala, Mysuru during 2023-24
Training No of Batch No Trainees Passed Out
BFO’s & Suptd 1 25

Others 5 227

Total 6 252
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7. Forest Training Centre, Kushalnagar:

Location and Extent: Kushalnagara State Forest
Infrastructure facility Available: Dining Hall - 50 no Capacity
Dormitory - 1 & Dormitory - 2 - 40 No Capacity
Ladies Hostel - 1 No - 40 No Capacity
Class Room - 2 No - 60+60 = 120 No Capacity
Library Hall - 50 No Capacity
Computer Hall - 50 No Capacity

Table - 39 : No. of Batch and Trainees passed out at Forest Training Centre
Kushalnagar, during 2023-24

Training No of Batch No Trainees Passed Out

Others 3 110
Total 3 110

Table-40 : No. of trainees undergone training from 2021-22 to 2023-24

Sl. Name of Centre Training Cadre (RFO/ No. of trainees No. of

No type DRFO/ undergone training in trainees
(Induction/ FG/FW) presently
2021- 2022- 2023- Total undergoing
Refresher)
22 23 24 training
1 KFA, Dharwad Refresher RFO 108 78 375* 561 *41 Induction
BFO’s 37 139 25 201
Others 0 0 305 305
Induction FDA 42 0 0 42
Forest Guard 0 10 0 10
TOTAL 1 187 227 705 1119 41
2 FTC Kadugodi Refresher Others - 111 111
Refresher BFO’s 25 - - 25
FDA 51 - - 51
Induction Forest Guard - 53 - 53
TOTAL -2 76 53 111 240
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Sl. Name of Centre Training Cadre (RFO/ No. of trainees No. of

No type DRFO/ undergone training in trainees
(Induction/ FG/FW) presently
2021- 2022- 2023- Total undergoing
Refresher)
22 23 24 training
3. FTC Tatihalla Induction FG - 77 - 77

Refresher RFO 27 - - 27

Forester 138 - - 138

BFO’s - - 35 35 35 Induction

Others - - 421 421

TOTAL-3 165 77 456 698 35

4. FTC, Ilwala I Forest Guard - 67 - 67

Forester 25 - - 25

Refresher Others - - 25 25

BFO’s & Suptd - - 227 227

TOTAL-4 25 67 252 344

5. FTC, Kushalnagara Refresher Others - - 110 110

TOTAL -5 - - 110 110

6. FTC Bidar Refresher Others 25 - 163 188 -

Induction Forest Guard - 53 - 53

TOTAL-6 25 53 163 241

7. FTC, Chakra Induction Forest Guard 47 47

Refresher FW 28 28

Others 37 - 109 146

TOTAL-7 65 47 109 221 76

GRAND TOTAL (1-7) 543 524 1906 2973 76

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Table-41 : Details of Physical target & Achievement at training

units for the year 2023-24
Units Sl. Plan Names Annual Sanction Released Total
no allotment allotment allotment expenditure
2023-24
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2406-01-001-2-01
1 002- Pay of officer - - - 18667300
2 003- Pay of Staff - - - 3897300
3 011- Dearness Allowances - - - 8801600
4 004-Iterim Relief - - - 2337400
5 020- Medical Allowances - - - 23000
6 021- Medical reimbursement - - - 0
7 014- Other Allowance - - - 5184700

Additional PCCF 2406-01-001-0-01

(HRD) Karnataka 8 015- Subsidary Expenditure - - 10000 10000
Forest Academy,
Dharwad 9 034- Contract/Out Source - - - 0
10 041- Travelling Allowance - - 337000 336600
11 051- General Expenditure - - 325000 325000
12 052- Telephone Expenditure - - 5000 4700
13 071- Building Expenditure - - 0 0
14 200-Maints. - - 0 0
15 180 Machinery & Equipment - - 0 0
16 195 Transport Exp. - - 673000 672900
17 200- Roads & Bridges Main - - 0 0
18 221-Material & Su(Uniform) - - 4500 4500
19 053-Furnitures & Fixtures - - 0 0

Deputy 2406-01-001-2-01
Conservator of 1 002- Pay of officer - - - 3535000
Forests, Karnataka
Forest Academy, 2 003- Pay of Staff - - - 5827300
Dharwad 3 011- Dearness Allowances - - - 3669000
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Units Sl. Plan Names Annual Sanction Released Total

no allotment allotment allotment expenditure
2023-24
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
4 004-Iterim Relief - - - 1187900
5 020- Medical Allowances - - - 87200
6 021- Medical reimbursement - - - 0
7 014- Other Allowance - - - 2869300
8 015- Subsidary Exp - - 40000 40000
2406-01-001-0-01 - - -
9. 015- Subsidary Exp (Trg) - - 6477000 6477000
10. 034- Contract/Out Source - - 8553100 8553100
Deputy
Conservator of 11. 041- Travelling Allowance - - 205000 204800
Forests, Karnataka 12. 051- General Expenditure - - 600000 600000
Forest Academy,
Dharwad 13. 052- Telephone Expenditure - - 5000 3400
14. 071- Building Expenditure - - 433000 433000
15. 200-Maints. - -
16. 180 Machinery & Equipment - -
17. 195 Transport Exp. - - 2000000 2000000
18. 200- Roads & Bridges - - 2000000 2000000
Maintenance
19. 221-Material & Supply - - 19500 19500
(Uniform)
20. 053-Furnitures & Fixtures - - 70000 69400
21. 070-200- Roads & Bridges - - 4249000 4249000
22. 140-Minor works - - 3000000 3000000
23. 139- Flexi Major works - - 10000000 10000000
2406-01-001-2-01
Deputy
Conservator of 1 002- Pay of officer - - - 1968700
Forests, Forest
2 003- Pay of Staff - - - 4709600
Training Center,
Kadugodi 3 011- Dearness Allowances - - - 2372400
4 004-Iterim Relief - - - 393300
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Units Sl. Plan Names Annual Sanction Released Total

no allotment allotment allotment expenditure
2023-24
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
5 020- Medical Allowances - - - 33400
6 021- Medical reimbursement - - - 0
7 014- Other Allowance - - - 2650400
8 015- Subsidary Exp 0 0
2406-01-001-0-01 - - -
9 015- Subsidary Exp (Trg) - - 3082000 3062000
10 034- Contract/Out Source - - 1795700 1795700
11 041- Travelling Allowance - - 80000 79900
12 051- General Expenditure - - 115000 115000
Deputy
Conservator of 13 052- Telephone Expenditure - - 17300 17300
Forests, Forest 14 071- Building Expenditure - - 510000 510000
Training Center,
Kadugodi 15 200-Maints. - - 300000 226200
16 180 Machinery & Equipment - - 0 0
17 195 Transport Exp. - - 607000 607000
18 033-Daily wages - - 1070700 1070700
19 200- Roads & Bridges - - 1000000 1000000
Maintenance
20 221-Material & Supply - - 9000 9000
(Uniform)
21 070-200- Roads & Bridges 300000 300000
22 139- Flexi Major works - - 10000000 10000000
2406-01-001-2-01
1 002- Pay of officer - - - 2365800
Assistant
Conservator of 2 003- Pay of Staff - - - 6011100
Forests, Forest
3 011- Dearness Allowances - - - 2943300
Training Center,
Tattihalla 4 004-Iterim Relief - - - 572300
5 020- Medica Allowances - - - 44000
6 021- Medical reimbursement - - - 0
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Units Sl. Plan Names Annual Sanction Released Total

no allotment allotment allotment expenditure
2023-24
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
7 014- Other Allowance - - - 1864100
8 251-Pension & Retirement - - 552000 552000
9 015- Subsidary Exp 15000 15000
2406-01-001-0-01
10 015- Subsidary (Trg) - - 4300000 4300000
11 034- Contract/Out Source - - 2364000 2364000
12 041- Travelling Allowance - - 60000 59300
Assistant 13 051- General Expenditure - - 130000 130000
Conservator of 14 052- Telephone Expenditure - - 83000 81700
Forests, Forest
Training Center, 15 071- Building Expenditure - - 290000 290000
Tattihalla 16 200-Maints. - - 2500000 2500000
17 180 Machinery & Equipment - - 0 0
18 195 Transport Exp. - - 870000 870000
19 033-Daily wages - - 351700 351700
20 200- Roads & Bridges - - 1056000 1056000
Maintenance
21 221-Material & Supply - - 9000 9000
(Uniform)
22 139- Flexi Major works - - 10000000 10000000
2406-01-001-2-01
1 002- Pay of officer - - - 1654500
2 003- Pay of Staff - - - 4515800
Assistant
Conservator of 3 011- Dearness Allowances - - - 2153100
Forests, Forest 4 004-Iterim Relief - - - 475100
Training Center,
Bidar 5 020- Medical Allowances - - - 33100
6 021- Medical reimbursement - - - 0
7 014- Other Allowance - - - 1201800
8 015- Subsidary Exp 20000 20000
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Units Sl. Plan Names Annual Sanction Released Total

no allotment allotment allotment expenditure
2023-24
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2406-01-001-0-01
Assistant 9 015- Subsidary (Trg) - - 1000000 994200
Conservator of
Forests, Forest 10 034- Contract/Out Source - - 1555000 1555000
Training Center, 11 041- Travelling Allowance - - 133000 132900
Bidar
12 051- General Expenditure - - 90000 90000
13 052- Telephone Expenditure - - 29000 29000
14 071- Building Expenditure - - 170000 170000
15 200-Maints. - - - -
16 180 Machinery & Equipment - - - -
17 195 Transport Exp. - - 410000 410000
18 200- Roads & Bridges - - 1200000 1199600
Maintenance
19 221-Material & Supply - - 3000 3000
(Uniform)
20 139- Flexi Major works - - 38500000 38500000
2406-01-001-2-01
1 002- Pay of officer - - - 1778800
2 003- Pay of Staff - - - 4831600
3 011- Dearness Allowances - - - 2325600
Assistant 4 004-Iterim Relief - - - 423000
Conservator of
Forests, Forest 5 020- Medica Allowances - - - 30400
Training Center, 6 021- Medical reimbursement - - 160700 160700
Ilwala
7 014- Other Allowance - - - 2279600
8 015- Subsidary Exp 5000 5000
2406-01-001-0-01
9 015- Subsidary Expenditure - - 1500000 1500000
10 034- Contract/Out Source - - 1545000 1545000
11 041- Travelling Allowance - - 50000 50000
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Units Sl. Plan Names Annual Sanction Released Total

no allotment allotment allotment expenditure
2023-24
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
12 051- General Expenditure - - 98000 98000
13 052- Telephone Expenditure - - 20000 20000
14 071- Building Expenditure - - 230000 230000
15 200-Maints. - - 500000 500000
16 180 Machinery & Equipment - - 0 0
17 195 Transport Exp. - - 530000 526800
18 200- Roads & Bridges - - 100000 100000
Maintenance
19 221-Material & Supply - - 6000 6000
(Uniform)
20 139- Flexi Major works - - 10000000 9952800
2406-01-001-2-01
1 002- Pay of officer - - - 0
2 003- Pay of Staff - - - 1968300
3 011- Dearness Allowances - - - 743600
004-Iterim Relief - - - 192100
4 020- Medica Allowances - - - 11000
5 021- Medical reimbursement - - - 0
Assistant 6 014- Other Allowance - - - 489400
Conservator of
7 251-Pension & Retirement - - 464300 464300
Forests, Forest
Training Center, 2406-01-001-0-01
Kushalnagar
8 015- Subsidary Expenditure - - 750000 750000
9 034- Contract/Out Source - - 1545000 1545000
10 041- Travelling Allowance - - 10000 10000
11 051- General Expenditure - - 62000 62000
12 052- Telephone Expenditure - - 19000 19000
13 071- Building Expenditure - - 120000 120000
14 200-Maints. - - 0 0
15 180 Machinery & Equipment - - 0 0
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Units Sl. Plan Names Annual Sanction Released Total

no allotment allotment allotment expenditure
2023-24
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
16 195 Transport Exp. - - 270000 270000
17 033-Daily wages - - 49000 49000
18 200- Roads & Bridges - - 100000 100000
Maintenance
19 221-Material & Supply - - 6000 6000
(Uniform)
20 139- Flexi Major works - - 5000000 5000000
2406-01-001-2-01
1 002- Pay of officer - - - 869800
2 003- Pay of Staff - - - 3456400
3 011- Dearness Allowances - - - 1497800
004-Iterim Relief - - - 294000
Assistant 4 020- Medica Allowances - - - 23900
Conservator of
Forests, Forest 5 021- Medical reimbursement - - 73600 73300
Training Center, 6 014- Other Allowance - - - 737000
Chakra 2406-01-001-0-01
7 015- Subsidary Expenditure - - 1400000 1400000
8 034- Contract/Out Source - - 1774200 1774200
9 041- Travelling Allowance - - 30000 30000
10 051- General Expenditure - - 80000 80000
11 052- Telephone Expenditure - - 14700 14500
12 071- Building Expenditure - - 107000 106600
13 200-Maints. - - 0 0
14 180 Machinery & Equipment - - 0 0
15 195 Transport Exp. - - 340000 340000
16 200- Roads & Bridges - - 350000 350000
Maintenance
17 221-Material & Supply - - 4500 4500
(Uniform)
18 139- Flexi Major works - - 5000000 5000000
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9.6 LAND RECORDS:

The Land Records Wing of the Karnataka Forest Department was formed as per
Official Memorandum No.A1.IFS.CR.26/2004-05 dated 26-1-2010 of the Principal
Chief Conservator of Forests, Bengaluru. This wing comes under the office of
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Evaluation, Working Plan, Research, and
Training) and is headed by APCCF (Land Records).
The Land Records Section is primarily responsible for maintaining records of forest
lands. In particular, it discharges the following duties:
1. Compilation of monthly/quarterly progress reports regarding the eviction of un-
authorised encroachments in the forest lands as per section 64(A) and Rule
164(A) of the Karnataka Forest Act, 1963.
2. Fixing, claiming or recovery of lease rent on forest leases of KFDC, KCDC, KSFIC,
MPM, other companies/corporations and any individuals including Eksali leases
3. Land issues pertaining to Kumki, Bane, Kane, Betta, Hadi, Kan, Soppinabetta,
Jamamalai and Motasthal categories of land
4. Compilation and consolidation of reports regarding the mutation of the forest
lands in the revenue records.
5. Implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers
(Recognition of forest Rights) Act, Rule 2006(2 of 2007) and Rules 2008.
6. Applications received from the Central Empowered Committee pertaining to
land issues.
7. Attending to Parliament and Assembly questions as well as assurances, audit
paras and court cases pertaining to the above issues.
4406-Capital Outlay on Forestry & Wildlife-01-Forestry-101-Forest Conservation,
Development & Regeneration-0-01-Survey and Demarcation, Forest Protection,
Wildlife Management and Man-animal conflict Measures, 140-Minor Works
(Demarcation and Protection of Forests Works)
During year 2023-24, Rs.600.00 lakhs has been allotted under the above budget head
for survey and demarcation & consolidation and fencing of forest lands through
compound wall, erection of chain link mesh, barbed wire & fixing of RCC pillars. Under
this scheme it is proposed for construction of 7.48 Km of Compound Wall, 9.57 Kms of
erection of Chain Link Mesh, 14.795 KM of Barbed wire fencing & 43.31 Kms of CPT in
the encroachment evicted/prone areas. An amount of Rs.600.00 lakhs has been
released and Rs.599.98 lakhs spent on the above works as of 31.03.2024.
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10. Legal Cell

The Legal Cell of the Forest Department came into existence from 05-3-2007. The
Legal Cell is attached to the Office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and is
headed by the Chief Conservator of Forests (Legal Cell). It has no unit offices.
The Legal Cell deals with cases from the lowest Court i.e Right from Civil Judge,
Junior Division and JMFC up to the Supreme Court are dealt by the legal cell.
The original suits, cases pertaining to labour court, service matters, consumer
forum cases, Motor Vehicle accident cases, civil and criminal cases, appeals, regular
appeals, miscellaneous, regular first appeals and second appeals, writ petitions, special
leave petitions etc., when they are referred to the legal cell, are dealt with by the
legal cell.

Legal cell carries out the following activities:

1. Giving guidance to Karnataka Forest Department officials in court cases.
2. Scrutiny, correction, modification etc. of parawise remarks prepared by other forest
offices and submitted to the legal Cell for opinion and scrutiny.
3. Giving opinion on files referred to legal cell.
4. Attending to paper work pertaining to the litigation matter connected with the
Karnataka Forest Department.
5. Interaction with the Government Advocates in connection with the Department
cases.
6. Correspondence with the Government on legal matters on behalf of the
Government.
7. Attending/organizing meetings, workshops etc. on matters connected with legal
issues.
8. Preparing reports connected with legal matters.
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The abstract of the total number of cases pending in various courts is given in Table- 42

Table- 42 : No of court cases pending

Sl. Circle Green Supreme High court KAT Lower court Grand
No. Tribunal court Total
Civil Criminal Total Civil Criminal Total
suit suit
1 Bengluru 0 2 222 0 222 0 149 87 236 460

2 Belagavi 0 0 23 0 23 2 41 70 111 136

3 Ballari 0 5 21 4 25 5 106 41 147 182

4 Chamarajanagar 0 2 14 1 15 0 1 1814 1815 1832

5 Chikkamagaluru 0 6 40 0 40 0 10 850 860 906

6 Dharwad 0 1 14 2 16 15 3 31 34 66

7 Hassan 0 1 356 3 359 2 271 37 308 670

8 Kalaburgi 0 0 13 0 13 6 27 59 86 105

9 Canara 1 0 196 1 197 4 6 445 451 653

10 Kodagu 0 1 41 3 44 0 6 1 7 52

11 Mangalore 0 0 19 1 20 3 26 176 202 225

12 Mysuru 0 7 49 1 50 9 43 23 66 132

13 Shivamogga 0 1 77 27 104 6 104 468 572 683

14 FDPT (Mysuru) 0 1 10 2 12 7 11 640 651 671

Total 1 27 1095 45 1140 59 804 4742 5546 6773

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11. Forest Protection and Vigilance

The Vigilance Wing is headed by an Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests

(Vigilance) at the headquarters who is assisted by a Conservator of Forests (Vigilance.
The Wing has 11 forest mobile squads (FMS)at Bangalore, Ballari, Belagavi, Kalaburgi,
Hassan, Madikeri Mysore, Shivamogga, Mangalore, Chikkamagaluru and Sirsi. Each
Forest Mobile Squad is headed by Deputy Conservator of Forest who are assisted by
Assistant Conservator of Forests, Range Forest Officers, DRFO’s & Forest Guards.
All the DCF (Forest Mobile Squads) across the State, along with territorial and wildlife
staff, help in the detection and prevention of timber smuggling, poaching and other
forest offence cases. The staffs of FMS undertake day and night patrolling in their
respective jurisdictions. There are four forest check posts under the control of the
FMS, Bangalore, to prevent the illegal transport of forest produce.
Department has supplied 453 static, 327 mobile and 2544 walkie-talkie set for the use
of the field staff for effective communication in hostile terrain. As a preventive measure
and as a safeguard against wild animals, the staffs are provided with arms and
ammunition. The weapons that have been supplied to field officers are 52 Revolvers,
57 Pistols, 487 Slide Action Guns, 362 Rifles, 1005 Double Barrel Guns, 200 Pump
Action Guns, and 42 other weapons and 30Nos. 9MM Pistols were distributed. Details
are shown in Table 43 &44.

OBJECTIVES OF VIGILANCE WING:

1. To conduct independent investigations into forest offence cases.
2. To assist the Territorial, Wildlife, and Social Forestry staff to stop and prevent forest
offences.
3. Maintenance of the wireless network in the Karnataka Forest Department.
4. Maintenance of Arms and Ammunition in the Karnataka Forest Department
5. To conduct an enquiry if an issue arises with any of the officers and staff of the department.
6. To curb corruption in the forest department.
The Forest Mobile squads has detected 755 Forest offence cases, out of which 466
cases were disposed of and 289 cases were pending at the end of March 2024. A
revenue of Rs.100.14 lakhs was realised by the Forest Mobile Squads during the year.
Forest offence cases in the Vigilance wing and the details of revenue collected for the
year 2023-24 is shown in Table-45. Circlewise list of Forest Offence Cases are given
in Annexures 14
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Table-43: Details of the wireless networks/devices in different circles/Units

as on 31.03.2024
Sl. Name of the Circle No. of Static Sets No. of Mobiles No. of Walki-
No. Talkie Sets
1 Bengaluru 14 12 148
2 Belagavi 22 7 63
3 Ballari 05 0 18
4 Canara 85 57 376
5 Chamarajanagar 48 38 311
6 Chikkmagaluru 62 30 277
7 Dharwad 15 7 62
8 FDPT Mysuru 70 55 482
9 Hassan 25 11 113
10 Kodagu 13 11 70
11 Mangaluru 28 21 194
12 Mysuru 12 13 84
13 Shivamogga 47 59 315
14 FMS Units 07 6 31
TOTAL 453 327 2544

Arms are distributed in the department to offices and officials to prevent offence cases.
The detail of availability of Arms and Ammunitions in the wing is furnished as under;

Table-44: Details of Weapons in the Vigilance wing as on 31.03.2024

Sl. No. Particulars Nos.

1 Slide Action Guns 487

2 DBBL Guns 1005
3 SBBL Guns 18
4 0.315 Rifles 240
5 0.32 Revolvers 42
6 0.32 Pistol 23
7 0.38 Revolvers 10
8 0.410 Musket Guns 4
9 0.303 Rifles 122
10 Pump Action Guns 200
11 9MM Pistols 30
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Sl. UNIT Opening Balance No. of Forest Total Number of No. of cases No. of FOC’s Revenue
No as on 31.3.2023 Offences forest offence disposed during pending at the ealized
detected during cases 01-04-2023 to end of (in lakhs)
1.4.2023- 31.3.2024 31.03.2024
31.03.2024

Total
Total
Total
Total
Total

Others
Others
Others
Others
Others

Wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife

Rose wood
Rose wood
Rose wood
Rose wood
Rose wood

Red Sander
Red Sander
Red Sander
Red Sander
Red Sander

Sandalwood
Sandalwood
Sandalwood
Sandalwood
Sandalwood

1 Bengaluru 42 5 5 34 4 90 1 0 0 5 47 53 43 5 5 39 51 143 21 0 2 3 49 75 22 5 3 36 2 68 21.46

2 Belagavi 1 0 1 4 3 9 0 0 0 1 35 36 1 0 0 5 39 45 0 0 0 1 36 37 1 0 0 4 3 8 3.80

3 Ballari 0 0 0 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 30 30 0 0 0 4 31 35 0 0 0 0 30 30 0 0 0 4 1 5 3.51

4 Chikkamagaluru 3 0 3 2 3 11 1 0 1 3 26 31 4 0 4 5 29 42 1 0 2 2 22 27 3 0 2 3 7 15 2.20

5 Hassan 0 0 2 1 10 13 0 0 0 0 52 52 0 0 2 1 62 65 0 0 0 0 54 54 0 0 2 1 8 11 17.10
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6 Kalaburgi 4 0 0 3 4 11 0 0 0 0 26 26 4 0 0 3 30 37 0 0 0 0 29 29 4 0 0 3 1 8 2.11

7 Madikeri 2 0 8 1 5 16 0 0 0 1 18 19 2 0 8 2 23 35 0 0 1 0 20 21 2 0 7 2 3 14 3.13

8 Mangaluru 0 1 0 0 15 16 0 0 0 0 101 101 0 1 0 0 116 117 0 0 0 0 59 59 0 1 0 0 57 58 9.32

9 Mysuru 22 1 4 53 19 99 0 0 0 1 22 22 22 1 5 54 41 123 12 0 3 2 27 42 10 1 2 52 16 81 16.54

10 Shivamogga 2 0 4 8 10 24 0 0 0 0 53 53 2 0 4 8 63 77 0 0 0 0 59 59 2 0 4 8 4 18 14.20

11 Sirsi 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 33 34 1 0 0 0 35 36 0 0 0 0 33 33 1 0 0 0 2 3 6.77

Total 76 7 27 110 76 296 3 0 1 11 443 457 79 7 28 121 520 755 34 0 8 8 418 466 45 7 20 113 104 289 100.14
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12. Publicity and ICT

APCCF (Publicity and ICT) is in-charge of Publicity activities, Statistical Compilations

and Central library of the department. Various activities taken up by this wing during the
period April-2023 to March-2024 are as follows;
• Publicity regarding activities pertaining to the conservation of forests and wildlife is
undertaken through various awareness programs. The information and messages
are posted in various social media handles of the department which include
Facebook, (twitter), Instagram, You Tube, Radio channels, TV channels, Cinema
theatres etc.
• Fire awareness campaign was conducted during April & May 2023 and January,
February & March-2024 – Through KSRTC bus branding and playing radio Jingles
at Bus stations, digital advertisement & radio advertisement.
• An online contest was conducted for getting a Logo for Karnataka Forest Department
which was finally released on June 26, 2023 and was formally adopted by the
department.
• Advertisements pertaining to programs of the department viz, Vanamahotsava (July),
Wildlife week (October) and Awareness about the provisions of Wildlife Protection
Act, 1972 (October) were published in the leading Kannada & English daily
Newspapers as well as in social media.
• Special days and weeks are dedicated to specific species or subjects pertaining to
forest, wildlife & nature. About 40 such days were supported by the wing and which
were widely publicised using all the Social Media handles of the department to
create awareness amongst followers.
• “Hasiru Honnu” a 40-episode special radio program about various topics and
aspects of Forest & Wildlife conservation through the experience of the Officers
and front-line staff of Karnataka Forest department was recorded & broadcasted
on Aakash Vani, and You Tube channel of the Department.
• Interesting series for Instagram were developed to create awareness on forests &
wildlife like the ‘State Birds of India’ series, ‘Kannada word’ series where in works
related to forests & nature which are not in common usage are posted.
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• Chief Ministers Medal Ceremony for the year 2020 & 2021 was successfully
conducted on September 29, 2023 in the Banquet Hall of Vidhan Soudha and 50
field officers & staff were awarded medals by Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government
of Karnataka.
• In-house department compilations on Martyrs of the department, CM Medal winners’
year wise for five years from 2017-2021 were published. Work regarding compilation
of all protected areas of the state is under progress.
• Calendar of Karnataka Forest Department for the year-2024 was published and
distributed.
• Annual Report 2022-23 published on June 30, 2023 and Annual Administration Report
2022-23 published on September 25, 2023.
• Compilation of Telephone directory of the department is under progress.
• The work of upgradation & digitization of the Central Library was completed during
September-October 2023.
• In Celebrating the 50 years of Project Tiger, “Pug print” a book providing information
about the projects success & challenges faced by the department was printed and
distributed to all wings and offices of the department.
• A monthly “Newsletter” incorporating various activities & events held in the
department during that month has been initiated since April 2023 and is circulated
from Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head of Forest Force) office upto
Range Forest offices throughout the state
• An updated version of the book which provides complete information about all
protected areas of Karnataka “A walk on Wild side 2.0” was printed in both English
& Kannada.
12.2 STATISTICS WORKS:
The statistics wing under APCCF (P & ICT) consists of an Assistant Director
(statistics) and an Assistant Statistical Officer (statistics) who are on deputation
from the Directorate of Economics and Statistics to the Forest Department. Their
duties and responsibilities are as given below:
• To liaison with all the wings in the department, including circles and divisions of
the Karnataka Forest Department (KFD), to strengthen the process of collection,
validation, processing, and interpretation of statistical data.
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• To compile and publish an Annual Report, an Annual Administration Report,

Telephone Directory, and provide information on state public information officer’s
(SPOI’s) and first appellate authorities (FAA’s) under the RTI Act 2005 from
time to time.
• To coordinate in the preparation of Karnataka at a glance, a statistical abstract
of Karnataka regarding the forest department, and a report on NTFP and SC/
ST employees in the Karnataka Forest Department, which will be sent to the
Directorate of Economics and Statistics.
• To coordinate in the preparation of Forest statistics, Road Statistics and provide
them to ISFR and IWST.
• Attend to RTI applications and appeals online, which are received to APCCF
(Publicity and ICT) login ID under RTI Software and forward them to the
respective State Public Information Officers' (SPOI’s) and First Appellate
Authorities (FAA’s) based on the subject.
• To consolidate Form 1 and Form 2 of RTI applications and appeals received
from circles and head office and send them to the RTI commission annually.
12.3 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Vision:
The Information Communication Technology (ICT) Wing of the Forest Department is
part of the office of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head of Forest Force). The
wing is headed by Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, who is assisted by
Range Forest Officers and IT Consultants. The wing is involved in development,
deployment, and maintenance of various e-Governance solutions and applications aimed
at bringing about process automation through process re-engineering in various
functions, services, and administration of the Forest Department.
The ICT wing is mandated with ushering efficiency, transparency, and accountability in
the department through its initiatives in the MIS and GIS domains.

Key activities carried out by the wing:

1. Upgradation, maintenance and enhancements of major IT solutions/ e-
Governance Solutions developed and deployed by the department:
• Day to day maintenance and upgradation of Forest Produce Tracking System
Application which is integrated with the Integrated Lease Management System
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of Department of Mines & Geology, for issuance of Integrated Transit Permit of

Forest Department and DMG, through a single window system.
• Upgradation and maintenance of the e-Timber system. Integration with MSTC
for data sharing.
• Maintenance and managing of Content Management System-based -"aranya"
Web Portal of department (www.aranya.gov.in)
• Maintenance and upgradation of e-Parihara application, for processing of ex-
gratia claims for man-wild animal conflict cases. Deployment of data analytics
tool for effective monitoring and review.
• Upgradation and maintenance of e-Felling and Transit Permission System,
for according felling and transit permissions for trees grown on private lands.
• Upgradation, support, and maintenance of android and web-based e-
evaluation application, for internal and external evaluation of forestry and other
works taken up by the department.
• Upgradation and maintenance of the Expenditure Monitoring System for day-
to-day monitoring of expenditure viz-a-viz releases made to various DDOs of
the department.
• Upgradation of e-Sasyakshetra web and android app modules. Maintenance
of application and data.
• Upgradation and maintenance of the Geo-Spatial Forest Information System
(GSFIS) Portal. Completion of the project “Generation of cadastral level
Geospatial database of Notified Forest lands of Karnataka”.
• Updation and maintenance of Integrated Geospatial portal including the Forest
fire alert system and Forest cover change alert systems.
• Maintenance and updating of the IT Inventory Management System.
• Upgradation and maintenance of e-Gastu application
• Upgradation and maintenance of Sawmill Management System.
• Integration of e-Signing in all major applications
• Upgradation of Transfer and Counselling Management System in Forest HR
Management System
• Development and deployment of Depot Receipt module in e-Timber
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• Development of Application for issuance of NOC for Import-Export of forest-

based produce
• Development of Vehicle Management System
• Development and deployment of legacy module in Garudakshi- Forest Offence
Management System
• Development and deployment of Vanamahotsava android app
• Development of SIM management System in Forest HR Management System
• Software auditing of applications.
2. Support and Maintenance of Software developed by Department/ GoI/GoK.
• Handholding support for implementation of e-Office in KFD
• Technical support for implementation of e-Greenwatch
• Technical and implementation support for Parivesh application
• Technical support for implementation of Court Case Monitoring System.
3. GIS -based technical services to various wings and field units:
• Technical inputs provided to the Forest Conservation Wing and Wildlife wing
for Forest Clearance /Wildlife Clearance Proposals on day –to- day basis.
• Technical inputs for field units for felling proposals and other activities.
• Technical inputs to field units on Forest Cover change and forest fire alerts
4. Providing Networking and internet connectivity to offices of Aranya Bhavan,
Annexe buildings and field units:
• Broadband connectivity and networking are provided and maintained at Aranya
Bhavan and its annex buildings.
• Coordination with CeG and the KSWAN team for provisioning KSWAN
connectivity to various field offices.
• Revamping of the network architecture of Aranya Bhavan, Bengaluru.
• Maintenance of staging servers, firewalls, NMS etc.,
5. Other technical services and support:
• Coordination for CDR analysis.
• Support for Parichay and e-PAR
• Coordination for distribution and management of departmental SIMs and post
based mobile numbers.
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6. Procurement of IT infrastructure to the Department:

• Procurement of 335 All-in-one-desktop Computers, 241 A4 size multi-function
printers, 80 High speed scanners, 08 A3 size multi-function printers for
Headquarters, Aranya Bhavan and field units.
• Procurement of 04 Smart screen dispalys to HQ and various field units.

7. Capacity Building:
• Trainings to Officers and staff from across the State, on ICT and e-Governance
initiatives.
• Training at field units on e-office and other ICT initiatives.
• Training is provided to Probationers and OJT RFO’S/ACFs/IFS Officers and
Ministerial Staff.

12.4 CENTRAL FOREST LIBRARY

The Central Forest Library is a part of the office of the Additional Principal Chief
Conservator of Forests (Publicity and ICT). The upgraded and renovated library
was inaugurated on 30-09-2023 by Sri. Rajeev Ranjan, IFS, Principal Chief
Conservator of Forests (Head of Forest Force).
The library has been upgraded and books have been classified in accordance with
the DDC (Dewey Decimal Scheme of Classification), an international subject
classification and bar-coded library collections.
The library has digitized and uploaded departmental publications such as the
annual report, annual management report, and projects, as well as the
department's quarterly publication, My Forest, along with collections old and rare
book collections. Can be viewed through the link. http://eg4.nic.in/AGRI/OPAC/
Default.aspx / LIB_CODE-CFLKFD
Apart from the Central Forest Library, Bangalore, other offices of the department
like Working plan Dharwada, Working plan Mysuru, Silviculturist office Bangalore
and Forest Research and Utilization office Bangalore, Karnataka Forest Academy,
Gungargatti Dharwada, Forest Guard Training Institute Ilawala, etc. and additional
to the Children's Library at Bangalore Biodiversity Park. The facility has been
provided with copies of inventory library collections.
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Users of Central Forest Library:

The Central Forest Library is being used by Departmental Officers/Staff, other Field
Officers/Staff, Faculty/Students of University and School College, Environmentalists,
Associations, UPSC Examination Candidates and general public.
The inventory of Central Forest Library is divided into Active Collection and Passive
Collection.

Statistics of Central Forest Library: Total Library Collection 19769

Central Forest Library Aranya Bhavan Bangalore inventory18044

Details of deputed books to different offices

• Gungargatti Training Centre, Dharwada 639

• Kadugodi Training Centre, Bengaluru 522

• Ilawala Training Centre, Mysuru 285

• Bidar Training Centre 127

• Chakra Training Centre, Shivamogga 45

• Kushalnagara Training Centre 38

• Tattihalla Forest Training Centre, Uttara Kannada 47

• Silviculturis office, Bengaluru 173

• Research Office, Bengaluru 382

• Working plan, Mysuru 255

•• Working plan, Dharwad 96

• Hennur Lake Biodiversity park, Bengaluru 510

Total 3119

(Processed books of Gungargatti, Kadugodi, Illawala Training centres 1725)

7089 books are arranged on the shelves of Central Forest Library according to Active
Collection usage.
7836 books are stocked in the Passive Collection
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Library Services:
• News paper clippings
• Reference service
• Bibliography
• Photocopy
• Inter library service etc

E-Library:
E-library software has been implemented in the digitization of the Central Forest Library.
E-Library Software, developed by National Informatics Centre, Ministry of Electronics
and Information Technology, Government of India for Government Libraries. NIC provides
a complete ICT solution with integrated library management software, digital library
module, cloud hosting, library portal (OPAC) supported by cloud hosting, environment
and NICSI role service services under the NIC platform.

Activities:
1. Distribution of promotional materials of office of the APCCF (Publicity & ICT)
2. Collaboration of the library with various programs of the department

12.5 IMPLEMENATION OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION (RTI) ACT,2005

APCCF (Publicity and ICT) is designated as the Nodal officer for the Right to
Information Act (RTI) for effective implementation of the RTI in the Karnataka Forest
Department. The Right to Information Act, 2005 is being implemented at various
levels in the Karnataka Forest Department as per the statutory provisions.
Karnataka Forest Department has 267 State Public Information Officer’s (SPIO’s)
and 94 First Appellate Authorities (FAA’s) to dispose of the RTI application received
from Applicants/ Government. online applications/ appeals that are received in the
KFD are forwarded to the respective SPIO/FAA based on the subject matter.
The State Public Information Officers (SPIO’s) and First Appellate Authorities (FAA’s)
have been designated for effective implementation of the RTI Act, 2005. The
notifications designating SPIO’s/FAAs are revised periodically as and when there
are changes in the allocation of work among SPIO’s/FAA’s.
Applications received from Publics/ Government and appeals received in KFD during
2023-24 are shown in Table-46 & 47
 Table-46: State Public Information Officer (SPIO) Requests Form-1 as on 31.03.2024
I-A] No. of requests received and charges collected during the month I-B] No. of request disposed off No. of Total
during the month request Amount
pending at collected as
No. of No. of request received during this month Of the Of the Charges Total No. Within After time Total the end of cost of
pending Directly Through Through Through Total total total collected of the limit limit the month copies
request at Post APIOS Other no. of received received during requests
2023-24 beginning no. of no. of the for
Public requests
of the Authority received request request month disposal
month during from from on up to the
the BPL* women request end of the
month *citizens citizens (Rs.) month

Total 47 3279 2116 2016 736 8147 25 39 61108 8194 7838 349 8187 7 40900

Table-47 : Appellate Authority (Appeals) Form-2 as on 31.03.2024

II-A] No. of appeals under consideration and fees/charges collected if any II-B] No. of Appeals disposed off

No. of No. of appeals received during Total No. of Of the total Of the total Charges if No. of Appeals disposed off Appeals
Chapter - 12 : Publicity and ICT

pending this month appeals for received received any pending at

Within the After time Total
2023-24 appeals at disposal no. of no. of collected the end of
limit limit
beginning Through Directly Total upto the appeals appeals during the the month
of the end of the from BPL* from month on
APIO
month month *citizens women appeals
citizens (Rs.)

Total 94 80 322 402 496 2 33 0 476 12 488 8

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13. Sakala Services

‘The Karnataka Sakala Services Act, 2011’ is being implemented in the forest department.
APCCF (FRM) is the nodal officer from Karnataka Forest Department for implementation
and monitoring of Sakala services in the department. Following 10 services have been
provided to the public by the department under Sakala:
1. The distribution of seedlings to the public—issue of orders.
2. Payment of ex-gratia for crop damage by wild animals.
3. Payment of ex-gratia for cattle killed by wild animals.
4. Payment of ex-gratia for human death or permanent disability caused by wild
animals.
5. Permission for cutting trees
6. Transit permit for transportation of forest produce
7. Licence for storage of sandalwood.
8. Permission for the cutting of rosewood
9. Permission for the cutting of sandalwood trees grown on private lands.
10. Renewal of sawmill license

Table-48: Details of applications received, disposal of applications &

pendency under Sakala Services as on 31.3.2024
Sl. District No. of Sakala No. of sakala Total No. of sakala Pendency as
No. applications as Receipts from Disposals from on 31.03.2024
on 31.03.2023 01.04.2023 to 01.04.2023 to
31.03.2024 31.03.2024

1 Bagalkot 0 49 49 12 37
2 Ballari 8 0 8 0 8
3 Belagavi 42 110 152 108 44
4 Bengaluru 0 0 0 0 0
5 Bengaluru Rural 0 0 0 0 0
6 Bidar 2 0 2 0 2
7 Chamarajanagar 187 93 280 103 177
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Sl. District No. of Sakala No. of sakala Total No. of sakala Pendency as
No. applications as Receipts from Disposals from on 31.03.2024
on 31.03.2023 01.04.2023 to 01.04.2023 to
31.03.2024 31.03.2024

8 Chikkaballapura 5 259 264 217 47

9 Chikkamagaluru 420 1753 2173 1940 233
10 Chitradurga 10 15 25 22 3
11 Dakshina Kannada 50 45 95 41 54
12 Davanagere 20 376 396 336 60
13 Dharwad 103 111 214 113 101
14 Gadag 3 12 15 3 12
15 Hassan 2 392 394 390 4
16 Haveri 92 8 100 7 93
17 Kalaburagi 0 1 1 1 0
18 Kodagu 0 1 1 0 1
19 Kolar 0 1 1 0 1
20 Koppal 9 22 31 15 16
21 Mandya 1 7 8 0 8
22 Mysuru 0 763 763 763 0
23 Raichur 0 0 0 0 0
24 Ramanagara 18 0 18 0 18
25 Shivamogga 190 4052 4242 4072 170
26 Tumakuru 6 11 17 0 17
27 Udupi 6 253 259 246 13
28 Uttara Kannada 65 2369 2434 2431 3
29 Vijayanagara 0 0 0 0 0
30 Vijayapura 0 395 395 359 36
31 Yadgir 0 34 34 21 13
32 Total 1239 11132 12371 11200 1171
Source: FRM Section.
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14. SPORTS MEDALS

Forest officers and field staff are expected to stay mentally and physically fit to be able
to discharge their duties and responsibilities effectively. Hence, the Karnataka Forest
department encourages its officers and staff to take part in sports activities. At the
national level, annual sports meets are held to inculcate sportsmanship and motivate
forest officers and staff to remain physically fit. All State/ Union Territory Forest
departments under the Ministry of Environment & Forests & Climate Change
(MoEF&CC), such as the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Indian Council
for Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), SFS Academy, etc., take part in the
National Forest Sports Meet held annually in any one State/ Union territory. In Karnataka
Forest department state level spots meet held in January 2024 at Kalburgi employees
won 35 gold, 6 silver and 4 bronze medals.
 Annexures 113

ANNEXURE - 1
DISTRICT WISE EXTENT OF FOREST AREA BY LEGAL STATUS AS ON 2023-24
(AREA IN SQUARE KILOMETRES)

SI. No District Geographical Forest Area Area added Total Forest Percentage of
Area as on during the year area as on Forest Area to
31.3.2023 (April 2023 to 31.3.2024 Geographical
March 24) Area
1 Bengaluru Urban 2196 151.01 0 151.01 6.88
2 Bengaluru Rural 2298 413.28 0 413.28 17.98
3 Ramnagar 3516 423.35 0 423.35 12.04
4 Belgavi 13433 2066.05 0.61 2066.66 15.38
5 Ballari 8461 1961.84 0.75 1962.59 23.20
6 Bidar 5448 460.91 1.73 462.64 8.49
7 Vijaypura 10498 81.29 0 81.29 0.77
8 Bagalkot 6552 1014.18 0 1014.18 15.48
9 Chikkamagalur 7202 3076.56 21.94 3098.50 43.02
10 Chitradurga 8436 976.32 2.8 979.12 11.61
11 Davangere 5924 471.42 0 471.42 7.96
12 Dakshina Kannada 4861 1282.29 0 1282.29 26.38
13 Udupi 3582 1005.48 0 1005.48 28.07
14 Dharwad 4260 375.38 0 375.38 8.81
15 Gadag 4657 328.52 0 328.52 7.05
16 Haveri 4823 606.99 0 606.99 12.59
17 Kalburgi 10954 339.87 0 339.87 3.10
18 Yadgir 5270 450.60 0 450.60 8.55
19 Hassan 6814 840.14 0 840.14 12.33
20 Kodagu 4102 1963.58 0 1963.58 47.87
21 Kolar 3979 420.96 0 420.96 10.58
22 Chikaballapur 4244 685.03 0 685.03 16.14
23 Mandya 4962 794.03 0.2 794.23 16.01
24 Mysore 6307 442.01 0 442.01 7.01
25 Chamrajnagar 5648 3672.89 0.4 3673.29 65.04
26 Raichur 8442 370.25 0.28 370.53 4.39
27 Koppal 5570 469.18 0.11 469.29 8.43
28 Shimoga 8478 5689.56 0.1 5689.66 67.11
29 Tumkur 10597 1512.56 0 1512.56 14.27
30 Uttarakannada 10277 8303.77 0 8303.77 80.80
TOTAL 191791 40649.31 28.92 40678.23 21.21
Total Forest Area of Karnataka = 21.21%
The forest area of Vijayanagar district is under compilation. The area is presently shown in Ballari district. The
total forest area of Karnataka state is subject to the final verification of GSFIS data.
Source: Office of the APCCF- Working Plan
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ANNEXURE - 2
DISTRICT WISE EXTENT OF FOREST AREA BY LEGAL STATUS AS ON 2023-24
(AREA IN SQUARE KILOMETRES)

SI. District Reserved Protected Unclassed Village Sec-4 Private Total

No Notified
Forest
1 Bengaluru Urban 39.38 6.95 94.59 0.81 9.29 0.00 151.02
2 Bengaluru Rural 397.36 12.53 0.00 0.61 2.79 0.00 413.28
3 Ramnagar 361.72 37.66 0.00 0.00 23.97 0.00 423.35
4 Belgavi 1891.51 10.36 159.60 2.33 2.86 0.00 2066.66
5 Ballari 1506.25 5.53 105.18 0.00 345.63 0.00 1962.59
6 Bidar 147.82 18.19 199.84 0.00 96.79 0.00 462.64
7 Vijaypura 17.21 0.11 63.78 0.00 0.19 0.00 81.29
8 Bagalkot 790.69 0.01 205.26 0.00 18.22 0.00 1014.18
9 Chikkamagalur 1944.22 197.94 437.13 6.07 513.13 0.00 3098.50
10 Chitradurga 895.45 5.51 0.00 0.00 78.16 0.00 979.12
11 Davangere 350.47 58.17 13.85 0.40 48.53 0.00 471.42
12 Dakshina Kannada 1179.85 4.66 0.00 0.00 45.31 52.47 1282.29
13 Udupi 976.16 12.08 0.00 0.00 17.24 0.00 1005.48
14 Dharwad 357.54 0.53 16.53 0.00 0.78 0.00 375.38
15 Gadag 320.87 5.77 0.00 0.00 1.88 0.00 328.52
16 Haveri 557.55 10.69 35.45 0.00 3.30 0.00 606.99
17 Kalburgi 260.28 0.98 0.00 0.00 78.61 0.00 339.87
18 Yadgir 260.81 0.09 34.29 0.00 155.41 0.00 450.60
19 Hassan 540.76 31.69 180.25 6.82 80.62 0.00 840.14
20 Kodagu 1840.19 73.19 1.13 0.00 49.07 0.00 1963.58
21 Kolar 375.26 29.41 0.00 5.46 10.83 0.00 420.96
22 Chikaballapur 446.40 17.36 136.50 3.00 81.77 0.00 685.03
23 Mandya 328.08 0.00 443.33 0.81 22.01 0.00 794.23
24 Mysuru 146.00 0.00 217.81 0.00 78.20 0.00 442.01
25 Chamrajnagar 3582.40 0.00 21.89 0.00 69.00 0.00 3673.29
26 Raichur 230.47 10.28 102.67 0.00 27.11 0.00 370.53
27 Koppal 205.30 0.11 223.41 0.00 40.47 0.00 469.29
28 Shimoga 2220.47 879.04 2295.60 7.55 287.00 0.00 5689.66
29 Tumkur 934.35 39.66 380.30 27.92 130.33 0.00 1512.56
30 Uttarakannada 7744.63 532.53 0.44 26.17 0.00 0.00 8303.77
TOTAL 30849.45 2001.03 5368.83 87.95 2318.50 52.47 40678.23
The forest area of Vijayanagar district is under compilation. The area is presently shown in Ballari district. The
total forest area of Karnataka state is subject to the final verification of GSFIS data.
Source: Office of the APCCF- Working Plan
 ANNEXURE - 4 116

Circlewise/specieswise/modelwise Plantation raised during the year 2023-24

(in Hectares)

Sl. Fire Road Canal School Fruits &

Circle Teak Cashew Eucalyptus Sandal Bamboos Canes Others Total
No. wood side side Forestry Orchads

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 Bengaluru 0 0 0 100 320 134.32 8 26 0 700 0 4867.68 6156.00

2 Belgavi 0 0 0 0 1222.76 818.89 0 15 0 25 0 4747.35 6829.00

3 Ballari 0 0 0 0 964.72 252.13 0 37 0 0 0 4303.15 5557.00

4 Chamrajnagar 0 0 0 0 0 55.06 3 2.5 0 0 0 200 260.56

5 Chikkamagalur 0 0 0 0 0 96.52 0 0 0 0 175 2326.48 2598.00

6 Dharwad 0 0 0 0 1024 485 0 0 0 198 1707.00

7 Kalaburgi 0 0 0 50 0 1235 0 13 0 219 0 2685 4202.00

8 Hassan 0 0 0 0 283 26 0 140 0 0 0 2037 2486.00

9 Canara 525.7 35 0 0 2347.124 18 0 0 100 25 2068.52 4719.93 9839.27

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10 Kodagu 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 264 253 542.00

11 Mangaluru 0 0 0 0 203.6 64.25 1 43 0 0 50 2042.15 2404.00

12 Mysuru 25 0 0 0 0 21.6 0 0 0 0 0 1377.4 1424.00

13 Shivamogga 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 516 541.00

14 Research & utilisation 0 2 0 12.92 0 0 0 20 27 0 222.06 283.98

State Total 600.70 37.00 0.00 162.92 6365.20 3206.77 12.00 276.50 120.00 996.00 2755.52 30297.20 44829.81
Source: Office of the PCCF - development
 ANNEXURE - 5
Statement showing the Division wise ex-gratia Paid details during 2023-24
(in Rs.)

Sl. Name of the Crop damage Cattle killed Human Death Permananent disability Partial Disablitiy
No Circle
No. of Amount No. of Amount No. of Amount No. of Amount No. of Amount
Cases Cases Cases Cases Cases

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

BANGALORE CIRCLE
1 Bangalore Urban 37 5,10,110 29 3,45,400 - - - - - -
2 Bangalore Rural 6 94,370 103 9,43,000 - - - - - -
3 Ramanagara 5,144 4,13,69,034 880 67,92,000 4 60,00,000
4 Kolar 120 12,82,157 20 1,51,810 - - - - - -
5 Chikkballapura 123 12,51,389 43 4,91,000 1 15,00,000 - - - -
6 BNP 1,377 94,37,894 86 6,57,000 2 30,00,000 - - - -
Annexures

Total 6,807 5,39,44,954 1,161 93,80,210 7 1,05,00,000 - - - -

BELGAUM CIRLCE
1 Belgaum 1,267 91,22,355 55 4,19,800 - - - - - -
2 Gokak 23 3,07,181 15 2,85,179 - - - - - -
3 Bagalkote 159 14,95,880 14 4,05,800 - - - - - -
4 Vijayapur 12 39,100 12 2,90,000 - - - - - -
Total 1,461 1,09,64,516 96 14,00,779 - - - - - -
BELLARY CIRCLE
1 Ballari 95 5,31,026 15 2,43,124 - - - - - -
2 Vijayanagara 533 35,65,587 70 8,16,980 - - - - - -
3 Chitradurga 171 8,09,654 67 6,52,000 - - 1 1,00,730 - -
4 Davanagere 238 8,74,484 18 1,57,000 - - - - - -
5 Koppal 258 22,07,292 19 2,04,000 - - - - - -
Total 1,295 79,88,043 189 20,73,104 - - 1 1,00,730 - -
117

Contd..........
 ANNEXURE - 5 118

Statement showing the Division wise ex-gratia Paid details during 2023-24
(in Rs.)

Sl. Name of the Crop damage Cattle killed Human Death Permananent disability Partial Disablitiy
No Circle
No. of Amount No. of Amount No. of Amount No. of Amount No. of Amount
Cases Cases Cases Cases Cases

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

CHAMARAJANAGAR CIRCLE
1 BRT. T.R 651 84,73,496 150 20,70,500 8 80,00,000 - - - -
2 M.M hills 906 96,15,040 37 5,22,000 3 30,00,000 - - - -
3 Cauvery WL 1,221 92,52,668 219 19,58,400 3 - - - 1 2,50,000
Total 2,778 2,73,41,204 406 45,50,900 14 1,10,00,000 - - 1 2,50,000
CHICKMAGALUR CIRCLE
1 Chickmagalur 1,514 1,92,43,880 99 18,69,897 4 70,00,000 - - - -
2 Koppa 292 48,51,700 12 1,76,000 - - - - - -
3 Bhadra T.R 147 27,07,180 7 72,000 1 15,00,000 - - - -
Total 1,953 2,68,02,760 118 21,17,897 5 85,00,000 - - - -
DHARWAD CIRCLE
1 Dharwad 535 36,99,334 5 79,780 - - - - - -
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2 Gadag 354 19,61,700 15 5,45,000 - - - - - -

3 Haveri 556 37,63,872 17 75,000 - - - - - -
Total 1,445 94,24,906 37 6,99,780 - - - - - -
GULBARGA CIRCLE
1 Bidar 836 41,09,342 - - - - - - - -
2 Gulbarga 211 36,98,445 16 3,73,000 - - - - - -
3 Yadgiri 10 1,13,760 10 1,60,000 1 15,00,000 - - - -
4 Raichur - - 5 55,000 - - 1 10,00,000 - -
Total 1,057 79,21,547 31 5,88,000 1 15,00,000 1 10,00,000 - -
Contd..........
 ANNEXURE - 5
Statement showing the Division wise ex-gratia Paid details during 2023-24
(in Rs.)

Sl. Name of the Crop damage Cattle killed Human Death Permananent disability Partial Disablitiy
No Circle
No. of Amount No. of Amount No. of Amount No. of Amount No. of Amount
Cases Cases Cases Cases Cases

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

KANARA CIRCLE

1 Dandeli WL 89 6,76,320 141 28,43,810 - - - - - -

2 Haliyal 408 28,85,298 182 33,14,830 1 7,50,000 - - - -

3 Honavar 76 12,27,434 20 3,75,000 1 15,00,000

4 Karwar 37 6,07,640 51 10,43,760 - - - - - -

5 Sirsi 368 44,51,319 - - - - - - - -

Annexures

6 Yellapur 116 16,61,085 16 3,12,000 1 15,00,000 1 2,50,000

Total 1,094 1,15,09,096 410 78,89,400 3 37,50,000 - - 1 2,50,000

HASSAN CIRLCE

1 Hassan 3,641 4,07,82,804 258 20,55,000 5 85,00,000 - - - -

2 Tumkur 368 28,21,138 570 42,24,647 - - - - - -

Total 4,009 4,36,03,942 828 62,79,647 5 85,00,000 - - - -

KODAGU CIRCLE MADIKERI

1 NTR 2,212 1,25,92,318 174 26,68,374 5 - - - - -

2 Madikeri 2,412 2,30,25,719 20 3,24,600 6 - - - - -

3 Virajpet 3,977 1,92,64,884 38 9,92,140 4 - - - - -

4 Madikeri WL 1,593 1,33,57,311 17 4,26,000 - - - - - -

Total 10,194 6,82,40,232 249 44,11,114 15 - - - - -

119

Contd..........
 ANNEXURE - 5 120

Statement showing the Division wise ex-gratia Paid details during 2023-24
(in Rs.)

Sl. Name of the Crop damage Cattle killed Human Death Permananent disability Partial Disablitiy
No Circle
No. of Amount No. of Amount No. of Amount No. of Amount No. of Amount
Cases Cases Cases Cases Cases

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

MANGALORE CIRCLE
1 Mangalore 282 74,51,699 3 60,000 1 15,00,000 - - 1 5,00,000
2 Kundapur 300 32,20,483 71 9,63,160 2 12,50,000 1 2,50,000 - -
3 Kudremukh WL 144 21,92,000 22 4,40,000 - - - - 1 5,00,000
Total 726 1,28,64,182 96 14,63,160 3 27,50,000 1 2,50,000 2 10,00,000
MYSORE CIRCLE
1 Bandipur PTDn. 3,012 1,51,20,031 674 1,04,41,326 2 25,00,000 1 4,70,000 - -
2 Mysore 672 49,14,075 381 32,66,900 1 10,00,000 - - - -
3 Hunsur 35 2,42,666 146 15,39,076 - - 2 7,50,000 - -
4 Mandya 568 60,95,000 353 22,97,000 - - - - - -
5 Mysore WL - - 27 2,54,000 - - - - - -
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

Total 4,287 2,63,71,772 1,581 1,77,98,302 3 35,00,000 3 12,20,000 - -

SHIMOGA CIRCLE
1 Bhadravathi 299 43,99,120 28 4,80,000 - - - - - -
2 Sagara 118 14,93,891 23 3,85,000 - - - - - -
3 Shimoga 310 25,51,300 53 7,71,000 1 - - - - -
4 Shimoga WL 45 7,54,580 5 67,000 - - - - - -
Total 772 91,98,891 109 17,03,000 1 - - - - -
GRAND TOTAL: 37,878 31,61,76,045 5,311 6,03,55,293 57 5,00,00,000 6 25,70,730 4 15,00,000

Contd..........
 ANNEXURE - 5
Statement showing the Division wise ex-gratia Paid details during 2023-24
(in Rs.)

Sl. Name of the Injury Property loss Human Death/ Permanent Total
No Circle Disability (Pension)

No. of Cases Amount No. of Cases Amount No. of Cases Amount No. of Cases Amount

1 2 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
BANGALORE CIRCLE
1 Bangalore Urban 2 89,124 7 92,000 - - 75 10,36,634
2 Bangalore Rural - - - - 2 96,000 111 11,33,370
3 Ramanagara 21 8,10,000 449 18,43,800 13 7,38,000 6,511 5,75,52,834
4 Kolar 1 22,000 - - 10 2,52,000 151 17,07,967
5 Chikkballapura 1 60,000 - - 1 40,000 169 33,42,389
6 BNP 3 85,000 194 9,68,580 7 2,28,000 1,669 1,43,76,474
Annexures

Total 28 10,66,124 650 29,04,380 33 13,54,000 8,686 7,91,49,668

BELGAUM CIRLCE
1 Belgaum 2 2,65,525 - - - - 1,324 98,07,680
2 Gokak 1 60,000 - - - - 39 6,52,360
3 Bagalkote 3 1,29,000 - - 4 80,000 180 21,10,680
4 Vijayapur - - - - 3 1,55,000 27 4,84,100
Total 6 4,54,525 - - 7 2,35,000 1,570 1,30,54,820
BELLARY CIRCLE
1 Ballari 2 90,000 - - 3 2,98,000 115 11,62,150
2 Vijayanagara 12 5,05,000 - - 2 1,92,000 617 50,79,567
3 Chitradurga 4 1,47,176 - - 1 24,000 244 17,33,560
4 Davanagere - - - - 1 18,516 257 10,50,000
5 Koppal 13 3,10,000 - - 2 2,40,000 292 29,61,292
Total 31 10,52,176 - - 9 7,72,516 1,525 1,19,86,569
121

Contd..........
 ANNEXURE - 5 122

Statement showing the Division wise ex-gratia Paid details during 2023-24
(in Rs.)

Sl. Name of the Injury Property loss Human Death/ Permanent Total
No Circle Disability (Pension)

No. of Cases Amount No. of Cases Amount No. of Cases Amount No. of Cases Amount

1 2 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
CHAMARAJANAGAR CIRCLE
1 BRT. T.R 8 2,97,650 160 5,89,930 10 2,28,000 987 1,96,59,576
2 M.M hills 17 3,56,973 117 5,14,940 8 2,27,800 1,088 1,42,36,753
3 Cauvery WL 7 2,70,000 199 10,75,442 5 1,03,250 1,655 1,29,09,760
Total 32 9,24,623 476 21,80,312 23 5,59,050 3,730 4,68,06,089
CHICKMAGALUR CIRCLE
1 Chickmagalur 8 6,04,323 25 2,23,900 19 1,78,000 1,669 2,91,20,000
2 Koppa 16 12,07,240 13 23,300 4 2,08,000 337 64,66,240
3 Bhadra T.R - - 7 98,000 - - 162 43,77,180
Total 24 18,11,563 45 3,45,200 23 3,86,000 2,168 3,99,63,420
DHARWAD CIRCLE
1 Dharwad 2 16,000 4 33,875 - - 546 38,28,989
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2 Gadag 4 80,000 - - - - 373 25,86,700

3 Haveri 4 1,25,109 - - - - 577 39,63,981
Total 10 2,21,109 4 33,875 - - 1,496 1,03,79,670
GULBARGA CIRCLE
1 Bidar 17 5,71,716 - - 2 60,000 855 47,41,058
2 Gulbarga 41 19,19,436 - - 19 1,84,000 287 61,74,881
3 Yadgiri 10 5,40,000 - - 3 1,32,000 34 24,45,760
4 Raichur - - - - - - 6 10,55,000
Total 68 30,31,152 - - 24 3,76,000 1,182 1,44,16,699
Contd..........
 ANNEXURE - 5
Statement showing the Division wise ex-gratia Paid details during 2023-24
(in Rs.)

Sl. Name of the Injury Property loss Human Death/ Permanent Total
No Circle Disability (Pension)

No. of Cases Amount No. of Cases Amount No. of Cases Amount No. of Cases Amount

1 2 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
KANARA CIRCLE

1 Dandeli WL 1 60,000 - - - - 231 35,80,130

2 Haliyal 2 1,44,228 3,98,000 593 74,92,356
3 Honavar 6 3,39,566 - - - - 103 34,42,000
4 Karwar 2 85,000 - - - - 90 17,36,400
5 Sirsi 3 97,651 - - 1 36,000 372 45,84,970
6 Yellapur
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1 2,09,085 1 28,000 136 39,60,170

Total 15 9,35,530 - - 2 4,62,000 1,525 2,47,96,026
HASSAN CIRLCE

1 Hassan 8 16,09,915 128 8,13,700 22 9,33,851 4,062 5,46,95,270

2 Tumkur 30 17,45,266 - - 11 2,04,000 979 89,95,051
Total 38 33,55,181 128 8,13,700 33 11,37,851 5,041 6,36,90,321
KODAGU CIRCLE MADIKERI

1 NTR 11 6,04,009 135 10,34,299 20 6,36,000 2,557 1,75,35,000

2 Madikeri 4 7,08,469 62 6,85,212 36 3,56,000 2,540 2,51,00,000

3 Virajpet 9 7,42,419 66 8,10,000 37 18,88,000 4,131 2,36,97,443

4 Madikeri WL 1 30,310 125 12,73,000 2 2,20,000 1,738 1,53,06,621

Total 25 20,85,207 388 38,02,511 95 31,00,000 10,966 8,16,39,064

123

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 ANNEXURE - 5 124

Statement showing the Division wise ex-gratia Paid details during 2023-24
(in Rs.)

Sl. Name of the Injury Property loss Human Death/ Permanent Total
No Circle Disability (Pension)

No. of Cases Amount No. of Cases Amount No. of Cases Amount No. of Cases Amount

1 2 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
MANGALORE CIRCLE
1 Mangalore 10 5,57,635 1 20,000 4 2,22,666 302 1,03,12,000
2 Kundapur 4 73,343 - - 5 5,46,524 383 63,03,510

3 Kudremukh WL 1 60,000 - - 1 58,000 169 32,50,000

Total 15 6,90,978 1 20,000 10 8,27,190 854 1,98,65,510

MYSORE CIRCLE
1 Bandipur PTDn. 27 9,96,438 410 14,37,221 14 4,05,139 4,140 3,13,70,155
2 Mysore 10 7,85,635 29 1,45,000 7 2,64,000 1,100 1,03,75,610
3 Hunsur 3 4,66,302 - - 2 1,14,076 188 31,12,120
4 Mandya 2 60,000 - - 1 48,000 924 85,00,000
5 Mysore WL - - - - - - 27 2,54,000
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

Total 42 23,08,375 439 15,82,221 24 8,31,215 6,379 5,36,11,885

SHIMOGA CIRCLE
1 Bhadravathi 10 6,55,230 4 12,500 3 1,30,000 344 56,76,850
2 Sagara 1 43,109 - - - - 142 19,22,000
3 Shimoga 2 90,000 1 1,200 1 28,000 368 34,41,500
4 Shimoga WL - - 2 30,000 - - 52 8,51,580
Total 13 7,88,339 7 43,700 4 1,58,000 906 1,18,91,930
GRAND TOTAL: 347 1,87,24,882 2,138 1,17,25,899 287 1,01,98,822 46,028 47,12,51,671
Source: Office of the PCCF - wildlife
 ANNEXURE - 6
Timber and Major Forest Produce during 2023-24
Sl. Circle Rose Teak Sawn Other Eucalyptus Pulp Soft Round Fire Wood Sandal Bamboo Canes
No wood wood Timber kinds of (Cum) wood Wood Poles (Cum) wood (Nos) (Nos)
(Cum) (Cum) (Cum) Timber (Cum) (Cum) (Nos) (Kg)
(Cum)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1 Bengaluru 0 0 0 1392.05 161 0 0 1680 692.53 72483

2 Belagavi 0.624 14.276 0 1931.511 82 0 0 43 24642.664 0 300 0

3 Ballari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 Chamrajnagar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 Chikkamagaluru 75.752 139.65 0 9218.485 2.22 0 0 5358 17816.86 716.69 1500 0

7 Dharwad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,745.10 20204 0

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7 Kalaburgi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 Hassan 64.527 14.141 0.362 390.446 94.415 0 179.724 1748 1041.76 0 0 0

9 Kanara 2955.58 6068.103 1.553 21170.636 24.473 0 661.143 1453 190269.907 0 27181 84409

10 Kodagu 1903.363 81.149 0 252.241 0 0 0 0 351.71 0 0 0

11 Mangaluru 6.826 12.927 4.291 1156.78 6.67 0 833.176 0 14290.25 0 2150 1000

12 Mysuru 0.196 42.536 0.86 18.725 124.951 0 0 0 7316.05 0 250 0

13 Shivamogga 7.284 11.581 0 5.283 0 0 0 0 24.6 0 0 0

State Total 5014.15 6384.36 7.07 35536.16 495.73 0.00 1674.04 10282 256446.33 5461.79 124068 85409

Source: Office of the APCCF(FRM)

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Non wood forest produce during 2023-24

Beedi Kappe Kai

Sl. Charcoal Honey Wax Fruits Nellikai Kasaga Seegekai Halmaddi Cashew
Circle leaves Huli Saraka
No
Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

1 Bengaluru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.40

2 Belagavi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 Ballari 0 0 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 Chamrajnagar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 Chikkamagaluru 0 0 6.38 1.41 0 0 0 0 0 11.45 0 0

6 Dharwad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7 Kalaburgi 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

8 Hassan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

9 Kanara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.92
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

10 Kodagu 0 0 0.07 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.84 0 0

11 Mangaluru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.34

12 Mysuru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65

13 Shivamogga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

State Total : 0.00 0.00 6.45 5.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 28.29 0.00 70.66
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 ANNEXURE - 7
Non wood forest produce during 2023-24

Suragi Dalchinni Ganape Garcina

Sl. Alaekai Ramapatre Vatehuli Uppigehuli Tamrind Others Amsole Murugalu
Circle Hoovu Leaves kai Indica
No
Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton
1 2 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

1 Bengaluru 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 Belagavi 0 0 0 0 0 29.66 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 Ballari 0 0 0 0 0 18.4 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 Chamrajnagar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 Chikkamagaluru 0 0 0 0 0 0 69.52 0 0 65.33 0 0

6 Dharwad 0 0 0 0 0 61.88 0 0 0 0 0 0
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7 Kalaburgi 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

8 Hassan 0 0 0 0 0 10.14 0 0 0 0 0 0

9 Kanara 0 0.20 0 0 595.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10 Kodagu 0 0.23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

11 Mangaluru 0 5.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

12 Mysuru 0 0 0 0 0 2.84 0 0 0 0 0 0

13 Shivamogga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 0

State Total : 0.00 5.43 0.00 0.00 595.00 133.02 69.52 0 0.00 110.33 0.00 0.00
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Non wood forest produce during 2023-24

Antuvala Marada Rosha Other

Sl. Dhupadarala Cistra dora Gum Harada Ramgot
Circle kai pachi Grass Seeds
No
Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton
1 2 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
1 Bengaluru 0 0 14.70 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 Belagavi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 Ballari 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.55 0

4 Chamrajnagar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 Chikkamagaluru 0 0.308 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 Dharwad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7 Kalaburgi 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

8 Hassan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

9 Kanara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

10 Kodagu 0 1.24 0 0 0 0 0 0.47 0

11 Mangaluru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

12 Mysuru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

13 Shivamogga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 114.50 0

State Total : 0.00 1.55 14.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 115.52 0.00
Source: Office of the APCCF(FRM)
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ANNEXURE - 8
List of Government Timber Depots in the Forest Department

Sl. Name of the Number Name of the Number Name of the Depot
No. Circle of Division of
Depots Depots

1 Belagavi 2 Belagavi 2 1 Gunji Timber Depot

2 Tavaregatti Timber Depot
2 Canara Circle, Sirsi 12 Haliyal 4 3 Dandeli Timber Depot
4 Kulagi Timber Depot
5 Bhagavathi Timber Depot
6 Jagalbet Timber Depot
Yellapur 2 7 Mundagod Timber Depot
8 Kiruvathi Timber Depot
Sirsi 2 9 Manmane Timber Depot
10 Chipagi Timber Depot
Karwar 2 11 Kadra Timber Depot
12 Hattikeri Timber Depot
Honnavar 2 13 Kathagal Timber Depot
14 Idagungi Timber Depot
3 Chickmagalur 4 Chickmagalur 2 15 Chickmagalur Timber Depot
16 Kadur Timber Depot
Koppa 2 17 N R Pura Timber Depot
18 Sangameshwar Timber
Depot
4 Dharwad 2 Dharwad 6 19 Kalakeri Timber Depot
20 Devikoppa Timber Depot
5 Hassan 1 Hassan 1 21 Gendekatte Timber Depot
6 Kodagu 2 Madikeri 1 22 Anekadu Timber Depot
Virajpet 1 23 Thithimathi Timber Depot
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130 ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

ANNEXURE - 8
List of Government Timber Depots in the Forest Department

Sl. Name of the Number Name of the Number Name of the Depot
No. Circle of Division of
Depots Depots

7 Mangalore 7 Mangalore 3 24 Central Timber Depot,

Mannagundi
25 Central Timber Depot,
Nettana
26 Central Timber Depot, Sulya
Kundapur 4 27 Central Timber Depot,
Vandle
28 Central Timber Depot,
Hardalli-Mandalli
29 Central Timber Depot,
Seethanadi
30 Central Timber Depot,
Hoskuru
8 Mysore 1 Hunsur 1 31 Kallabetta Timber Depot
9 Shivamogga 9 Shivamogga 3 32 Govt. Timber Depot, Alkola
33 Govt. Timber Depot,
Thirthahally
34 Govt. Timber Depot, M K
Bylu, Agumbe
Sagar 4 35 Govt. Timber Depot, Sagar
36 Govt. Timber Depot, Hosanagar
37 Govt. Timber Depot, Anavatti
38 Govt. Timber Depot, Shikaripura
39 Govt. Timber Depot, Tarikere
TOTAL 39
Source: Office of the APCCF-FRM
 Annexures 131

ANNEXURE - 9
PROGRESS UNDER STATE SCHEMES FOR THE YEAR 2023-24
(Rs. In lakh)

Revised Expenditure
SI.
Name of the Scheme Provision Release as on
No
2023-24 March-2024

I. State Sector Schemes

1 2406-01-003-Education & Training-0-01-
Working Plan, Research & Training Institution.- 1,000.00 1,000.00 996.49
140-Minor Works
2 2406-01-004-0-01-Research-140-Minor Works 250.00 250.00 250.00

3 2406-01-013-0-01-Computerisation of Forest
185.00 185.00 178.05
Department-125-Modernisation
4 2406-01-070-0-01-Roads, Bridges & Buildings
1,600.00 1,600.00 1,594.83
(Maintenance) -200-Maintenance Expenditure
5 2406-01-101-2-11-Forest Protection,
Regeneration & Cultural Operation-140-Minor 1,220.00 1,220.00 1,219.42
Works
6 2406-01-101-2-21-Afforestation in Other Areas-
2,000.00 2,000.00 1,998.17
140-Minor Works
7 2406-01-101-2-82-Demarcation & Protection of
390.00 390.00 378.02
Forests-059-Other Expenses
8 2406-01-101-2-83-Afforestation on Forest & Non-
Forest Areas-100- Financial Assistance / Relief 1,000.00 1,000.00 997.37
(KAPY)
9 2406-01-101-2-86-Bule Economy
Transformation through Plastic Management in
Costal Karnataka (BLUE PACK)-059-Other 1.00 - -
Expenses
10 2406-01-105-0-01-Timber and Other Forest
Pordudce Removed by Govt. Agency-140-Minor 9,500.00 9,500.00 9,499.68
Works
11 2406-01-789-0-01-Special Component Plan for
Scheduled Caste's-Forest Dept Schedule Cast 200.00 200.00 199.91
Sub Plan-422-SCP
12 2406-01-796-0-01-Tribal area Sub-plan - Forest
200.00 200.00 199.93
Department-423-TSP
13 2406-02-110-Wildlife Preservation-0-01-Nature
775.00 775.00 769.30
Conservation-Wild life-140-Minor Works
Contd..........
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ANNEXURE - 9
PROGRESS UNDER STATE SCHEMES FOR THE YEAR 2023-24
(Rs. In lakh)

Revised Expenditure
SI.
Name of the Scheme Provision Release as on
No
2023-24 March-2024

14 2406-02-110-Wildlife Preservation-0-46-
Development of Protected Areas140-Minor 100.00 100.00 99.98
Works
15 2406-02-110-Wildlife Preservation -0-54-Nature
Conservation, Wild life Habitat Management &
300.00 300.00 290.14
Man-Animal Conflict Measures-015-Subsidary
Expenses
16 2406-02-110-Wildlife Preservation -0-54-Nature
Conservation, Wild life Habitat Management & 100.00 100.00 92.37
Man-Animal Conflict Measures-106-Subsidies
17 2406-02-110-Wildlife Preservation-0-55-
Rehabilitation & Voluntry Acquisition of Land 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00
Programme -059-Other Expenses.
II. Capital Expenses
1 4406- Capital Outlay on Forestry & Wildlife-01-
Forestry-070-Communications & Buildings-0-
02- Infrastructure Development -147-Land & 1,000.00 1,000.00 994.80
Bulidings
4406- Capital Outlay on Forestry & Wildlife-01-
Forestry-101-Forest Protection, Regeneration &
Cultural Operation-0-01- Survey& Demarcation,
Forest Protection,Wildlife Management and Man 10,000.00 10,000.00 9,999.63
-Animal Conflict Measures 132-Capital
Expenses
2 4406- Capital Outlay on Forestry & Wildlife-01-
Forestry-101-Forest Protection, Regeneration &
Cultural Operation-0-01- Survey& Demarcation, 6,000.00 6,000.00 5,999.75
Forest Protection,Wildlife Management and Man
-Animal Conflict Measures.139-Major works
3 4406- Capital Outlay on Forestry & Wildlife-01-
Forestry-101-Forest Protection, Regeneration &
Cultural Operation-0-01- Survey& Demarcation, 2,000.00 2,000.00 1,996.85
Forest Protection,Wildlife Management and Man
-Animal Conflict Measures140-Minor works
4 4406-Capital Outlay on Forestry & Wildlife-01-
Forestry-101-0-02-Flexi Funds-139-Major Works 23,500.00 23,500.00 23,487.95

Contd..........
 Annexures 133

ANNEXURE - 9
PROGRESS UNDER STATE SCHEMES FOR THE YEAR 2023-24
(Rs. In lakh)

Revised Expenditure
SI.
Name of the Scheme Provision Release as on
No
2023-24 March-2024

5 4406-Capital Outlay on Forestry & Wildlife-01-

Forestry-101-0-03-Afforestation on Forest and 16,200.00 16,200.00 16,194.98
Non Forest Areas-139-Major Works
6 4406- Capital Outlay on Forestry & Wildlife-01-
Forestry-101-Forest Conservation, Development
& Regeneration-0-04-Distribution of saplings for 6,500.00 6,500.00 6,494.67
afforestation of Non-Forest Areas-139-Major
Works
7 4406- Capital Outlay on Forestry & Wildlife-01-
Forestry-101-Forest Conservation, Development
& Regeneration-0-05-Tree park Program-139- 2,000.00 2,000.00 1,991.21
Major Works
III State Compensatory Afforestataion Fund
(CAMPA)
1 2406-04- Afforestation & Ecology Development-
103-State Compensatory Afforestataion Fund
(SCAF)-1--Compensatory Afforestataion-01- 3,407.00 3,407.00 2,659.55
Compensatory Afforestataion 140-Minor Works
2 2406-04-103-1-02-Catchment Area Treatment
66.00 66.00 65.39
Plan-140-Minor Works
3 2406-04-103-1-04-Net Present Value of Forest
22,972.00 20,949.00 20,766.85
Land-140-Minor Works
4 2406-04-103-1-05-Interest-034-Contact /
64.34 64.34 59.44
Outsource
5 2406-04-103-1-05-Interest-041-Travel Expenses 6.00 6.00 5.65
6 2406-04-103-1-05-Interest-051-General Expenses 15.00 15.00 14.70
7 2406-04-103-1-05-Interest-052-Telephone
1.00 1.00 0.21
Expenses
8 2406-04-103-1-05-Interest-071-Building Expenses 1.00
9 2406-04-103-1-05-Interest-140-Minor Works 4,486.00 4,486.00 3,487.56
10 2406-04-103-1-05-Interest-195-Transport Expenses 6.00 6.00 4.81
11 2406-04-103-1-06-Others -140-Minor Works 2,377.00 2,377.00 1,787.00
Source: Office of the APCCF(A&C)-Budget Section
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ANNEXURE - 10
PROGRESS UNDER CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEMES FOR THE YEAR 2023-24
(Rs. In lakh)

Revised Expenditure
SI.
Name of the Scheme Provision Release as on
No
2023-24 March-2024

1 2406-01-101-2-30-Central Share-National
Bamboo Mission-140-Minor Works 453.00 123.33 123.33

2406-01-101-2-30-Central Share-National
105.00 27.78 27.78
Bamboo Mission-422-SCP

2406-01-101-2-30-Central Share-National
42.00 11.39 11.39
Bamboo Mission-423-TSP

2 2406-01-101-2-31-National Bamboo
302.00 82.22 82.22
MIssion-140-Minor Works (State Share)

2406-01-101-2-31-National Bamboo MIssion-

70.00 18.52 18.52
422-SCP (State Share)

2406-01-101-2-31-National Bamboo MIssion- 28.00 7.59 7.59

423-TSP (State Share)

3 2406-01-101-2-32-Implementation &
Management Action Plan for Mangroves - 113.00 11.06 11.06
140-Minor Works(State Share)

4 2406-01-102-2-17-CSS-Central Share-Forest
Fire prevension and Management 200.00 52.85 52.85
schemes140-Minor Works

2406-01-102-2-40-Forest Fire Prevention &

Management Scheme -140-Minor Works 130.00 35.23 35.23
(State Share)

5 2406-01-102-2-38-CSS-Central Share-Sub-
Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF)140-Minor 1,083.00 1,083.00 1,083.00
Works

2406-01-102-2-38-CSS-Central Share-Sub-
119.00 119.00 119.00
Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF)-422-SCP

2406-01-102-2-38-CSS-Central Share-Sub-
48.00 48.00 48.00
Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF)-423-TSP
 Annexures 135

ANNEXURE - 10
PROGRESS UNDER CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEMES FOR THE YEAR 2023-24
(Rs. In lakh)

Revised Expenditure
SI.
Name of the Scheme Provision Release as on
No
2023-24 March-2024

6 2406-01-102-2-39-Sub-Mission on Agroforestry
722.00 721.93 721.93
-SMAF-140-Minor Works (State Share)

2406-01-102-2-39-Sub-Mission on Agroforestry
- SMAF-422- SCP (State Share) 80.00 79.70 79.70

2406-01-102-2-39-Sub-Mission on Agroforestry
-SMAF- 423-TSP (State Share) 32.00 31.70 31.70

7 2406-02-110-0-02-CSS Central Share- for

Project Tiger-140-Minor Works 2,125.51 2,125.51 2,125.51

2406-02-110-0-02-CSS Central Share-for

250.00 76.22 76.22
Project Tiger-422-Schedule Caste Sub Plan

2406-02-110-0-02-CSS Central Share-for

475.43 475.43 475.43
Project Tiger-423-Tribal Sub Plan

8 2406-02-110-0-32-State Share Project Tiger -

1,685.63 1,685.63 1,685.63
140-Minor Works (State Share)

2406-02-110-0-32-State Share Project Tiger

167.00 69.73 69.73
422- SCP (State Share)

2406-02-110-0-32-State Share Project Tiger

423-TSP (State Share) 438.84 438.84 438.84

9 2406-02-110-0-23-Central Share-Project
Elephant --140-Minor Works 500.00 235.93 235.93

2406-02-110-0-33-Project Elephant -140-Minor

works(State Share) 300.00 157.29 157.29
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ANNEXURE - 10
PROGRESS UNDER CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEMES FOR THE YEAR 2023-24
(Rs. In lakh)

Revised Expenditure
SI.
Name of the Scheme Provision Release as on
No
2023-24 March-2024

10 2406-02-110-0-47-CSS -Central Share-

Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats - 1,100.00 298.42 298.42
140-Minor Works

2406-02-110-0-47-CSS -Central Share-

Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats - 229.00 141.55 141.55
422-Scheduel Caste Sub Plan

2406-02-110-0-47-CSS -Central Share-

Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats - 229.00 141.55 141.55
423-Tribal Sub Plan

11 2 4 0 6 - 0 2 - 11 0 - 0 - 5 7 - C S S - I n t e g r a t e d
Development of Wildlife Habitats (State Share) 762.00 219.79 219.79

2 4 0 6 - 0 2 - 11 0 - 0 - 5 7 - C S S - I n t e g r a t e d
Development of Wildlife Habitats (State Share) 228.00 109.74 109.74
422- SCP

2 4 0 6 - 0 2 - 11 0 - 0 - 5 7 - C S S - I n t e g r a t e d
Development of Wildlife Habitats (State Share) 228.00 109.74 109.74
423-TSP

12 2406-02-110-0-53-Central Share-Green India 781.00 70.21 70.21

Mission140-Minor Works

2406-02-110-0-53-Central Share-Green India

177.00 70.21 70.21
Mission-422- SCP

2406-02-110-0-53-Central Share-Green India

92.62 92.62 92.62
Mission-423-TSP

13 2406-02-110-0-56-Green India Mission -140-

520.00 53.28 53.28
Minor Works (State Share)

2406-02-110-0-56-Green India Mission 422-

118.00 46.81 46.81
SCP (State Share)

2406-02-110-0-56-Green India Mission 423-

61.75 61.75 61.75
TSP (State Share)
Source: Office of the APCCF(A&C)-Budget Section
 ANNEXURE - 11
PROGRESS REPORT UNDER BUDGET HEAD: 4406-01-101-0-KFDF-02-FLEXI FUND-139-MAJOR WORKS
(UP TO MARCH 2024 )
% of Exp Maintenance of Maintenance of
Exp. on release plantation (in Ha.) plantation (in Ha.)
Sl. ( up to
Circle/Division Allotment Released ( up to I st year I st year Monsoon
No March- March- Plantation
2024) 2024)
TAR ACH TAR ACH

1 Bengaluru 3,139.862 3,139.862 3,139.862 100% 1,769.000 1,769.000 616.000 616.000

2 Bellary 781.562 781.562 781.562 100% 1,687.500 1,687.500 215.000 215.000

3 Kalaburagi 430.341 430.341 430.341 100% 750.000 750.000 - -

Annexures

4 Belagavi 1,121.322 1,121.322 1,121.322 100% 1,535.000 1,535.000 54.000 54.000

5 Dharwad 452.797 452.797 452.797 100% 911.470 911.470 80.000 80.000

6 Kanara 9,099.448 9,099.448 9,099.448 100% 3,829.100 3,829.100 7,417.340 7,417.340

7 Shivmogga 1,536.297 1,536.297 1,536.297 100% 1,285.000 1,285.000 782.000 782.000

8 Chikmagaluru 622.187 622.187 622.187 100% 700.000 700.000 370.100 370.100

9 Kodagu 189.907 189.907 189.907 100% 300.000 300.000 63.200 63.200

10 Managaluru 1,230.739 1,230.739 1,230.739 100% 649.000 649.000 1,290.600 1,290.600

11 Hassan 860.231 860.231 860.231 100% 1,225.000 1,225.000 421.500 421.500

137

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 ANNEXURE - 11 138

PROGRESS REPORT UNDER BUDGET HEAD: 4406-01-101-0-KFDF-02-FLEXI FUND-139-MAJOR WORKS

(UP TO MARCH 2024 )
% of Exp Maintenance of Maintenance of
Exp. on release plantation (in Ha.) plantation (in Ha.)
Sl. ( up to
Circle/Division Allotment Released ( up to I st year I st year Monsoon
No March- March- Plantation
2024) 2024)
TAR ACH TAR ACH

12 Mysuru 642.190 642.190 642.190 100% 755.000 755.000 375.000 375.000

13 Chamarajanagar 25.947 25.947 25.947 100% - - - -

TOTAL OF CIRCLES 20,132.830 20,132.830 20,132.830 100% 15,396.070 15,396.070 11,684.740 11,684.740

14 PCCF EWPRT & CC 503.845 503.845 503.845 100% - - - -

(Research Unit)

15 HRD Dharwad 885.000 885.000 885.000 100% - - - -

16 PCCF WL 500.000 500.000 500.000 100% - - - -

ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

17 APCCF SF & Projects 3.540 3.540 3.540 100% - - - -

18 APCCF (ICT) 250.000 250.000 250.000 100% - - - -

19 APCCF NFAP-BM 223.178 223.178 223.178 100% - - - -

20 APCCF WP 1,000.000 1,000.000 1,000.000 100% - - -

TOTAL OF OTHER WINGS 3,365.563 3,365.563 3,365.563 100% - - - -

GRAND TOTAL 23,498.393 23,498.393 23,498.393 100% 15,396.070 15,396.070 11,684.740 11,684.740
 ANNEXURE - 11
PROGRESS REPORT UNDER BUDGET HEAD: 4406-01-101-0-KFDF-02-FLEXI FUND-139-MAJOR WORKS
(UP TO MARCH 2024 )

Maintenance of IIIrd Maintenance of Root Stock Raising of

year plantation IVth year Treatment Plantations in Root
Sl.
Circle / Division (in Ha.) plantation Stock
No
(in Ha.)

TAR ACH TAR ACH TAR ACH TAR ACH

1 Bengaluru - - - - - - 1,336.656 1,336.656

2 Bellary - - - - - - 481.000 481.000

3 Kalaburagi - - - - 50.00 50.00 - -

4 Belagavi - - - - - - 878.820 878.820

Annexures

5 Dharwad - - - - 32.30 32.30 228.000 228.000

6 Kanara - - - - 1,337.13 1,337.13 5,032.320 5,032.320

7 Shivmogga - - - - 576.00 576.00 1,238.930 1,238.930

8 Chikmagaluru - - - - - - 335.310 335.310

9 Kodagu - - - - - - - -

10 Managaluru - - - - 275.00 275.00 1,571.150 1,571.150

11 Hassan - - - - 150.00 150.00 380.000 380.000

139

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 ANNEXURE - 11 140

PROGRESS REPORT UNDER BUDGET HEAD: 4406-01-101-0-KFDF-02-FLEXI FUND-139-MAJOR WORKS

(UP TO MARCH 2024 )

Maintenance of IIIrd Maintenance of Root Stock Raising of

year plantation IVth year Treatment Plantations in Root
Sl.
Circle / Division (in Ha.) plantation Stock
No
(in Ha.)

TAR ACH TAR ACH TAR ACH TAR ACH

12 Mysuru - - - - - - 407.500 407.500

13 Chamarajanagar - - - - - - - -

TOTAL OF CIRCLES - - - - 2,420.43 2,420.43 11,889.686 11,889.686

14 PCCF EWPRT & CC 286.20 286.20 291.56 296.56 - - - -

(Research Unit)

15 HRD Dharwad - - - - - - - -

16 PCCF WL - - - - - - - -
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

17 APCCF SF & Projects - - - - - - - -

18 APCCF (ICT) - - - - - - - -

19 APCCF NFAP-BM - - - - - - - -

20 APCCF WP - - - - - - - -

TOTAL OF OTHER WINGS 286.20 286.20 291.56 296.56 - - - -

GRAND TOTAL 286.20 286.20 291.56 296.56 2,420.43 2,420.43 11,889.686 11,889.686
 ANNEXURE - 11
PROGRESS REPORT UNDER BUDGET HEAD: 4406-01-101-0-KFDF-02-FLEXI FUND-139-MAJOR WORKS
(UP TO MARCH 2024 )

Cane Model - Raising of Cane Monsoon Works Logged Area

Monsoon Planting Seedlings - Treatment
Sl.
Circle / Division Monsoon Works (Trees in No's)
No

TAR ACH TAR ACH TAR ACH TAR ACH

1 Bengaluru - - - - 595.000 595.000 - -

2 Bellary - - - - - - - -

3 Kalaburagi - - - - - - - -

4 Belagavi 120.00 120.00 0.400 0.400 95.380 95.380 - -

Annexures

5 Dharwad - - - - 50.000 50.000 - -

6 Kanara 2,785.00 2,785.00 3.100 3.100 50.000 50.000 92,306.00 92,306.00

7 Shivmogga 215.00 215.00 0.250 0.250 - - - -

8 Chikmagaluru 209.00 209.00 0.250 0.250 - - - -

9 Kodagu 264.00 264.00 0.400 0.400 - - - -

10 Managaluru 400.00 400.00 0.600 0.600 - - - -

11 Hassan - - - - 15.000 15.000 - -

141

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 ANNEXURE - 11 142

PROGRESS REPORT UNDER BUDGET HEAD: 4406-01-101-0-KFDF-02-FLEXI FUND-139-MAJOR WORKS

(UP TO MARCH 2024 )

Cane Model - Raising of Cane Monsoon Works Logged Area

Sl. Monsoon Planting Seedlings - Treatment (Trees
Circle / Division Monsoon Works in No's)
No

TAR ACH TAR ACH TAR ACH TAR ACH

12 Mysuru - - - - - - - -

13 Chamarajanagar - - - - - - - -

TOTAL OF CIRCLES 3,993.00 3,993.00 5.000 5.000 805.380 805.380 92,306.00 92,306.00

14 PCCF EWPRT & CC - - - - - - - -

(Research Unit)

15 HRD Dharwad - - - - - - - -

16 PCCF WL - - - - - - - -
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

17 APCCF SF & Projects - - - - - - - -

18 APCCF (ICT) - - - - - - - -

19 APCCF NFAP-BM - - - - - - - -

20 APCCF WP - - - - - - - -

TOTAL OF OTHER WINGS - - - - - - - -

GRAND TOTAL 3,993.00 3,993.00 5.000 5.000 805.380 805.380 92,306.00 92,306.00
 ANNEXURE - 11
PROGRESS REPORT UNDER BUDGET HEAD: 4406-01-101-0-KFDF-02-FLEXI FUND-139-MAJOR WORKS
(UP TO MARCH 2024 )

Mangrooves Endangers Road side Advance work

species Plantation
Sl.
Circle / Division
No
TAR ACH TAR ACH TAR ACH TAR ACH

1 Bengaluru - - - - - - 1,380.620 1,380.620

2 Bellary - - - - - - 180.000 180.000

3 Kalaburagi - - - - - - 401.110 401.110

4 Belagavi - - - - - - 485.000 485.000

Annexures

5 Dharwad - - - - 100.00 100.00 305.970 305.970

6 Kanara 85.00 85.00 130.00 130.00 - - 5,271.700 5,271.700

7 Shivmogga - - - - - - 1,770.000 1,770.000

8 Chikmagaluru - - - - - - 530.530 530.530

9 Kodagu - - - - - - - -

10 Managaluru - - - - - - 566.500 566.500

11 Hassan - - - - - - 580.000 580.000

143

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 ANNEXURE - 11 144

PROGRESS REPORT UNDER BUDGET HEAD: 4406-01-101-0-KFDF-02-FLEXI FUND-139-MAJOR WORKS

(UP TO MARCH 2024 )

Mangrooves Endangers Road side Advance work

species Plantation
Sl.
Circle / Division
No
TAR ACH TAR ACH TAR ACH TAR ACH

12 Mysuru - - - - - - 210.000 210.000

13 Chamarajanagar - - - - - - 30.000 30.000

TOTAL OF CIRCLES 85.00 85.00 130.00 130.00 100.00 100.00 11,711.430 11,711.430

14 PCCF EWPRT & CC - - - - - - - -

(Research Unit)

15 HRD Dharwad - - - - - - - -

16 PCCF WL - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - -
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

17 APCCF SF & Projects

18 APCCF (ICT) - - - - - - - -

19 APCCF NFAP-BM - - - - - - - -

20 APCCF WP - - - - - - - -

TOTAL OF OTHER WINGS - - - - - - - -

GRAND TOTAL 85.00 85.00 130.00 130.00 100.00 100.00 11,711.430 11,711.430
 ANNEXURE - 11
PROGRESS REPORT UNDER BUDGET HEAD: 4406-01-101-0-KFDF-02-FLEXI FUND-139-MAJOR WORKS
(UP TO MARCH 2024 )

Maintenance of Raising of Maintenance of fire Creation of fire

Seedlings seedlings lines lines
Sl.
Circle / Division
No
TAR ACH TAR ACH TAR ACH TAR ACH

1 Bengaluru - - 125.000 125.000 125.000 125.000

2 Bellary 2.337 2.337 0.551 0.551 - - - -

3 Kalaburagi 0.462 0.462 0.242 0.242 - -

4 Belagavi 5.085 5.085 4.189 4.189 - -

Annexures

5 Dharwad 0.520 0.520 0.600 0.600 4.800 4.800 2.5 2.500

6 Kanara - - - - - -

7 Shivmogga - - - - - -

8 Chikmagaluru - 2.093 2.093 - - - -

9 Kodagu - - - - - -

10 Managaluru - 2.610 2.610 - - - -

11 Hassan 3.784 3.784 2.003 2.003 20.000 20.000 - -

145

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 ANNEXURE - 11 146

PROGRESS REPORT UNDER BUDGET HEAD: 4406-01-101-0-KFDF-02-FLEXI FUND-139-MAJOR WORKS

(UP TO MARCH 2024 )

Maintenance of Raising of Maintenance of fire Creation of fire

Seedlings seedlings lines lines
Sl.
Circle / Division
No
TAR ACH TAR ACH TAR ACH TAR ACH

12 Mysuru - - - - - -

13 Chamarajanagar - - - - - -

TOTAL OF CIRCLES 12.188 12.188 12.288 12.288 149.800 149.800 127.500 127.500

14 PCCF EWPRT & CC - - - - - -

(Research Unit)

15 HRD Dharwad - - - - - -

16 PCCF WL - - - - - -

- - - - - -
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

17 APCCF SF & Projects

18 APCCF (ICT) - - - - - -

19 APCCF NFAP-BM - - - - - -

20 APCCF WP - - - - - -

TOTAL OF OTHER WINGS - - - - - - - -

GRAND TOTAL 12.188 12.188 12.288 12.288 149.800 149.800 127.500 127.500
Source: Office of the APCCF(A&C)-Budget Section
 ANNEXURE - 12
DETAILS OF AUDIT REPORT

Year Total no of officesto be audited during Actual no of offices audited during Balance
the year the year

2023-24 170 72 98

Source:O/o PCCF(HOFF), D5 Section

ANNEXURE - 13
DETAILS OF LA / LC AND PARLIAMENT QUESTIONS RECEIVED, REPLIED AND PENDING DURING THE YEAR 2023-24

Year Session No. of Questions Received No. of Questions Replied No. of Questions pending
for submission of reply
Annexures

LA LC RSQ LSQ Total LA LC RSQ LSQ Total LA LC RSQ LSQ Total

Budget Session 58 22 4 5 89 58 22 4 5 89 0 0 0 0 0
(July 23)

Belagavi Winter 102 45 7 9 163 102 44 7 9 162 0 1 0 0 1

2023-24 Session (Dec 23)

Budget 70 42 4 2 118 68 41 4 2 115 2 1 0 0 3

Session(Feb 24)

Total 230 109 15 16 370 228 107 15 16 366 2 2 0 0 4

147

Source:O/o PCCF(HOFF), A7 Section

 ANNEXURE - 14 148

DIVISIONWISE FOREST OFFENCE CASES FROM 1.4.2023 TO 31.03.2024

Sl. Circle Division Cases Pending for disposal No. of cases registered from 1.4.2023
No as on 31.3.2023 to 31.03.2024.

Encroach Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total Encroach Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total
ment Sander ment Sander

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
1 Bengaluru Bengaluru- Urban 811 96 1 0 82 388 1399 21 8 0 9 5 45 88
Bengaluru- Rural 732 22 1 0 19 156 930 4 0 0 0 0 6 10
Ramanagara 1277 91 4 1 144 827 2344 8 2 1 0 13 57 81
Kolar 520 55 15 0 27 621 1238 0 2 0 0 2 55 59
Chikkaballapura 705 49 4 0 71 951 1780 74 3 0 0 6 51 134
Bannerghatta National park 625 48 0 4 102 310 1089 636 45 0 4 108 256 1049
Total 4688 361 28 5 445 3253 8780 743 60 1 13 134 470 1421

2 Belagavi Belgaum 99 41 0 23 35 478 676 24 3 0 82 18 30 157

Vijayapura 43 1 0 0 7 31 82 0 2 0 0 3 20 25
Bagalkot 514 79 0 0 34 473 1100 28 8 0 0 1 71 108
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

Gokak 18 19 0 0 6 0 43 12 5 0 0 0 59 76
Total 674 140 0 23 82 982 1901 64 18 0 82 22 180 366
3 Ballari Bellary 210 48 0 0 65 1003 1326 1 0 0 0 0 8 9
Chitradurga 82 32 0 0 60 293 467 3 4 1 10 52 70
Davanagere 119 16 0 1 47 182 365 0
Koppala 70 32 0 0 40 135 277 43 1 0 0 0 35 79
Vijayanagara 8 0 0 0 4 6 18 11 0 0 0 1 5 17
Total 489 128 0 1 216 1619 2453 58 5 1 0 11 100 175
Contd..........
 ANNEXURE - 14
DIVISIONWISE FOREST OFFENCE CASES FROM 1.4.2023 TO 31.03.2024
Sl. Circle Division Cases Pending for disposal No. of cases registered from 1.4.2023
No as on 31.3.2023 to 31.03.2024.

Encroach Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total Encroach Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total
ment Sander ment Sander
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

4 Chamarajanagar B.R.T. 2 52 0 5 142 106 307 0 4 0 2 22 16 44

M.M.Betta, Kolegala 138 83 0 0 214 529 964 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kaveri., Wildlife 822 20 0 0 251 157 1250 4 0 0 0 15 3 22

Total 962 155 0 5 607 792 2521 4 4 0 2 37 19 66

5 Chikkamagalur Bhadra Tiger Reserve 39 14 0 4 37 53 147 6 1 0 12 2 1 22

Chikmagalur 1475 209 0 65 131 542 2422 9 9 0 2 15 44 79

Annexures

Koppa 6204 180 0 37 95 317 6833 34 3 0 129 8 8 182

Total 7718 403 0 106 263 912 9402 49 13 0 143 25 53 283

6 Dharwad Dharwad 54 60 0 2 21 230 367 0 7 0 0 4 88 99

Gadaga 284 0 0 0 16 45 345 2 1 0 0 3 26 32

Haveri 260 35 0 3 50 113 461 27 4 0 0 6 47 84

Ranibennur wl 75 2 0 0 17 7 101 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Total 673 97 0 5 104 395 1274 29 13 0 0 13 161 216

7 Hassan Hassan 1045 178 0 87 166 1303 2779 81 13 0 16 9 228 347

Tumkur 413 80 0 0 66 351 910 19 6 0 0 20 56 101

Total 1458 258 0 87 232 1654 3689 100 19 0 16 29 284 448

149

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 ANNEXURE - 14 150

DIVISIONWISE FOREST OFFENCE CASES FROM 1.4.2023 TO 31.03.2024

Sl. Circle Division Cases Pending for disposal No. of cases registered from 1.4.2023
No as on 31.3.2023 to 31.03.2024.

Encroach Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total Encroach Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total
ment Sander ment Sander
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

8 Kalburgi Bidar 139 14 0 0 9 49 211 25 4 0 0 1 20 50

Kalaburgi 29 31 0 0 27 50 137 6 0 0 0 2 10 18
Yadgiri 50 19 0 0 27 178 274 25 4 0 0 3 24 56
Raichur 106 22 0 0 30 68 226 3 2 0 0 3 59 67
Total 324 86 0 0 93 345 848 59 10 0 0 9 113 191
9 Kanara KTR Dandeli wildlife 645 0 0 4 79 110 838 1 0 0 0 1 19 21
Haliyal 719 8 0 41 45 353 1166 0 1 0 0 7 88 96
Honnavar 3505 0 0 7 60 274 3846 68 0 0 34 6 25 133
Karwar 1162 1 0 10 18 133 1324 0 0 0 45 11 12 68
Sirsi 8776 46 0 33 69 362 9286 8 3 0 162 2 18 193
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

Yallapur 3710 13 0 30 29 332 4114 0 12 0 213 5 48 278

Total 18517 68 0 125 300 1564 20574 77 16 0 454 32 210 789
10 Kodagu NagarholeTiger Reserve 16 75 0 56 213 425 785 0 2 0 1 8 1 12
Madikeri 499 171 0 251 56 367 1344 10 5 0 13 4 91 123
Virajpet 80 4 0 157 37 461 739 0 0 2 17 4 41 64
Madikeri wildlife 18 0 0 7 13 32 70 1 0 0 0 2 3 6
Total 613 250 0 471 319 1285 2938 11 7 2 31 18 136 205
Contd..........
 ANNEXURE - 14
DIVISIONWISE FOREST OFFENCE CASES FROM 1.4.2023 TO 31.03.2024
Sl. Circle Division Cases Pending for disposal No. of cases registered from 1.4.2023
No as on 31.3.2023 to 31.03.2024.

Encroach Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total Encroach Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total
ment Sander ment Sander
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
11 Mangalore Mangalore 1936 49 1 33 57 454 2530 0 0 0 0 8 155 163
Kundapur 825 84 0 6 48 449 1412 1 1 1 0 6 171 180
Karkala, wildlife 131 5 0 7 18 104 265 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
Total 2892 138 1 46 123 1007 4207 1 1 1 0 14 336 353
12 Mysuru Mysore 514 70 1 27 95 296 1003 0 26 0 0 16 74 116
Hunsur 47 59 0 17 31 36 190 0 0 0 0 11 12 23
Mandya 444 193 33 7 102 418 1197 6 1 2 0 8 37 54
Annexures

Mysore Wildlife 4 2 0 0 11 14 31 0 1 0 0 0 4 5
Total 1029 326 34 50 175 824 2438 6 28 2 0 35 127 198
13 Shivamogga Shimoga 1947 73 0 64 79 812 2975 46 8 0 20 11 126 211
Bhadravati 1074 71 0 48 72 203 1468 50 12 0 125 21 26 234
Sagara 1007 157 0 270 131 1540 3105 44 15 0 434 12 32 537
Shivamoga wildlife 347 13 0 24 39 0 423 28 1 0 2 6 62 99
Total 4375 314 0 406 321 2555 7971 168 36 0 581 50 246 1081
14 FDPT,Mysuru Bandipura 180 41 0 159 103 45 528 16 3 0 3 0 34 56
RGNP, Hunsur (Nagarahole 16 75 0 55 210 432 788 0 4 0 1 0 13 18
Tiger Reserve
Total 196 116 0 214 313 477 1316 16 7 0 4 0 47 74
STATE TOTAL 44608 2840 63 1544 3593 17664 70312 1385 237 7 1326 429 2482 5866
151
 ANNEXURE - 14 152

DIVISIONWISE FOREST OFFENCE CASES FROM 1.4.2023 TO 31.03.2024

Sl. Circle Division
Total no. of cases during 2023-24 No. of cases disposed off
No

Encroach Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total Encroach Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total
ment Sander ment Sander

1 2 3 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
1 Bengaluru Bengaluru- Urban 832 104 1 9 87 433 1487 5 1 0 0 1 22 29
Bengaluru- Rural 736 22 1 0 19 162 940 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Ramanagara 1285 93 5 1 157 884 2425 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
Kolar 520 57 15 0 29 676 1297 0 0 0 0 0 39 39
Chikkaballapura 779 52 4 0 77 1002 1914 0 0 0 0 0 25 25
Bannerghatta National park 1261 93 0 8 210 566 2138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 5431 421 29 18 579 3723 10201 5 1 0 0 1 95 102

2 Belagavi Belgaum 123 44 0 105 53 508 833 23 19 0 82 17 160 301

Vijayapura 43 3 0 0 10 51 107 0 3 0 0 1 18 22
Bagalkot 542 87 0 0 35 544 1208 33 14 0 0 14 400 461
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

Gokak 30 24 0 0 6 59 119 13 2 0 0 2 59 76
Total 738 158 0 105 104 1162 2267 69 38 0 82 34 655 878
3 Ballari Bellary 211 48 0 0 65 1011 1335 0 0 0 0 0 41 41
Chitradurga 85 36 1 0 70 345 537 1 1 0 0 1 43 46
Davanagere 119 16 0 1 47 182 365 0 0
Koppala 113 33 0 0 40 170 356 3 1 0 0 1 114 119
Vijayanagara 19 0 0 0 5 11 35 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Total 547 133 1 1 227 1719 2628 4 2 0 0 2 201 209
Contd..........
 ANNEXURE - 14
DIVISIONWISE FOREST OFFENCE CASES FROM 1.4.2023 TO 31.03.2024
Sl. Circle Division
Total no. of cases during 2023-24 No. of cases disposed off
No

Encroach Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total Encroach Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total
ment Sander ment Sander
1 2 3 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

4 Chamarajanagar B.R.T. 2 56 0 7 164 122 351 0 1 0 0 7 3 11

M.M.Betta, Kolegala 138 83 0 0 214 529 964 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaveri., Wildlife 826 20 0 0 266 160 1272 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 966 159 0 7 644 811 2587 0 1 0 0 7 3 11

5 Chikkamagalur Bhadra Tiger Reserve 45 15 0 16 39 54 169 0 2 0 1 3 0 6

Chikmagalur 1484 218 0 67 146 586 2501 1 1 0 0 0 13 15
Annexures

Koppa 6238 183 0 166 103 325 7015 0 3 0 165 0 8 176

Total 7767 416 0 249 288 965 9685 1 6 0 166 3 21 197
6 Dharwad Dharwad 54 67 0 2 25 318 466 0 24 0 0 2 61 87

Gadaga 286 1 0 0 19 71 377 0 0 0 0 3 19 22

Haveri 287 39 0 3 56 160 545 2 2 0 0 2 49 55

Ranibennur wl 75 3 0 0 17 7 102 0 0 0 0 0 7 7

Total 702 110 0 5 117 556 1490 2 26 0 0 7 136 171

7 Hassan Hassan 1126 191 0 103 175 1531 3126 1 1 0 1 0 95 98

Tumkur 432 86 0 0 86 407 1011 3 4 0 0 3 47 57

Total 1558 277 0 103 261 1938 4137 4 5 0 1 3 142 155

153

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 ANNEXURE - 14 154

DIVISIONWISE FOREST OFFENCE CASES FROM 1.4.2023 TO 31.03.2024

Sl. Circle Division
Total no. of cases during 2023-24 No. of cases disposed off
No

Encroach Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total Encroach Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total
ment Sander ment Sander
1 2 3 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

8 Kalburgi Bidar 164 18 0 0 10 69 261 8 0 0 0 1 21 30

Kalaburgi 35 31 0 0 29 60 155 0 5 0 0 0 22 27
Yadgiri 75 23 0 0 30 202 330 0 0 0 0 0 15 15
Raichur 109 24 0 0 33 127 293 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 383 96 0 0 102 458 1039 8 5 0 0 1 58 72
9 Kanara KTR Dandeli wildlife 646 0 0 4 80 129 859 0 0 0 1 1 27 29
Haliyal 719 9 0 41 52 441 1262 0 2 0 3 2 60 67
Honnavar 3573 0 0 41 66 299 3979 1 0 0 30 6 16 53
Karwar 1162 1 0 55 29 145 1392 0 1 0 47 5 6 59
Sirsi 8784 49 0 195 71 380 9479 5 3 0 193 12 19 232
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

Yallapur 3710 25 0 243 34 380 4392 250 0 0 133 5 52 440

Total 18594 84 0 579 332 1774 21363 256 6 0 407 31 180 880
10 Kodagu NagarholeTiger Reserve 16 77 0 57 221 426 797 0 0 0 9 6 2 17
Madikeri 509 176 0 264 60 458 1467 0 0 0 5 7 67 79
Virajpet 80 4 2 174 41 502 803 0 10 0 149 37 471 667
Madikeri wildlife 19 0 0 7 15 35 76 0 0 0 13 2 6 21
Total 624 257 2 502 337 1421 3143 0 10 0 176 52 546 784
Contd..........
 ANNEXURE - 14
DIVISIONWISE FOREST OFFENCE CASES FROM 1.4.2023 TO 31.03.2024
Sl. Circle Division
Total no. of cases during 2023-24 No. of cases disposed off
No

Encroach Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total Encroach Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total
ment Sander ment Sander
1 2 3 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
11 Mangalore Mangalore 1936 49 1 33 65 609 2693 0 3 0 2 4 123 132
Kundapur 826 85 1 6 54 620 1592 0 0 0 0 2 94 96
Karkala, wildlife 131 5 0 7 18 114 275 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
Total 2893 139 2 46 137 1343 4560 0 3 0 2 7 219 231
12 Mysuru Mysore 514 96 1 27 111 370 1119 0 0 0 0 0 19 19
Hunsur 47 59 0 17 42 48 213 0 7 0 0 1 15 23
Mandya 450 194 35 7 110 455 1251 0 3 0 0 0 6 9
Annexures

Mysore Wildlife 4 3 0 0 11 18 36 0 1 0 0 0 2 3
Total 1035 354 36 50 210 951 2636 0 11 0 0 1 42 54
13 Shivamogga Shimoga 1993 81 0 84 90 938 3186 4 1 0 80 0 82 167
Bhadravati 1124 83 0 173 93 229 1702 1 6 0 64 17 12 100
Sagara 1051 172 0 704 143 1572 3642 0 0 0 340 2 25 367
Shivamoga wildlife 375 14 0 26 45 62 522 1 3 0 3 2 54 63
Total 4543 350 0 987 371 2801 9052 6 10 0 487 21 173 697
14 FDPT,Mysuru Bandipura 196 44 0 162 103 79 584 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RGNP, Hunsur (Nagarahole 16 79 0 56 210 445 806 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tiger Reserve
Total 212 123 0 218 313 524 1390 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL 45993 3077 70 2870 4022 20146 76178 355 124 0 1321 170 2471 4441
155
 ANNEXURE - 14 156

DIVISIONWISE FOREST OFFENCE CASES FROM 1.4.2023 TO 31.03.2024

Sl. Circle Division Cases pending for disposal Value recoverd Compensation
No as on 31.03.2024 (Rs. In laks) Recovered
(Rs. In lakhs)
Encroach- Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total
ment Sander

1 2 3 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
1 Bengaluru Bengaluru- Urban 827 103 1 9 86 411 1458 3.8 0.25
Bengaluru- Rural 736 22 1 0 19 159 937 0 0
Ramanagara 1285 93 5 1 157 878 2419 3.42 1.14
Kolar 520 57 15 0 29 637 1258 0 0
Chikkaballapura 779 52 4 0 77 977 1889 2.55 0
Bannerghatta National park 1261 93 0 8 210 566 2138 0 0
Total 5408 420 26 18 578 3628 10099 9.77 1.39

2 Belagavi Belgaum 100 25 0 23 36 348 532 0 28.317

Vijayapura 43 0 0 0 9 33 85 5.976 0
Bagalkot 509 73 0 0 21 144 747 - -
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

Gokak 17 22 0 0 4 0 43
Total 669 120 0 23 70 507 1389 5.976 28.317
3 Ballari Bellary 211 48 0 0 65 970 1294 0 0
Chitradurga 84 35 1 0 69 302 491 0 0
Davanagere 119 16 0 1 47 182 365
Koppala 110 32 0 0 39 56 237 0 0
Vijayanagara 19 0 0 0 5 8 32
Total 543 131 1 1 225 1518 2419 0 0
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Sl. Circle Division Cases pending for disposal Value recoverd Compensation
No as on 31.03.2024 (Rs. In laks) Recovered
(Rs. In lakhs)
Encroach- Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total
ment Sander

1 2 3 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

4 Chamarajanagar B.R.T. 2 55 0 7 157 119 340 0 0

M.M.Betta, Kolegala 138 83 0 0 214 529 964 0 0

Kaveri., Wildlife 826 20 0 0 266 160 1272 0 0

Total 966 158 0 7 637 808 2576 0 0

5 Chikkamagalur Bhadra Tiger Reserve 45 13 0 15 36 54 163 0 0

Chikmagalur 1483 217 0 67 146 573 2486 12.53

Annexures

Koppa 6238 180 0 1 103 317 6839 4.07 9.71

Total 7766 410 0 83 285 944 9488 16.6 9.71

6 Dharwad Dharwad 54 43 0 2 23 257 379

Gadaga 286 1 0 0 16 52 355

Haveri 285 37 0 3 54 111 490 5.91 0

Ranibennur wl 75 3 0 0 17 0 95 1.06 0

Total 700 84 0 5 110 420 1319 6.97 0

7 Hassan Hassan 1125 190 0 102 175 1436 3028 7.079 34.201

Tumkur 429 82 0 0 83 360 954 0 16.55

Total 1554 272 0 102 258 1796 3982 7.079 50.751

157

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Sl. Circle Division Cases pending for disposal Value recoverd Compensation
No as on 31.03.2024 (Rs. In laks) Recovered
(Rs. In lakhs)
Encroach- Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total
ment Sander

1 2 3 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

8 Kalburgi Bidar 156 18 0 0 9 48 231 0 0

Kalaburgi 35 26 0 0 29 38 128 0 0
Yadgiri 75 23 0 0 30 187 315 0 0
Raichur 109 24 0 0 33 127 293 0 0
Total 375 91 0 0 101 400 967 0 0
9 Kanara KTR Dandeli wildlife 646 0 0 3 79 102 830 3.96 2.06
Haliyal 719 7 0 38 50 381 1195 0.43 0
Honnavar 3572 0 0 11 60 283 3926 4.42 2.89
Karwar 1162 0 0 8 24 139 1333 1.38 8.14
Sirsi 8779 46 0 2 59 361 9247 133.53 807.51
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

Yallapur 3460 25 0 110 29 328 3952 3.78 12.07

Total 18338 78 0 172 301 1594 20483 147.5 832.67
10 Kodagu NagarholeTiger Reserve 16 77 0 48 215 424 780 0 0
Madikeri 509 176 0 259 53 391 1388 1.86 3.79
Virajpet 80 -6 2 25 4 31 136
Madikeri wildlife 19 0 0 -6 13 29 55 0 0
Total 624 247 2 326 285 875 2359 1.86 3.79
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DIVISIONWISE FOREST OFFENCE CASES FROM 1.4.2023 TO 31.03.2024
Sl. Circle Division Cases pending for disposal Value recoverd Compensation
No as on 31.03.2024 (Rs. In laks) Recovered
(Rs. In lakhs)
Encroach- Sandal Red Timber Wildlife Others Total
ment Sander

1 2 3 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
11 Mangalore Mangalore 1936 46 1 31 61 486 2561 5.2 10.5
Kundapur 826 85 1 6 52 526 1496 2.62 0.07
Karkala, wildlife 131 5 0 7 17 112 272 5.01 3.33
Total 2893 136 2 44 130 1124 4329 12.83 13.9
12 Mysuru Mysore 514 96 1 27 111 351 1100 2.26
Hunsur 47 52 0 17 41 33 190 0.17
Mandya 450 191 35 7 110 449 1242 0.76 1.82
Annexures

Mysore Wildlife 4 2 0 0 11 16 33 0 -
Total 1035 343 36 50 209 909 2582 3.19 1.82
13 Shivamogga Shimoga 1989 80 0 4 90 856 3019 2.27 12.09
Bhadravati 1123 77 0 109 76 217 1602 6.61 3.85
Sagara 1051 172 0 364 141 1547 3275 0.93 28.53
Shivamoga wildlife 374 11 0 23 43 8 459 13.24 8.41
Total 4537 340 0 500 350 2628 8355 23.05 52.88
14 FDPT,Mysuru Bandipura 196 44 0 162 103 79 584 0 0
RGNP, Hunsur (Nagarahole 16 79 0 56 210 445 806 0 0
Tiger Reserve
Total 212 123 0 218 313 524 1390 0 0
STATE TOTAL 45620 2953 67 1549 3852 17675 71737 234.825 995.228
159
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DIVISIONWISE FOREST OFFENCE CASES FROM 1.4.2023 TO 31.03.2024

Sl.
Circle Division Details of vehicles seized
No

Lorry/ Car Scooter Motor Tempo Van Bullock Tractor Autorickshaw Cycle Boat Jeep Others
Truck cycle cart

1 2 3 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
1 Bengaluru Bengaluru- Urban 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bengaluru- Rural
Ramanagara 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kolar
Chikkaballapura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bannerghatta National park
Total 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 Belagavi Belgaum 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vijayapura 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bagalkot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

Gokak 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ballari Bellary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chitradurga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davanagere
Koppala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vijayanagara
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contd..........
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Sl. Circle Division

Details of vehicles seized
No

Lorry/ Car Scooter Motor Tempo Van Bullock Tractor Autorickshaw Cycle Boat Jeep Others
Truck cycle cart

1 2 3 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
4 Chamarajanagar B.R.T. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

M.M.Betta, Kolegala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kaveri., Wildlife 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

5 Chikkamagalur Bhadra Tiger Reserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Chikmagalur
Annexures

Koppa 2

Total 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Dharwad Dharwad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Gadaga
Haveri 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ranibennur wl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7 Hassan Hassan 24 0 0 4 0 2 0 16 9 0 0 15 7

Tumkur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 24 0 0 4 0 2 0 16 9 0 0 15 7
161

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Sl. Circle Division
Details of vehicles seized
No

Lorry/ Car Scooter Motor Tempo Van Bullock Tractor Autorickshaw Cycle Boat Jeep Others
Truck cycle cart

1 2 3 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
8 Kalburgi Bidar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kalaburgi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yadgiri 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Raichur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Kanara KTR Dandeli wildlife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haliyal 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5
Honnavar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karwar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sirsi 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

Yallapur 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Total 4 2 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 7
10 Kodagu NagarholeTiger Reserve 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Madikeri 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 5
Virajpet 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Madikeri wildlife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 5 3 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 5
Contd..........
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DIVISIONWISE FOREST OFFENCE CASES FROM 1.4.2023 TO 31.03.2024
Sl. Circle Division
Details of vehicles seized
No

Lorry/ Car Scooter Motor Tempo Van Bullock Tractor Autorickshaw Cycle Boat Jeep Others
Truck cycle cart

1 2 3 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
11 Mangalore Mangalore 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Kundapur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karkala, wildlife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
12 Mysuru Mysore 1
Hunsur
Mandya
Annexures

Mysore Wildlife - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Total 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Shivamogga Shimoga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bhadravati 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 15 0 0 0 0 12
Sagara 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shivamoga wildlife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 0 9 0 0 3 15 0 0 0 0 12
14 FDPT,Mysuru Bandipura 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RGNP, Hunsur (Nagarahole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tiger Reserve
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL 44 8 3 31 1 2 3 35 9 0 0 26 35
163
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DIVISIONWISE FOREST OFFENCE CASES FROM 1.4.2023 TO 31.03.2024

Sl.
Circle Division Details of vehicles confiscated
No

Lorry/Truck Car Scooter Bus Motor cycle Tempo Van Bullock cart Tractor

1 2 3 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62
1 Bengaluru Bengaluru- Urban 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bengaluru- Rural
Ramanagara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kolar
Chikkaballapura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bannerghatta National park
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 Belagavi Belgaum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vijayapura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bagalkot 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

Gokak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
3 Ballari Bellary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chitradurga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davanagere
Koppala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vijayanagara
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contd..........
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Sl. Circle Division Details of vehicles confiscated

No

Lorry/Truck Car Scooter Bus Motor cycle Tempo Van Bullock cart Tractor

1 2 3 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62
4 Chamarajanagar B.R.T. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

M.M.Betta, Kolegala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kaveri., Wildlife 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0

Total 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0

5 Chikkamagalur Bhadra Tiger Reserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Chikmagalur
Annexures

Koppa
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Dharwad Dharwad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Gadaga
Haveri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ranibennur wl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7 Hassan Hassan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tumkur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
165

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Sl. Circle Division
Details of vehicles confiscated
No

Lorry/Truck Car Scooter Bus Motor cycle Tempo Van Bullock cart Tractor

1 2 3 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62
8 Kalburgi Bidar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kalaburgi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yadgiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raichur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Kanara KTR Dandeli wildlife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haliyal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Honnavar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karwar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sirsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

Yallapur 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
10 Kodagu NagarholeTiger Reserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Madikeri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virajpet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Madikeri wildlife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contd..........
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DIVISIONWISE FOREST OFFENCE CASES FROM 1.4.2023 TO 31.03.2024
Sl. Circle Division
Details of vehicles confiscated
No

Lorry/Truck Car Scooter Bus Motor cycle Tempo Van Bullock cart Tractor

1 2 3 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62
11 Mangalore Mangalore 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Kundapur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karkala, wildlife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
12 Mysuru Mysore
Hunsur
Mandya
Annexures

Mysore Wildlife - - - - - - - - -
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Shivamogga Shimoga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bhadravati 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Sagara 0 2 0 0 19 0 0 0 0
Shivamoga wildlife 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
Total 3 2 0 0 22 0 1 0 0
14 FDPT,Mysuru Bandipura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RGNP, Hunsur (Nagarahole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tiger Reserve
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STATE TOTAL 12 4 1 0 37 0 1 0 1
167
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Sl. Circle Division Details of vehicles confiscated Qty of Apporx. Qty of timber Value
No sandalwood Value of seized (Rs. In lakhs)
seized sandalwood
Autorickshaw Cycle Boat Jeep Others (Rs. In lakhs)
1 2 3 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
1 Bengaluru Bengaluru- Urban 0 0 0 0 0 383.78 4.96 22.296
Bengaluru- Rural
Ramanagara 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 Mussi
Timmber, 3
Teak Timber
0.169 cum,
Bage 17.972
cum

Kolar
Chikkaballapura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bannerghatta National park
Total 0 0 0 0 0 395.78 4.96 22.296 0
2 Belagavi Belgaum 0 0 0 0 0 40.605 0 0 0
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

Vijayapura 0 0 0 0 1 6923.77 138.4754 26.33 3.47

Bagalkot 0 0 0 0 0 5347.34 106.9468 - -
Gokak 0 0 0 0 0 124.9 10.18 0
Total 0 0 0 0 1 12436.62 245.42 36.51 3.47
3 Ballari Bellary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chitradurga 0 0 0 0 0 89 0
Davanagere
Koppala 0 0 0 0 0 42.5 3.2 0 0
Vijayanagara 228.5
Total 0 0 0 0 0 360 3.2 0 0
Contd..........
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DIVISIONWISE FOREST OFFENCE CASES FROM 1.4.2023 TO 31.03.2024

Sl. Circle Division Details of vehicles confiscated Qty of Apporx. Qty of timber Value
No sandalwood Value of seized (Rs. In lakhs)
seized sandalwood
Autorickshaw Cycle Boat Jeep Others (Rs. In lakhs)

1 2 3 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
4 Chamarajanagar B.R.T. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

M.M.Betta, Kolegala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kaveri., Wildlife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 Chikkamagalur Bhadra Tiger Reserve 0 0 0 0 0 15.25 0.45 16.939

Chikmagalur
Annexures

Koppa
Total 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 16.939
6 Dharwad Dharwad 0 0 0 0 0 593 13.747

Gadaga
Haveri 0 0 0 0 0 461 1.38 41.906 2.73

Ranibennur wl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 0 0 0 0 0 461 1.38 41.91 2.73

7 Hassan Hassan 0 0 0 0 0 463.63 25.791 279.051 68.616

Tumkur 0 0 0 0 0

Total 0 0 0 0 0 463.63 25.791 279.051 68.616

169

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Sl. Circle Division Details of vehicles confiscated Qty of Apporx. Qty of timber Value
No sandalwood Value of seized (Rs. In lakhs)
seized sandalwood
Autorickshaw Cycle Boat Jeep Others (Rs. In lakhs)

1 2 3 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
8 Kalburgi Bidar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kalaburgi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yadgiri 0 0 0 0 0 480.8 0 0 0
Raichur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 480.8 0 0 0
9 Kanara KTR Dandeli wildlife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haliyal 0 0 0 0 0 96 9.6 19.67 13.39
Honnavar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75.03 12.07
Karwar 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 54.55 8.17
Sirsi 0 0 0 0 0 35 0.76 119.16 20.91
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

Yallapur 0 0 0 0 1 654.8 1.64 116.49 13.53

Total 0 0 0 0 2 785.8 12 384.9 68.07
10 Kodagu NagarholeTiger Reserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Madikeri 0 0 0 0 0 603 Kg 32,50,000 Beete timber Beete timber -
12.399 m3 9.439 M3 Others 10,00,911/-
timber 69.631 Others timber
M3 Others Fire - 7,07,729/-
wood 482.000 Fire wood -
M3 49,045/-
Contd..........
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DIVISIONWISE FOREST OFFENCE CASES FROM 1.4.2023 TO 31.03.2024
Sl. Circle Division Details of vehicles confiscated Qty of Apporx. Qty of timber Value
No sandalwood Value of seized (Rs. In lakhs)
seized sandalwood
Autorickshaw Cycle Boat Jeep Others (Rs. In lakhs)

1 2 3 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71

Virajpet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Beeti 25 logs- 429322

2.791 M3
Beeti billets -
25 Nos-1.500,
Halasu 5 Log-
0.573 M3,
Halasu &
Hebbalasu 6
Annexures

Logs-
4.775M3.
Madikeri wildlife Beete logs-
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36=5.935 m3.
Beete size-
21=2.895 M3
Other 53
Logs=13.262
M3 Devdaru
planks-65=
2.650 M3,

Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Contd..........
171
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DIVISIONWISE FOREST OFFENCE CASES FROM 1.4.2023 TO 31.03.2024

Sl. Circle Division Details of vehicles confiscated Qty of Apporx. Qty of timber Value
No sandalwood Value of seized (Rs. In lakhs)
seized sandalwood
Autorickshaw Cycle Boat Jeep Others (Rs. In lakhs)

1 2 3 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
11 Mangalore Mangalore 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 Mopu-153.577 40.91
g.m timber
420.800 g.m
pole 131
number, size
4.769,
halmaddi 5.00
kg. Acacia
Billets 23.370
gm
Kundapur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karkala, wildlife 0 0 0 0 0 42.35 0.11 Beet Dimmi- 24.68
5.677, Beet
Dimmi-
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

0.145m3, Other
Dimmi-
49.268m3 Size-
18.990m3,
Wood-
32.004AA3
Parota-20 No.,
Ela-20 No.
Total 1 0 0 2 0 42.35 0.11 0 65.59
Contd..........
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DIVISIONWISE FOREST OFFENCE CASES FROM 1.4.2023 TO 31.03.2024

Sl. Circle Division Details of vehicles confiscated Qty of Apporx. Qty of timber Value
No sandalwood Value of seized (Rs. In lakhs)
seized sandalwood
Autorickshaw Cycle Boat Jeep Others (Rs. In lakhs)

1 2 3 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
12 Mysuru Mysore

Hunsur

Mandya

Mysore Wildlife - - - - - - - - -

Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Annexures

13 Shivamogga Shimoga 0 0 0 0 0 318 15.9 83.787 81.056

Bhadravati 0 0 0 0 0 207.57 8.1845 47.2268 8.1612

Sagara 1 0 0 0 0 763.389 34.35 285.631 75.799

Shivamoga wildlife 0 0 0 0 0 579.2 0 46.255 20.282

Total 1 0 0 0 0 1868.159 58.4345 462.90 185.30

14 FDPT,Mysuru Bandipura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RGNP, Hunsur (Nagarahole 0 0 0 0 0 14.17 0.76 0 0

Tiger Reserve

Total 0 0 0 0 0 14.17 0.76 0 0

STATE TOTAL 2 0 0 2 3 17323.309 352.0555 1244.5058 393.7742

173

Source: Office of the APCCF (Vigilance)

174 ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

ANNEXURE - 15
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE FOREST DEPARTMENT
FROM 2006-07 TO 2023-24
(Rs. crore)

SI.No Year Revenue Expenditure

1 2006-07 127.07 326.5

2 2007-08 129.33 373.18

3 2008-09 124.20 448.48

4 2009-10 212.44 518.18

5 2010-11 164.68 555.098

6 2011-12 168.29 665.40

7 2012-13 171.50 852.12

8 2013-14 161.12 1015.66

9 2014-15 174.11 1164.36

10 2015-16 155.47 1253.81

11 2016-17 286.81 1391.25

12 2017-18 310.62 1425.31

13 2018-19 280.11 1536.22

14 2019-20 245.34 1759.78

15 2020-21 255.36 1774.63

16 2021-22 260.35 2101.26

17 2022-23 304.25 2280.58

18 2023-24 403.84 1677.66

Source: *REVENUE-FRM Section, **Expenditure- Budget Section

 Annexures 175

ANNEXURE - 16
DETAILS OF REVENUE
(Rs in lakh)

Accounts 2022-23 Revised Estimates 2023-24 Budget Estimates 2024-25

Forest Forest Forest

Revenue Revenue Revenue
Development Development Development
Tax Tax Tax

1 2 3 4 5 6

1540.81 30425.68 2000.00 19511.00 1500.00 22106.20

Source: Office of the APCCF FRM Section

ANNEXURE - 17
DETAILS OF EXPENDITURE
(Rs in lakh)

Accounts 2022-23 Revised Estimates 2023-24 Budget Estimates 2024-25

Capital Revenue Capital Revenue Capital Revenue

1 2 3 4 5 6

60,677.05 1,44,448.95 67,200.00 1,43,740.84 60,981.00 1,67,766.11

Source: Office of the APCCF (A & C)
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests
(Head of Forest Force)
Aranya Bhavan,18th Cross, Malleshwaram,
Bangalore - 560003, Karnataka.