NEW DELHI: (AMN) The Government has signed an agreement with Japanese Bank of International Co-operation for a project called ‘Capacity Development for Forest Management and Training of Personnel.
This was informed by the Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh in a reply to a question by P. Karunakaran in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
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The total cost of the project is Rs.225.00 Crore and duration of project is five years and three months.
The main objective of the project is improvement of infrastructure, course curriculum and teaching methodologies in the State Forest Training Institutes meant for training of Forest Guards and Foresters. There are ten states including Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttarakhand in the project. West Bengal and the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Mizoram are kept as Buffers States. The State of Sikkim has been deleted as Japanese Bank of International Co-operation funds a separate project including the components of the project and consent of buffer states has been sought. Budget provision of Rs.34.90 Crore is made in the current financial year.