Non-Forest Areas proposed for Jatropha Curcas Plantation
200 districts in 19 potential_tates have been identified on the basis of availability of wasteland, rural poverty ratio, below poverty line (BPL) census and agro-climatic conditions suitable for jatropha cultivation. Each district will be treated as a block and under each block 15,000 hecter jatropha plantittfon will be undertaken through farmers. Proposal is to provide green coverage to about 3 Million hectares of wasteland through plantation of jatropha in 200 identified districts over a period of 3 years.
Andhra Pradesh Adilabad, Anantapur, Chittoor, Cuddapah, Kuroool, Karim Nagar, Mehboob Nagar, Nellore, Nalgonda, Prakasam, Visakhapatnam, Warrangal.
Bihar Araria, Aurangabad, Banka, Betiah (West Champaran), Bhagalpur, Gaya, Jahanabad, Jamui,-Kaimur, Latehar, Muzzaffarpur, Munger, Nawada.
Chhattisgarh Bastar, Bilaspur, Dantewada,"Dhamtri, Durg, Jagdalpur, Janjgir-champa, Kanker, Kawardha, korba, Mahasaund, Rajnandgaon, Raipur, Raigarh, Surguj.
Jharkhand Bokaro, Chatra, Daltenganj, Devgarh, Dhanbad, Dumka, Garhwa, Godda, Giridih, Gumla, Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Koderma, Pakur, Palamu, Ranchi, Sahibganj, Singbhum(East), Singbhum(West).
Gujarat Ahmedabad, Amedi, Banaskantha, Bhavnagar, Junagarh, Jamnagar, Kutch, Rajkot, Surendranagar, Sural.
Goa Panaji, Padi, Ponda, Sanguelim.
Himachal Pradesh Bilaspur, Nahan, Parvanu, Solan, Unna.
Haryana Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jind, Jhajjar, Mohindergarh, Punchkula, Rewari, Rohtak.
Karnataka Bijapur, Bellary, Bangalore, Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Chitradurga, Daksina Kannada, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kolar, Mysore, Raichur, TumkW, Udupi.
Kerala Kottayam, Quilon Trichur, Thiruvananthapuram.
Madhya Pradesh Betul, Chhindwara, Guna, Hoshingabad, Jabalpur, Khandwa , Mand Saur, Mandla, Nimar (Khargaon), Ratlam, Raisena, Rewa, Shahdol, Shajapur, Shivpuri, Sagar, Satna, Shahdol, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Vidisha.
Maharashtra Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Amrawati, Akola, Beed, Buldana, Dhule, Nasik, Osmanabad, Parbhani, Pune, Ratnagiri, Raigad, Thane, Yavatmal.
Orissa Bolangir, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Ganiam, Gajapati, Jajapur, Koraput, Keonjhar, Kalahandi, Nowrangpur, Nawapra, Phulbani, Puri.
Punjab Ferozpur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Patiala, Sangrur.
Rajasthan Ajmer, Alwar, Barmar, Bilwara, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Sawai Madhopur, Udaipur.
Tamil Nadu Coimbatore, Chennai, Dharmapuri, Erode, Madurai, Peri gar, Salem, Tirunelvelli, Vellore.
Uttar Pradesh Allahabad, Agra, Balia, Bulandshare, Bhadohi, Baharaich, Chhitrakut, Deoria, Ferozabad, Faizabad, Ghazipur, Hardoi, Jaunpur, Shahjahanpur.
Uttaranchal Chamoli, Dehradun, Pithoragarh, Rishikesh, Udhamsingh Nagar, Uttrakashi.
West Bengal Balurghat, Barasat, Burdwan, Cochbehar, Darjeeling, Hoogly, Howrah, Jalpaigudi, Mednapur, Murshidabad, MaIda, West Dinajpur, 24-Parganas South.
