Annexure - I
District-wise Forest Cover - Tamil Nadu in 2007
Sl.No Name of the
District Geographical
Area (Km2) Forest Cover
(Km2)
Percentage to Geographical
Area
1. Ariyalur 1947 317 16.28
2. Chennai 144 9 6.25
3. Coimbatore 7469 1870 25.04
4. Cuddalore 3706 444 11.98
5. Dharmapuri 9622 3027 31.46
6. Dindigul 5580 1429 25.61
7. Erode 8209 2215 26.98
8. Kancheepuram 4474 372 8.31
9. Kanniyakumari 1684 479 28.44
10. Karur 2901 88 3.03
11. Madurai 4277 568 13.28
12. Nagapattinam 2140 58 2.71
13. Namakkal 3413 544 15.94
14. Perambalur 1748 141 8.07
15. Pudukkottai 4651 252 5.42
16. Ramanathapuram 4232 273 6.45
17. Salem 5235 1218 23.27
18. Sivaganga 4086 312 7.64
19. Thanjavur 3415 183 5.36
20. The Nilgiris 2549 2048 80.35
21. Theni 2764 1008 36.47
22. Thiruvallur 3413 213 6.24
23. Thiruvarur 2716 29 1.07
24. Tiruchchirapalli 4511 410 9.09
25. Tirunelveli 6810 1239 18.19
26. Tiruvannamalai 6191 1387 22.40
27. Toothukudi 4621 167 3.61
28. Vellore 6077 1738 28.60
29. Villupuram 7190 1011 14.06
30. Virudhunagar 4283 289 6.75
Total 130058 23338 17.94
(Source: India State of Forest Report 2009, Forest Survey of India, Ministry of Environment
& Forests, Government of India.)
Annexure II
QUESTIONNAIRE FOR MEMBERS OF VFC / EDC
I. GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Name of the Village Forest Committee
(VFC) / Eco Development Committee
(EDC) in which you are member
:
2. Date of Information of VFC / EDC :
3. Date from which you are a member :
4. Name of the Respondent :
5. Address of Respondent :
6. Name of the Panchayat :
7. Ward No. :
8. Religion :
9. Community (SC/ST/MBC/OC) :
10. Caste :
11. Family Details :
Total
Members Adult Children Male Female Normal Disabled
II. SIZE OF FAMILY
S.N
o.
Nam
e o
f
fam
ily
mem
ber
s R
elat
ion
ship
Age
Sex
(M/F
)
Mar
ital
stat
us
(Mar
ried
/
Sin
gle)
Edn
l.
Qu
alif
icat
ion
Std
. stu
dyi
ng
(if
dro
po
ut
at
wh
ich
leve
l)
Occ
up
atio
n
Mo
nth
ly
inco
me
(in
Rs.
)
(No
rmal
/
Dis
able
men
t)
(If
dis
able
…..)
III. INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES AVAILABLE
S.No. Details Before 2002 After 2002
1. a) House
i) Owned
ii) Rented
b) Location
i) RF
ii) Patta
iii) Poramboke
c) Type of house
i) Thatched roofs / Kutcha
ii) Tiles
iii) Concrete / Pucca
d) Year of Construction
e) Cost of construction
f) Present value
g) Floor type
i) Mud
ii) Cement
iii) Mosaic
h) Electricity available (Yes /No)
If no, alternate source
i) Kerosene
ii) Solar
iii) Others (specify)
2. Hospital
A. Medical facilities
a) Private Hospitals
b) Govt. hospitals
c) Medical camps
i) Siddha
ii) Allopathy
iii) Any other preferred
B. Distance travelled for medical facilities
C. Nature of treatment
i) Fees
ii) Cost Basis
If cost basis, mention how much/treatment
i) Private hospitals
ii) Govt. hospitals
S.No. Details Before 2002 After 2002
3. Education
Name of the school
Standard upto which classes
permitted
No. of teacher available
No. of student per class
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh
Eighth
Ninth
Tenth
Hr. Secondary
No. of school drop outs
No. of literate
No. of student in college level
i) UG
ii) PG
School funded by
Infrastructure available in schools
i) Tables
ii) Chairs
iii) Benches
iv) Other
4. Electricity
a) No. of street lights available
i) Tube lights
ii) Sodium vapour lamps
iii) Others (specify)
b) Periodical replacement
i) As and when it fails
ii) Occasionally
iii) Biannual basis
iv) Annual basis
c) No. of bulbs in house
S.No. Details Before 2002 After 2002
d) To whom you will be requesting in case of failure of lights (specify)
i)
ii)
iii)
e) Distance to be travelled for reporting failure / fuse of lamps
f) Replacement of street lights
i) Own cost
ii) Panchayat Union
iii) FDAs
iv) Other sources (specify)
g) Whether they attend the failures
i) Immediately
ii) Occasionally
iii) Others (Specify)
h) Others if any
IV. INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
S.No Nature of employment BEFORE 2002 AFTER 2002
Man
day
s
gen
erat
ed
R
s. /
man
day
Tota
l
inco
me
M
an d
ays
gen
erat
ed
Rs.
/ m
an
day
Tota
l
inco
me
1. Agriculture
a)
b)
c)
d)
2. Forest produce collection & sale
a)
b)
c)
d)
3. Wage labour
a) Family labour
b) Agriculture wages
c) Industrial labour
d) Others (specify) – Afforestation
4. Dairying
a) Milch cow
b) Buffalo
S.No Nature of employment BEFORE 2002 AFTER 2002
Man
day
s
gen
erat
ed
Rs.
/ m
an
day
Tota
l
inco
me
Man
day
s
gen
erat
ed
Rs.
/ m
an
day
Tota
l
inco
me
5. Rearing of animals
a) Calves
b) Sheeps
c) Goats
d) Poultry
6. Apiculture
7. Sericulture
8. Occupation
a) Private
b) Government
c) Other source
9. d) Brokerage if any
10. Collection and sale of fodder
11. Any other information in support of
income & employment generation
including migration
a) Sale of young animals
b) Sale of animal stocks
c) Dividend /interest on deposits
d) Hiring out of animals
e) Sale of grains to others
f) Others
V. CONSUMPTION EXPENSES
S.
No.
Particulars Monthly purchase Annual
Quantity Value (Rs.) Quantity Value (Rs.)
Before
2002
After
2002
Before
2002
After
2002
Before
2002
After
2002
Before
2002
After
2002
1. Food
a) Rice
b) Cereals
c) Pulse
d) Oil
e) Sugar
f) Tea
g) Mutton
h) Chicken
i) Egg
j) Fish
k) Vegetables
l) Fruits
2. Education
3. Clothing
4. Health
5. Functions & Ceremonies
6. Social & religious
7. Fuels & lighting
8. Fodder
9. Fuelwood
10. Fiber
11. Others
a) Insurance
b) Vehicle tax
c) Loan repayment
d) Recreation
VI. ANIMAL SUPPORT SYSTEM
S.No. Details Before 2002 After 2002
1. Working animals
i) No. of animal hired
ii) Hired
iii) Rs. Per hour if hired
2. Milch animals
i) No. of animals used
a) Local
b) Hybrid
ii) Milk yield / day
iii) Name of the milch animal (Cow / Buffalo)
iv) No. of calves / obtained in a year
v) To whom you are selling
vi) Home consumption (how much?)
3. Sheep
i) No. of animals owned
ii) No. of animals leased in
iii) No. of animals leased out
iv) No. of breeds obtained in a year
v) To whom you made a tie-up for sales
4. Goat
i) No. of animals owned
ii) No. of animals leased in
iii) No. of animals leased out
iv) No. of breeds obtained in a year
v) To whom you made a tie-up for sales
5. Other animals if any (specify)
a) Poultry
i) No. of birds
ii) With whom you made a tie-up
iii) Margin obtained / unit
iv) Specify if any information you want to
include
VII. CONSTRAINTS IN CROP AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION a) Crop Enterprise
S.No. Biological constraints
Ranks given to each
constraint
Before 2002 After 2002
1. Lack of suitable varieties
2. Water problem
a) Scarce
b) Water logged
3. Drainage problem
4. Pest and diseases
5. Problem of soil
6. Weed infestation
7. Wildlife damage
8. Poaching
9. Others if any
b) Livestock enterprise
S.No. Biological constraints
Ranks given to each
constraint
Before 2002 After 2002
1. Poor yielder
2. Pest / disease endemic
3. Low genetic capacity
S.No. Technical constraints
Ranks given to each
constraint
Before 2002 After 2002
1. Non availability of quality feed
2. Non availability of feed combination ratio
3. Non availability of technical guidance
S.No. Socio-economic constraints
Ranks given to each
constraint
Before 2002 After 2002
1. Availability of feeds
Grazing area
Lack of veterinary care
High price of inputs
High price of livestock
Poor price for products
Unorganized market facility
Others if any (please add)
VIII. Details of other agricultural related successful enterprise
i) Any other enterprise undertaken? : Yes / No
ii) If she / he is aware of any other enterprise? : Yes / No
If yes,
S.No. Enterprise Order of
preference
Expected
outcome
Reasons for
preference
IX. Reasons for not resorting to such enterprise
S.No. Biological constraints
Ranks given to each
constraint
Before 2002 After 2002
1. Lack of knowledge / technical information
2. Lack of funds
3. High initial investment
4. Lack of market facility
5. Lack of transport facility
6. Others (specify)
i)
ii)
iii)
X. Suggest possible opportunities for increasing the present level of income and employment for your farm / household
1.
2.
3.
XI. Assistance expected from Government or other organization
Type of assistance Agency Remarks
XII. How regularly do you and your family members go for fuelwood collection?
What fuel do they use for cooking?
Details Before 2002 After 2002
a) Almost every day
b) Once a week
c) Once a fortnight
d) Once a month
e) Once in 3 months
f) Once or twice a year
g) Others (specify)
XIII. Nature of wood you prefer (Specify the species)
S.No. Details of wood preferred Before 2002 After 2002
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
XIV. What types of fodder do you fetch when you go for fodder collection?
S.No. Name of the fodder Quantity / day
Value of collection fodder, if
sold in the market
Before 2002 After 2002 Before 2002 After 2002
XV. Distance travelled for collection of fuelwood, fodder, etc.
S.No. Nature of travel Mode Distance / day
(Kms.)
Remarks
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
XVI. Problems faced in mobilizing resources
S.No. Details Before 2002 After 2002
1. Problems due to Forest Department
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
2. Due to wild animals
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
3. Others
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
XVII. Details of land use
S.No. Details Before 2002 After 2002
1. Land owned (Ha)
Leased in land
Leased out land
Total land (in Ha.)
2. Type of land
Rainfed
Irrigated
Garden land
3. Nature of cultivation
Shifting
Regular
4. Cropping pattern
S.No. Name of the crop
Before 2002 After 2002
Area in
Ha
Yield
obtained
Area in
Ha
Yield
obtained
1. Agricultural crops (Cereals)
a)
b)
c)
d)
2. Pulse crops
a)
b)
c)
3. Others
a)
b)
c)
5. Income generation
S.No. Details of activity Before 2002 After 2002
1. Agriculture
2. As labour wages
3. i) Private
Permanent
Casual
Contractual
ii) Government
Permanent
Casual
Contractual
4. Collection & sale of Non-Timber
Forest Produces (NTFPs)
5. Others (specify)
XVIII. Details of assistance provided for the Asset creation
S.No. Name of assistance Assistance provided by whom
Before 2002 After 2002
1. Agricultural inputs
a) Seed
b) Fertilizer
c) Pesticides
d) Others
2. Agricultural implements & tools
a)
b)
c)
3. Animals
a) Cow
b) Buffalo
c) Sheep
d) Goats
e) Poultry
f) Others
4. Other activities, if any
XIX. Community development
S. No.
Details of assets
Before 2002 After 2002
No
. of
asse
ts
cre
ate
d
Val
ue
in R
s.
No
. of
villa
ges
/ m
em
be
rs
be
ne
fitt
ed
No
. of
asse
ts
cre
ate
d
Val
ue
in R
s.
No
. of
villa
ges
/ m
em
be
rs
be
ne
fitt
ed
1. Non Residential
a) Creech
b) Community hall
c) TV Room
d) Grocery shop
e) Common toilet
f) Drying yard
g) Others if any (specify)
h) Roads
i) Black top
ii) Cement top
iii) Kutcha road
i) Wells
i) Bore wells
ii) Open wells
iii) Tube wells
j) Check dams
k) Percolation ponds
l) Ponds / tanks
m) Gully plugging
2. Transportation
a) Autos
b) Mini buses
c) Town bus permits / extensions
d) Tractor
e) Others if any (specify)
3. Audiovisual aids & recreation
a) Radio room
b) Television
c) Talkies / theatre
S. No.
Details of assets
Before 2002 After 2002
No
. of
asse
ts
cre
ate
d
Val
ue
in R
s.
No
. of
villa
ges
/ m
em
be
rs
be
ne
fitt
ed
No
. of
asse
ts
cre
ate
d
Val
ue
in R
s.
No
. of
villa
ges
/ m
em
be
rs
be
ne
fitt
ed
4. Library and information
a) No. of books
i) Education interest
ii) Soil interest
iii) Recreation interest
iv) Knowledge building
v) Computer facilities
5. Drinking water
a) Overhead tanks
b) Common water storage
c) Streams
d) Rivers /dams
e) Others
6. Recreation needs
a) Club
b) Reading room
c) Others
7. Training needs
a) Production
b) Processing
c) Harvesting
d) Marketing
e) Health maintenance
f) Baby care
g) Micro finance & banking
h) Others
8. Social participation by the tribes
a) No. of festivals attended
b) No. of meetings attended
c) How many occasions in sharing the resources in holidays / holydays
d) How many worshipping performed
e) Others if any
XX. FDA contribution (Forest Department contribution through FDA)
S.
No. Name of activity
No. of
assets
created
Cost
in Rs. Remarks
A) Asset creation (Movable & Immovable Assets)
a) Immovable
i) Residential building (Group house)
ii) Non-residential buildings
(Creech, Community hall, TV Shed, School, Toilets,
Cow shed, Tractor shed, Store room, Drying yard,
Pump house, etc.)
iii) Roads (Construction, repairing) Black tap Mud Concrete
iv) Wells (Bore wells, Tube wells, Open wells, etc.)
Overhead tanks
v) Provision shop, Ration shop etc.
Others (Street light, Solar lights, etc.)
b) Movable
i) Agricultural implements
(Tractors, Ploughs, Sprayer, Duster etc.)
ii) Vehicle (Auto, Mini bus, Cycle, etc.)
B. Employment Generation
a) By Self Help Group - MFP collection - Loan - Shop (Tea shop, Provision shop) - Others
b) By Govt. Schemes (Central & State Govt.) - SGRY - PMGY - IAY - Magalir Thittam - Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve (NBR) - Western Ghats Development
Programme(WGDP) - TamilNadu Afforestation Programme (TAP) - National Afforestation Programme (NAP) - Project Elephant
c) By NGOs / V.As
- OSAI - CDFPES - KEYSTONE - Others
S.
No.
Name of activity No. of
assets
created
Cost
in Rs.
Remarks
d) Others - Supply of fruit bearing seedlings - Supply of Jatropha seedlings
C) Welfare Measures
a) Medical / Health camps
b) Veterinary camps
c) Training Programme - Sericulture - Apiculture - Fruit harvesting training - Others
Attitude towards VFCs/EDCs
Sl.No Statement Agree Undecided Disagree
1. VFC/EDC has made significant improvements
in the socio economic conditions of
members.
2. Since no good work is done no need for
existence of VFC/EDC.
3. VFC/EDC promotes mutual cooperation
among people.
4. VFC/EDC has helped in protecting the forest.
5. VFC/EDC does not help to solve problems of
local people.
6. VFC/EDC is a old concept and it has nothing
new to offer.
Attitude towards Forest Department
Sl.No Statement Agree Undecided Disagree
1. Forest department makes sincere efforts
to organise people and involve them in
decision making through VFC/EDC and
help them genuinely.
2. Since VFC/EDC does not help people
monetarily it is a failure
3. Through VFC/EDC, there is positive
relationship between forest department
officials and people.
4. VFE/EDC is only a means to get funds
from central government.
5. VFC/EDC will create a profound impact in
optimising and stabilizing the income of
people
6. Even after the formation of VFC/EDC
harassment by the forest department
people does not get reduced.
XXI. Do you think FDA is required and to be continued? Yes / No
If No, on what lines and how the support services are to be extended?
If yes, who has to contribute maximum (pl. rank)
A. 1. Forest Department
2. Agriculture Department
3. Horticulture Department
4. Health Department
5. Education Department
6. Rural Development Department
7. Tribal Welfare Department
8. Revenue Department
B. Non-Government Organization
C. Self-Help Groups
D. Others
XXII. What are the suggestions on your part to increase the facilities for tribals? (Please specify)