Lok Sabha Question No. 88 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-15
Subject: Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RAVNEET SINGH, NINONG ERING

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.88

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2017

## Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016.

88 SHRI  RAVNEET SINGH: SHRI  NINONG ERING:

Will  the  Minister  of  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND  CLIMATE  CHANGE  be  pleased  to State:

- (a) the  present  status  of  the  release  of  mandatory  rules  under  Compensatory  Afforestation Fund Act, 2016 (CAF) of the Ministry;
- (b) whether Rules are  yet to be formulated under CAF, if so,  the reasons therefor and the time by which the said rules is likely to be notified;
- (c) the details of consultations which have taken place in the last one year on formulations of the Rules;
- (d) whether there has been any engagement with civil society organizations in this regard, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  total  amount  spent  on  afforestation  drives  of  various  states  during  each  of  the  last three years, States/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) The rules under CAF Act are in the process of formulation.
- (b),(c) & (d) Yes. The rules are under preparation in consultation with the States/UTs/Stakeholders. In the last one year, extensive consultations have been undertaken involving States / Union Territories, Departments of Central Government,  including  Ministry  of  Finance,  Integrated  Finance  Division  of Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change and other stakeholders and Comptroller  and  Auditor  General.    Five  such  important  meetings/consultations have been held so far.
- (e) The  fund  released  upto  30.11.2017  to  different  States/Union  Territories  from Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  managed  by  Ad-hoc  CAMPA  is  placed  at Annexure-A . No fund has been transferred to the States/Union Territories under Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  Act,  2016.  The  fund  released  under  Ad-hoc CAMPA  are  being  used  by  States  /  Union  Territories for  compensatory afforestation and other ancilliary activities.

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Annexure 'A' referred to in the answer to part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.88 by Shri Ravneet Singh and Shri Ninong Ering due for written answer on 15th December 2017.

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                 | Releases (In Rs.) [2009-10 to 30.11.2017]   |
|-----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 1         | 2                        | 3                                           |
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 57,687,000.00                               |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           | 8,827,015,000.00                            |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 3,583,684,000.00                            |
| 4         | Assam                    | 1,228,858,100.00                            |
| 5         | Bihar                    | 1,501,543,400.00                            |
| 6         | Chandigarh               | 42,822,000.00                               |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh             | 12,932,440,000.00                           |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 3,218,000.00                                |
| 9         | Daman &Diu               |                                             |
| 10        | Delhi                    | 196,748,000.00                              |
| 11        | Goa                      | 454,665,000.00                              |
| 12        | Gujarat                  | 2,838,332,000.00                            |
| 13        | Haryana                  | 2,329,550,000.00                            |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh         | 5,734,689,400.00                            |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir           | 2,387,835,000.00                            |
| 16        | Jharkhand                | 10,531,239,300.00                           |
| 17        | Karnataka                | 4,853,833,000.00                            |
| 18        | Kerala                   | 76,558,000.00                               |
| 19        | Lakshadweep              |                                             |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh           | 8,615,347,000.00                            |
| 21        | Maharashtra              | 10,276,865,000.00                           |
| 22        | Manipur                  | 882,369,000.00                              |
| 23        | Meghalaya                | 167,264,000.00                              |
| 24        | Mizoram                  | 326,752,000.00                              |
| 25        | Nagaland                 |                                             |
| 26        | Odisha                   | 18,221,525,050.00                           |
| 27        | Pudducherry              |                                             |
| 28        | Punjab                   | 2,834,663,872.00                            |
| 29        | Rajasthan                | 5,344,817,000.00                            |
| 30        | Sikkim                   | 704,826,000.00                              |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu               | 224,029,000.00                              |
| 32        | Telangana                | 3,300,001,000.00                            |
| 33        | Tripura                  | 500,036,300.00                              |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh            | 4,528,385,400.00                            |
| 35        | Uttarakhand              | 8,533,890,000.00                            |
| 36        | West Bengal              | 374,153,000.00                              |
|           | Grand Total              | 122,415,640,822.00                          |