Lok Sabha Question No. 3938 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-10
Subject: Compensatory Afforestation Fund
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3938

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2018

## Compensatory Afforestation Fund

## 3938.  SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA :

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  notified  draft  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  (CAF Rules,  2018  to  facilitate  utilisation  of  funds  collected in  lieu of  forest  land  diverted under  Forest  (Conservation)  Act,  1980,  for  non-forest  purposes  such  as  industrial projects like mining;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the total fund received by the Government till now by diverting forest lands for nonforest purposes;
- (d) whether there is certain opposition against the draft compensatory Afforestation Fund Rules, 2018; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) The  Gazette  Notification  of  Draft  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  Rule, 2018  has  been  published  on  17 th February,  2018  for  obtaining  comments  / suggestions from the stakeholders and final draft Compensatory Afforestation Fund Rules has been approved by Ministry of Law & Justice.
- (c) Total  amount  available  with  various  State  /UT  CAMPAs  as  on  31.03.2018 was Rs. 66298 crore including interest.  The fund released upto 31.03.2018 to different  States/Union  Territories  from  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund managed by Ad-hoc CAMPA against the Annual Plan of Operation approved by  the  Steering  Committee  of  State  CAMPA  is  Rs.  14,418  crore  placed  at Annexure-A .  The funds are utilised as per the CAMPA Guidelines
- (d) & (e) No Madam. The draft CAF Rules,2018 was published in gazette on 17.2.2018 and the  comments received have been examined and incorporated wherever required  in the final draft CAF Rules,2018.

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Annexure  'A'  referred  to  in  the  answer  to  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question  No.  3938  by      SHRI      DUSHYANT  CHAUTALA  due  for  written answer on 10.08. 2018 regarding Compensatory Afforestation Fund.

| S.No.       | State/UT                 | Amount including Principal and interest (in Rs.)   | Amount released to State/UT CAF till 31.03.2018 (in Rupees)   |
|-------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1           | 2                        |                                                    | 3                                                             |
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh           | 36,68,39,59,506                                    | 9,46,70,15,000                                                |
| 2           | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 41,76,56,836                                       | 5,76,87,000                                                   |
| 3           | Arunachal Pradesh        | 24,52,23,89,291                                    | 3,58,36,84,000                                                |
| 4           | Assam                    | 7,57,65,49,374                                     | 1,50,88,58,100                                                |
| 5           | Bihar                    | 7,12,37,50,491                                     | 1,48,35,24,000                                                |
| 6           | Chandigarh               | 18,99,53,636                                       | 4,85,22,000                                                   |
| 7           | Chhattisgarh             | 72,88,16,66,148                                    | 12,93,24,40,000                                               |
| 8           | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 19,94,25,842                                       | 32,18,000                                                     |
| 9           | Daman &Diu               | 1,27,31,758                                        | -                                                             |
| 10          | Delhi                    | 2,47,64,50,871                                     | 18,17,49,105                                                  |
| 11          | Goa                      | 4,00,79,15,221                                     | 45,46,65,000                                                  |
| 12          | Gujarat                  | 20,11,54,32,876                                    | 3,64,83,32,000                                                |
| 13          | Haryana                  | 16,32,16,58,812                                    | 2,74,95,50,000                                                |
| 14          | Himachal Pradesh         | 27,10,98,16,200                                    | 6,71,09,89,400                                                |
| 15          | Jammu &Kashmir           | 15,54,61,21,190                                    | 2,77,78,35,000                                                |
| 16          | Jharkhand                | 51,93,58,51,431                                    | 11,53,12,39,300                                               |
| 17          | Karnataka                | 19,82,15,12,315                                    | 5,27,78,33,000                                                |
| 18          | Kerala                   | 1,12,91,19,029                                     | 15,65,58,000                                                  |
| 19          | Madhya Pradesh           | 63,53,67,02,548                                    | 8,61,53,47,000                                                |
| 20          | Maharashtra              | 50,29,49,53,949                                    | 11,20,68,65,000                                               |
| 21          | Manipur                  | 4,18,86,47,237                                     | 88,23,69,000                                                  |
| 22          | Meghalaya                | 1,93,51,02,390                                     | 23,72,64,000                                                  |
| 23          | Mizoram                  | 1,20,74,49,539                                     | 37,67,52,000                                                  |
| 24          | Odisha                   | 97,25,19,20,695                                    | 30,76,02,25,050                                               |
| 25          | Punjab                   | 13,71,57,77,176                                    | 3,42,46,63,878                                                |
| 26          | Rajasthan                | 26,35,79,97,645                                    | 6,20,54,17,000                                                |
| 27          | Sikkim                   | 4,45,93,77,133                                     | 79,23,49,000                                                  |
| 28          | Tamil Nadu               | 1,48,07,82,280                                     | 30,08,29,000                                                  |
| 29          | Telangana                | 21,55,19,30,023                                    | 3,56,21,80,000                                                |
| 30          | Tripura                  | 2,57,64,22,125                                     | 43,61,36,300                                                  |
| 31          | Uttar Pradesh            | 25,57,17,61,335                                    | 5,89,83,85,400                                                |
| 32          | Uttarakhand              | 38,01,17,25,003                                    | 8,53,38,90,000                                                |
| 33          | West Bengal              | 2,77,32,93,766                                     | 37,41,53,000                                                  |
| Grand Total | Grand Total              | 6,62,98,58,03,669                                  | 144,18,05,24,533                                              |