Lok Sabha Question No. 151 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-02
Subject: Funds to States under CAMPA
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: C.S. PUTTARAJU

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 151

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2018

## Funds to States under CAMPA

## 151. SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU.

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

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  is  due  to  release  funds  to  States  under  Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA);
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  manner  in  which  the  States  are  utiliting  the  funds  released  under  CAMPA  and expenditure against the releases, State/ UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) funds are released to the State CAMPAs constituted in participating States/ UTs, in terms  of  the  Order  dated  10 th July  2009,  and  judgement  dated  12 th march  2014  of  the Hon'ble supreme court of India in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 202/1995: T N Godavarman Thirumapad Vs UOI & Ors. A statement showing the State / UT wise releases since the year 2009 is at Annexure-A .
- (c)    the funds are released to the States / UTs from Compensatory Afforestation Fund of the State managed by Ad-hoc CAMPA as per the annual plan of operation approved by the Steering Committee of State CAMPA.  The activities undertaken includes compensatory afforestation, soil and moisture conservation, catchment area treatment, wildlife management plan and allied activities etc.

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Annexure  'A' referred to in the answer to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 151 by  Shri  C.S.PUTTA RAJU due for written answer on 2 nd February, 2018.

|   S.No. |   State/UT |   Amount released to State/UT CAF (in Rupees)(2009-10 to16.01.2018) |
|---------|------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 |          2 |                                                                   3 |

| 1           | Andaman &Nicobar Islands   | 57,687,000.00      |
|-------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh             | 9,157,015,000.00   |
| 3           | Arunachal Pradesh          | 3,583,684,000.00   |
| 4           | Assam                      | 1,308,858,100.00   |
| 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                    | 3,108,332,000.00   |
| 13          | Haryana                    | 2,549,550,000.00   |
| 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                     | 156,558,000.00     |
| 19          | Lakshadweep                |                    |
| 20          | Madhya Pradesh             | 8,615,347,000.00   |
| 21          | Maharashtra                | 10,806,865,000.00  |
| 22          | Manipur                    | 882,369,000.00     |
| 23          | Meghalaya                  | 237,264,000.00     |
| 24          | Mizoram                    | 326,752,000.00     |
| 25          | Nagaland                   |                    |
| 26          | Odisha                     | 19,431,525,050.00  |
| 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                 | 245,829,000.00     |
| 32          | Telangana                  | 3,300,001,000.00   |
| 33          | Tripura                    | 500,036,300.00     |
| 34          | Uttar Pradesh              | 5,358,385,400.00   |
| 35          | Uttarakhand                | 8,533,890,000.00   |
| 36          | West Bengal                | 374,153,000.00     |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                | 126,057,440,822.00 |