Lok Sabha Question No. 4084 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Forest Land
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: BODH SINGH BHAGAT

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4084

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2019

## Forest Land

## 4084. SHRI BODHSINGH BHAGAT:

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

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any law to collect money for afforestation and other related activities after the conversion of forest land from the organizations/institutions using the said forest land;
- (b) if so, the details of rules to be framed under the said Act; and
- (c) the time by which the said Act is going to be notified by the Government and the amount of  compensation  for  planting  trees  and  other  activities  in  case  of  the  State  of  Madhya Pradesh  likely  to  be  released  to  Madhya  Pradesh  by  the  Union  Government  under CAMPA fund?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  Act,  2016  [38  of  2016]  was  notified  on  3 rd August,  2016  and  this  Act  came  into  effect  from  30 th September,  2018  vide  Gazette notification dated 13 th August, 2018. Section 4 of the Act provides for establishment of State fund in which compensatory levies are to be deposited by user agency, organizations/institutions for diversion of forest land for non-forestry purpose.
- (b) The  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  Rules,  2018  has  been  notified  in  Government Gazette  on  10 th August,  2018.  The  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  (Accounting Procedure) Rules, 2018 has been notified in Government Gazette on 20.11.2018.
- (c) The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Rules, 2018 also came into force along with the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016 with effect from 30 th September, 2018. The rules are available on website egazettee.nic.in.

As on 31 st March, 2018 the fund collected from various User Agencies in different State including Madhya Pradesh is given in Annexure A.

These  funds  are  used  for  Compensatory  Afforestation  and  other  allied  activities  to compensate the ecological loss in the State.

The funds released to Madhya  Pradesh State Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management  and  Planning  Authority  (CAMPA)  for  compensatory  afforestation  and allied  activities  from  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  by  Adhoc  CAMPA  till  27 th November,  2018  is  Rs  11,302947,000  out  of  about  Rs  63,536702,548  deposited  in Madhya Pradesh Compensatory Afforestation Fund along with interest accrued.

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Annexure 'A' referred in the answer to part 'c' of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 4084 by  Shri  SHRI  BODHSINGH  BHAGAT  due  for  answer  04.01.2019  regarding  'Forest Land'.

## Statement showing State/UT wise the total principal amount & interest accrued as on 31.03.2018

| State/UT                 | Principal Amount (in Rs.)   | Interest accrued (in Rs.)   | Total (Col.2 + Col.3) (in Rs.)   |
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1                        | 2                           | 3                           | 4                                |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 25,433,446,089              | 11,250,513,416              | 36,683,959,506                   |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 205,751,138                 | 211,905,698                 | 417,656,836                      |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | 15,949,981,138              | 8,572,408,153               | 24,522,389,291                   |
| Assam                    | 5,454,373,830               | 2,122,175,544               | 7,576,549,374                    |
| Bihar                    | 4,952,975,591               | 2,170,774,900               | 7,123,750,491                    |
| Chandigarh               | 127,343,766                 | 62,609,870                  | 189,953,636                      |
| Chhattisgarh             | 48,667,975,387              | 24,213,690,761              | 72,881,666,148                   |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli   | 123,202,109                 | 76,223,733                  | 199,425,842                      |
| Daman &Diu               | 7,728,100                   | 5,003,658                   | 12,731,758                       |
| Delhi                    | 1,917,248,540               | 559,202,331                 | 2,476,450,871                    |
| Goa                      | 1,606,447,423               | 2,401,467,798               | 4,007,915,221                    |
| Gujarat                  | 13,836,643,856              | 6,278,789,020               | 20,115,432,876                   |
| Haryana                  | 11,341,721,296              | 4,979,937,516               | 16,321,658,812                   |
| Himachal Pradesh         | 18,873,738,045              | 8,236,078,154               | 27,109,816,200                   |
| Jammu &Kashmir           | 11,617,828,688              | 3,928,292,502               | 15,546,121,190                   |

| Jharkhand      | 34,804,782,722   | 17,131,068,709   | 51,935,851,431   |
|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Karnataka      | 12,807,036,051   | 7,014,476,264    | 19,821,512,315   |
| Kerala         | 662,991,463      | 466,127,566      | 1,129,119,029    |
| Madhya Pradesh | 43,596,441,447   | 19,940,261,101   | 63,536,702,548   |
| Maharashtra    | 31,456,338,079   | 18,838,615,870   | 50,294,953,949   |
| Manipur        | 2,985,007,114    | 1,203,640,123    | 4,188,647,237    |
| Meghalaya      | 1,149,847,370    | 785,255,019      | 1,935,102,390    |
| Mizoram        | 890,703,977      | 316,745,562      | 1,207,449,539    |
| Odisha         | 65,937,827,518   | 31,314,093,178   | 97,251,920,695   |
| Punjab         | 9,254,593,507    | 4,461,183,669    | 13,715,777,176   |
| Rajasthan      | 18,204,221,647   | 8,153,775,998    | 26,357,997,645   |
| Sikkim         | 3,018,518,098    | 1,440,859,035    | 4,459,377,133    |
| Tamil Nadu     | 949,637,047      | 531,145,233      | 1,480,782,280    |
| Telangana      | 14,453,742,486   | 7,098,187,537    | 21,551,930,023   |
| Tripura        | 1,806,495,120    | 769,927,005      | 2,576,422,125    |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 17,153,241,690   | 8,418,519,645    | 25,571,761,335   |
| Uttarakhand    | 24,573,182,159   | 13,438,542,844   | 38,011,725,003   |
| West Bengal    | 1,753,504,007    | 1,019,789,759    | 2,773,293,766    |
| Total          | 445,574,516,499  | 217,411,287,170  | 662,985,803,669  |