Lok Sabha Question No. 956 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-22
Subject: CAMPA
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: P.P. Chaudhary, Manne Srinivas Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 956 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.11.2019

## CAMPA

## 956. SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY: SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY:

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

- (a) The  number  and  the  details  of  State  including  Telangana  that  have  created  an account for receiving funds under compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) and the details thereof;
- (b) The amount of funds released under CAMPA during the last five years, year-wise and State/UT wise;
- (c) Whether the Government is planning to monitor utilization of CAMPA funds by various States, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) The steps taken by the Government to prevent improper utilization of funds?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) Total  31  State  CAMPA  Authorities  have  been  notified  vide  Notification  No. S.O.4856(E) dated 14 th September, 2018.  28 States/UTs have notified State Funds under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Act, 2016. The notification of State  Authorities  is  placed  at Annexure-A. The list  of  State  Funds  notified  is  at Annexure-B.
- (b) The amount of funds released under Ad-hoc CAMPA during the last five  years, year-wise and State/UT-wise is placed at Annexure-C .  An amount of Rs. 47436 crore has also been disbursed from the National Fund to the State Funds in August, 2019. The details are at Annexure -D.
- (c) & (d)  Section 9 (3) of the Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Act, 2016 provides for  creation  of  a  Monitoring  Group,  which  has  already  been  notified.  The notification is placed at Annexure-E. The  Monitoring Group will be responsible for evolving independent system for concurrent monitoring and evaluation of the works implemented in the States and Union Territories utilising the funds released by the National Authority and the State Authorities. The Group will also inspect and undertake financial audit of these works. In addition, it will devise measures for  transparency  and  accountability.  The  Group  can  also  utilize  the  services  of Regional  Offices  of  the  Ministry.  Besides  this,  the  Monitoring  and  Evaluation Wing of State  Forest  Departments  will  carry  out  monitoring  of  works  regularly. The Annual Plans of Operations of the States also have to necessarily  include  a separate component regarding 'Third Party' monitoring.

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Annexure-B referred to the answer to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.956, answered on 22.11.2019 regarding 'CAMPA' by Shri P.P. Chaudhary and Shri Manne Srinivas Reddy, Members of Parliament.

|   Sl. No. | Name of State/UT         | Date of Notification   |
|-----------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh           | 10.01.2019             |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh        | 19.02.2019             |
|         3 | Assam                    | 11.02.2019             |
|         4 | Bihar                    | 27.12.2018             |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh             | 29.09.2018             |
|         6 | Goa                      | 18.02.2019             |
|         7 | Gujarat                  | 25.02.2019             |
|         8 | Haryana                  | 08.04.2019             |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh         | 04.02.2019             |
|        10 | Jharkhand                | 13.02.2019             |
|        11 | Karnataka                | 11.02.2019             |
|        12 | Kerala                   | 05.02.2019             |
|        13 | Madhya Pradesh           | 17.10.2018             |
|        14 | Maharashtra              | 01.03.2019             |
|        15 | Manipur                  | 28.03.2019             |
|        16 | Meghalaya                | 18.02.2019             |
|        17 | Odisha                   | 29.09.2018             |
|        18 | Punjab                   | 12.02.2019             |
|        19 | Rajasthan                | 31.01.2019             |
|        20 | Sikkim                   | 20.03.2019             |
|        21 | Tamil Nadu               | 06.03.2019             |
|        22 | Telangana                | 15.02.2019             |
|        23 | Tripura                  | 12.02.2019             |
|        24 | Uttar Pradesh            | 22.02.2019             |
|        25 | Uttarakhand              | 28.09.2018             |
|        26 | West Bengal              | 06.02.2019             |
|        27 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 02.05.2019             |
|        28 | Chandigarh               | 11.02.2019             |

## Annexure-C referred to in the answer to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.956, answered on 22.11.2019 regarding 'CAMPA' by Shri P.P. Chaudhary and Shri Manne Srinivas Reddy, Members of Parliament.

| Sl.   | State/UT               | 2014-15           | 2015-16           | 2016-17           | 2017-18           | 2018-19           |
|-------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| No.   | Amount in Rupees       | Amount in Rupees  | Amount in Rupees  | Amount in Rupees  | Amount in Rupees  | Amount in Rupees  |
| 1     | Andaman &Nicobar       | 23,049,000.00     | 10,000,000.00     | 0                 | 13,300,000.00     | 15,600,000.00     |
| 2     | Islands Andhra Pradesh | 1,350,000,000.00  | 850,000,000.00    | 890,000,000.00    | 970,000,000.00    | 1,044,700,000.00  |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh      | 475,000,000.00    | 620,000,000.00    | 1,500,000,000.00  | 0                 | 3,541,500,000.00  |
| 4     | Assam                  | 0                 | 0                 | 300,000,000.00    | 700,000,000.00    | 458,400,000.00    |
| 5     | Bihar                  | 90,000,000.00     | 341,400,000.00    | 330,000,000.00    | 303,100,000.00    | 466,190,000.00    |
| 6     | Chandigarh             | 1,982,000.00      | 21,179,000.00     | 10,000,000.00     | 11,300,000.00     | 12,700,000.00     |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh           | 1,930,000,000.00  | 2,390,000,000.00  | 2,800,000,000.00  | 0                 | 0                 |
| 8     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli    | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 |
| 9     | Daman &Diu             | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 |
| 10    | Delhi                  | 40,000,000.00     | 39,100,000.00     | 40,000,000.00     | 0                 | 0                 |
| 11    | Goa                    | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 |
| 12    | Gujarat                | 650,000,000.00    | 330,000,000.00    | 990,000,000.00    | 270,000,000.00    | 2,126,600,000.00  |
| 13    | Haryana                | 230,000,000.00    | 640,000,000.00    | 180,000,000.00    | 800,000,000.00    | 1,442,000,000.00  |
| 14    | Himachal Pradesh       | 1,010,000,000.00  | 854,700,000.00    | 1,506,200,000.00  | 1,200,000,000.00  | 1,325,200,000.00  |
| 15    | Jammu &Kashmir         | 340,000,000.00    | 310,000,000.00    | 1,020,000,000.00  | 690,000,000.00    | 0                 |
| 16    | Jharkhand              | 1,750,000,000.00  | 1,410,000,000.00  | 1,490,000,000.00  | 2,340,000,000.00  | 2,862,500,000.00  |
| 17    | Karnataka              | 650,000,000.00    | 600,000,000.00    | 851,200,000.00    | 860,000,000.00    | 1,014,000,000.00  |
| 18    | Kerala                 | 45,397,000.00     | 0                 | 0                 | 80,000,000.00     | 146,100,000.00    |
| 19    | Lakshdweep             | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh         | 895,000,000.00    | 2,130,000,000.00  | 1,400,000,000.00  | 2,000,000,000.00  | 2,687,600,000.00  |
| 21    | Maharashtra            | 1,480,000,000.00  | 1,550,000,000.00  | 2,050,000,000.00  | 1,990,000,000.00  | 2,250,000,000.00  |
| 22    | Manipur                | 82,700,000.00     | 250,000,000.00    | 150,000,000.00    | 295,000,000.00    | 248,500,000.00    |
| 23    | Meghalaya              | 0                 | 165,600,000.00    | 0                 | 70,000,000.00     | 0                 |
| 24    | Mizoram                | 68,000,000.00     | 100,000,000.00    | 77,300,000.00     | 68,500,000.00     | 83,000,000.00     |
| 25    | Nagaland               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 |
| 26    | Odisha                 | 1,800,000,000.00  | 3,220,000,000.00  | 4,260,000,000.00  | 5,090,000,000.00  | 5,540,000,000.00  |
| 27    | Pudducherry            | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 |
| 28    | Punjab                 | 410,000,000.00    | 490,000,000.00    | 660,000,000.00    | 640,000,000.00    | 792,000,000.00    |
| 29    | Rajasthan              | 740,000,000.00    | 480,000,000.00    | 1,480,600,000.00  | 1,790,000,000.00  | 1,820,300,000.00  |
| 30    | Sikkim                 | 137,000,000.00    | 110,000,000.00    | 90,000,000.00     | 0                 | 0                 |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu             | 0                 | 35,200,000.00     | 90,000,000.00     | 126,800,000.00    | 70,000,000.00     |
| 32    | Telangana              | 350,000,000.00    | 760,000,000.00    | 1,170,000,000.00  | 1,270,000,000.00  | 2,373,800,000.00  |
| 33    | Tripura                | 80,000,000.00     | 110,000,000.00    | 120,000,000.00    | 71,000,000.00     | 167,000,000.00    |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh          | 449,118,400.00    | 1,770,000,000.00  | 970,000,000.00    | 1,440,000,000.00  | 1,506,000,000.00  |
| 35    | Uttarakhand            | 680,000,000.00    | 1,640,000,000.00  | 1,707,100,000.00  | 960,000,000.00    | 3,030,000,000.00  |
| 36    | West Bengal            | 0                 | 0                 | 210,000,000.00    | 0                 | 212,200,000.00    |
|       | Total                  | 15,757,246,400.00 | 21,227,179,000.00 | 26,342,400,000.00 | 24,049,000,000.00 | 35,235,890,000.00 |

|    | Name of State     |   Funds to be transferred ( Crore Rupees) |
|----|-------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1  | Odisha            |                                   5933.98 |
| 2  | Chhattisgarh      |                                   5791.7  |
| 3  | Madhya Pradesh    |                                   5196.69 |
| 4  | Jharkhand         |                                   4158.02 |
| 5  | Maharashtra       |                                   3844.24 |
| 6  | Telangana         |                                   3110.38 |
| 7  | Uttarakhand       |                                   2675.09 |
| 8  | Uttar Pradesh     |                                   1819.63 |
| 9  | Rajasthan         |                                   1748.26 |
| 10 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                   1734.81 |
| 11 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                   1660.72 |
| 12 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                   1588.72 |
| 13 | Gujarat           |                                   1484.6  |
| 14 | Karnataka         |                                   1350.37 |
| 15 | Haryana           |                                   1282.65 |
| 16 | Punjab            |                                   1040.84 |
| 17 | Assam             |                                    560.81 |
| 18 | Bihar             |                                    522.95 |
| 19 | Sikkim            |                                    392.36 |
| 20 | Manipur           |                                    309.76 |
| 21 | Goa               |                                    238.16 |
| 22 | West Bengal       |                                    236.48 |
| 23 | Mizoram           |                                    212.98 |
| 24 | Tripura           |                                    183.65 |
| 25 | Meghalaya         |                                    163.31 |
| 26 | Tamil Nadu        |                                    113.42 |
| 27 | Kerala            |                                     81.59 |
|    | Total             |                                  47436.2  |

Annexure D