Lok Sabha Question No. 2904 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-28
Subject: Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: NINONG ERING

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2904

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.12.2018

## Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act

## 2904.   SHRI NINONG ERING

SHRIMAGANTTI VENKATESWARA RAO (BABU)

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 are likely to be notified, if so, the details thereof;
- (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; and
- (f) whether  the  funds  of  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  are  being  diverted  to  build infrastructure projects, if so, the details thereof and the list of ongoing projects with the above said fund?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d) The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016 [38 of 2016] was notified on 3 rd August, 2016 and this Act came into effect with effect from 30 th September, 2018 vide Gazette notification dated 13 th August, 2018.

The  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  Rule  2018  was  prepared  in  consultaion with  various  stakeholders  and  State  Governments  and  notified  on  10 th August, 2018.

Compensatory Afforestation Fund (accounting procedure) rules 2018 as approved by the Ministry of Finance was notified in Gazette dated on 20 th November, 2018. In  last  one  year  5  consultations  were  made  with  various  stakeholders  including observation  of  various  Civil  societies  on  the  formulations  of  the  Rules  and  the recommendations were incorporated in the Rules as agreed upon in the meeting and approved by the Government.

- (e) The fund released by Adhoc CAMPA to various state CAMPA for undertaking Compensatory  Afforestation  and  allied  activities  and  permissible  under  the CAMPA guidelines 2009 in the last 3 years is given in Annexure-I.
- (f) The fund released by Adhoc CAMPA is utilized by state CAMPA on activities as per  CAMPA  guidelines  2009.  The  Adhoc  CAMPA  has  not  received  any information regarding diversion of CAMPA fund to build infrastructure projects, not related to forestry in the State.

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Annexure-I

Annexure referred in the answer to part 'e' of Lok Sabha  Unstarred Question no. 2904 by Shri NINONG ERING: SHRI MAGANTTI VENKATESHWARA RAO (BABU) due for answer 28.12.2018 regarding 'Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act'.

| State/UT            | FY-15-16      | FY-16-17      | FY-17-18    |
|---------------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|                     | Release       | Release       | Release     |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 850,000,000   | 890,000,000   | 970,000,000 |
| Andman Nicobar      | 10,000,000    |               |             |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 620,000,000   | 1,500,000,000 |             |
| Assam               |               | 300,000,000   | 700,000,000 |
| Bihar               | 341,400,000   | 330,000,000   | 393,100,000 |
| Chandigarh          | 21,179,000    | 10,000,000    | 11,300,000  |
| Chattisgarh         | 2,390,000,000 | 2,800,000,000 |             |
| Dadar Nagar Havelli |               |               |             |
| Daman &Diu          |               |               |             |
| Delhi               | 39,100,000    | 40,000,000    |             |
| Goa                 |               |               |             |
| Gujrat              | 330,000,000   | 990,000,000   | 270,000,000 |
| Haryana             |               |               |             |

|                  | 640,000,000    | 180,000,000    | 800,000,000    |
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Himachal Pradesh | 769,800,000    | 1,320,000,000  | 1,200,000,000  |
| Jammu Kashmir    | 310,000,000    | 1,020,000,000  | 690,000,000    |
| Jharkhand        | 1,410,000,000  | 1,490,000,000  | 2,340,000,000  |
| Karnataka        | 600,000,000    | 875,200,000    | 860,000,000    |
| Kerala           |                |                | 80,000,000     |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 2,130,000,000  | 1,400,000,000  | 2,000,000,000  |
| Maharashtra      | 1,550,000,000  | 2,050,000,000  | 1,990,000,000  |
| Manipur          | 250,000,000    | 150,000,000    | 295,000,000    |
| Meghalaya        | 165,600,000    |                | 70,000,000     |
| Mizoram          | 100,000,000    | 77,300,000     | 68,500,000     |
| Orissa           | 3,220,000,000  | 4,260,000,000  | 14,940,400,000 |
| Punjab           | 490,000,000    | 660,000,000    | 640,000,000    |
| Rajasthan        | 480,000,000    | 1,410,600,000  | 1,790,000,000  |
| Sikkim           | 110,000,000    | 90,000,000     |                |
| Tamilnadu        | 22,000,000     | 90,000,000     | 126,800,000    |
| Telengna         | 760,000,000    | 1,182,180,000  | 1,270,000,000  |
| Tripura          | 110,000,000    | 120,000,000    | 7,100,000      |
| UP               | 1,770,000,000  | 1,320,000,000  | 1,230,000,000  |
| Uttrakhand       | 1,640,000,000  | 1,707,100,000  | 960,000,000    |
| West Bengal      |                | 210,000,000    |                |
| Total            | 21,129,079,000 | 26,472,380,000 | 33,702,200,000 |