Lok Sabha Question No. 1352 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1352.

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022

## Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority

## 1352.   SHRIDHARMENDRA KASHYAP:

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

- (a) the  details  of  activities  undertaken  by  the  Government  using  its  share  of  the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority funds under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016, since the year 2018; and
- (b) whether  any  initiatives  were  undertaken  by  the  Government  in  the  State  of  Uttar Pradesh by using these funds since the year 2018 and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) funds are being utilized as per provision of Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016 and Compensatory Afforestation Rules, 2018 for compensating the loss  of  forest  &  tree  cover,  ecological  services  and  hydrological  regime  due  to diversion  of  forest  land  for  developmental  projects  through  various  afforestation activities, control of forest fire, soil and moisture conservation activities, and forest & wildlife protection activities.

The Central Government utilises its share of CAMPA Fund(National Fund)for forest and  wildlife  related  research  and  studies,  schemes/ programmes  on  recovery  of endangered species and implementation of specific schemes like Nagar Van Yojana, School  Nursery  Yojana,  monitoring  and  evaluation  works  of  CAMPA  activities carried out by States/ UTs, office expenses of National CAMPA Authority etc. So far, total  23  schemes/  projects have  been  approved  for  implementation  from  National Fund,  out of these 5 projects were  approved  prior to 2018. The  details of schemes/projects taken up under National Fund are enclosed in Annexure-I.

- (b) As  per  information  received  from  Government  of  Uttar  Pradesh  various  activities undertaken from State CAMPA fund include compensatory afforestation, artificial regeneration,  assisted  natural  regeneration,  soil  &  moisture  conservation  works  in forests, protection of forest, forest fire prevention and control operations, improvement of wildlife habitat, biodiversity conservation, construction of residential and  office building for frontline staff,  research  and  development, information technology and communication for the protection of forest and wildlife,

publicity  and  public  awareness programme. The  details  of  State  CAMPA  fund utilised by Government of Uttar Pradesh for undertaking various activities since the year 2018 are mentioned at Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1352  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  DATED  25.07.2022 ASKED BY SHRIDHARMENDRA KASHYAP:'COMPENSATORY AFFORESTATION FUND MANAGEMENT ANDPLANNING AUTHORITY'.

| Sl. No.   | Name of Schemes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Total Outlay ( Rs. in Crore)   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1         | National Programme for Conservation and Development of Forest Genetic Resources (FGRs): Pilot project on 'Creation of Centre of Excellence on Forest Genetic Resources (CoFGR)' - FRI, Dehradun (2015-16)                                         | 8.61                           |
| 2         | UNESCO Category 2 Centre (C2C) on Natural World Heritage Management and Training for the Asia-Pacific Region - WII(2014-15)                                                                                                                       | 18.66                          |
| 3         | Endangered Species Recovery Programme (ESRP) - WII Dehradun.(2015-16)                                                                                                                                                                             |                                |
| (i)       | Recovery of Dugongs and their Habitat in India                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 23.58                          |
| (ii)      | Development of Conservation plan for Gangetic River Dolphin                                                                                                                                                                                       | 23.00                          |
| (iii)     | Habitat improvement and conservation breeding of Great Indian Bustard                                                                                                                                                                             | 33.85                          |
| (iv)      | Conservation of Manipur's Brow Antlered Deer (Sangai)                                                                                                                                                                                             | 19.95                          |
| 4         | 'Centre of Excellence on Forest Based Livelihoods in Uttarakhand - A Pilot Study' UCOST (2015-16)                                                                                                                                                 | 2.78                           |
| 5         | Project proposal for the yearly maintenance, Up-gradation and FC module and Handholding support of PARIVESH - NICSI(2016-17)                                                                                                                      | 6.81                           |
| 6         | Strengthening Forestry Research for Ecological Sustainability and Productivity Enhancement - ICFRE                                                                                                                                                | 313.67                         |
| 7         | Monitoring Protocol for Plantations and Assets created by State Forest Departments (SFDs) from the Compensatory Afforestation Fund - FSI                                                                                                          | 13.14                          |
| 8         | Establishment an FSI cell in Each State for Strengthening, Monitoring, and Forest Resource Assessment.                                                                                                                                            | 4.33                           |
| 9         | Implementing the Central Asian Flyway National Action Plan with Special Focus on Preparation of Site-specific Activity Plan, Capacity Building, and Developing Bird Sensitivity Map for Setting up of Wind Energy and Species Action Plans - BNHS | 3.75                           |

| Sl. No.      | Name of Schemes                                                                                                                                                                                                     |   Total Outlay ( Rs. in Crore) |
|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 10           | Proposal for Estimation of Economic Losses in Real Term Per Hectare Basis Due to Forest Fire in Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh - ICFRE                                                                              |                           3.79 |
| 11           | Execution of Readiness Activities for Implementation of REDD+ in India -ICFRE                                                                                                                                       |                           1.2  |
| 12           | Enhanced Capacity Building of Stakeholders and State Governments on Forest Landscape Restoration and Reporting Mechanism on Bonn Challenge - IUCN.                                                                  |                           5.9  |
| 13           | Preparation of DPR with LiDAR Survey for one pilot watershed in forest area of each State/UT                                                                                                                        |                          18.38 |
| 14           | Nagar Van Yojana                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                         895    |
| 15           | School Nursery Yojana                                                                                                                                                                                               |                          49.5  |
| 16           | PARIVESH 2.0 portal for integrated Forest &Environment Clearance                                                                                                                                                    |                          95.59 |
| 17           | Satellite Survey of Encroachment position of Rejected claims as per Order of Hon'ble Supreme Court in Writ Petitions (civil) No(s) 109/2008 Wildlife First & Others vs. Ministry of Forest and Environment &others. |                          48    |
| 18           | Setting up a National Referral Center for Wildlife Disease, Monitoring &Prevention                                                                                                                                  |                           3    |
| 19           | Range-wide enumeration of River Dolphin populations in India                                                                                                                                                        |                          10.15 |
| 20           | Proposal for preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Rejuvenation of Damodar River through Forestry Interventions                                                                                          |                           1.17 |
| 21           | Pilot project "Seed Ball Plantation"                                                                                                                                                                                |                           9.04 |
| 22           | 'Pan India assessment and monitoring of endangered species covered under the 'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats' (IDWH) scheme of MoEF&CC Government of India                                             |                          19.05 |
| 23           | Setting up National Referral Center for wildlife disease monitoring and prevention                                                                                                                                  |                           3    |
| Total amount |                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |                        1628.09 |

ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1352  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  DATED  25.07.2022 ASKED BY SHRIDHARMENDRA KASHYAP:'COMPENSATORY AFFORESTATION FUND MANAGEMENT ANDPLANNING AUTHORITY'.

| Utilisation of State CAMPAfund   | Utilisation of State CAMPAfund   | Utilisation of State CAMPAfund   | (Rs. in Crore)   | (Rs. in Crore)   | (Rs. in Crore)   |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Sl. No.                          | Name of States/UTs               | 2018-19                          | 2019-20          | 2020-21          | 2021-22          |
| 1.                               | Uttar Pradesh                    | 194.92                           | 180.69           | 252.19           | 362.10           |

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