Lok Sabha Question No. 1929 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: CAMPA Funds
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Margani Bharat, Rajendra Agrawal, Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO. 1929

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2023

## CAMPA Funds

## 1929.   SHRI MARGANI BHARAT: SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL: SHRI N. REDDEPPA:

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

- (a) the details of the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) funds allocated to various States in the country during the last three years, yearwise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  issued  any  guidelines  for  afforestation  activities  for  States including the techniques of sapling, seedballs, seed and various type of surveillance;
- (c) the details of projects approved under the CAMPA funds during the last three years, Statewise;
- (d) the total number of jobs created under said projects utilising CAMPA funds; and
- (e) whether any audit of the CAMPA fund expenditure has been conducted and if so, the details thereof;
- (f) whether it is a fact that no CAMPA funds were allocated to Andhra Pradesh and if so, the details thereof; and
- (g) the  future  projection  of  next  round  of  allocation  of  CAMPA  funds  to  State  from  Union Government?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The details of transfer of share of State Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority Fund (State CAMPA fund) to various States and Union Territories (UTs) during the last three years from 2019-20 to 2021-22 are enclosed at Annexure-I.
- (b) The CAMPA funds are utilised for compensating the loss of forest land and ecosystem services by raising of compensatory afforestation, improving quality of forests through assisted natural regeneration, enrichment of biodiversity, improvement of wildlife habitat, control of forest fire, forest protection and soil and water conservation measures. The Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF Act), 2016 and Rules, 2018 provide elaborate guidelines and activities for utilization of CAMPA Fund. CAMPA also supports creation of  nurseries  for  multiplication  of  quality  planting  material  of  locally  suitable  plant species. The monitoring and evaluation of CAMPA activities is provided in the CAF Act, 2016. The monitoring of CAMPA activities in States/UTs are carried out through Internal and Third Party monitoring and e-Greenwatch web portal.
- (c) The State and Union territories are  required  to  submit  the Annual  Plan  of  Operations (APO), prepared by State CAMPA in accordance with the provisions of CAF Act, 2016 & Rules. The details of State-wise APOs approved by the National Authority are attached at Annexure-II.
- (d) CAMPA  activities  are  implemented  by  engaging  local  communities  in  afforestation, nursery  raising,  soil-water  conservation  and  forest  protection  activities.  The  National Authority  does  not  maintain  any  information  related  to  job  creation  under  various Projects/Schemes funded under National Fund, CAMPA.
- (e) The Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Act, 2016 provides for audit of the accounts of both National and States/UTs CAMPA Authorities by the Comptroller and AuditorGeneral of India (C&AG). The C&AG audit of Annual Accounts of National Authority of last three financial years i.e. 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 has been conducted. The Audit of States CAMPA is done by C&AG through respective Accountant General Office.
- (f) The CAMPA funds transferred by National Authority to State of Andhra Pradesh is given below:-
- (g) The share of State CAMPA is transferred to Public Accounts of respective States and Union Territories from time to time after  reconciliation  of receipts  of  compensatory levies.

| State/UT   | Year    | Fund Allocated (Rs. in crore)   |
|------------|---------|---------------------------------|
| Andhra     | 2019-20 | 1,734.81                        |
| Pradesh    | 2021-22 | 114.05                          |

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## ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1929 DUE FOR REPLY ON 13.03.2023 BY SHRI MARGANI BHARAT, SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL, SHRI N. REDDEPPA: 'CAMPA Funds'

|         |                          | Funds transferred to State/UT CAMPAAuthorities (Rs.in crore)   | Funds transferred to State/UT CAMPAAuthorities (Rs.in crore)   | Funds transferred to State/UT CAMPAAuthorities (Rs.in crore)   |
|---------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No. | State/UT                 | 2019-20                                                        | 2020-21                                                        | 2021-22                                                        |
| 1.      | Andaman& Nicobar Islands | NIL                                                            | 16.41                                                          | NIL                                                            |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh           | 1,734.81                                                       | NIL                                                            | 114.05                                                         |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh        | 1,588.72                                                       | NIL                                                            | 612.95                                                         |
| 4.      | Assam                    | 560.81                                                         | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 5.      | Bihar                    | 522.95                                                         | NIL                                                            | 43.64                                                          |
| 6.      | Chandigarh               | 11.38                                                          | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 7.      | Chhattisgarh             | 5,791.70                                                       | NIL                                                            | 207.50                                                         |
| 8.      | Dadara &Nagar Haveli     | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            | 22.87                                                          |
| 9.      | Delhi                    | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            | 138.17                                                         |
| 10.     | Goa                      | 238.16                                                         | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 11.     | Gujarat                  | 1,484.60                                                       | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 12.     | Haryana                  | 1,282.65                                                       | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 13.     | Himachal Pradesh         | 1,660.72                                                       | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 14.     | Jammu &Kashmir           | 408.35                                                         | 356.20                                                         | NIL                                                            |
| 15.     | Jharkhand                | 4,158.02                                                       | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 16.     | Karnataka                | 1,350.37                                                       | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 17.     | Kerala                   | 81.59                                                          | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 18.     | Ladakh                   | NIL                                                            | 249.27                                                         | NIL                                                            |
| 19.     | Madhya Pradesh           | 5,196.69                                                       | NIL                                                            | 990.83                                                         |
| 20.     | Maharashtra              | 3,844.24                                                       | NIL                                                            | 285.22                                                         |
| 21.     | Manipur                  | 309.76                                                         | NIL                                                            | 36.44                                                          |
| 22.     | Meghalaya                | 163.31                                                         | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 23.     | Mizoram                  | 212.98                                                         | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 24.     | Nagaland                 | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 25.     | Orissa                   | 5,933.98                                                       | NIL                                                            | 347.27                                                         |
| 26.     | Puducherry               | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 27.     | Punjab                   | 1,040.84                                                       | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 28.     | Rajasthan                | 1,748.26                                                       | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 29.     | Sikkim                   | 392.36                                                         | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 30.     | Tamil Nadu               | 113.42                                                         | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 31.     | Telangana                | 3,110.38                                                       | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 32.     | Tripura                  | 183.65                                                         | NIL                                                            | 48.00                                                          |
| 33.     | Uttar Pradesh            | 1,819.63                                                       | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 34.     | Uttarakhand              | 2,675.09                                                       | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
| 35.     | West Bengal              | 236.48                                                         | NIL                                                            | NIL                                                            |
|         | TOTAL                    | 47855.9                                                        | 621.88                                                         | 2846.94                                                        |

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1929 DUE FOR REPLY ON 13.03.2023 BY SHRI MARGANI BHARAT, SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL, SHRI N. REDDEPPA: 'CAMPA Funds'

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT     | Annual Plan of Operation (APO) Approved (Rs. in Crore)   | Annual Plan of Operation (APO) Approved (Rs. in Crore)   | Annual Plan of Operation (APO) Approved (Rs. in Crore)   |
|-----------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT     | 2019-20                                                  | 2020-21                                                  | 2021-22                                                  |
| 1         | Andaman& Nicobar Islands | 1.56                                                     | 2.13                                                     | 0.00                                                     |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           | 322.97                                                   | 330.82                                                   | 325.00                                                   |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 0.00                                                     | 155.46                                                   | 240.85                                                   |
| 4         | Assam                    | NIL                                                      | 88.34                                                    | 79.12                                                    |
| 5         | Bihar                    | 140.18                                                   | 239.47                                                   | 106.84                                                   |
| 6         | Chandigarh               | 1.87                                                     | 2.26                                                     | 3.60                                                     |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh             | 848.51                                                   | 1347.02                                                  | 1500.75                                                  |
| 9         | Delhi                    | 0.00                                                     | 19.55                                                    | 16.15                                                    |
| 10        | Goa                      | 17.95                                                    | 32.68                                                    | 21.55                                                    |
| 11        | Gujarat                  | 1484.60                                                  | 169.85                                                   | 169.00                                                   |
| 12        | Haryana                  | 100.97                                                   | 203.95                                                   | 317.59                                                   |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh         | 145.82                                                   | 158.38                                                   | 138.10                                                   |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir           | 126.74                                                   | 184.33                                                   | 257.16                                                   |
| 15        | Jharkhand                | 399.29                                                   | 376.55                                                   | 437.60                                                   |
| 16        | Karnataka                | 113.69                                                   | 216.70                                                   | 321.06                                                   |
| 18        | Kerala                   | 0.00                                                     | 15.78                                                    | 25.13                                                    |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh           | 453.50                                                   | 500.00                                                   | 616.88                                                   |
| 20        | Maharashtra              | 499.38                                                   | 599.32                                                   | 688.27                                                   |
| 21        | Manipur                  | 30.97                                                    | 27.79                                                    | 25.09                                                    |
| 22        | Meghalaya                | 0.00                                                     | 33.97                                                    | 36.40                                                    |
| 23        | Mizoram                  | 19.23                                                    | 32.66                                                    | 18.08                                                    |
| 24        | Nagaland                 | 0.00                                                     | 0.00                                                     | 0.00                                                     |
| 25        | Odisha                   | 556.34                                                   | 773.39                                                   | 901.03                                                   |
| 26        | Punjab                   | 102.15                                                   | 177.85                                                   | 218.06                                                   |
| 27        | Rajasthan                | 265.39                                                   | 280.70                                                   | 286.70                                                   |
| 28        | Sikkim                   | 44.96                                                    | 47.72                                                    | 70.00                                                    |
| 29        | Tamil Nadu               | 0.56                                                     | 66.62                                                    | 0.00                                                     |
| 30        | Telangana                | 501.26                                                   | 483.78                                                   | 752.71                                                   |
| 31        | Tripura                  | 20.84                                                    | 21.51                                                    | 35.24                                                    |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh            | 285.68                                                   | 442.01                                                   | 586.90                                                   |
| 33        | Uttarakhand              | 213.11                                                   | 362.90                                                   | 726.88                                                   |
| 34        | West Bengal              | 74.07                                                    | 74.00                                                    | 58.30                                                    |
|           | Total                    | 6771.59                                                  | 7467.49                                                  | 8980.04                                                  |