Lok Sabha Question No. 3929 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Allocation/Utilisation of funds under CAMPA
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Narendra Kumar, Chandra Prakash Joshi

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO. 3929 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## Allocation/ Utilisation of funds under CAMPA

## 3929. SHRI NARENDRA KUMAR: SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

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

- (a) the  amount  of  funds  released  to  the  State  of  Rajasthan  under  Compensatory Afforestation  Fund  Management  and  Planning  Authority  (CAMPA)  during  the  last three years along with the details of the works carried out with the said amount;
- (b) whether  there  is  any  scheme  to  develop  Beed  area,  Jhunjhunu  and  Fatehpur  Sikar (Rajasthan) as forest area and if so, the time by which it is likely to be developed and the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  details of  funds  released  to  the  State  of  Rajasthan  under  Compensatory Afforestation  Fund  Management  and  Planning  Authority  (CAMPA)  during  the  last three  years  from  2018-19  to  2020-21  are  enclosed  in  Annexure-I.  The  monies received  in  the  CAMPA  fund  are  being  utilized  by  Rajasthan  State  CAMPA  for compensating  the  loss  of  forest  &  tree  cover,  ecological  services  and  hydrological regime due to diversion of forest land for developmental projects through undertaking various afforestation activities like compensatory afforestation, additional compensatory afforestation, penal compensatory afforestation etc. and activities under catchment area treatment plan, and for protection of forest, wildlife and biodiversity.
- (b) As  per  information  received  from  Rajasthan  State  CAMPA,  Wildlife  Management Plan  of  Beed  Jhunjhunu  Conservation  Reserve  has  been  prepared  to  develop  Beed Jhunjhunu, as Conservation Reserve for 10 years in 2019 from 2019-20 to 2028-29. As per approved plan activities are being executed since 2020-21. So far, no scheme has been submitted by concerned Deputy Conservator of Forest to Rajasthan CAMPA to develop Beedarea, Fatehpur Sikar (Rajasthan)as forest area.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3929 DUE FOR REPLY ON 28.03.2022 BY SHRI NARENDRA KUMAR, SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI: 'Allocation/ Utilisation of funds under CAMPA'

|   Sl. No. | Financial Year   |   CAMPA Fund released from National Authority to Rajasthan ( Rs in Crore) |
|-----------|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | 2018-19          |                                                                    205.67 |
|         2 | 2019-20          |                                                                   1748.26 |
|         3 | 2020-21          |                                                                      0    |