Lok Sabha Question No. 872 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: Compensatory Afforestation
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Adala Prabhakara Reddy, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Pocha Brahmananda Reddy, Kotagiri Sridhar, Beesetti  Venkata Satyavathi, Kuruva Gorantla Madhav, T.R.V.S. Ramesh, Chinta Anuradha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 872

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2021

## Compensatory Afforestation

## 872. SHRI ADALA PRABHAKARA REDDY:

DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY:

SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI:

DR. BEESETTI VENKATA SATYAVATHI:

SHRI KURUVA GORANTLA MADHAV:

SHRI T.R.V.S. RAMESH:

SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has compiled list of locations where compensatory afforestation has been carried out for various projects in the country including Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh since 2014;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  CAMPA  funds  sanctioned  to  various  States  during  each  of  the  last three years including the current year, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The Central Government has launched a portal namely PARIVESH ('Pro Active and  Responsive  facilitation  by  Interactive  and  Virtuous  Environmental  Single window Hub') for the purpose of makingproposals for non-forest use of forest land under Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 (FCA, 1980). Compensatory Afforestation  (CA)  is  one  of  the  most  important  conditionsstipulated  by  the Central  Government  while  approving  these  proposals.  There  is  a  provisions  to upload the locations of the CA areas in the form of KML files, Survey of India Toposheet and DGPS maps, etc. in this portal for all States/UTs including Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh since 2014.
- (b) The State/UT wise details of area taken up under CA since 2014 is annexed as Annexure-I
- (c) The details of the CAMPA funds sanctioned to various States during each of the last three years including the current year is annexed at Annexure-II .

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  872  BY  SHRI  ADALA  PRABHAKARA  REDDY,  DR. KRISHNA  PAL  SINGH  YADAV,  SHRI  POCHA  BRAHMANANDA  REDDY,  SHRI SRIDHAR  KOTAGIRI,  DR.  BEESETTI  VENKATA  SATYAVATHI,  SHRI  KURUVA GORANTLA  MADHAV,  SHRI  T.R.V.S.  RAMESH,  SHRIMATI  CHINTA  ANURADHA REGARDING 'COMPENSATORY AFFORESTATION' DUE FOR REPLY ON 05.02.2021

| S. No.      | STATE/UTs           |   Compensatory Afforestation (in Ha.) |
|-------------|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1           | Andaman and Nicobar |                                  2.77 |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh      |                               5816.5  |
| 3           | Arunachal Pradesh   |                              20857    |
| 4           | Assam               |                                429.69 |
| 5           | Bihar               |                               2552.95 |
| 6           | Chandigarh          |                                  6.2  |
| 7           | Chhattisgarh        |                              12316.5  |
| 8           | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                                 15.79 |
| 9           | Daman and Diu       |                                  0    |
| 10          | Delhi               |                                 54.12 |
| 11          | Goa                 |                                 40.09 |
| 12          | Gujarat             |                               6818    |
| 13          | Haryana             |                               4251.97 |
| 14          | Himachal Pradesh    |                               4946.82 |
| 15          | Jammu and Kashmir   |                                  0    |
| 16          | Ladakh              |                                  0    |
| 17          | Jharkhand           |                               8289.98 |
| 18          | Karnataka           |                               2346.52 |
| 19          | Kerala              |                                 36.45 |
| 20          | Lakshadweep         |                                  0    |
| 21          | Madhya Pradesh      |                              23145.1  |
| 22          | Maharashtra         |                               9555.03 |
| 23          | Manipur             |                               3447.74 |
| 24          | Meghalaya           |                                173.53 |
| 25          | Mizoram             |                                259.37 |
| 26          | Nagaland            |                                  0    |
| 27          | Odisha              |                              27139.4  |
| 28          | Pondicherry         |                                  0    |
| 29          | Punjab              |                               4235.22 |
| 30          | Rajasthan           |                               9035.87 |
| 31          | Sikkim              |                                329.18 |
| 32          | Tamil Nadu          |                                230.46 |
| 33          | Telangana           |                              13668.6  |
| 34          | Tripura             |                                962.76 |
| 35          | Uttar Pradesh       |                               3400.48 |
| 36          | Uttarakhand         |                               8390.11 |
| 37          | West Bengal         |                                748.24 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total         |                             173503    |

Annexure-II

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 872 BY SHRI ADALA PRABHAKARA REDDY, DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV, SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY, SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI, DR. BEESETTI VENKATA SATYAVATHI, SHRI KURUVA GORANTLA MADHAV, SHRI T.R.V.S. RAMESH, SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA  REGARDING  'COMPENSATORY  AFFORESTATION'DUE  FOR REPLY ON 05.02.2021

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                 | 2018-19           | 2019-20           | 2020-21           |
|-----------|--------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|           | Amount ₹ in Crore        | Amount ₹ in Crore | Amount ₹ in Crore | Amount ₹ in Crore |
| 1.        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 1.56              | 0.00              | 2.13              |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh           | 104.47            | 322.97            | 330.82            |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 354.15            | 0.00              | 0.00              |
| 4.        | Assam                    | 45.84             | 55.89             | 88.34             |
| 5.        | Bihar                    | 46.62             | 140.18            | 239.47            |
| 6.        | Chandigarh               | 1.27              | 1.87              | 2.26              |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh             | 0.00              | 848.51            | 963.24            |
| 8.        | Dadar& Nagar Haveli      | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              |
| 9.        | Daman &Diu               | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              |
| 10.       | Delhi                    | 0.00              | 0.00              | 19.55             |
| 11.       | Goa                      | 0.00              | 17.95             | 32.68             |
| 12.       | Gujarat                  | 212.66            | 0.00              | 240.69            |
| 13.       | Haryana                  | 144.20            | 96.84             | 181.29            |
| 14.       | Himachal Pradesh         | 132.52            | 145.82            | 158.38            |
| 15.       | Jammu &Kashmir           | 0.00              | 0.00              | 184.83            |
| 16.       | Jharkhand                | 286.25            | 399.29            | 374.56            |
| 17.       | Karnataka                | 101.40            | 146.21            | 173.67            |
| 18.       | Kerala                   | 14.61             | 0.00              | 15.79             |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep              | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh           | 268.76            | 506.38            | 860.96            |
| 21.       | Maharashtra              | 225.00            | 499.38            | 534.32            |
| 22.       | Manipur                  | 24.85             | 30.36             | 27.79             |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                | 0.00              | 0.00              | 33.97             |
| 24.       | Mizoram                  | 8.30              | 19.23             | 32.66             |
| 25.       | Nagaland                 | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              |
| 26.       | Odisha                   | 554.00            | 592.52            | 773.39            |
| 27.       | Puducherry               | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              |
| 28.       | Punjab                   | 79.20             | 64.72             | 177.85            |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                | 182.03            | 267.69            | 280.98            |
| 30.       | Sikkim                   | 0.00              | 54.38             | 66.90             |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu               | 7.00              | 0.00              | 66.63             |
| 32.       | Telangana                | 237.38            | 510.00            | 483.78            |
| 33.       | Tripura                  | 16.70             | 16.74             | 21.51             |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh            | 150.60            | 285.68            | 449.86            |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand              | 303.00            | 218.00            | 225.09            |
| 36.       | West Bengal              | 21.22             | 70.07             | 74.00             |
|           | GRANDTOTAL               | 3523.59           | 5310.68           | 7117.39           |