Lok Sabha Question No. 3557 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: Funds under CAMPA
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Manjulata Mandal, Sisir Kumar Adhikari

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3557

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2021

## Fundsunder CAMPA

## 3557.   SHRIMATI MANJULATA MANDAL: SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

Will the MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  proposal  of  State  of  Odisha  for  release  of  Rs.  903.03  Cr. Under CAMPA APO 2021-22 has been received by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change;
- (b) if so, whether there is any valid reason for delay in approval of the balance funds of Rs.37.25 Cr. and whether it will affect the afforestation and forest & wildlife management programmes in the State of Odisha during FY 2021-22; and
- (c) the year-wise and State-wise details of budgetary allocation and expenditure on National afforestation  programmes  to  improve  the  forest  cover  in  the  country  from  2014-15  to 2021-22?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) The  Odisha  State  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  Management  and  Planning Authority (State CAMPA) submitted their Annual Plan of Operation (APO) for the year 2021-22  with  a proposed outlay of Rs.903.03  crore to the National Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (National Authority)  for  approval  vide  their  letter  no.  6360/10F(CAMPA))-21/2021  dated 20.03.2021. The APO was discussed in the 11th and 12th meeting of the Executive Committee  of the National Authority held on 26.03.2021 and 27.04.2021 respectively and all  site-specific activities related to compensatory afforestation, additional compensatory afforestation, penal compensatory afforestation, sensitive zone, wildlife conservation plan and regional wildlife management plan etc. and non-site specific activities related to artificial regeneration, assisted natural regeneration,  forest  protection,  forest  fire  prevention  and  control  operations, improvement of wildlife habitat, third party monitoring and evaluation, expenses of  State  Authority  etc.  amounting to Rs 675.67 crore were approved. These will help timely implementation of the afforestation and forest & wildlife management programmes in the State of Odisha during Financial Year 2021-22.

In the 14th  meeting of the Executive Committee held on 22.07.2021, 23.07.2021 and 30.07.2021 remaining non-site activities related to forest protection, wild life management, forest and wildlife related infrastructure development amounting to Rs 190.11 crore were  approved.

Additional approval for Rs 35.25 crore  for activities related to forest and wildlife related  infrastructure  development,  publicity  and  awareness  programmes,  upgradation of Forest IT, digitization of forest boundaries was issued on 09.11.2021 after the  State  CAMPA  submitted  details/justification  with  regard  to  these activities  vide  their  letter  no.  18063/10F(CAMPA)  21/2021  dated  27.10.2021. Thus,  total  activities  amounting  to  Rs.901.03  crore  included  in  the  APO  of  the State CAMPA have been approved.

- (c) The year-wise and State-wise amount  releasedunder National Afforestation Programme of Ministry of Environment, Forest  and Climate Change to improve the forest cover in the country from 2014-15 to 2021-22 is attached Annexure-I.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3557  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  20.12.2021  BY  SHRIMATI  MANJULATA MANDAL AND SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI REGARDING 'FUNDS UNDER CAMPA'

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| Sl. No.                                                                   | State                                                                     | 2014- 15                                                                  | 2015- 16                                                                  | 2016- 17                                                                  | 2017- 18                                                                  | 2018- 19                                                                  | 2019- 20                                                                  | 2020- 21                                                                  | 2021 -22                                                                  | Total                                                                     |
| 1                                                                         | Andhra Pradesh                                                            | 4.56                                                                      | 0.87                                                                      | 1.33                                                                      | 3.36                                                                      | 6.38                                                                      |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 16.5                                                                      |
| 2                                                                         | Bihar                                                                     | 7.00                                                                      | 5.01                                                                      | 2.18                                                                      | 4.23                                                                      |                                                                           | 1.18                                                                      | 0.80                                                                      |                                                                           | 20.4                                                                      |
| 3                                                                         | Chhattisgarh                                                              | 20.00                                                                     | 10.20                                                                     | 4.92                                                                      | 10.86                                                                     | 7.82                                                                      | 5.71                                                                      | 9.88                                                                      |                                                                           | 69.3                                                                      |
| 4                                                                         | Goa                                                                       | 0.00                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 0.00                                                                      |
| 5                                                                         | Gujarat                                                                   | 10.50                                                                     | 8.54                                                                      | 4.36                                                                      |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 23.4                                                                      |
| 6                                                                         | Haryana                                                                   | 11.00                                                                     | 0.72                                                                      | 3.50                                                                      | 2.71                                                                      |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 17.9                                                                      |
| 7                                                                         | Himachal Pradesh                                                          | 0.73                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      | 1.73                                                                      | 2.92                                                                      | 0.52                                                                      | 0.57                                                                      |                                                                           | 6.4                                                                       |
| 8                                                                         | Jammu & Kashmir                                                           | 3.59                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      | 7.20                                                                      |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 10.8                                                                      |
| 9                                                                         | Jharkhand                                                                 | 8.60                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 8.6                                                                       |
| 10                                                                        | Karnataka                                                                 | 21.35                                                                     | 1.05                                                                      | 7.33                                                                      | 3.24                                                                      | 10.99                                                                     |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 43.9                                                                      |
| 11                                                                        | Kerala                                                                    | 2.82                                                                      | 1.02                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 3.8                                                                       |
| 12                                                                        | Madhya Pradesh                                                            | 21.00                                                                     | 9.45                                                                      | 4.00                                                                      | 8.47                                                                      | 7.78                                                                      |                                                                           | 0.57                                                                      |                                                                           | 51.5                                                                      |
| 13                                                                        | Maharashtra                                                               | 35.00                                                                     | 14.90                                                                     | 4.76                                                                      | 6.73                                                                      | 15.33                                                                     |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 76.7                                                                      |
| 14                                                                        | Orissa                                                                    | 17.92                                                                     | 9.49                                                                      | 4.62                                                                      | 3.49                                                                      | 11.36                                                                     | 8.45                                                                      | 13.67                                                                     |                                                                           | 69.00                                                                     |
| 15                                                                        | Punjab                                                                    | 1.87                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 1.87                                                                      |
| 16                                                                        | Rajasthan                                                                 | 3.35                                                                      | 0.75                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      | 1.40                                                                      | 1.95                                                                      |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 7.45                                                                      |
| 17                                                                        | Tamil Nadu                                                                | 4.25                                                                      | 1.42                                                                      | 1.56                                                                      |                                                                           | 2.07                                                                      |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 9.30                                                                      |
| 18                                                                        | Telangana                                                                 | 2.03                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 2.03                                                                      |
| 19                                                                        | Uttar Pradesh                                                             | 12.00                                                                     | 2.68                                                                      | 2.55                                                                      | 0.67                                                                      | 0.32                                                                      |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 18.22                                                                     |
| 20                                                                        | Uttarakhand                                                               | 2.50                                                                      | 3.05                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      | 3.36                                                                      | 2.58                                                                      |                                                                           | 1.06                                                                      |                                                                           | 12.56                                                                     |
| 21                                                                        | West Bengal                                                               | 0.78                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 0.78                                                                      |
|                                                                           | Total (Other States)                                                      | 190.85                                                                    | 69.16                                                                     | 41.10                                                                     | 57.71                                                                     | 69.51                                                                     | 15.87                                                                     | 26.55                                                                     |                                                                           | 470.76                                                                    |
|                                                                           | North Eastern States                                                      |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 0.00                                                                      |
| 22                                                                        | Arunachal Pradesh                                                         | 0.15                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      | 0.86                                                                      |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 1.01                                                                      |
| 23                                                                        | Assam                                                                     | 0.00                                                                      | 2.56                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      | 0.58                                                                      |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 3.14                                                                      |
| 24                                                                        | Manipur                                                                   | 8.00                                                                      | 3.67                                                                      | 1.21                                                                      | 3.20                                                                      | 4.38                                                                      |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 20.45                                                                     |
| 25                                                                        | Meghalaya                                                                 | 3.61                                                                      | 1.35                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      | 1.65                                                                      | 0.74                                                                      |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 7.34                                                                      |
| 26                                                                        | Mizoram                                                                   | 15.00                                                                     | 10.17                                                                     | 6.74                                                                      | 5.80                                                                      | 7.79                                                                      |                                                                           | 7.40                                                                      | 5.14                                                                      | 58.03                                                                     |
| 27                                                                        | Nagaland                                                                  | 11.00                                                                     | 0.00                                                                      | 5.21                                                                      | 5.85                                                                      | 6.41                                                                      | 2.35                                                                      | 4.27                                                                      |                                                                           | 35.08                                                                     |
| 28                                                                        | Sikkim                                                                    | 6.00                                                                      | 1.52                                                                      | 5.09                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      | 5.98                                                                      |                                                                           | 0.88                                                                      |                                                                           | 19.48                                                                     |
| 29                                                                        | Tripura                                                                   | 9.17                                                                      | 5.73                                                                      | 0.00                                                                      | 4.94                                                                      |                                                                           | 3.76                                                                      | 1.33                                                                      |                                                                           | 24.92                                                                     |
|                                                                           | Total (NE States)                                                         | 52.93                                                                     | 25.00                                                                     | 18.25                                                                     | 22.29                                                                     | 25.87                                                                     | 6.11                                                                      | 13.88                                                                     |                                                                           | 169.46                                                                    |
|                                                                           | G. Total                                                                  | 243.78                                                                    | 94.16                                                                     | 59.35                                                                     | 80.00                                                                     | 95.38                                                                     | 21.98                                                                     | 40.43                                                                     |                                                                           | 640.22                                                                    |