Lok Sabha Question No. 1967 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-14
Subject: Funds for CAMPA
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Jayadev Galla

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO. 1967

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2022

## Funds for CAMPA

## 1967. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

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

- (a) the details of  amount  of  fund  available  and  disbursed  under  the  Compensatory Afforestation Management Act (CAMPA) and its year-wise classification;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  report  from  the  Forest  Survey  of  India regarding the monitoring of the plantations laid under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act 2016 in the year 2020;
- (c) if so, the details of the monitoring report as received by the Government along with the number of plantations made under the Act as per the report; and
- (d) if  not,  the  reasons for not receiving such a report despite Forest Survey of India being part  of  the  monitoring  committee  formed  under  the  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund Act 2016?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) Compensatory Afforestation Fund amounting to ₹ 66,711.37/- crore was transferred from the  state  specific  bank  accounts  maintained  by  the  Ad-hoc  CAMPA  to  the  National Compensatory Afforestation Fund(National Fund) established under the Public account of  India  as  per  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  (CAF)  Act,  2016.  An  amount  of  ₹ 48,636.64  crore  has  been  disbursed  to  33  States/UTs  which  established  the  State Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  (State  Fund)  under  the  Public  accounts  of  such States/UTs after reconciliation of the amount with the States/UTs. The details of fund disbursed to the States/UTs are enclosed in Annexure-I
- (b) to  (d)      The  Ministry  has  not  received  any  report  from  Forest  Survey  of  India  (FSI) regarding the monitoring of plantations laid under Compensatory Afforestation Act 2016 in  the  year  2020.  However,  FSI  carries  out  analysis  of  geo-spatial  data  (polygons)  of plantations being uploaded by the State Forest Departments on e-Green Watch portal for accuracy of location, area and year of plantation. The analysis of plantations is available on e-Green Watch portal (www.egreenwatch.nic.in).

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1967  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  14.03.2022  BY  SHRI  JAYADEV  GALLA 'Funds for CAMPA'

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT       |   Funds transferred (in Rs crore) |
|-----------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar       |                             16.41 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh         |                           1734.81 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh      |                           1588.72 |
| 4         | Assam                  |                            560.81 |
| 5         | Bihar                  |                            522.95 |
| 6         | Chandigarh             |                             11.38 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh           |                           5791.7  |
| 8         | Dadar and Nagar Haveli |                             20.7  |
| 9         | Delhi                  |                            138.17 |
| 10        | Goa                    |                            238.16 |
| 11        | Gujarat                |                           1484.6  |
| 12        | Haryana                |                           1282.65 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh       |                           1660.72 |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir         |                            764.54 |
| 15        | Jharkhand              |                           4158.02 |
| 16        | Karnataka              |                           1350.37 |
| 17        | Kerala                 |                             81.59 |
| 18        | Ladakh                 |                            249.27 |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh         |                           5196.69 |
| 20        | Maharashtra            |                           3844.24 |
| 21        | Manipur                |                            309.76 |
| 22        | Meghalaya              |                            163.31 |
| 23        | Mizoram                |                            212.98 |
| 24        | Odisha                 |                           5933.98 |
| 25        | Punjab                 |                           1040.84 |
| 26        | Rajasthan              |                           1748.26 |
| 27        | Sikkim                 |                            392.36 |
| 28        | Tamil Nadu             |                            113.42 |
| 29        | Telangana              |                           3110.38 |
| 30        | Tripura                |                            183.65 |
| 31        | Uttar Pradesh          |                           1819.63 |
| 32        | Uttarakhand            |                           2675.09 |
| 33        | West Bengal            |                            236.48 |
| Total     | Total                  |                          48636.6  |