Lok Sabha Question No. 5269 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Monitoring Mechanism for the Activities under CAMPA
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Nama Nageswara Rao

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO. 5269

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.04.2022

## Monitoring Mechanism for the Activities under CAMPA

## 5269.  SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

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

- (a) the  details  of  funds  allocated  to  the  States  under  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) during the last three years including the current year, State-wise and year-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has in place a monitoring mechanism to check if the CAMPA funds are being used for the intended purpose, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) whether the Government has received complaints of any irregularity in the work being done under CAMPA head, if so, the details thereof along with the corrective action taken by Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) The details of funds transferred to the States/UTs under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management  and  Planning  Authority  (CAMPA)  during  2019-20  to  2021-22  by  National CAMPA is enclosed in Annexure -I.
- (b) & (c)    The  CAMPA  fund  are  being  utilized  by  States/UTs  for  compensating  the  loss  of forest & tree cover, ecological services and hydrological regime due to diversion of forest land by undertaking afforestation activities, and various activities for protection of forests, biodiversity and wildlife as per Annual Plan of Operations duly approved by the Executive Committee of  National  CAMPA.  Plantations  taken  up  under  CAMPA  fund  are  regularly monitored  by  State/UT  Forest  Departments  through  their  Forest  officers,  Monitoring  & Evaluation Wing and independent third party agencies. Forest Survey of India carries out analysis  of  geo-spatial  data  (polygons)  of  plantations  uploaded  by  the  State/UT  Forest Departments  over  e-Green  Watch  portal  for  accuracy  of  location,  area  and  year  of plantation.  Further,  the  Ministry  takes  appropriate  action  on  the  complaints  received regarding  utilization  of  CAMPA  fund  in  the  States/UTs  through  the  concerned  State/UT Government.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  5269  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  04.04.2022  BY  SHRISHRI  NAMA NAGESWARA RAO 'Monitoring Mechanism for the Activities under CAMPA'.

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT       | CAMPA Funds (Rs. in Crore)   | CAMPA Funds (Rs. in Crore)   | CAMPA Funds (Rs. in Crore)   |
|-----------|------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT       | 2019-20                      | 2020-21                      | 2021-22                      |
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar       | 0.00                         | 16.41                        | 0.00                         |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh         | 1734.81                      | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh      | 1588.72                      | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 4         | Assam                  | 560.81                       | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 5         | Bihar                  | 522.95                       | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 6         | Chandigarh             | 0.00                         | 11.38                        | 0.00                         |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh           | 5791.70                      | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 8         | Dadar and Nagar Haveli | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 20.70                        |
| 9         | Delhi                  | 0.00                         | 128.62                       | 9.55                         |
| 10        | Goa                    | 238.16                       | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 11        | Gujarat                | 1484.60                      | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 12        | Haryana                | 1282.65                      | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh       | 1660.72                      | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir         | 0.00                         | 764.54                       | 0.00                         |
| 15        | Jharkhand              | 4158.02                      | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 16        | Karnataka              | 1350.37                      | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 17        | Kerala                 | 81.59                        | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 18        | Ladakh                 | 0.00                         | 249.27                       | 0.00                         |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh         | 5196.69                      | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 20        | Maharashtra            | 3844.24                      | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 21        | Manipur                | 309.76                       | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 22        | Meghalaya              | 163.31                       | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 23        | Mizoram                | 212.98                       | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 24        | Odisha                 | 5933.98                      | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 25        | Punjab                 | 1040.84                      | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 26        | Rajasthan              | 1748.26                      | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 27        | Sikkim                 | 392.36                       | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 28        | Tamil Nadu             | 113.42                       | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 29        | Telangana              | 3110.38                      | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 30        | Tripura                | 183.65                       | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 31        | Uttar Pradesh          | 1819.63                      | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 32        | Uttarakhand            | 2675.09                      | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 33        | West Bengal            | 236.48                       | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
|           | Total                  | 47436.17                     | 1170.22                      | 30.25                        |