Lok Sabha Question No. 227 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-21
Subject: Release of Funds under CAMPA
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SUKENDER REDDY GUTHA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.227

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2015

## Release of Funds under CAMPA

## 227. SHRI GUTHA SUKENDER REDDY  :

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

- (a) whether the Government has received requests from the States for release of funds under  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund  Management  and  Planning  Authority (CAMPA) to increase forest cover in their respective States;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the quantum of funds earmarked for each State and the amount of funds released so far the current financial year?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a)&(b) Yes, Sir.  Annual Plans of Operation for release of funds against the year 2015-16 which inter-alia include proposals for compensatory afforestation, artificial natural regeneration and regeneration of degraded forests have so far been received from the  State  CAMPAs  constituted  in  the  States  of  Andhra  Pradesh,  Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh,  Maharashtra, Telangana and Tripura;
- (c) In terms of the Judgment dated 12 th March 2015 of the hon'ble Supreme Court of India, upto 10% of the principal amount standing at the credit of the State CAMPA as  on  31 st March  2015  can  be  released  to  the  State  CAMPAs  and  the  released amount has to be debited to the interest accrued in the State CAMPA account.  A statement  of  releases  made  to  various  State  CAMPAs  in  the  current  year  is  at Annexure.

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## Anneuxre

Annexure referred to in the answer to part (C) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.227 answered on 21.07.2015 regarding Release of Funds under CAMPA by Shri Gutha Sukender Reddy, Member of Parliament

| Sl. No.                  | State/UT   | 2015-16        | 2015-16         |
|--------------------------|------------|----------------|-----------------|
|                          |            | Date           | Amount (in Rs.) |
| 1                        | 2          | 3              | 4               |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands |            |                | 1               |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 02.07.2015 | 750,000,000.00 | 2               |
| Arunachal Pradesh        |            |                | 3               |
| Assam                    |            |                | 4               |
| Bihar                    |            |                | 5               |
| Chandigarh               | 15.06.2015 | 5,100,000.00   |                 |
| Chhattisgarh             |            |                | 6 7             |

| 8                | Dadra &Nagar Haveli        |                  |    |
|------------------|----------------------------|------------------|----|
| 9                | Daman &Diu                 |                  |    |
| 10               | Delhi                      |                  |    |
| 11               | Goa                        |                  |    |
| 12               | Gujarat                    |                  |    |
| 13               | Haryana                    |                  |    |
| Himachal Pradesh | 22.06.2015                 | 769,800,000.00   | 14 |
| 15               | Jammu &Kashmir             |                  |    |
| 16               | Jharkhand                  |                  |    |
| 17               | Karnataka                  |                  |    |
| 18               | Kerala                     |                  |    |
| 19               | Lakshadweep Madhya Pradesh | 1,550,000,000.00 | 20 |
| Maharashtra      | 22.05.2015                 |                  | 21 |
| 22               | Manipur                    |                  |    |
| 23               | Meghalaya                  |                  |    |
| 24               | Mizoram                    |                  |    |
| 25               | Nagaland                   |                  |    |
| 26               | Orissa                     |                  |    |
| 27               | Pondicherry                |                  |    |
| 28               | Punjab                     |                  |    |
| 29               | Rajasthan                  |                  |    |

| 30    | Sikkim                          |                |
|-------|---------------------------------|----------------|
| 31 32 | Tamil Nadu Telangana 16.06.2015 | 420,000,000.00 |
| 33    | Tripura 14.07.2015              | 55,000,000.00  |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh                   |                |
| 35    | Uttarakhand                     |                |
| 36    | West Bengal                     |                |
|       | Total 3,549,900,000.00          |                |