Lok Sabha Question No. 2588 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-10
Subject: Diversion of Forest Land
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: DILIP PATEL

## 2588. SHRI DILIP PATEL

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

- (a) whether the Government has acquired forest land from the States/Union Territories (UTs) for building dam and mining and other non-forest activities;
- (b) if so, the details of the forest land acquired during the last three years, State/ UT-wise;
- (c) the amount of compensation worked out and provided by the Government to the State Governments in lieu of the acquired forest land, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the amount deposited with the ad-hoc Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), till date;
- (e) whether  the  State  Governments  have  urged  the  Union  Government  to  grant  funds from the CAMPA fund; and
- (f) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) & (b): Government do not acquire forest land for building dam, mining and other nonforest activities. Whenever forest lands are needed for non-forestry activities, clearance for diversion of forest land for non-forestry purpose is granted under Section 2(ii) of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 in favour of the user agency. The details of forest land diverted for non-forestry purpose in the last three years (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 upto 30.04.2016) is attached as Annexure-I.
- (c)  to  (f): The  Net  Present  value  (NPV)  and  other  levies  for  Compensatory  Afforestation, Penal Compensatory Afforestation, Catchment Area Treatment etc. are collected from user agencies  and  deposited  in  State-wise  accounts  managed  by  the  Ad-hoc  Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA). The details of the fund collected and deposited in CAMPA from different states (including interest thereon accrued upto 31 st March 2015)and released to states is given in Annexure-II.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2588

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.05.2016

## Diversion of Forest Land

## ANNEXURE-I

| State-wise details of Stage-I/Stage-II FC accorded from 01.04.2014 to   | State-wise details of Stage-I/Stage-II FC accorded from 01.04.2014 to   | State-wise details of Stage-I/Stage-II FC accorded from 01.04.2014 to   | State-wise details of Stage-I/Stage-II FC accorded from 01.04.2014 to   | State-wise details of Stage-I/Stage-II FC accorded from 01.04.2014 to   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                 |                                                                         | Stage-I                                                                 | Stage-I                                                                 | Stage-II                                                                |
| Sl. No.                                                                 | State/Uts                                                               | No.                                                                     | Area diverted (in ha) No.                                               | Area diverted (in ha)                                                   |
| 1                                                                       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                                                | 5                                                                       | 9.34 7                                                                  | 21.99                                                                   |
| 2                                                                       | Andhra Pradesh                                                          | 16                                                                      | 1854.96 18                                                              | 2773.47                                                                 |
| 3                                                                       | Arunachal Pradesh                                                       | 15 5005.13                                                              | 22                                                                      | 501.67                                                                  |
| 4                                                                       | Assam                                                                   | 1 29.86                                                                 | 4                                                                       | 9.54                                                                    |
| 5                                                                       | Bihar                                                                   | 44 652.68                                                               | 33                                                                      | 180.11                                                                  |
| 6                                                                       | Chandigarh                                                              | 0 0.00                                                                  | 1                                                                       | 0.86                                                                    |
| 7                                                                       | Chhattisgarh                                                            | 24 1863.03                                                              | 43                                                                      | 3203.04                                                                 |
| 8                                                                       | Dadra&NH                                                                | 2 0.28                                                                  | 1                                                                       | 7.40                                                                    |
| 9                                                                       | DELHI                                                                   | 0 0.00                                                                  | 2                                                                       | 19.94                                                                   |
| 10                                                                      | Goa                                                                     | 1 0.29                                                                  | 0                                                                       | 0.00                                                                    |
| 11                                                                      | Gujarat                                                                 | 81 1452.41                                                              | 105                                                                     | 1124.71                                                                 |
| 12                                                                      | Haryana                                                                 | 348 1109.60                                                             | 313                                                                     | 533.35                                                                  |
| 13                                                                      | Himachal Pradesh                                                        | 85 1499.18                                                              | 97                                                                      | 783.92                                                                  |
| 14                                                                      | Jharkhand                                                               | 11 619.12                                                               | 10                                                                      | 2730.43                                                                 |
| 15                                                                      | Karnataka                                                               | 60 1173.54                                                              | 49                                                                      | 536.03                                                                  |
| 16                                                                      | Kerala                                                                  | 7 3.91                                                                  | 2                                                                       | 6.89                                                                    |
| 17 Madhya                                                               | Pradesh                                                                 | 82 10298.14                                                             | 88                                                                      | 4808.72                                                                 |
| 18                                                                      | Maharashtra                                                             | 61 1978.81                                                              | 60                                                                      | 2777.77                                                                 |
| 19                                                                      | Manipur                                                                 | 8 1056.30                                                               | 7                                                                       | 593.66                                                                  |
| 20                                                                      | Meghalaya                                                               | 4 12.19                                                                 | 3                                                                       | 145.29                                                                  |
| 21                                                                      | Mizoram                                                                 | 5 110.77                                                                | 3                                                                       | 79.33                                                                   |
| 22                                                                      | Odisha                                                                  | 54 3158.92                                                              | 37                                                                      | 4618.78                                                                 |
| 23                                                                      | Punjab                                                                  | 353 591.26                                                              | 264                                                                     | 518.84                                                                  |
| 24                                                                      | Rajasthan                                                               | 18 646.91                                                               | 43                                                                      | 2836.24                                                                 |
| 25                                                                      | Sikkim                                                                  | 7 48.52                                                                 | 18                                                                      | 56.00                                                                   |
| 26                                                                      | Tamil Nadu                                                              | 7 492.26                                                                | 20                                                                      | 595.78                                                                  |
| 27                                                                      | Telangana                                                               | 13 2042.74                                                              | 6                                                                       | 1928.52                                                                 |
| 28                                                                      | Tripura                                                                 | 8 220.79                                                                | 8                                                                       | 79.48                                                                   |
| 29                                                                      | Uttar Pradesh                                                           | 60 1863.46                                                              | 80                                                                      | 822.23                                                                  |
| 30                                                                      | Uttarakhand                                                             | 166 2336.08                                                             | 166                                                                     | 2241.87                                                                 |
| 31                                                                      | West Bengal                                                             | 11 346.06                                                               | 3                                                                       | 84.31                                                                   |

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## Annexure-II

| levies deposited in Adhoc CAMPA and released to States/UTs   | levies deposited in Adhoc CAMPA and released to States/UTs   | levies deposited in Adhoc CAMPA and released to States/UTs               | levies deposited in Adhoc CAMPA and released to States/UTs   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                       | Name of State                                                | Total levies received upto 31.3.2016 (including interest upto 31.3.2015) | Total amount released to states upto 31.3.2016               |
| 1                                                            | Andaman& Nicobar Islands                                     |                                                                          |                                                              |
|                                                              |                                                              | 160379632                                                                | 57687000                                                     |

| 2   | Andhra Pradesh      |   35378225904 |   7507015000 |
|-----|---------------------|---------------|--------------|
| 3   | Arunachal Pradesh   |   17206313505 |   2083684000 |
| 4   | Assam               |    3692866548 |    508858100 |
| 5   | Bihar               |    5165332911 |    868443400 |
| 6   | Chandigarh          |     327581604 |     27222000 |
| 7   | Chhatishgarh        |   51755332912 |  10132440000 |
| 8   | Dadar& Nagar Haveli |     130347411 |      3218000 |
| 9   | Daman &Diu          |       9900000 |            0 |
| 10  | Delhi               |    1016057560 |    156748000 |
| 11  | Goa                 |    2281015078 |    454665000 |
| 12  | Gujarat             |   13465065188 |   2388332000 |
| 13  | Haryana             |   10998600718 |   1769550000 |
| 14  | Himachal Pradesh    |   19398423503 |   4148489400 |
| 15  | Jammu & Kashmir     |    8565635000 |   1067835000 |
| 16  | Jharkhand           |   40389606707 |   7701239300 |
| 17  | Karnataka           |   14751204384 |   3542633000 |
| 18  | Kerala              |    1304640259 |     76558000 |
| 19  | Madhya Pradesh      |   38581371978 |   5215347000 |
| 20  | Maharashtra         |   32989098561 |   7336865000 |
| 21  | Manipur             |    3230595259 |    417369000 |
| 22  | Meghalaya           |    1707807026 |    167264000 |
| 23  | Mizoram             |     900048339 |    112952000 |
| 25  | Odisha              |   75120236747 |  11551525050 |
| 26  | Punjab              |   10773695451 |   2124663872 |
| 27  | Rajasthan           |   17671434386 |   3004817000 |
| 28  | Sikkim              |    3193361350 |    702349000 |
| 29  | Tamil Nadu          |    1131375235 |     84029000 |
| 30  | Telangana           |    4121804571 |   1110001000 |
| 31  | Tripura             |    1923262021 |    309036300 |
| 32  | Uttar Pradesh       |   17711513228 |   3678385400 |
| 33  | Uttarakhand         |   30703721354 |   5866790000 |
| 34  | West Bengal         |    1878042009 |    164153000 |
|     | Total               |  467633896339 |  84340163822 |

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