Lok Sabha Question No. 2637 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-10
Subject: CAMPA Funds
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: VIKRAM USENDI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.2637

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.05.2016

## CAMPA Funds

## 2637.  SHRI VIKRAM USENDI :

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

- (a) the  amount  sanctioned  to  various  States  from  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) Head during each of the last three years and the current year State-wise including Chhattisgarh;
- (b) the names of the States wherein funds from CAMPA Head has been used for the revival of forests;
- (c) whether the amount allocated under CAMPA is being diverted for other purposes by some States;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (e) the  details  of  areas  in  which  plantation  has  been  done  under  CAMPA  and  the amount spent thereon, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a)&(b) A  statement  showing  the  funds  released  to  various  State  CAMPAs  against  the Annual Plans of Operation drawn up by the States for the years 2013-14, 2014-15 & 2015-16 is enclosed as Annexure 'A'.  No funds have so far been released to the State CAMPAs in the present year viz., 2016-17  ;
- (c)&(d) CAMPA funds released to the States can only be used for the activities included in the respective Annual Plans of Operation, which are drawn up in terms of the Guidelines for State CAMPAs, which have the approval of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India ;
- (e) The State-wise details of compensatory afforestation undertaken upto 31 st March 2015  are shown in the statement at Annexure 'B'.

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Annexure 'A' referred to in the answer to part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2637 answered on 10th May,2016 regarding by Shri Vikram Usendi, Member of Parliament.

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                 | 2013 - 14         | 2014 - 15         | 2015 - 16         |
|-----------|--------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|           |                          | Amount (in Rs.)   | Amount (in Rs.)   | Amount (in Rs.)   |
| 1         | 2                        | 3                 | 4                 | 5                 |
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 5,000,000.00      | 12,000,000.00     | 10,000,000.00     |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           | 920,000,000.00    | 1,350,000,000.00  | 750,000,000.00    |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 475,000,000.00    | 620,000,000.00    |                   |
| 4         | Assam                    | 130,000,000.00    |                   |                   |
| 5         | Bihar                    | 108,019,400.00    | 181,400,000.00    | 250,000,000.00    |
| 6         | Chandigarh               | 850,000.00        | 10,779,000.00     | 10,400,000.00     |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh             | 1,100,000,000.00  | 1,930,000,000.00  | 2,390,000,000.00  |
| 8         | Delhi                    | 15,000,000.00     | 45,100,000.00     | 34,000,000.00     |
| 9         | Goa                      | 65,000,000.00     |                   |                   |
| 10        | Gujarat                  | 280,000,000.00    | 650,000,000.00    | 330,000,000.00    |
| 11        | Haryana                  | 195,000,000.00    | 420,000,000.00    | 450,000,000.00    |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh         | 535,000,000.00    | 960,000,000.00    | 769,800,000.00    |
| 13        | Jammu &Kashmir           | 180,000,000.00    | 340,000,000.00    | 310,000,000.00    |
| 14        | Jharkhand                | 975,000,000.00    | 1,750,000,000.00  | 1,410,000,000.00  |
| 15        | Karnataka                | 345,000,000.00    | 720,000,000.00    | 530,000,000.00    |
| 16        | Kerala                   | 15,000,000.00     |                   |                   |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh           | 895,000,000.00    | 2,130,000,000.00  |                   |
| 18        | Maharashtra              | 780,000,000.00    | 1,480,000,000.00  | 1,720,000,000.00  |
| 19        | Manipur                  | 45,000,000.00     | 82,700,000.00     | 230,000,000.00    |
| 20        | Meghalaya                | 52,000,000.00     |                   |                   |
| 21        | Mizoram                  | 30,000,000.00     |                   | 50,000,000.00     |
| 22        | Orissa                   | 1,800,000,000.00  | 3,220,000,000.00  |                   |
| 23        | Punjab                   | 215,000,000.00    | 410,000,000.00    | 490,000,000.00    |
| 24        | Rajasthan                | 345,000,000.00    | 740,000,000.00    | 480,000,000.00    |
| 25        | Sikkim                   | 95,000,000.00     | 137,000,000.00    | 110,000,000.00    |
| 26        | Tamil Nadu               |                   | 22,000,000.00     |                   |
| 27        | Telangana                |                   | 350,001,000.00    | 760,000,000.00    |
| 28        | Tripura                  | 35,000,000.00     | 80,000,000.00     | 110,000,000.00    |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh            | 599,118,400.00    | 1,070,000,000.00  | 880,000,000.00    |
| 30        | Uttarakhand              | 615,000,000.00    | 1,090,000,000.00  | 1,230,000,000.00  |
| Total     | Total                    | 10,849,987,800.00 | 19,800,980,000.00 | 13,304,200,000.00 |

Annexure 'B' referred to in the answer to part (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2637 answered on 10th May, 2016 regarding by Shri Vikram Usendi, Member of Parliament.

| Sl. No.           | Name of State/UT         |   Total CA undertaken upto 31.03.2015 |
|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1                 | 2                        |                                  3    |
| 1                 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                               2164.15 |
| 2                 | Andhra Pradesh           |                              27601    |
| 3                 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                              12096.5  |
| 4                 | Assam                    |                               6371.58 |
| 5                 | Bihar                    |                                964.27 |
| 6                 | Chandigarh               |                                 26.15 |
| 7                 | Chhattisgarh             |                              42361.1  |
| Delhi             |                          |                                 87.84 |
| 8 9               | Goa                      |                               1771.82 |
|                   | Gujarat                  |                              81580.7  |
| 10 11             | Haryana                  |                               3715.51 |
| 12 Himachal       | Pradesh                  |                              16185    |
| 13 Jammu          | &Kashmir                 |                              25612    |
| 14                | Jharkhand                |                              15839.8  |
| 15                | Karnataka                |                              25920.9  |
| 16                | Kerala                   |                              58578.4  |
| 17 Madhya Pradesh |                          |                             132057    |
| 18                | Maharashtra              |                              94316.9  |
| 19                | Manipur                  |                                802.99 |
| 20                | Mizoram                  |                               3482.62 |
| 21 Odisha         |                          |                              42313.7  |
| 22                | Punjab                   |                               9831    |
| 23                | Rajasthan                |                              16918.6  |
| 24                | Sikkim                   |                               3529.79 |
| 25 Tamil          | Nadu                     |                               3341.54 |
| 26                | Telangana                |                               8297.08 |
| 27                | Tripura                  |                               3951.12 |
| 28                | Uttar Pradesh            |                              10253.8  |
| 29                | Uttarakhand              |                              34548    |
| 30                | West Bengal              |                               3288.75 |
|                   | Grand Total              |                             687809    |