Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change of the Republic of India

03/13/2023 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/13/2023 04:52

CAMPA funds utilized for compensating the loss of forest land and ecosystem services by raising of compensatory afforestation and improving quality of forests

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

CAMPA funds utilized for compensating the loss of forest land and ecosystem services by raising of compensatory afforestation and improving quality of forests

Posted On: 13 MAR 2023 4:12PM by PIB Delhi

Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today informedthe details of transfer of share of State Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority Fund (State CAMPA fund) to various States and Union Territories (UTs) during the last three years from 2019-20 to 2021-22. The details are enclosed at Annexure-I.

The CAMPA funds are utilised for compensating the loss of forest land and ecosystem services by raising of compensatory afforestation, improving quality of forests through assisted natural regeneration, enrichment of biodiversity, improvement of wildlife habitat, control of forest fire, forest protection and soil and water conservation measures. The Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF Act), 2016 and Rules, 2018 provide elaborate guidelines and activities for utilization of CAMPA Fund. CAMPA also supports creation of nurseries for multiplication of quality planting material of locally suitable plant species.The monitoring and evaluation of CAMPA activities is provided in the CAF Act, 2016. The monitoring of CAMPA activities in States/UTs are carried out through Internal and Third Party monitoring and e-Green watch web portal.

The State and Union territories are required to submit the Annual Plan of Operations (APO), prepared by State CAMPA in accordance with the provisions of CAF Act, 2016 & Rules. The details of State-wise APOs approved by the National Authority are attached at Annexure-II.

CAMPA activities are implemented by engaging local communities in afforestation, nursery raising, soil-water conservation and forest protection activities.TheNational Authority does not maintain any information related to job creation under various Projects/Schemes funded under National Fund, CAMPA.

The Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Act, 2016 provides for audit of the accounts of both National and States/UTs CAMPA Authorities by the Comptroller and Auditor- General of India (C&AG).The C&AG audit of Annual Accounts of National Authority of last three financial years i.e. 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 has been conducted. The Audit of States CAMPA is done by C&AG through respective Accountant General Office.

The CAMPA funds transferred by National Authority to State of Andhra Pradesh is given below: -

State/UT

Year

Fund Allocated (Rs. in crore)

Andhra Pradesh

2019-20

1,734.81

2021-22

114.05

The share of State CAMPA is transferred to Public Accounts of respective States and Union Territories from time to time after reconciliation of receipts of compensatory levies.

ANNEXURE-I

Sr. No.

State/UT

Funds transferred to State/UT CAMPAAuthorities (Rs.in crore)

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

NIL

16.41

NIL

Andhra Pradesh

1,734.81

NIL

114.05

Arunachal Pradesh

1,588.72

NIL

612.95

Assam

560.81

NIL

NIL

Bihar

522.95

NIL

43.64

Chandigarh

11.38

NIL

NIL

Chhattisgarh

5,791.70

NIL

207.50

Dadara& Nagar Haveli

NIL

NIL

22.87

Delhi

NIL

NIL

138.17

Goa

238.16

NIL

NIL

Gujarat

1,484.60

NIL

NIL

Haryana

1,282.65

NIL

NIL

Himachal Pradesh

1,660.72

NIL

NIL

Jammu &Kashmir

408.35

356.20

NIL

Jharkhand

4,158.02

NIL

NIL

Karnataka

1,350.37

NIL

NIL

Kerala

81.59

NIL

NIL

Ladakh

NIL

249.27

NIL

Madhya Pradesh

5,196.69

NIL

990.83

Maharashtra

3,844.24

NIL

285.22

Manipur

309.76

NIL

36.44

Meghalaya

163.31

NIL

NIL

Mizoram

212.98

NIL

NIL

Nagaland

NIL

NIL

NIL

Orissa

5,933.98

NIL

347.27

Puducherry

NIL

NIL

NIL

Punjab

1,040.84

NIL

NIL

Rajasthan

1,748.26

NIL

NIL

Sikkim

392.36

NIL

NIL

Tamil Nadu

113.42

NIL

NIL

Telangana

3,110.38

NIL

NIL

Tripura

183.65

NIL

48.00

Uttar Pradesh

1,819.63

NIL

NIL

Uttarakhand

2,675.09

NIL

NIL

West Bengal

236.48

NIL

NIL

TOTAL

47855.9

621.88

2846.94

ANNEXURE-II

CAMPA Funds

Sl. No.

Name of the State/UT

Annual Plan of Operation (APO) Approved

(Rs. in Crore)

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

1.56

2.13

0.00

2

Andhra Pradesh

322.97

330.82

325.00

3

Arunachal Pradesh

0.00

155.46

240.85

4

Assam

NIL

88.34

79.12

5

Bihar

140.18

239.47

106.84

6

Chandigarh

1.87

2.26

3.60

7

Chhattisgarh

848.51

1347.02

1500.75

9

Delhi

0.00

19.55

16.15

10

Goa

17.95

32.68

21.55

11

Gujarat

1484.60

169.85

169.00

12

Haryana

100.97

203.95

317.59

13

Himachal Pradesh

145.82

158.38

138.10

14

Jammu & Kashmir

126.74

184.33

257.16

15

Jharkhand

399.29

376.55

437.60

16

Karnataka

113.69

216.70

321.06

18

Kerala

0.00

15.78

25.13

19

Madhya Pradesh

453.50

500.00

616.88

20

Maharashtra

499.38

599.32

688.27

21

Manipur

30.97

27.79

25.09

22

Meghalaya

0.00

33.97

36.40

23

Mizoram

19.23

32.66

18.08

24

Nagaland

0.00

0.00

0.00

25

Odisha

556.34

773.39

901.03

26

Punjab

102.15

177.85

218.06

27

Rajasthan

265.39

280.70

286.70

28

Sikkim

44.96

47.72

70.00

29

Tamil Nadu

0.56

66.62

0.00

30

Telangana

501.26

483.78

752.71

31

Tripura

20.84

21.51

35.24

32

Uttar Pradesh

285.68

442.01

586.90

33

Uttarakhand

213.11

362.90

726.88

34

West Bengal

74.07

74.00

58.30

Total

6771.59

7467.49

8980.04

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