Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today informed the 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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