Lok Sabha
The Union Government requested the State/Union Territory Governments
to submit Annual Plan of Operations (APOs) duly approved
by the State Level Steering Committee (SLSC) to the Ad-hoc Compensatory Afforestation
Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) for release of funds. Accordingly,
29 States/UTs including Andhra Pradesh had submitted APOs for utilization
of funds both towards site specific schemes such as Compensatory Afforestation
(CA), Additional Compensatory Afforestation (ACA), Penal Compensatory Afforestation
(PCA), Catchment Area Treatment Plan (CAT), etc., and the works under Net
Present Value (NPV) and wildlife management in Protected Areas.
The Central
Government with the concurrence of the Supreme Court of India formulated the
guidelines in consultation with the States/Union Territories to utilize the
money deposited in Ad-hoc CAMPA by establishing State CAMPAs. As per these guidelines and the Supreme Court
order dated 10.7.2009, a sum of Rs.1000 crores per year, for the next 5 years,
shall be released to the State CAMPAs in proportion of 10% of the principal
amount deposited by the States/Union Territories in Ad-hoc CAMPA subject to
fulfilment of following conditions:
(i) the details of the bank account opened by the State Executive
Committee (in Nationalized Bank) are intimated to the Ad-hoc CAMPA;
(ii) the amount towards the NPV and the protected
area may be released after the schemes have been reviewed by the State Level
Executive Committee and the Annual Plan of Operation is approved by the
Steering Committee; and
(iii) the amount towards CA, Additional
CA, PCA and the Catchment Area Treatment Plan may be released in the respective
bank accounts of the States/UTs immediately for taking up site specific works
already approved by the MoEF while granting prior approval under the Forest
(Conservation) Act, 1980.
This information was
given by the Minister of State for Environment and Forests (independent
charge) Shri Jairam Ramesh in a written reply to a question by Sh. L. Raja
Gopal in Lok Sabha today.
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Action Plans for Funds under CAMPA
