Question : FUNDS UNDER CAMPAS



(a) the details of the funds deposited with the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) as on 31 March, 2013, State/ UT wise ;

(b) the details of the funds released to the CAMPAs constituted in various States/ UTs as on 31 March, 2013 ;

(c) whether the Government has any proposal to transfer the entire funds from the ad-hoc CAMPA to the State CAMPAs in the country;

(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Gujarat, and

(e) the time by which the funds are likely to be released ?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS (SHRIMATI JAYANTHI NATARAJAN)

(a) the details of the funds deposited in the State/ UT-wise accounts maintained by the Ad-hoc Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority, as on 31st March 2013 has not been compiled so far. The unaudited figures as on 31st March 2012, net of releases to the State/ UT CAMPAs, are indicated in Statement I, laid on the Table of the House ;

(b) the details of funds released to the State/ UT CAMPAs as on 31st March 2013 are indicated in Statement II, laid on the Table of the House ;

(c) no, Sir ;

(d)&(e) do not arise.

Statement I referred in the reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question Dy No.551, answered on 6th May 2013 regarding ‘Funds under CAMPAs’, by Shri Balkrishna K Shukla and Shri Harin Pathak.

Details of funds (principal amount) deposited in the State CAMPA accounts maintained by the Ad-hoc CAMPA as on 31st March 2012.


Sl.No Name of State// UT Principal amount
1 2 3
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 377,164,582.00
2 Andhra Pradesh 18,400,599,929.48
3 Arunachal Pradesh 3,618,853,572.00
4 Assam 2,316,801,017.00
5 Bihar 1,302,296,019.00
6 Chandigarh 14,695,654.00
7 Chhattisgarh 17,596,743,397.00
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 55,928,715.00
9 Daman & Diu 7,110,100.00
10 Delhi 309,013,466.00
11 Goa 1,009,434,951.00
12 Gujarat 4,986,411,439.00
13 Haryana 2,461,136,532.00
14 Himachal Pradesh 8,061,424,913.00
15 Jammu & Kashmir# 74,05,10,522.00
16 Jharkhand 14,762,342,593.00
17 Karnataka 6,726,092,594.00
18 Kerala 209,878,675.58
19 Madhya Pradesh 9,459,652,264.00
20 Maharashtra 12,032,656,892.00
21 Manipur 303,525,198.00
22 Meghalaya 901,646,029.00
23 Mizoram 98,584,422.00
24 Orissa 31,665,289,126.00
25 Punjab 2,971,041,767.00
26 Rajasthan 5,758,439,229.00
27 Sikkim 1,346,495,849.00
28 Tamil Nadu 227,967,334.90
29 Tripura 700,623,811.00
30 Uttar Pradesh 4,748,438,166.00
31 Uttarakhand 9,763,212,880.00
32 West Bengal 710,381,265.00
162,903,892,985.96

# Funds in the account of J&K pertain to only NPV and Wildlife funds, and have been deposited in the Ad-hoc CAMPA pursuant to the Supreme Court orders passed in the year 2012.