Compensatory Afforestation Management & Planning Authority Act, 2016
Background
- 2003 ➡️ CAMPA Fund
- companies to put money in the fund
- monetary support ➡️ states for afforestation
- lack of Parliamentary provisions
- fund money remained unused
- 2013 ➡️ highlighted by CGA
- 40k Cr. ➡️ unutilised
- 2015 ➡️ SC told Center to do something
- 2016 ➡️ passing of CAMPA Act 2016
Structure of the Fund
- under Public Accounts
- Statutory body
- Sharing of Fund
- 90% ➡️ State
- 10% ➡️Union for UT’s
Activities under-taken
- regeneration of forest
- assisted regeneration of forest
- ⬆️ Carbon stock
- purchase pvtly managed forest
Also refer: Nagar Van Yojana 2020