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Compensatory afforestation target
August 4 , 2025
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- The Central Empowered Committee (CEC), appointed by the Supreme Court, filed a report on the management of Compensatory Afforestation Funds.
- India achieved 85 per cent of its compensatory afforestation target between 2019 and 2024 by planting 1,78,261 hectares against a target of 2,09,297 hectares.
- There are misuse and governance lapses in the handling of funds under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA).
- The States like Gujarat, Chandigarh, Mizoram and Madhya Pradesh fully achieved their targets.
- Madhya Pradesh has planted 21,746.82 hectares against its target of 21,107.68 hectares.
- Karnataka covered 2,761.26 hectares against its target of 2,775.12 hectares.
- Arunachal Pradesh has achieved 96.6 per cent by planting 20,719.46 hectares against a target of 21,478.03 hectares.
- Uttar Pradesh has reached 96.4 per cent by planting 5,877.16 hectares against 6,096.7 hectares.
- Meghalaya has achieved only 22.3 per cent with 114.56 hectares out of 514.76 hectares.
- Manipur planted 666.94 hectares against a target of 1,759.84 hectares, achieving 37.9 per cent.
- Kerala achieved 39.7 per cent by planting 171.80 hectares out of 433.06 hectares.
- West Bengal has planted 748.25 hectares against 1,911.74 hectares, reaching 39.2 per cent.
- Tamil Nadu achieved 32.3 per cent by planting 84.76 hectares against a target of 262.39 hectares.
- National CAMPA approved ₹38,516 crore for state annual plans during 2019 to 2024.
- Of the total approved funds, states released ₹29,311 crore to forest departments and ₹26,001 crore was utilised.
- Only 67.5 per cent of the approved funds were spent across India.
- Fund utilisation varied in Manipur, Andhra Pradesh, and Arunachal Pradesh used 100 per cent, 100 per cent and 97.8 per cent of the released funds, respectively.
- In contrast, Delhi used only 23 per cent of its CAMPA funds.
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