Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA)

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding mining in Aravalli in the State of Rajasthan, 26/07/2018

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 26/07/2018 regarding mining in Aravalli in the State of Rajasthan. Report filed by CEC recommends payment of an amount of Rs.30 lakhs from out of the Ad-hoc CAMPA towards payment to the Forest Survey of India, Dehradun for the cost of mapping of the Aravalli Hills and production of digital maps.

Judgement Date:

26/07/2018

Tags:

Mining, Aravalli Range, Forests, Deforestation, Supreme Court, Remote Sensing, Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), Rajasthan

Forests

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Allocation of Funds under CAMPA, 20/07/2018

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Allocation of Funds under CAMPA, 20/07/2018. State/UT-wise list of fund released from Adhoc CAMPA during last three years is placed at Annexure-A.

Publication Date:

Friday, July 20, 2018

Source: Lok Sabha

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Tags:

Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), India, Finance, Parliament, Statistics

Forests

National forest policy will hit Himachal hard

Shimla: Environmental activists from Himachal Pradesh are among those vociferously opposing the draft National Forest Policy 2018 as they say it would do away with some important principles that 19

Publication Date:

18/04/2018

Source: Times of India (Chandigarh)

Tags:

Himachal Pradesh, Forest Policy, Forest Rights Act 2006, Tribals, Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), Forests

Environment

Supreme Court hits out at executive over diversion of funds

We are being befooled by the executive", was how a "frustrated" Supreme Court said on Tuesday while ruing the fact that around Rs one lakh crore worth of funds meant to protect the environment and

Publication Date:

11/04/2018

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Environmentalists, Environmental Security, Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), Compensation, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi, Orissa (Odisha), Meghalaya, Environment

Forests

1 lakh Crores Unspent On Environment, Centre Pulled Up By Supreme Court

Supreme court asked the Environment Ministry to say how much CAMPA fund has been collected and how it has been used.

Publication Date:

11/04/2018

Source: NDTV

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), Supreme Court, Forests

Environment

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding utilisation of Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) Funds, 14/03/2018

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/03/2018 regarding Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) Funds. Supreme Court states that from the information given by the ASG as well as the Amicus, there are at least 10 or 12 funds that have been created as a result of orders passed by the Supreme Court from time to time. The total amount in these funds is tentatively put in the region of Rs.70,000-75,000 crores approximately.

Judgement Date:

14/03/2018

Tags:

Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Finance, Government Of India (GOI), Supreme Court

Forests

CS directs officials to prepare contingency plan for forest fire

The Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh has directed the District Magistrates to prepare contingency plan to prevent forest fires in the State.

Publication Date:

21/02/2018

Source: Pioneer (Dehradun)

Tags:

Forest Fires, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), Forests

Forests

Govt finds no land for compulsory afforestation

Rs 100 cr of unused funds for the purpose remain with govt; State fails to get share of funds since 2014-15

Publication Date:

08/01/2018

Author(s): Shweta Kamat

Source: Herald (Panjim)

Tags:

Goa, Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), Land, Forest Conservation, Forests

Forests

Key ministries disagree over CAMPA fund

New Delhi: Differences between the environment ministry and the finance ministry have become a roadblock to the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA).

Publication Date:

04/01/2018

Tags:

Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Land, Forests

Forests