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| Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016 | |
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| Parliament of India | |
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| Citation | Act No. 38 of 2016 |
| Territorial extent | whole of India |
| Enacted by | Lok Sabha |
| Passed | 3 May 2016 |
| Enacted by | Rajya Sabha |
| Passed | 28 July 2016 |
| Assented to | 3 August 2016 |
| Commenced | 30 September 2018[1] |
| Legislative history | |
| Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha | Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015 |
| Bill citation | Bill No. 153-C of 2015 |
| Introduced by | Prakash Javadekar, MoEFCC |
| Status: In force | |
The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016 (CAMPA Act) is an Indian legislation that seeks to provide an appropriate institutional mechanism, both at the Center and in each State and Union Territory, to ensure expeditious utilization efficiently and transparently of amounts released instead of forest land diverted for non-forest purposes, which would mitigate the impact of diversion of such forest land. The Act and the related CAF Rules, 2018, were notified on 10 August 2018, and the Act came into force w.e.f. 30 September 2018.
History[edit | edit source]
The Ministry of Environment and Forest, New Delhi, issued a notification on 23 April 2004 describing the constitution, management, and functions of the CAMPA committee.[2] The act was sent for examination under a standing committee.[3] It was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 28 July 2016.[4]
Compensatory Afforestation Fund[edit | edit source]
This is money paid by developers who have cleared forest land for their construction projects, and the idea is that such land destroyed needs to be made good by regenerating forest elsewhere on non-forest land.
Purpose[edit | edit source]
The legislation established the Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) and the Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF).[5] The proposed legislation will also ensure expeditious utilization of accumulated unspent amounts available with the ad hoc Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), which presently is of the order of Rs. 95,000 crore, and fresh accrual of compensatory levies and interest on accumulated unspent balance, which will be of the order of approximately Rs. 6,000 crore per annum, efficiently and transparently.[6][7][8]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Compensatory afforestation
- Forest Conservation Act, 1980
- The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Gazette of India notification
- ↑ Bahuguna, V.K. "CAMPA gazette Notification" (PDF). www.mahaforest.gov.in. Ministry of Environment & Forests. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ↑ "Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2015". IASPOINT.
- ↑ "Bottleneck on fine print cleared, CAMPA Act passes", The Indian Express, 29 July 2016
- ↑ "CAMPA Act set to clear House; Govt, Cong reach compromise", The Indian Express, 21 July 2016
- ↑ "CAMPA: The manager of afforestation funds", The Indian Express, 25 May 2016
- ↑ "Din in Rajya Sabha delays CAMPA Act", India Today, 25 July 2016
- ↑ "PRS - Bill Track - The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2015". www.prsindia.org.
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