Highlighting discrepancies in carrying out compensatory afforestation across the country, leading forest rights groups and tribal organisat...

States will not get fund for compensatory afforestation in one go. Rules, which are being finalised for disbursement of nearly Rs 42,000 cr...

The Bill was approved by the Lok Sabha on May 3 and is pending in the Upper House, where the ruling NDA does not have a majority.

The proposed law is expected to create over 15 crore man-days of direct employment, most of it in the tribal and backward areas of the coun...

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday unanimously passed the much awaited Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill, 2015 that aims to ensure expeditio...

The Centre is hopeful that the bill to utilize close to Rs 40,000 crore currently locked in the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management ...

Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that government has planned to bring the Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF)...

The government on Friday introduced the much awaited Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill in Lok Sabha. The proposed legislation seek...

The proposed law aims at unlocking the mega corpus by moving it to the non-lapsable interest bearing funds under the Public Accounts of Ind...

In a move which may give a major boost to the country’s efforts to increase its green cover under a law, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday gav...

The cabinet's nod would ensure utilisation of accumulated unspent funds already available with Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management a...

In a bid to boost afforestation activities, the Centre is mulling to hand over 90 per cent of the Rs 36,000 crore compensatory afforestatio...

The CAG study was tabled in Parliament in mid-2013 as part of evaluation of the country's total collection and expenditure on compensatory ...

The government on Tuesday said it has prepared a plan to ensure that state governments get 90% of the Rs 35,000 crore kept under Compensato...

Government may tomorrow clear Rs 13,000 crore fund for its much awaited ‘Green India Mission’ which aims at enhancing carbon sinks through ...

Funds collected from the diversion of forests is held in the Supreme Court's mandated Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planni...

A Bill to establish a statutory fund and a Management Authority to undertake a massive afforestation programme was introduced in the Lok Sa...