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Centre gives over Rs 47,000 cr to 27 states for green activitiesOdisha, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh got the maximum share of the fund.
Transfer Rs 54,000 crore Campa funds to centre: Supreme CourtThough most of these funds had been collected under the aegis of the top court, successive governments at the Centre have to tap into them.
2 years after enacting law, Centre unlocks Rs 66,000 crore green fundThe list includes third-party monitoring of works, forest certification, development of certification standards and casual hiring of local ...
Forest rights groups demand amendment in compensatory afforestation lawHighlighting discrepancies in carrying out compensatory afforestation across the country, leading forest rights groups and tribal organisat...
- States to get money in tranches from CAMPA fund for afforestation; Rules will be ready by December
States will not get fund for compensatory afforestation in one go. Rules, which are being finalised for disbursement of nearly Rs 42,000 cr...
Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill may get Rajya Sabha approvalThe 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.
Government to push Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill in Rajya SabhaThe 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...
Lok Sabha passes Bill to unlock over Rs 40,000 crore for increasing forest cover in IndiaThe Lok Sabha on Tuesday unanimously passed the much awaited Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill, 2015 that aims to ensure expeditio...
- Government hopes to free Rs 40,000 crore fund soon for afforestation
The Centre is hopeful that the bill to utilize close to Rs 40,000 crore currently locked in the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management ...
- Rs 40,000 cr fund soon for compensatory afforestation: Prakash Javadekar
Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that government has planned to bring the Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF)...
- Bill to use CAMPA fund for increasing green cover introduced in Parliament
The government on Friday introduced the much awaited Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill in Lok Sabha. The proposed legislation seek...
Cabinet approves unlocking of Rs 38,000 crore compensatory afforestation fundThe proposed law aims at unlocking the mega corpus by moving it to the non-lapsable interest bearing funds under the Public Accounts of Ind...
- Forest fund gets Rs 38,000 crore boost
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...
Cabinet gives nod to Compensatory Afforestation Fund BillThe cabinet's nod would ensure utilisation of accumulated unspent funds already available with Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management a...
Centre mulls giving 90 per cent afforestation fund to statesIn a bid to boost afforestation activities, the Centre is mulling to hand over 90 per cent of the Rs 36,000 crore compensatory afforestatio...
Jammu & Kashmir green funds used on ACs, sofas: CAGThe CAG study was tabled in Parliament in mid-2013 as part of evaluation of the country's total collection and expenditure on compensatory ...
- Centre keen on giving major chunk of forest fund to states, says Javadekar
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...
- Govt to clear Rs 13,000 crore fund for Green India Mission tomorrow
Government may tomorrow clear Rs 13,000 crore fund for its much awaited ‘Green India Mission’ which aims at enhancing carbon sinks through ...
Fund crunch hits government's afforestation drive Green India MissionFunds collected from the diversion of forests is held in the Supreme Court's mandated Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planni...
- Bill for statutory afforestation fund introduced in LS
A Bill to establish a statutory fund and a Management Authority to undertake a massive afforestation programme was introduced in the Lok Sa...