Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
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 …
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.
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 1988 policy had put in place. Himachal Van Adhikar Manch is one of the 150 signatories of the submission made to …
Supreme court asked the Environment Ministry to say how much CAMPA fund has been collected and how it has been used. Around 1 lakh crore rupees, meant for environmental purposes, remain unspent by the government, the Supreme Court said today, demanding the Centre account for the non-utilisation. The CAMPA, or …
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 benefit the people, was being diverted for other purposes. Severely criticising the government, the apex …
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, …
The Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh has directed the District Magistrates to prepare contingency plan to prevent forest fires in the State. He gave these orders while undertaking a review meeting at state secretariat on Tuesday. In the meeting, the CS said that the DMs should make preparation in accordance …
Rs 100 cr of unused funds for the purpose remain with govt; State fails to get share of funds since 2014-15 PANJIM: With over Rs 100 crore still pending in the State kitty under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) scheme, Goa has failed to get its …
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). This authority was envisaged as an independent body that would manage a corpus — collected from industries that have used forest land for projects — …
Rs 50,488 crore fund meant for compensatory afforestation lying unused More than a year after Parliament passed the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, there is no clarity on the use of Rs 50,488 crore meant for compensatory afforestation as it continues to lie unutilised with the ad-hoc Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management …
Move to help miners become cautious and undertake mining responsibly’ The Union environment ministry has suggested to the Union mines ministry that the ‘polluter pays’ principle — which states that those who produce pollution should pay for the damage done to human health and the environment — should be included …
The court noted that Rs 700 crore was collected as “green cess”, of which, as per rules, 25 per cent was provided to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The Delhi High Court Thursday asked the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and other agencies how the amount collected as ‘green cess’ …
Environmentalists and forest rights experts from across the country have recently filed an appeal with the petitions committee of the Rajya Sabha to halt any expenditure from compensatory afforestation funds until rules on its implementation are notified. The rules should make "informed consent" from gram sabhas and indigenous people mandatory …
CS chairs Steering Committee meeting of CAMPA Chief Secretary, B B Vyas today chaired the 14th Steering Committee meeting of the State Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA). The Steering Committee approved a target of 4212 Ha (area) to be treated for Compensatory Afforestation during 2017-18. For the …
The ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEFCC) has come up with draft rules to implement the Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Act 2016. The draft has stirred up a controversy with civil societies alleging that stakeholders have not been consulted while in the process. However, union environment minister, while …
Adivasis who seek their constitutional rights are being criminalised by the state, and the Forest Rights Act, 2006 is being rampantly violated, said several adivasi community groups that deposed before the Independent People’s Tribunal on the Status of Implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA) in New Delhi on …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Funds under CAMPA, 21/03/2017. A statement showing the funds released to the State CAMPAs from the year 2009-10 till date, State wise, is at Annexure. A multi pronged strategy is in place for monitoring of the works undertaken under CAMPA which inter-alia include calling …
NEW DELHI: If the environment ministry has its way, all banks will be asked to join the state and the central governments in their ongoing efforts to increase forest cover in the country. The move will be part of one of the 10 ways, identified by the Centre, to reach …
Maharashtra government is set to receive Rs 2,000 crore from the Centre in next three years under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority and is keen on setting up an ‘eco-battalion’ to increase green cover, Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said. To increase the green cover in the State, the …
DEHRADUN: Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) will assess and monitor eco-restoration of all Coal India Limited (CIL) mines in the country. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed here on Thursday. This is believed to be the first of its kind alliance by CIL …
