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India Hits 85% of CAMPA Afforestation Target but Spends Only 67% of Funds

A Central Empowered Committee report shows wide disparities in state progress with planning delays coupled with weak survival monitoring threatening long-term restoration

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India planted 1.78 lakh ha under CAMPA in 2019-2023; gaps in fund use: Report

Overview

  • India planted 178,261 hectares under CAMPA between 2019-20 and 2023-24, meeting 85% of its 209,297-hectare target
  • National CAMPA approved ₹38,516 crore for state plans but states released ₹29,311 crore and utilised ₹26,001 crore, or 67.5% of the approved outlay
  • Gujarat, Chandigarh, Mizoram and Madhya Pradesh fully met their planting targets while Meghalaya achieved just 22.3% of its goal and Delhi spent only 26.9% of released funds
  • The CEC report cites delays in annual plan submissions, late fund disbursements and absence of dedicated CAMPA offices as major operational bottlenecks
  • Plantation survival rates vary widely, ranging from about 40% in some states to as high as 90% in others, raising concerns over ecological effectiveness