Published : Dec 06, 2024 12:27 IST - 8 MINS READ As you leave behind the burgeoning Vansda city in the swiftly urbanising Valsad district, you cross over to The Dangs, Gujarat’s most forested region. Recently, compensatory afforestation drives, under older legislations such as the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act 2016 and the newly notified Green Credit Programme 2023, are being …
The Supreme Court directed the State Governments/Union Territories to file an affidavit, inter-alia, to chart out the reasons why the CAMPA Funds, created to use it for compensatory afforestation and allied activities, have not been utilised. “We find no justification in the State Governments/Union Territories not using the said fund for the purpose of afforestation and allied activities.,” the Court …
The Forest Department has not been able to implement its activities as per schedule for the last few years due to non release of funds in time by the State government. The prime reason is the non-release of the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority funds as per schedule by the State government despite the Union government releasing the …
