UPSC Prelims 2019 Question:

1. As per law, the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority exists at both National and State levels.
2. People’s participation is mandatory in the compensatory afforestation programmes carried out under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016.
   
   

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Explanation:

• The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in pursuance of the order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in 2002, constituted the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) in 2004.
  
  
• The MoEFCC, Government of India in 2009 issued guidelines for operating the funds under the CAMPA. It provides for the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority at both National and State levels. The Government of India has given detailed guidelines to the State Governments regarding the management of works under CAMPA. These include the constitution of the State Government Body, State Steering Committee, and State Executive Committee. So, statement 1 is correct.
  
  
• The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016, does not have any provisions which make people's participation mandatory in the compensatory afforestation programme. So, statement 2 is not correct.
  
  

Therefore, option (1) is the correct answer.

Subject: Environment | Environmental Acts and Policies