CAMPA funds should be used properly as per rules: Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai
Third meeting of Chhattisgarh CAMPA Governing Body concluded under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Sai
Raipur 16 June 2025: The third meeting of the Governing Body of Chhattisgarh CAMPA was concluded today in Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai. In the meeting, Chief Minister Sai directed that the proper use of CAMPA funds should be done as per rules. He also provided necessary guidelines while doing a detailed review of the works conducted under CAMPA in the meeting. Chief Minister Sai said that 44 percent of the land area of Chhattisgarh state is covered with forests. Our state has abundant forest wealth. Chhattisgarh ranks tenth in the country in terms of geographical area, while the state ranks third in terms of forest area. The amount of CAMPA funds has an important role in the conservation and promotion of forests, hence it should be used on the basis of priorities as per the need. The Chief Minister obtained information from the officials about the works related to forest development, forest protection, wildlife conservation and infrastructure development done in the past years under CAMPA funds. On this occasion, the Chief Executive Officer (CAMPA) presented the progress made so far and the important works done under CAMPA before the Governing Body.
It was told in the meeting that under the CAMPA fund, works like tree plantation in forest areas, restoration of forest villages, groundwater conservation, conservation of Devgudis, upgradation of forest roads, construction of culverts and rampat, pasture development, establishment of nurseries, construction of high-tech barriers, river bank plantation, residential buildings for frontline staff, fire safety and wildlife management have been implemented. The Governing Body of Chhattisgarh CAMPA was informed that from the year 2019-20 to 2024-25, a total amount of Rs 7297.55 crore has been received from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, New Delhi in the interest-bearing public account of the state ‘Chhattisgarh Compensatory Afforestation Fund’, out of which Rs 4010.43 crore has been used in the last six years. For the Annual Action Plan (APO) 2025-26 of CAMPA head, a plan of Rs 694.18 crore has been proposed by the State CAMPA to the National CAMPA of the Government of India, against which approval of Rs 433.69 crore has been received so far. Forest and Climate Change Minister Kedar Kashyap, Chief Secretary Amitabh Jain, Additional Chief Secretary Richa Sharma, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Subodh Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary Panchayat and Rural Development Department Niharika Barik Singh, Secretary to the Chief Minister Dr. Basavaraju S., Secretary Housing and Environment Department Ankit Anand, Secretary Forest and Climate Change Department Amarnath Prasad, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief of Forest Force V. Srinivas Rao and other senior officers were present in the meeting.
