Panaji: The Union Ministry for Environment and Forest (MoEF) today released Rs 238cr to Goa government under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA).
“Thankful to Shri Prakash Javdekarji, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEF&CC) for disbursing Rs 238 crore for Goa under CAMPA. The State of Goa is committed towards effective and proper utilization of these funds,” ,” Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant tweeted.
Centre has released Rs 47,436 crore to various states towards promoting afforestation and achieving green objectives in the country.
“It is expected that all states will utilise this fund towards forestry activities to achieve the objectives of the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) of increasing the forest and tree cover, which will create an additional carbon sink equivalent to 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide by the year 2030,” Javadekar said in a press statement issued.
