Consider the following statements:
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?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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UPSC Prelims

2019 • 02 Jun, 2019 • Paper-1

Consider the following statements:
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?

Correct Answer

1 only

Statement 1 Analysis: This is legally correct. The Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Act, 2016 explicitly provides a statutory framework by establishing the......

💡 Analysis & Explanation

Statement 1 Analysis ▼

This is legally correct. The Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Act, 2016 explicitly provides a statutory framework by establishing the National CAMPA at the central level and corresponding State CAMPAs at the state level to administer the massive funds collected from user agencies diverting forest land.

Statement 2 Analysis ▼

This is factually incorrect. A major source of civil society protest against the CAF Act 2016 was precisely its omission of democratic safeguards. The law does *not* make the participation of local forest-dwelling communities or Gram Sabhas legally mandatory in the planning and execution of these afforestation drives.

Conclusion ▼

Only the structural framework described in statement 1 is true.

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