Archive · 28 Jul 2025
India's Afforestation: Report Highlights Progress and Challenges
India is working to plant trees to replace forests that are being used for other things.
Between 2019 and 2023, India aimed to plant many trees, and they planted 85% of their target.
Some states did very well, achieving all of their goals, but others didn't do as well.
The government gives money to the states for this, but some states didn't use all the money.
The report mentions that problems with giving out money and checking on the trees made it harder to plant trees successfully, but that overall progress was significant.
India achieved 85% of its compensatory afforestation target between 2019-20 and 2023-24.
Gujarat, Chandigarh, Mizoram, and Madhya Pradesh met their afforestation targets fully.
National CAMPA approved ₹38,516 crore, while states utilized 67.5% of released funds.
Survival rates of plantations varied significantly across different states.
Delays in fund release and weak monitoring hampered afforestation efforts.
- Who
- Supreme Court-mandated Central Empowered Committee.
- What
- Compensatory afforestation progress and fund utilization report.
- When
- Between 2019-20 and 2023-24.
- Where
- India, focusing on different states.
- Why
- To assess afforestation efforts and fund management under the CAMPA.
Areas of Concern
Significant Progress
Efficiency vs. Progress
Areas of Concern
Delays in fund release and weak monitoring hampered afforestation efforts.
Significant Progress
Significant progress made despite challenges.
- Afforestation Target (2019-2023)
- 2,09,297 hectares
- Afforestation Achieved
- 1,78,261 hectares
- Achievement Percentage
- 85%
- National CAMPA Funds Approved
- ₹38,516 crore
- Funds Utilized by States
- 67.5%
- Gujarat Achievement
- 100%
- Madhya Pradesh Achievement
- 100%
- Arunachal Pradesh Survival Rate
- 40-75%
Sources
India planted 1.78 lakh ha under CAMPA in 2019-2023; gaps in fund use: Report
India raised compensatory afforestation over 1.78 lakh ha in 2019-2023; gaps in fund use: Report
Assam achieves 93.8% of CAMPA target, plants over 1,149 hectares
India raised compensatory afforestation over 1.78 lakh hectares from 2019-20 to 2023-24: Report