Pioneer News Service
Ranchi
Under the National Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (National CAMPA), Jharkhand received Rs 3,310.45 crore during the last 5 years and another Rs 22.3 crore under Nagar Van Yojana. This information was provided by Minister of State in Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Kirti Vardhan Singh, in Rajya Sabha on July 30, 2026 while replying to questions raised by RS MP Parimal Nathwani.
During the last 5 years, a total of 78,423.96 hectares of degraded forest land have been brought under restoration in Jharkhand. The Ministry supports restoration of degraded forest landscapes through schemes/programmes such as the Green India Mission (GIM), the National Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (National CAMPA), and by providing technical guidance to States/UTs. Restoration activities include assisted natural regeneration, artificial regeneration, compensatory afforestation, soil and moisture conservation measures, and plantation of suitable indigenous/native species based on site-specific ecological conditions.
The minister also informed that the National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) was established in 2015 as a Central Sector Scheme to support concrete adaptation activities in the States and UTs (UTs) of India that are vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Under this, 30 projects have been sanctioned to States and UTs, including Jharkhand. In the State of Jharkhand, a project titled “Enhancing Climate Resilience of Forests and its dependent communities in Two Landscapes of Jharkhand” was sanctioned for an amount of Rs 24.73 crore.
In the written reply, the information provided stated that the Department of Science and Technology (DST), carried out a national-level study titled “Climate Vulnerability Assessment for Adaptation Planning in India using a Common Framework”. It provides an indicator-based assessment of the relative vulnerability of States and districts with reference to current climate risks. The study identifies the most vulnerable States and districts in India, as well as the main drivers of vulnerability under the current climatic situation. DST has also supported State Climate Change Cells (SCCCs) in Jharkhand to undertake vulnerability and risk assessments, human capacity-building programmes, public awareness programmes, and institutional capacity-building activities. The assessment, inter alia, noted that Jharkhand is considered ‘highly vulnerable’.
