Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has accused Congress of committing a sin by blocking the CAMPA Bill in Parliament under which the Centre could have sanctioned 42,000 crore rupees to various states for afforestation. <br/><br/>The Bill seeks to create a Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) and a Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF). Mr Naqvi alleged that Congress has blocked development of the Dalits, tribals, and weaker sections by creating hurdles in the passage of several important bills for the past several<br/>Sessions.<br/><br/>The Minister said, had the CAMPA Bill been passed, the share of states would have been – Odisha 5996 crore rupees, Uttar Pradesh 1314 crore rupees, Uttarakhand 2210 crore rupees, Himachal Pradesh 1395 crore rupees and Jammu and Kashmir 926 crore rupees. The Bill was listed in the Rajya Sabha yesterday but could not be taken up amid disruptions over demands to pass a private member's bill to provide special status to Andhra Pradesh.
News On AIR | July 26, 2016 8:49 AM
Congress committing sin by blocking CAMPA Bill: Naqvi