UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2019

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. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer

Correct Answer

1 only

Explanation

The CAF Act, 2016 provides for a National Compensatory Afforestation Fund and State funds managed by national and State authorities, so statement 1 is correct. The Act does not make people's participation mandatory in compensatory afforestation programmes, so statement 2 is incorrect.

Topics: 2016 (campa), compensatory afforestation fund act, environmental laws, environment and ecology, forest conservation