No transparency - Andhra Pradesh

Submitted by rummykhan on Tue, 2011-08-30 14:14

Andhra Pradesh is the only state that claims to have calculated exact timber and bamboo revenue shares transferred to communities under JFM. The World Bank funded the programme with generous loans of Rs 1,000 crore for 15 years till March 2009. Benefits shared are impressive. According to the World Bank’s assessment of July 2010, each forest protection committee has been earning between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 4 lakh every year from timber thinning operations. Gross revenue from bamboo harvesting in the project period has been Rs 825 lakh. In addition to this, since 2006 the forest department has transferred Rs 39.5 crore, the total revenue from selling beedi leaves, to the committees. Among the five states leading in JFM work, communities have earned the highest in Andhra Pradesh.

Name of the Journal: 
Down to Earth
thesaurus: 
Andhra Pradesh
Forest Conservation
Benefit Sharing
World Bank
Forest Personnel
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)
Vishakhapatnam (D)
Forests
Bamboo
Joint Forest Management (JFM)
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External URL: 
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/no-transparency-andhra-pradesh
Main Type: 
dte
Sep 15, 2011
Publication Date: 
15/09/2011