Annual Plan Operation

The annual plan of operation (APO) shall be prepared in the following parts:

Annual Plan Operation

Part-1: Brief history and past performance

Part-I of APO shall contain:

  1. Brief description of forests and forestry sector in the State.
  2. Compensatory afforestation, other forestry and related schemes (physical and financial) including catchment area treatment, wildlife management, and community development works and activities carried out therein in the State in last five years from the State Fund, in tabular form.
  3. Forestry and other related schemes (physical and financial) and activities carried out therein in the state in previous years from the fund received under other schemes of the Government in tabular form.
  4. Year-wise total forest area diverted in the various districts/ forest divisions of the State since 1980, in tabular form.
  5. Year-wise total compensatory afforestation carried out in the State since 1980, in tabular form.
  6. Brief description and abstract of the monitoring work done by the Monitoring and Evaluation Wing of the State Forest Department.
  7. Brief description and abstract of the monitoring work done by the independent monitor (Third Party Monitoring) in the State
  8. Any other important information for consideration relevant for preparing APO
Part-II: Activities to be undertaken for compensatory afforestation, additional compensatory afforestation, penal compensatory afforestation, catchment area treatment plan, and for any other site-specific scheme may be used as per site-specific schemes submitted by the State along with the approved proposals for diversion of forest land under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 (69 of 1980) referred to in clause (a) of section 6 of the Act:
  1. District/ forest division wise details of new compensatory afforestation, catchment area treatment plan works, wildlife management activities to be done as per the conditions imposed under forest clearance granted by the Central Government under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.
  2. Location, estimated cost, and implementation schedule of each activity proposed to be executed from State Fund to be provided district/division wise.
  3. Details of maintenance works in physical and financial terms proposed to be undertaken in the current financial year in the case of compensatory afforestation work, catchment area treatment plan works, wildlife management activities, and other such activities undertaken in previous years which need maintenance for its survival and sustainability.