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Rajya Sabha Three Forest Development Agencies (FDAs) projects have been approved in Goa so far at a total project cost of Rs.239.21 lakh to treat total project area of 1250 ha. through 26 Village Forest Committees under JFMCs. Subsequently the State has requested to revise these projects in light of detailed assessment of the type of area available and has submitted revised project proposals based on the actual area availability appropriate for different types of interventions and regeneration models. The National Afforestation Programme is aimed at regeneration of degraded forests and adjoining areas through decentralized two-tier set-up of FDA at forest division level and Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) at village level. This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment & Forests, Shri S. Regupathy, in a written reply to a question by Shri Shantaram Laxman Naik in the Rajya Sabha today. KP/Hb
