There is increase in forest cover due to afforestation-reforestation in different states.The forest cover of the country is assessed by Forest Survey of India, Dehradun on biennial basis. The data is published in state of Forest Report. The last report was published in 2009 which is known as India State of Forest Report, 2009. According to the India State of Forest Report 2009, there is an increase in the forest cover of the country from 690171 square km in 2005 to 690899 square km in 2007. The details of forest cover in the country, state-wise is given in Annexure I.
The Ministry of Environment and Forests is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Afforestation Programme (NAP) Scheme for regeneration of degraded forests and adjoining areas in the country. The scheme is being implemented through a decentralized mechanism of State Forest Development Agency (SFDA) at State level, Forest Development Agency (FDA) at Forest Division level and Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) at village level. As on 31.10.2011, 800 FDA projects have been approved in 28 States in the country to treat an area of 18.32 lakh ha. sinceinception of the scheme in 2002. The details of funds released and area approved during the current five year plan are given in Annexure II.
Annexure I
Forest Cover in States / UTs in India (area in km2) State/UT | Geographical Area | Forest Cover | % to GA | Change in forest cover | Scrub | Very Dense Forest | Mod. Dense Forest | Open Forest | Total |
| Andhra Pradesh | 275,069 | 820 | 24,757 | 19,525 | 45,102 | 16.40 | -129 | 10,372 | Arunachal Pradesh | 83,743 | 20,858 | 31,556 | 14,939 | 67,353 | 80.43 | -119 | 111 | Assam | 78,438 | 1,461 | 11,558 | 14,673 | 27,692 | 35.30 | -66 | 179 | Bihar | 94163 | 231 | 3,248 | 3,325 | 6,804 | 7.23 | -3 | 134 | Chhattisgarh | 135,191 | 4,162 | 35,038 | 16,670 | 55,870 | 41.33 | -59 | 107 | Delhi | 1,483 | 7 | 50 | 120 | 177 | 11.94 | 0 | 1 | Goa | 3,702 | 511 | 624 | 1,016 | 2,151 | 58.10 | -5 | 1 | Gujarat | 196,022 | 376 | 5,249 | 8,995 | 14,620 | 7.46 | 16 | 1,463 | Haryana | 44,212 | 27 | 463 | 1,104 | 1,594 | 3.61 | -10 | 145 | Himachal Pradesh | 55,673 | 3,224 | 6,383 | 5,061 | 14,668 | 26.35 | 2 | 327 | Jammu & Kashmir | 222,236 | 4,298 | 8,977 | 9,411 | 22,686 | 10.21 | -3 | 2,036 | Jharkhand | 79,714 | 2,590 | 9,899 | 10,405 | 22,894 | 28.72 | 172 | 683 | Karnataka | 191,791 | 1,777 | 20,181 | 14,232 | 36,190 | 18.87 | -10 | 3,176 | Kerala | 38,863 | 1,443 | 9,410 | 6,471 | 17,324 | 44.58 | 40 | 58 | Madhya Pradesh | 308,245 | 6,647 | 35,007 | 36,046 | 77,700 | 25.21 | -39 | 6,401 | Maharashtra | 307,713 | 8,739 | 20,834 | 21,077 | 50,650 | 16.46 | -11 | 4,157 | Manipur | 22,327 | 701 | 5,474 | 11,105 | 17,280 | 77.40 | 328 | 1 | Meghalaya | 22,429 | 410 | 9,501 | 7,410 | 17,321 | 77.23 | 116 | 211 | Mizoram | 21,081 | 134 | 6,251 | 12,855 | 19,240 | 91.27 | 640 | 1 | Nagaland | 16,579 | 1,274 | 4,897 | 7,293 | 13,464 | 81.21 | -201 | 2 | Orissa | 155,707 | 7,073 | 21,394 | 20,388 | 48,855 | 31.38 | 100 | 4,852 | Punjab | 50,362 | 0 | 733 | 931 | 1,664 | 3.30 | 4 | 20 | Rajasthan | 342,239 | 72 | 4,450 | 11,514 | 16,036 | 4.69 | 24 | 4,347 | Sikkim | 7,096 | 500 | 2,161 | 696 | 3,357 | 47.31 | 0 | 356 | Tamil Nadu | 130,058 | 2,926 | 10,216 | 10,196 | 23,338 | 17.94 | 24 | 1,206 | Tripura | 10,486 | 111 | 4,770 | 3,192 | 8,073 | 76.99 | -100 | 75 | Uttar Pradesh | 240,928 | 1,626 | 4,563 | 8,152 | 14,341 | 5.95 | -5 | 745 | Uttarakhand | 53,483 | 4,762 | 14,165 | 5,568 | 24,495 | 45.80 | 2 | 271 | West Bengal | 88,752 | 2,987 | 4,644 | 5,363 | 12,994 | 14.64 | 24 | 29 | A&N Islands | 8,249 | 3,762 | 2,405 | 495 | 6,662 | 80.76 | -1 | 53 | Chandigarh | 114 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 14.91 | 0 | 1 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 491 | 0 | 114 | 97 | 211 | 42.97 | -5 | 1 | Daman & Diu | 112 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5.04 | 0 | 3 | Lakshadweep | 32 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 82.75 | 0 | 0 | Puducherry | 480 | 0 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 9.14 | 2 | 0 | Grand Total | 3,287,263 | 83,510 | 319,012 | 288,377 | 690,899 | 21.02 | 728 | 41,525 |
Annexure II
‘Increase in forest covers of the country’
S.No. | State | Total Release (incrore) | Total area (in ha.) | 1. | Andhra Pradesh | 50.62 | 34017 | 2. | Bihar | 29.26 | 21813 | 3. | Chhattisgarh | 135.80 | 69783 | 4. | Goa | 0.00 | 0 | 5. | Gujarat | 118.97 | 61270 | 6. | Haryana | 83.95 | 26329 | 7. | Himachal Pradesh | 24.69 | 16717 | 8. | Jammu and Kashmir | 30.40 | 17655 | 9. | Jharkhand | 80.67 | 56650 | 10. | Karnataka | 69.95 | 44635 | 11. | Kerala | 31.76 | 19364 | 12. | Madhya Pradesh | 91.49 | 65827 | 13. | Maharashtra | 96.27 | 57838 | 14. | Orissa | 63.80 | 75695 | 15. | Punjab | 12.20 | 9874 | 16. | Rajasthan | 29.81 | 21000 | 17. | Tamil Nadu | 36.59 | 18909 | 18. | Uttar Pradesh | 127.20 | 76670 | 19. | Uttarakhand | 33.10 | 31609 | 20. | West Bengal | 26.10 | 20567 | 21. | Arunachal Pradesh | 15.99 | 12030 | 22. | Assam | 38.92 | 25650 | 23. | Manipur | 43.10 | 22314 | 24. | Meghalaya | 21.63 | 15645 | 25. | Mizoram | 66.42 | 28320 | 26. | Nagaland | 39.33 | 24690 | 27. | Sikkim | 43.01 | 15399 | 28. | Tripura | 26.22 | 22556 |
| Grant Total | 1467.25 | 912826 |
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